Lakewood High School

The 2019-20 school year is flying by.  The school year is in full swing.  The 1^st grading period is in the books along with fall sports and Marching Band season.  Our new staff members and students can no longer be considered new, they have a full grading period under their belts and are now full-fledged Lancers.  There have been some great things happening here at LHS for our Lancers.  Here are a few examples:

• Boys XC Team finished 3rd in the Region and 11^th in the State Cross Country Meet.  This is the 1st time LHS has had a team compete at the state level since 1995.
• Addison Pound finished 10th as an individual in the Central Region.  At the State Meet Addison finished 27^th and earned All-Ohio honors.
• Ella Wigal competed in the Girls State Golf Tournament finishing 12^th.
• Katie Chittum has qualified as a National Merit Semifinalist.
• We had 27 students take the PSAT assessment in October.
• Our Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology students are busy making connections with our local business partners.
• The Innovation Center is up and running with our new Engineering classes.

The 2^nd grading period will bring us many challenges and experiences.  We will continue to develop and participate with our business partners, providing our students opportunities to learn in the real world environment.  We will be gearing up for the next round of EOC testing and semester exams in December.  All students will be participating in the EOC assessments who did not obtain a “3” or better on a prior assessment or have missed a previous testing cycle.  The school drama production will be occurring in November and our Winter Sports athletes will be competing in Swimming, Bowling, Basketball, Cheerleading and Wrestling.  All of our sophomores will attend a “Hands On” career day at CTEC on November 22^nd.  We will even get some extra time with our families during the 2^nd grading period.  The Thanksgiving and Winter breaks will be here before you know it.  Be sure to let the people who support and love you every day know how much you appreciate them.

In closing, I want to let all of you Lancers know how much I appreciate what you do here at LHS.  I see Staff and Student participation and support of all of our programs and extra-curricular activities grow daily.  Great things are happening here at LHS!  Keep up the good work and stay focused on the prize.

Go Lancers!!