Meet the team...
The people who make it happen here at Lakeside Elementary
Patrick Blaskiewicz serves as Principal of Lakeside Elementary School in the Wayne Highlands School District. As the educational leader of Lakeside, Mr. Blaskiewicz works closely with students, teachers, staff, families, and District administration to create a welcoming school environment centered on learning, achievement, respect, responsibility, and student growth.
Leadership Focused on Students
The elementary years provide an important foundation for a child's future educational success. At Lakeside Elementary School, students in Grades 3 through 5 continue developing the academic knowledge, independence, confidence, and social skills that will prepare them for middle school and beyond.
As Principal, Mr. Blaskiewicz is committed to ensuring that students are provided with a safe, supportive, and engaging learning environment where they are encouraged to work hard, ask questions, explore their interests, and recognize their own potential.
Supporting Teaching and Learning
Strong schools are built upon strong educators. Mr. Blaskiewicz works collaboratively with Lakeside's teachers and support staff to promote high-quality educational experiences throughout the school.
Students strengthen their skills in core academic areas while also participating in opportunities that support their development in music, art, physical education, technology, and other enrichment areas.
By supporting both academic achievement and the development of the whole child, Lakeside helps students become increasingly independent, creative, responsible, and confident learners.
Creating a Positive School Community
An important part of elementary education is helping children understand what it means to belong to a community. Mr. Blaskiewicz encourages a school culture where kindness, respect, responsibility, cooperation, and good citizenship are valued.
Students learn that their choices contribute to the environment around them and that everyone has a role in making Lakeside a positive place to learn.
Strong partnerships with parents and families are also an essential part of that success. By working together, educators and families can provide students with the encouragement and consistency they need during these important developmental years.
Encouraging Opportunity and Discovery
Education extends beyond textbooks and classroom assignments. Special activities, educational programs, technology, school celebrations, and other experiences provide Lakeside students with opportunities to discover new interests and create lasting memories.
Mr. Blaskiewicz supports opportunities that allow students to explore, create, collaborate, communicate, and develop confidence while strengthening their connection to their school.
These experiences help make Lakeside not simply a place students attend, but a school community in which they can feel valued and proud to belong.
Preparing Students for Their Next Chapter
The years students spend at Lakeside represent an important transition in their Wayne Highlands educational journey. Students arrive ready to build upon the foundations established during their primary years and leave prepared for the new opportunities and responsibilities of Wayne Highlands Middle School.
As Principal, Patrick Blaskiewicz is proud to serve the students and families of Lakeside Elementary School and to work alongside the dedicated faculty and staff who make a difference in children's lives every day.
Through strong relationships, high expectations, meaningful educational opportunities, and a commitment to every child, Mr. Blaskiewicz helps continue the Wayne Highlands School District's tradition of providing students with an education that prepares them to learn, grow, achieve, and succeed.
Inspiring Learners. Building Confidence. Creating Bright Futures.
Timothy Morgan serves as Superintendent of Schools for the Wayne Highlands School District, providing leadership to a school community dedicated to educational excellence, student achievement, innovation, and opportunity. As Superintendent, Mr. Morgan works closely with the Board of Education, administrators, faculty, staff, students, families, and community members to guide the District and ensure that students receive a high-quality educational experience.
Leadership Focused on Students
At the center of Mr. Morgan's leadership is a commitment to the students of Wayne Highlands. From a child's first day of Kindergarten through graduation from Honesdale High School, the District strives to provide an educational environment where students can learn, grow, discover their talents, and prepare for successful futures.
As Superintendent, Mr. Morgan provides leadership across the District's academic programs, operations, student services, technology, facilities, safety initiatives, extracurricular programs, and long-term planning. His role helps bring these different areas together around a common purpose—supporting students and the educators who serve them.
Supporting Educational Excellence
Wayne Highlands School District serves students through Stourbridge Primary School, Lakeside Elementary School, Wayne Highlands Middle School, Honesdale High School, Damascus School, Preston School, and the Wayne Highlands Virtual Campus.
Although each school has its own traditions and identity, Mr. Morgan works with District administrators to maintain a shared commitment to academic achievement, responsible leadership, student wellness, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Strong schools also require strong educators. Supporting teachers, administrators, and staff with the resources they need to succeed is essential to creating meaningful educational experiences for students.
Preparing Wayne Highlands for the Future
Public education continues to evolve, and school districts must continually prepare for new challenges and opportunities. Under Mr. Morgan's leadership, Wayne Highlands continues to balance the traditions and community values that have long defined the District with investments in curriculum, technology, school safety, facilities, communications, and innovative educational opportunities.
