Lakewood Elementary School

Lakewood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Elwood City which was founded in the 1950s. It is one of the fifteen schools in the city. In "April 9th", the school experienced a fire caused by an electrical malfunction, sending all the students to their rival school, Mighty Mountain. It was later restored and students were allowed to return. The exterior of Lakewood Elementary school is based on the school St Hubert Elementary in Windsor Ontario crossed with a school in Montreal near the old Cinar Sudio.

Description
Lakewood Elementary School appears to be a kindergarten to fourth grade school that includes hallways, offices, classrooms, a cafeteria/auditorium, gymnasium, restrooms, and other various maintenance rooms and other areas that are typically found in elementary schools. There is no fifth grade mentioned throughout the series so far, which raises assumption that there is none, but it is not known for sure. The boys' restroom has counter sinks, toilet stalls, and urinals. The girls' restroom has counter sinks and toilet stalls. The exterior grounds include a playground and a baseball field. There are also bicycle racks immediately in front of the building where Arthur and his friends park their bicycles. In the early books, the interior of the school was shown most often shown, but the exterior was shown occasionally. The front doors of the school were originally located to the far right and had a half-circle window over the doors. In the cartoon and later books, the school was redesigned, and the front doors were moved to the very center and had a canopy right in front of the doors.

Staff

 * Herbert Haney: Principal
 * Mrs. Robertson: Retired Kindergarten Teacher
 * Kindergarten Teacher: An unnamed kindergarten teacher
 * Mr. Marco: Second Grade Teacher
 * Nigel Ratburn: Third Grade Teacher
 * Miss Sweetwater: Third Grade Teacher
 * Mrs. Fink: Third Grade Teacher
 * Ms. Bryan: Art Teacher
 * John Morris: Janitor (seasons 1-7, and cameos in subsequent seasons.
 * Miss Tingley: Mr. Haney's Secretary
 * Sarah MacGrady: Lunch Lady
 * Miss Flynn: School Nurse
 * Unknown Male Adult Rabbit (Number 6): Possibly a teacher
 * Ms. Yollanda: First Grade Teacher
 * Coach Bumpus: Gym Teacher/Coach
 * Coach Grimslid: Gym Teacher/Coach
 * Mr. Bebell: Shop Teacher
 * Ms. Krasny: Chorus Teacher

Substitute Teachers

 * Mr. Elkin
 * Mrs. Bofini
 * Ms. Blank
 * Ms. Tremello
 * Miss Ratburn

Kindergarten

 * Kindergarten Female Aardvark
 * Kindergarten Female Aardvark (Number 2)
 * Kindergarten Female Aardvark (Number 3)
 * Kindergarten Female Aardvark (Number 4)
 * Kindergarten Male Aardvark
 * Kindergarten Male Aardvark (Number 2)
 * Kindergarten Male Aardvark (Number 3)
 * Kindergarten Male Bear
 * Kindergarten Male Cat
 * Kindergarten Male Rabbit
 * Kindergarten Male Rabbit (Number 2)
 * Kindergarten Male Rabbit (Number 3)

Third Grade

 * Arthur Read
 * Buster Baxter
 * Francine Frensky
 * Muffy Crosswire
 * Alan Powers
 * Binky Barnes (twice)
 * Sue Ellen Armstrong
 * Fern Walters
 * George Lundgren
 * Jenna Morgan
 * Ladonna Compson
 * Maria
 * Mary
 * Alex
 * 3rd Grade Female Aardvark
 * 3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 2)
 * 3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 3)
 * 3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 4)
 * 3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)
 * 3rd Grade Female Cat
 * 3rd Grade Female Rabbit
 * 3rd Grade Male Cat
 * 3rd Grade Male Dog
 * 3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 2)
 * 3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)
 * 3rd Grade Male Monkey
 * 3rd Grade Male Rabbit
 * 3rd Grade Male Rabbit (Number 2)
 * 3rd Grade Male Rabbit (Number 4)
 * 3rd Grade Male Rat
 * 3rd Grade Male Sheep
 * Norbert

Fourth Grade

 * Prunella Deegan
 * Molly MacDonald
 * Billy
 * Brian
 * Frankie
 * Helen
 * Jack Weasel
 * John
 * Luke
 * Nancy
 * Norman Hedgehog
 * Patrick
 * Rattles
 * Slink
 * 4th Grade Female Aardvark
 * 4th Grade Female Aardvark (Number 2)
 * 4th Grade Female Bear
 * 4th Grade Female Bear (Number 2)
 * 4th Grade Female Bear (Number 3)
 * 4th Grade Female Cat
 * 4th Grade Female Cat (Number 2)
 * 4th Grade Male Bear
 * 4th Grade Male Dog
 * 4th Grade Male Rabbit

