Why Lakeside is worth it: What about THE DRIVE?

When our boys basketball team won the sectional final against Platteville in a game played at Wisconsin Dells High School, a sports reporter tweeted, “Not sure anyone travels as well as Warrior fans.”

That might be because Warriors are used to traveling every day for school. The average drive is 19.96 miles to get to campus each day. Many students— typically 40-45%—use a Lakeside bus to get to school, but there are some whom even the bus routes can't feasibly manage. Why would these families choose LLHS?

With a one-way drive of 52 miles, senior Kate and sophomore Jack Thiele, who live near Lodi, are in the 1.8% of Warriors who live over 45 miles away. Hear from Kate about what this looks like and why Lakeside is worth it:

“I pack the night before so I can be ready,” Kate says. She also used to wake up “a little after 5, but I’m sleeping in a little bit now.”

Ultimately it becomes an issue of time management, but as a Westside Christian, Middleton, elementary grad, she was used to quite a drive, even for grade school. “I’ve always lived far away from where I’ve gone to school so it’s never really been an issue,” she says.

As far as making friends, the distance hasn’t been a problem. “They’re my friends and we make it work. And it’s so awesome when I get to see them because I don’t always see them every day, it makes the time we do get together more special,” she shares.

But is it worth it? Kate believes it is! “The commute to Lakeside is so worth it, so very worth it, because we’re at this school to feed our faith and learn more about Jesus.”