Lakewood City Schools will be conducting standardized testing beginning March 1, 2010 for multiple purposes, one of which is meeting state requirements for gifted identification. Referrals for gifted identification testing are being taken for grades 3, 5 and 6. If you would like to refer your child for testing please contact either your child’s building principal or teacher. Lakewood City Schools will test all students at the following grade levels: grade 1; grade 2; grade 4; and grade 7 therefore referrals at these grade levels are not needed.

The H1N1 virus is now prevalent throughout Northeast Ohio, including in the Lakewood Schools. The district wants to assure its families that it is closely monitoring the situation and keeping abreast of the latest news and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our response to the virus and its outbreak within our school population includes the following:

 

The hard work put in during the 2008-2009 school year by our district’s staff, students and administrators has resulted in the district’s first-ever “Excellent” designation on the Ohio Department of Education’s Report Card. Meeting 26 of the 30 state indicators elevated the district from “Effective” to “Excellent.” Four of Lakewood’s schools – Garfield and Harding middle schools and Grant and Lincoln elementary schools – also earned an “Excellent” rating.