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WELCOME TO THE INTERNET HOME OF
LAKE RIVIERA MIDDLE SCHOOL'S
In my humble opinion, I have the BEST school newspaper staff! They are dedicated, creative, hard-working, talented, and imaginative.
THE LAKER has been proud to sponsor the "ADOPT-A-CHARITY" and "LAKER LOOT" programs. In addition, we created and sponsor the LAKE RIVIERA ART FAIR in MARCH and the very popular 8TH GRADE POLL in June. The 2000-2001 school year brought the addition of the Student of the Month Rewards Program, "JUST DESSERTS." In 2003, The Laker began sponsoring Student Leadership Day.
Mr. Heitmann
DEPARTMENTS
THE LAKER EDITING STAFF AWARDS
| 2000 | 2001 | ||
| 2004 | 2005 | ||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 2010 | 2011 |
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL AWARDS FOR
THE LAKER 1998:
*Mary Ellen Brucato
*Holly Geronimo *Ed Marsden *Mike
Orlofsky
*Alaina DellaRosa
This First Group Of Editors Knew How To "ROUGH IT"
the first year of printing. We had no XEROX double-sided copier and had to
staple each LAKER by hand. There was a lot of hard work, but it truly was
a worthwhile experience! This group laid the foundation for a great
LRMS Tradition. They were a joy to work with and they will ALWAYS have a
warm place in my heart for creating THE LAKER. Four amazing issues of The Laker
came out by a very talented group.
In addition to the regular issues of the newspaper,
there was an addendum edition added in June for the results of the 8th Grade
Poll. It included a very touching tribute to a student who had passed away. The
category he won, "Most Missed", and the page was touchingly signed by every 8th
grader who knew, Anthony Freglette
HEAD EDITOR: MIKE ORLOFSKY
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL
AWARDS FOR THE LAKER
1999:
*Allan Acosta
*Frank Baeli *Krystle Berrymen
*Kelly Biringer
*Justin Danner
*Megan Johnson *Angelo Lilla *Lexi
Monesson
*Beth Oates *Chris Peirson
*Tiffany Rosal *Ross Stephens
EVERYONE here wanted to take the school's
newspaper to the limit. There was a new dedication to producing a "bigger
& more powerful" Laker this year. There were THREE
larger
issues of the newspaper printed this year. The Final Edition was a complete
sell-out.
HEAD EDITORS: KRYSTLE BERRYMEN & LEXI MONESSON
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL AWARDS FOR
THE LAKER 2000:
*Melissa
Anderson
*Chris
Harper
*Rachel
Pannullo
*Colleen
Poalillo
*Kristen
Sing
*Matt
Van Pelt
*Ellie
Veldkamp
Special Thanks to Kyle Sammond, Rob Jakubowski,
and especially Kory Sammond for one of the most entertaining original pieces
of work to appear in "The Laker" ever. Also, a great job by Billy Joe Bob
Jones from the student council .
This group had HUGE attention to detail and
organization. The LAKER had the sharpest images and most well planned-out
graphics since its conception. The school newspaper took on a new attitude
with commentary, humor and even a more distinct "voice of the student."
The third year in print for The
Laker brought about more attention to perfection and detail.
This was due to the consistent perfectionism brought about by Chris Harper,
Rachel Pannullo and Colleen Poalillo. Volume III Issue I sold more issues
than either publication from the previous year. Then Volume III Issue II
was a record breaker! The paper was successfully marketed throughout
the year with announcements on "Laker Live" and terrific bulletin boards.
The ART FAIR bulletin board, created by Ellie Veldkamp, was one of the most
original boards ever featured in the school and help set a great tone for
the impending artwork. Volume III Issue IV offered a wonderful end of year
wrap-up for the writers
HEAD EDITORS: CHRIS HARPER, RACHEL PANNULLO, COLLEEN
POALILLO
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL AWARDS FOR
THE LAKER 2001:
*Michael Barry *
Siobhan Gordon * Karen Grygiel
* Chris
Hukushi * Noel McFadden
* Brian Petoia * Eva
Pomaranski
* Piotr Rapciewicz * Corey Rodriguez *
Joe Stephens * Tom Trafer
The Laker took on a technological breakthrough this
year. With a GREAT new look and a new format, the 2000-2001 editing team
made the paper look better than it ever did. New features and articles mixed
with a new attitude made The Laker new and interesting.
