Flint Lake Elementary

The Flint Lake Team Lead and the Student Council all came out  to rake leaves as part of a community service task.  Thanks to the Valparaiso Parks Department, the students were allowed to help out at Glenrose Park directly behind Thomas Jefferson...

Flint Lake Elementary unveiled their new Makerspace to the first group of fifth graders this week. The Makerspace includes multiple kinds of robots, circuity kits, building supplies, craft materials, a vertical LEGO wall, and a 3D printer to engage...

How do you get students excited about reading? Invite a dynamic author to come and speak to your school! On March 8 and 9, Heavilin and Flint Lake Elementaries had the honor of hosting author Troy Cummings, author and illustrator of The Notebook of...

Flint Lake Student Council went out into the community to rake leaves last November. A group of 25 students and adults first served at Maplewood Cemetery, a historic public cemetery for Valparaiso. Tony Reid, director of public works, greeted the...

During the month of October, the Flint Lake Student Council collected socks for the homeless in a campaign known as Socktober. The students encouraged their peers to bring in new and packaged socks for children, women and men. On November 4th, the...

Flint Lake is proud to be one of several of the Valparaiso elementary schools to have a K-Kids organization. K-Kids is a branch of Kiwanis made up entirely of kids. We’ve had K-Kids at Flint Lake for two years, and it was started by a group of...

Its the most wonderful time of the year! With the hope that all families will be singing that tune this holiday season, Flint Lake's Student Council collected 1,365 non-perishable items for the Hilltop House Village Food Pantry. Hilltop's Village...

At Flint Lake Elementary School, we've been talking. We’ve been talking about the ideal that we are responsible for the whole child. We’ve been talking about the fact that school is not only a place where knowledge is imparted, but it is a place...

The Flint Lake Student Council collected over 2,000 canned items from December 15th - 19th to benefit the Valparaiso Food Bank at Hilltop. Students created a promotional video using iMovie during a Student Council meeting to get the information out...

Written by Jim McCall, Principal Earlier this school year, Flint Lake Elementary School introduced its kindergarten students to the laptop computer lab. In the past, our greatest concern had been teaching students to log in since their letter...