Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School ninth through eleventh graders had a unique opportunity today to hear from two individuals who successfully escaped from North Korea with their families. Sophomore Yeongjin Park, an international exchange student from South Korea, provided translation for our guests.

Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School is proud to announce our very own Holtie Ware placed sixth in the state in the 50th Annual America & Me Essay Contest, sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance.

Varsity Baseball All-Academic Griffin Kaminiski (11) L to R: Newby, McClellan, Asai All-Catholic Matthew McClellan (12) All-League Ben Newby (9) Nate Asai (9) Varsity Soccer All-Catholic Brooklyn

2019 Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School Graduation – Photo Gallery

This past Sunday, 25 graduating seniors were transformed into the newest alumni of Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School. The parish community celebrated the Class of 2019 with a Baccalaureate Mass at 12:30 p.m. followed by the formal commencement.

Lakes 7/8 Baseball needed to sweep Shrine on Saturday in order to make the playoffs, but they fell short as they lost both games (6-1 & 4-2). In game one, Nick Blose fanned 8 batters pitching a complete game. He allowed 2 earned runs over 7 innings while throwing only 67 pitches. In game 2, Holtie Ware and William Burton combined for 9 strikeouts to hold Shrine to only 4 runs (2 earned).

Lakes took on a tough match against Frankel Jewish Academy, great footwork and hard work brought some close matches for the Lady Lakers. Sisters Rachel and Emma Ferguson took the win in their flight, playing at times, point by point to get the victory, in three sets 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Our Lady of the Lakes CYO 7/8 Baseball avenged an earlier loss this season by beating undefeated St. Hugo 12-7 on Thursday night. In the bottom of the first, Lakes first four hitters reached base and scored, jumping out to a 5-1 lead after one inning.

The 7/8 CYO Softball team put on an impressive display of offense in Tuesday’s league action. OLL took both games of the doubleheader against Notre Dame Marist. The Lady Lakers collected a total of 44 hits in the sweep of the Fighting Irish.

This week Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School has been celebrating our teachers with Teacher Appreciation Week. At Thursday’s assembly, Lakes also celebrated our students by announcing the Vibe Credit Union Scholarships recipients for the 2019-20 school year.

Each year the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) sponsors a creative writing contest for fifth graders nationwide to write on the theme: “Why I Am Glad America is a Nation of Immigrants”. Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School fifth graders composed poems, essays, and short stories and submitted them to the Michigan Chapter of the AILA.

Congratulations to our Lady Lakers Tennis on their hard work and great play this past Saturday at the CHSL Tennis Tournament. Everyone turned in great games, a special mention goes out to sophomore Nicolette Hysni, who placed 4th in her 2 singles flight!

Our Lady of the Lakes CYO 7/8 Baseball split their doubleheader against Marist on this past Wednesday. Lakes lost the first game 2-1, as Marist score single runs in the 6th and 7th innings to capture the victory. Nick Blose pitched five shutout innings striking out eight batters.

Surrounded by family and friends, Our Lady of the Lakes senior Sophia Hadash will be continuing her volleyball career as she signed Tuesday afternoon to play as a Crusader at Madonna University.

​​​​​​​Three Laker students entered into the Catholic Church during the Easter Vigil this Easter season, each with their own faith journeys inspired by their short time spent at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School.  

Our Lady of the Lakes tenth graders had the opportunity to work on building their soft skill sets to utilize both now in the classroom and in their professional lives.