There were MANY late afternoons and NIGHTS
spent insuring that The Paper would be a success (EVEN WITH AN UNEXPECTED
SNOWSTORM THROWN IN). The Fall edition of The Laker was a complete
sellout.
There were stinging political editorials, superb
original stories and outstanding extracurricular activities covered during
the year's coverage! The staff of the newspaper remained true to the editors
of the past. They were determined, aggressive, driven for perfection and.....a
lot of fun to work with! Michael Barry and Staff got a three wonderful
issues of the newspaper out with pride
HEAD EDITOR: MICHAEL BARRY
First Excellence in Editing Award Recipient :
Michael Barry
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL AWARDS FOR
THE LAKER 2002
*Jon Gery * Barbara
Hasher * Rob Ehly
* Glen Lyon * Amanda
Hayes * Kim Wight * Kevin Teta
* Andrew Syvertson * Eddie McDonald
NO one will ever know the difficult task these editors
had in producing an entire school with a free issue of THE LAKER. They showed
much determination and organization in completing this task. THE LAKER rolled
out to every homeroom on the mornings that it was due. These people worked
VERY hard, and it was very appreciated! None of the three issues missed a
deadline even though this year EVERY student in the school obtained free copies.
It was quite a task!
HEAD EDITOR: AMANDA HAYES
Excellence in Editing Award Recipient : Amanda Hayes
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL AWARDS FOR
THE LAKER 2003
*Stephanie Hemphill *
Susan Skiba * Sabrina Echaluce
* Mike Consoli
* Sean Darcy * Anthony
Nardone * Kevin Rocha * Jen
Baronowski
This group became very diversified in everything
that had to do with The Laker. They were wonderful to work with every time we
met for a meeting. Though four smaller issues of the newspaper were created
instead of the proposed three, the newspaper still managed to be the strong
voice of the students of LRMS.
HEAD EDITOR: ANTHONY NARDONE
Excellence in Editing Award Recipient : Anthony
Nardone
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL AWARDS FOR
THE LAKER 2004
*Jessica Natalewicz *Mike Colabella
*Andrew Smith
*Matt Cuccinello
*Alyssa Brown
TOUGH YEAR for the LAKER. Lots of different things pulling the editors in
different directions. Yet, they pulled it off the three issues in the end!
HEAD EDITOR: JESSICA NATALEWICZ
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL AWARDS FOR
THE LAKER 2005
*Colleen Grosse *Alex Daudier *Dan
Gagliardi
*Frank Poalillo
*Pete Savage
*Leanna Soden *Dana Venerable
Lots of ENERGY. . .EARLIEST EDITION OF THE LAKER EVER!
The editors of The Laker were given the challenge of
creating a PRE-Halloween issue with safety tips for students. They
delivered an issue two weeks before it was due! It was an amazing feat and some
great articles about safety, music and spooky movies to enjoy the season! The
other two issues of The Laker were also wonderful accomplishments.
HEAD EDITORS: DAN GAGLIARDI & PETE SAVAGE
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL AWARDS FOR
THE LAKER 2006
* Chelsea Barreto *
Scott Frelund *Chelsea Friedman *
Jesse Nguyen
* Lisa O'Keefe *Gianna Pizzella
* Nici Vacirca
MOST ISSUES OF THE LAKER EVER PUBLISHED
The 2005-2006 School Year brought about four issues of
a newspaper that was free to the entire building of 1300+ students. It was a
tremendous effort to get the newspaper out and in a timely fashion. Great
editors allowed for a wonderful force to drive them to the brink of excellence!
SO PROUD!
HEAD EDITOR: LISA O'KEEFE
Excellence in Editing Award Recipient : LISA O'KEEFE
END OF THE YEAR EDITORIAL AWARDS FOR THE LAKER 2007
* Matt Cain *
Mike Davis *Nick Essington *
Chris Mnich
HEAD EDITOR: MIKE DAVIS, ASSISTANT EDITOR: NICK ESSINGTON
This year was a surprise in the making. It was the smallest group
of editers in The Laker's history. Yet, that did not stop the staff from
producing some very unusual points of view that were unique to this year. There
were amazing contributions made by a smaller staff that was bent on creating
three stylized papers that would have a unique voice. They did very well! This
is also the year that the LAKER POLL Addendum Issue stopped coming out in June;
instead, the recipients that were honored by The Laker Poll received
certificates prior to the 8th Grade Happening after the last rehearsal for
promotion. That event made the revealing of the results of the poll more
enjoyable for the students. ALL of the 8th graders were in the gymnasium togther
and got to hear who won which category. It was enjoyed.
