On Monday, May 27, the Lakewood School District will participate in the Lakewood Township Memorial Day Parade.

The day will kick-off of to a grand start at 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the Clifton Avenue Grade School, with bagels, doughnuts and refreshments for all students and staff participating in the parade, courtesy of Sodexo Food Service.

The parade will begin with the raising of the flag at 10:30 a.m. at Town Square.

It will proceed down Clifton Avenue to the All Wars Memorial at Lake Carasaljo on North Lake Drive. A Memorial Day Ceremony will begin at 11:30 a.m., led by Mayor Ray Coles and Deputy Mayor Menashe Miller.

Participating in the Memorial Day Service are students and their families, staff members, Administrators, Members of the Board of Education, the Superintendent of Schools and General Counsel, all of whom are proud to demonstrate and show support for our esteemed veterans and brave men and women currently in the service both here and abroad.

Parade participants include, but are not limited to:

Lakewood High School

 Boys Track Team Members & Coaches  Christine Kurzweil, Business Teacher  Cheerleading squad & Coaches  JROTC battalion & Instructors  Marching Band & Directors  FBLA and Advisors  Advanced Placement Initiative Students  Business Club

 Band  Track Team  Cheerleaders  Teachers and Staff  150 + students

Ella G. Clarke School

 Pound Club  Chorus – Mrs. Roviera  Lisette Garcia  Dylan Brown  Alyson Szczygiel  Catherine Perez  Sheryl Lounsbury

Lakewood Early Childhood Center (LECC)

 Patty Flores – Preschool Community Parent Involvement Specialist  LECC Students and their families

LECC’s Mascot will join – in full body costume! (Curiosity Cat)

Oak Street School

 Oak Street School’s Chorus – Mrs. Jessica Wilson  Chime Choir

Administrators Mr. Rich Goldstein, Lakewood Middle School Principal Mrs. Marcy Marshall, Lakewood High School Principal Mrs. Ebony Rivera, Ella G. Clarke School Principal Mrs. Magdalia Jones, Ella G. Clarke School Assistant Principal Mrs. Heni Mozes, Supervisor of the Lakewood Early Childhood Center (LECC) Mrs. Tova Feifer Mr. Ben Lieberman, Supervisor of Title I, II, III, IV, Nonpublic Textbooks and Nursing Mr. Kevin Walters, Supervisor of English Language Arts (Grades 3-12), Social Studies & Fine Arts

If you have any questions regarding the Lakewood Board of Education, please call General Counsel Michael I. Inzelbuch, Esquire at (732) 905-0325 Extension 17.