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Spirit of Excellence Awards
Spirit of Excellence Awards
The Lake Park Educational Foundation established the Spirit of Excellence Awards to support and recognize the accomplishments of Lake Park students, staff, and alumni. Recognizing leadership, excellence and achievement, this is one of the most exciting events of the year! Held each April, the dinner honors Lake Park distinguished alumni, staff, and senior students who demonstrate excellence.
Student Nominations -
Students recognized with this award have demonstrated service, extraordinary effort, achievement, and leadership throughout their high school career. These qualities are more than earning excellent grades or taking advanced classes. Students from all walks of life who have made lasting impacts within the Lake Park Community should be nominated. This award is open to all graduating senior students.
Staff Nominations -
The staff awards are broken down into 5 different categories and are open to any Lake Park staff member, group of staff or department. The focus of these awards are on an outstanding activity/project/initiative.
The 5 staff award categories are:
- Lancer Spirit Award - positive school spirit and culture
- Lancer Connection Award - developing strong relationships and a commitment to students, staff, community
- Lancer Innovator Award - experiment with progressive instruction or pioneer new ways of improving the work-life at Lake Park
- Lancer Humanitarian Award - show compassion, raise awareness, or lead campaigns
- Lancer Legacy Award - special recognition of the employee who has made a lasting impact on Lake Park through his/her commitment to teaching, a program he/she is involved in, or area of expertise (must have been at Lake Park a minimum of 5 years)
Distinguished Alumni Awards -
The Lake Park Educational Foundation annually honors distinguished alumni through its Spirit of Excellence – Distinguished Alumni Award. Nominees for this award must have graduated from Lake Park High School at least 10 years ago and must have attended the school for at least two years. Distinguished alumni are men and women who have made outstanding contributions in endeavors such as education, science, business, humanitarianism, literature, religion, and public service.
The nominations for the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards are now closed. To nominate alumni for the 2026 awards, please fill out the Distinguished Alumni Nomination Form and return it by November 30, 2025. To view our previous honorees, please view The Distinguished Alumni Gallery.