Preparing students for the future means ensuring they are ready for many different pathways. Whether graduates choose college, career and technical education, military service, employment, entrepreneurship, or another opportunity, Wayne Highlands seeks to provide them with the knowledge, skills, confidence, and experiences necessary to succeed.
Schools and Community Working Together
Wayne Highlands has always benefited from the strong relationship between its schools and the communities they serve. Mr. Morgan recognizes that successful public education depends upon collaboration among families, educators, local organizations, businesses, community leaders, and residents.
These partnerships strengthen the educational opportunities available to students and reinforce an important principle: our schools are an essential part of the communities they serve.
Proud to Lead Wayne Highlands
Serving as Superintendent carries the responsibility of protecting the traditions of the District while helping shape its future. Through collaboration, thoughtful leadership, and a continued focus on students, Timothy Morgan is committed to advancing the mission of the Wayne Highlands School District and creating opportunities for every student to succeed.
His leadership reflects the belief that every decision made throughout the District should ultimately support the people at the heart of public education—our students.
Leading with Purpose. Supporting Our Schools. Preparing Every Student for the Future.
Dr. Peter B. Jordan serves as Assistant Superintendent of the Wayne Highlands School District, providing educational and administrative leadership in support of the District's students, faculty, staff, families, and communities. Working collaboratively with the Superintendent of Schools, Board of Education, administrators, and educators, Dr. Jordan helps advance the District's commitment to academic excellence, student achievement, continuous improvement, and educational opportunity.
Leadership Focused on Education
As Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Jordan plays an important role in supporting the educational mission of Wayne Highlands. His work helps connect District-level leadership with the daily teaching and learning taking place throughout our schools.
Effective educational leadership requires more than managing programs. It requires listening to educators, understanding the needs of students, supporting administrators, working with families, and ensuring that District initiatives ultimately contribute to meaningful learning experiences.
Dr. Jordan's leadership reflects a commitment to keeping students at the center of educational decision-making.
Supporting Teaching and Learning
Great schools depend upon great teachers and staff. Dr. Jordan works collaboratively with District administrators and educators to support instructional programs and promote educational practices that help students succeed.
Wayne Highlands serves students across a wide range of grade levels and learning needs. From a child's first experiences in Kindergarten through graduation from Honesdale High School, the District strives to provide a consistent educational journey that challenges students while providing the resources and support they need to achieve their potential.
That commitment includes continually evaluating opportunities to strengthen curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development, student services, and educational programs.
Supporting Our Schools
Wayne Highlands School District includes Stourbridge Primary School, Lakeside Elementary School, Wayne Highlands Middle School, Honesdale High School, Damascus School, Preston School, and the Wayne Highlands Virtual Campus.
Each school has its own identity, traditions, students, and community, yet all are united by the shared mission of Wayne Highlands.
As Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Jordan works with building administrators and District leadership to help maintain consistency, communication, and collaboration throughout the school system while recognizing the individual needs of each school community.
Preparing Students for the Future
Education must continually evolve to prepare students for a changing world. Today's students will enter colleges, workplaces, industries, and careers that increasingly require critical thinking, communication, collaboration, creativity, adaptability, and technological literacy.
Dr. Jordan supports educational opportunities that prepare students for many different pathways after graduation, including college, career and technical education, military service, employment, entrepreneurship, and other postsecondary opportunities.
The goal is not simply for students to complete school, but for them to leave Wayne Highlands prepared to become responsible, capable, confident, and productive members of their communities.
Collaboration and Community
One of the strengths of Wayne Highlands School District is the relationship between its schools and the communities they serve.
Dr. Jordan recognizes that successful education depends upon collaboration among students, families, teachers, administrators, support staff, the Board of Education, and community partners. Open communication and strong relationships help create a school system where everyone shares responsibility for student success.
By bringing people together around common educational goals, District leadership can continue building upon the traditions that have made Wayne Highlands an important part of Wayne County.
Moving Wayne Highlands Forward
Public education continually presents new opportunities and challenges. Curriculum standards evolve, technology changes, student needs develop, and communities expect schools to prepare young people for an increasingly complex world.
As Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Peter B. Jordan helps Wayne Highlands School District respond to those changes while maintaining a clear focus on educational excellence and student success.
Through collaboration, thoughtful leadership, and a commitment to continuous improvement, Dr. Jordan works alongside the District's educators and administrators to ensure that Wayne Highlands remains a place where students are provided with opportunities to learn, grow, discover their potential, and prepare for their futures.