Excellence in Editing Award Recipients : MIKE DAVIS & CHRIS MNICH
THE LAKER 2008
* Alexis Andrews *
Kelsey D'Andrea * Rebecca
Grzyb *Neil Haffey
*Greg Kamback *
Christian Negri *Jimmy Sakers *Evan Ventura
*Tom Winters
Truly an interesting group of editors with unique
viewpoint allowed THIS year of The Laker to be heavily sports and arts oriented.
There was also a wonderfully rich area of editorial components as well as
creative storytelling that flourished in each of The Laker's three packed
issues. There were some technical issues that came about due to copying machine
issues, but The Laker survived!
Excellence in Editing Award Recipients : ALEXIS ANDREWS & REBECCA GRZYB
THE LAKER 2009
* Nick Auriemma *
Corinne DiClemente *
John Morone * Brianna Novak
*Kelly Petillon *Megan
Sweeney
Needless to say, there were MANY chefs in the
kitchen! This was a great group of leaders all working together in order to make
quality prints of the school newspaper. However, there were many technology
problems with the school's tired printer! That
issue along with having an editing staff that was quite busy with the myriad of
activities that LRMS offers only lead to two newspapers being produced. The
staff worked hard on them nevertheless and in typical Laker fashion...they went
home!
THE LAKER 2010
*Spencer Binondo
*Kyle Bogert
*Nicole Bravata
*Matt Hascha
*Raymond LeChien *Vincent Mack
*Angela Miceli
*Jordan Rassmann *Thomas
Self *Krista Thomson
*Nicole Vazquez
What a year for the Newspaper! There were so many
diversified aspects of The Newspaper that occurred in the 2009-2010 school year.
Once again, we dealt with the frustration of a copying machine that needed to go
to greener pastures! If that wasn't enough, unbelievable snow storms pushed and
a new school schedule delayed the printing of The Laker on many occasions. But
with that aside, the newspaper happily produced the 50th Edition of The Laker,
and for the first time in the paper's history, I actually included an article
strolling down memory lane for the paper - recounting many of the paper's
achievements and saluting the paper's editors. It was a proud, proud moment!
Excellence in Editing Award Recipients : THOMAS SELF
*Dan Berg
*Omayma Bougdour
*Riel Champury
*Alana Colabella
*Taylor Forte *Justin
Geber *Mary Ellen Guida
*Katie Howe
*Ja`Quez Johnson *James Juliano
*Lucas Luz *Tom
Parsons *Nick Powell *Mike
Prachthauser *Kendall Rankin
*Ryan Sullivan *Jocelyn
Valdora *Lexi Venice
What an AMAZING year for the Laker! Creative genius
was unleashed on LRMS as this group of students took over the Laker and
transformed it into an amazing entertainment piece that was sought after by
students. Incredible commentaries by James and Taylor were strong and poignant.
Creative writing by Mary Ellen, Katy and Riel pushed the limit. The popular
"Un-datable" series by Alana and Lexi became a cult following. Sport
highlights and commentary by Dan, Ja`Quez and Nick were huge successes. Creative
design by Tom, Justin and Kendall helped make the Laker LOOK great. Current
popular trends by Omayma and Jocelyn make the Laker Current and Fresh, Puzzles
by Ryan created a challenge. The younger writers contributed many fascinating
articles and creative writing pieces. It was by far the best Laker Newspaper
series we had in many years. This was a truly dedicated staff and I will miss
them greatly!
Excellence in Editing Award Recipients : Riel Champury, Mary Elllen Guida,
Katie Howe
THIS was a DEDICATED TEAM!
Random Acts of Kindness Literally
PAY-OFF!!
If a student is caught committing a spontaneous
act of random kindness, he/she may be eligible to receive a LAKER LOOT LOTTERY
ticket. This ticket enables the bearer to :
1. Get a McDonald's V.I.P. card good for a free
hamburger/cheeseburger
2. Be eligible for the larger prize
drawings.