Students in Unknown Grades

 * George's sister
 * Unknown Female Aardvark (Number 4)
 * Unknown Female Bear (Number 2)
 * Unknown Female Bear (Number 3)
 * Unknown Female Monkey
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 7)
 * Unknown Male Aardvark
 * Unknown Male Bear
 * Unknown Male Bear (Number 2)
 * Unknown Male Bear (Number 6)
 * Unknown Male Dog (Number 6)

Possibly Students

 * Unknown Female Aardvark
 * Unknown Female Aardvark (Number 3)
 * Unknown Female Aardvark (Number 6)
 * Unknown Female Bear (Number 5)
 * Unknown Female Cat
 * Unknown Female Cat (Number 2)
 * Unknown Female Cat (Number 3)
 * Unknown Female Dog
 * Unknown Female Dog (Number 2)
 * Unknown Female Dog (Number 3)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 2)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 3)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 4)
 * Unknown Female Rabbit (Number 5)
 * Unknown Male Bear (Number 3)
 * Unknown Male Bear (Number 4)
 * Unknown Male Bear (Number 5)
 * Unknown Male Bear (Number 10)
 * Unknown Male Cat
 * Unknown Male Rabbit
 * Unknown Male Rabbit (Number 2)

Unidentified Students
In Arthur's Number Nightmare a seating chart for each class of the school is seen. It reveals unnamed characters who's names are below. Their grades are also unknown. Note that none of these characters are in Mr. Ratburn's Class. The name Frances appears in the episode, Castles in the Sky. It appeared on a posted note underneath a bowl of oranges. The note said "Vote Frances for Student Council" The name Frances appeared prior to the episode Arthur's Number Nightmare. A few more names were revealed in the episode, Grandma Thora Appreciation Day.
 * Jennifer
 * Frances
 * Willy
 * Carol
 * Richard
 * Sharon
 * Alex
 * Dawn
 * Mark
 * LL & OT

Athletics
Lakewood competes in at least six sports. They might have a Football team because in "Arthur's Baby" Arthur, Binky and other characters are playing. It appears that Mr. Marco is their coach. The students also compete in a bowling tournament against Mighty Mountain in "Francine's Split Decision". They have even played Jai Alai against Mighty Mountain (mentioned in "Francine's Split Decision").
 * Soccer (main article here)
 * Baseball (main article here)
 * Track and Field (main article here)
 * Basketball (main article here)
 * Hockey (main article here)
 * Badminton (main article here)

Events
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Lakewood Elementary has hosted many events and festivals.
 * Third Grade Picnic
 * Harvest Day Celebration
 * PTA Spring Fundraiser
 * Earth Day Fair
 * The Teachers' Charity Carnival

Contests
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Lakewood Elementary occasionally holds contests to allow students to show off their abilities. Sometimes, these contests advance students to a greater level of competition, such as the checkers competition in "A is for Angry."
 * Spell-a-thon
 * Math-a-thon
 * Arithmattack
 * Kids Cooking Contest
 * Interscholastic Checkers Competition

Activities
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 * Lakewood Elementary Reader
 * Student Council
 * Band
 * Chorus
 * Shop
 * Lakewood Pride Committee
 * Computer Club

Trivia

 * In some of the episodes, some of the third grade students outside of Mr. Ratburn's class appear to be switched between Miss Sweetwater's and Mrs. Fink's classes and vice-versa.
 * One of the unidentified students name John appeared again in the episode The Long Road Home. John had apparently sponsored George in the episode, but John for some reason isn't seen in the episode.
 * Michelle Kwan graduated from Lakewood Elementary 9 years in "The Good Sport".  With some calculations with the year the episode premiered and including the time for producing the show.  She would have graduated from Lakewood as a grade 8 not a grade 5 making Lakewood a K-8 school.
 * This would make sense, because there are no middle schools shown in the Arthur series.
 * Although it is estimated that there are one hundred and eighty students at Lakewood, in Francine's imagination in "Arthur's Number Nightmare", she drops to a school rank in the two hundreds.
 * However, she could have just been imagining a random number that had nothing to do with the actual school population.
 * Lakewood Elementary is an actual school that Marc Brown attended back in 3rd grade, as said in a readingrockets interview.