Cherokee PTA

🎉 Can we hear it for Leslie King on her retirement? 🎉

After 18 wonderful years with Lakota, Leslie is retiring as an ESL teacher at Cherokee Elementary, leaving behind countless memories and meaningful connections. She cherished working with passionate colleagues, supporting students as they found confidence in themselves, and building lasting relationships with families—blessings she says only teaching can bring.

As she begins this new chapter, Leslie looks forward to continuing to make a difference through part‑time work, traveling, reading for fun, scrapbooking, exercising daily, and enjoying well‑deserved naps. Thank you for everything, Leslie — Cherokee will miss you! 💙

Welcome to former Cheetah, Anya Nikolaenko! Anya will join us as an ESL teacher! Welcome back!! 🐆🎉

It may be the first week of summer 😎, but we figured it's never too early to start introducing the newest members of the Lakota family. Give it up for our very first bunch! 👏👏👏

❤️ Lillian Alvin - Science Teacher, Hopewell Jr. (top left)
🤍 Robin Guffy - Secretary, West Freshman (top right)
🖤 Olivia Marshall - Theater Teacher, West HS (bottom left)
❤️ Anya Nikolaenko - ESL Teacher, Cherokee (bottom right)

Look for more new faces every Wednesday!

Claim Your Cherokee Lost & Found Items!

Can’t seem to find that shirt, hoodie, or water bottle? It may be in our Lost & Found!

These items are looking for their way home so please take a moment to review the photos and encourage your child to check for any missing belongings.

Thursday, May 21st will be the last day to claim items before they are donated.

A big thanks to our Speech and Language Pathologist, Sophie Mazloum! Your dedication helps students find their voices, build confidence, and achieve success in so many ways. We are so grateful to have you as part of our Cherokee family!

Maybe you can help us find the words to say just how much we appreciate our speech pathologists⁉️ Speech therapy is such an integral piece to supporting the whole child and setting every single student up for success. Thank you for the expertise that this team brings to work every day! 🙏💬

Happy National Speech-Language Pathologist Day! ❤️🤍🖤

Congratulations to Cherokee’s Class of 2026 seniors at Lakota Schools | District Communication! This special class overcame COVID and completed the end of their 6th grade year online — a true testament to their resilience and perseverance.

It was so meaningful to welcome our “grown-up” 6th graders back to Cherokee to create their class tile and leave their mark on our school. 🐆🎨

Best wishes to the incredible Class of 2026! 🎓❤️

There’s so much to highlight the last few weeks of school!! 😊 Here are a few 6th grade activities! Check out the Food Truck Project, Ancient Games, staff vs students basketball and volleyball, etc!