LAKER L$$T LOTTERY Will Continue for the 2011-2012 School Year
The Laker wishes to sincerely thank
ALL of the sponsors to this program that honors the great
deeds performed unselfishly by the Great Students of Lake Riviera
Overseers 2011-2012:
THE LAKER'S EIGHTH GRADE
ROLL CALL 2011
H
Most Likely to Succeed:
James Juliano Cheer
Tsang
H
Nicest
Eyes: Matt Gelsleichter
Jordyn Serrino
H
Best Dressed:
Carter Smith Lexi Venice
H
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Most Congenial:
Nick Powell Alana Colabella
H
Most Academic:
Edmund Pan Cheer Tsang
H
Most Athletic:
Joe Hans Jess Heinley
H
Everyone’s Friend:
Kyle Reinstadtler Faithani Fox
H
Most
Talkative: Tyler
Madsen Courtney Wicker
H
Most Artistic:
Travis Nagiewicz Sophia Uvario
H
Born Leader
James Juliano Courtney Wicker
H
Best Dancer:
Joe Bruno Marissa
Patella
H
Most School Spirit:
Ryan Sullivan Alyssa Saggau
H
Most Humorous:
Jared Guerra Faithani Fox
H
Best
Singer: Logan Stembel
Paige Davis
H
Best
Smile: Dean Sherry
Kayla Mutz
H
Most Honest
Dan Berg Alana Colabella
H
Class Individualist:
Daniel Schwindinger Kady Howe
H
Class Pessimist
Joe LoBianco Olivia Holland
H
Class Optimist
Brian Oehme Danielle
Prachthauser
H
Most Dramatic:
Austin Koziol
Kristina Stevens
H
Internet Junkie
Greg Buono Omayma Bougdour
H
Most Helpful:
Tom Parsons Lisa Faulhaber
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Most Persuasive:
James Juliano Sabrina Arauz
H
Most Thoughtful:
Mike Prachthauser Gianna Trotter
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Most Flirtatious
Ron Parliament Krystal Ocasio
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Cutest Couple:
Tyler Eldridge & Chelsey Dornacker
H
Best Friends
Male: Ray Fattaruso & Hunter
Palmer
H
Best Friends
Female: Konica Amin & Alana Colabella
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Best Friends Male &
Female: Kyle Reinstadtler & Kayla Mutz
"ADOPT-A-CHARITY"
14 YEARS OF
GIVING
A tremendous job at raising money to assist those in need.
Co-Presidents 2011-2012:
Jessica Albanese, Connor
Fritzsch
"JUST
DESSERTS"
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
REWARDS:
APPLEBEE'S RESTAURANTS joined the list
of companies that are willing to reward students for good work. The restaurant
provided free dessert coupons for any student that received STUDENT OF THE
MONTH.
JUST DESSERTS will be the official name of
the program for the 2009-2010 School Year!
8th GRADERS
BE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER FOR A DAY!
STUDENT LEADERSHIP DAY
Sponsored By The Laker
DATE COMING SOON!
GET INVOLVED!
SUBMIT:
Original Stories, Articles, Interviews, Poetry,
Puzzles, Artwork, Recipes, Music Reviews, Opinions, Editorials, Polls, Ideas,
Cartoons, and MORE.
Be part of the 8th Grade Editing Team! A JOB and
AN ADVENTURE (NOT FOR WIMPS!)
Go Ahead....Click THE LAKER BEAST to E-Mail
The
Legend of
"The
Laker"
During the mythical period of dragons a long time
ago, there lived in the lake waters, creatures who were not yet fully developed.
As these beings continued in their development stage, they would emerge from
the lake to complete their growth on a higher plane. However, no development
could be accomplished without proper growth within the confines of the lake.
Therefore all those within these waters were known and called "The
Lakers".
While at the Lake, these creatures began their
development into mature beings and also began to dream of their growth in
the future. Within the water's limits, each became an individual who developed
his or her own talents that would be used later in life. Here at the lake,
they worked on self-development, knowledge, and maturity so that when they
emerged from these waters, they would be ready to meet the challenges of
their new surroundings.
The growth pattern usually takes three years at
which time creative character strengths are toned and refined so that all
future challenges could be met.
Therefore as the creatures leave the lake, they
are transformed from Lakers to full-grown Dragons.
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