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Although Help to Others, or H2O , has been a youth service organization in the city since the 1990s, its impact on the community and participating youth is not widely known. Even within the school district, which partners with the City of Lakewood in supporting H2O, the good work that the H2O students and staff undertake often goes under the radar. Last month, at the administrators’ planning session, a presentation by H2O service campers and counselors opened a lot of eyes to the amazing opportunity that H2O is for student growth and service. 

The 39th annual Ranger Marching Band Festival will take place on Sept. 19 at 6 pm at First Federal Lakewood Stadium and will feature the Rangers plus Eastlake North, Fairview, Garfield Heights, Westlake, and special guests, the Otterbein College Marching Band! Ticket prices increase the day of the festival, so get your tickets early! Tickets sales are online only. No cash will be accepted at the gates for tickets or programs. Get your tickets at the link below:

Band Festival Tickets

Lakewood City Schools will be accepting bids for the purchase and installation of an updated sound system until 11:00 a.m. EST, Monday, Sept.14, 2026, at Taft Center for Innovation, 13701 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107, attention Mrs. Meghan Rohde, Treasurer. Bid documents may be viewed at the links below.
The competitive bids will be sealed in an envelope, addressed to the Lakewood City School District, with the name of the vendor and project name clearly marked on the envelope. The Lakewood City School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all competitive bids. Send an e-mail with interest in participating along with any questions to: whitney.miller@lakewoodcityschools.org. and
christopher.donahoe@lakewoodcityschools.org. 

View Request for Proposals Document
View Contract Addendum

The Lakewood City Schools Community Recreation and Education Department’s fall booklet is now available. It has a complete listing of all of the youth/adult programming, athletics, and aquatics that we have to offer for this fall. Click on the link below to view the booklet

View Fall Booklet

Congratulations to West Shore Career-Tech MEMS teacher Kyle White for being named a finalist for the 2026 Best of Tech Awards, sponsored by Greater Cleveland Partnership! Winners for the 20th annual awards program will be announced at a live event at the Museum of Natural History on Sept. 14. The program honors companies, organizations and individuals who are excelling and helping grow the tech economy in our region. We wish the best of luck to Mr. White, who has done amazing work with our MEMS students!

We are grateful for the Lakewood Rangers Education Foundation (LREF) for the many ways it supports the District, including our staff members. At our Aug. 20 Convocation that kicked off the new school year, LREF announced nearly $44,000 in teaching grants for staff. The grants will be used to fund 36 unique innovative learning experiences created by the District’s amazing educators. The grants are made possible through a number of dedicated funding sources such as the Margaret B. Warner Fund and the Meinke Creative Teaching Grant Fund as well as LREF’s general fund.

At its Aug. 4 special meeting, the Lakewood City Schools Board of Education voted to approve a settlement related to a legal matter concerning the District's previously approved plan to repurpose Lincoln Elementary School as an Early Learning Center and redraw elementary school attendance boundaries.

On Aug. 4, 2026, the Lakewood Board of Education approved a settlement agreement that resolves the litigation filed by Friends of Lakewood against the Board of Education. While the Board is unable at this juncture to comment in a more robust manner on the terms of the settlement, it is important to the Board that the community knows that the Board did not resolve the litigation because it felt it did anything wrong in the events that led to the Board's approval of the superintendent's recommendation to repurpose Lincoln Elementary School.  Rather, the Board approved the settlement because it is mindful of its obligations to be a careful steward of the taxpayer money that largely funds the District and its educational programming, and resolving the case now avoids the significant time and expense that comes along with protracted litigation. At this time, the Board is not able to comment further, but the Board looks forward to bringing this dispute to a close so that the school community can focus on what is most important - providing the students of the District with the best education possible.  

Congratulations to West Shore Career-Tech Culinary students Carys Crone, Finn Getz, and Htoo Lweh Wah or earning honors in the Family Career and Community Leadership Association's national competition held in July! Htoo Wah and Carys earned a silver category rating (approx. 80-89% score) and Finn Getts earned a bronze rating (approx. 70-79%). The trio earned spots in the FCCLA contest by finishing in the top three in the state competition: Finn placed first, Htoo Wah placed second, and Carys placed third. Way to go, all!

The transition to a new school year always brings with it new faces and new roles for existing staff members as educators retire or move on. So far this summer, the Lakewood Board of Education approved several key leadership appointments and new administrative hires for the 2026-27 school year. All will begin their new positions on Aug. 1, 2026.