News and Updates from the ALCS

February 6, 2026

Dear Avon Lake City Schools Community,

While conditions have been cold, the ALCS leadership team has continued working closely with architects and designers to advance the construction of the new grades 5 – 8 building. Progress has continued steadily throughout the winter months. This “design phase” has helped various stakeholders thoughtfully consider what the educational experience for the community’s middle school-age students will look like. State of the art, highly innovative learning spaces are being planned. Classroom placement, transition times, community amenities, and traffic flow are all part of the discussions. In the coming months, our leadership team looks forward to developing more of the exterior designs and revealing renderings and layouts of the new school to the community. ALCS shares this video with you, reviewing one of the community-oriented events that is shaping many of the decisions for the new school, the Educational Visioning Workshop, from last fall. This event brought together students, Avon Lake staff, members of the local government, and residents to provide input on how this new facility could operate. We will keep you posted on future updates!

ALCS will be pursuing a Renewal Levy for Permanent Improvements this May, and the district wants to make sure you have the important facts. Renewal levies do NOT increase your taxes, and this particular issue will renew 1.5 mills, generating approximately $750,000 per year for the next 5 years, to be used for permanent improvements. Such improvements are restricted by law to help fund long-term assets that have a lifespan of 5 years or more including building repairs, buses, and major repairs on equipment to ensure they remain functional. Bus purchases, roofs, parking lot, and building repairs are common expenses for which PI funds are used. This Permanent Improvement levy was originally passed in 1991 and has been regularly renewed since then. Thank you for learning the facts about this Renewal Issue.

The ALCS enrollment portal is now open for parents with students interested in enrolling their child for PreK and kindergarten. Please keep in mind that your student must be 5 years of age ON OR BEFORE the first day of school, to register for kindergarten, which is August 18th for the 2026-2027 school year. Please use this link to access the portal, and to obtain more information about how your child can become enrolled in our district.

Westview Elementary students had some fun while showing school spirit by participating in “Dress Like Your Teacher Day” last week. See their creativity and humor in the nearby photo, but most importantly, their appreciation for the teachers and staff with an impressive array of outfits and accessories. Westview staff were greatly appreciative and took an assortment of pictures with students. Altogether, the spirit day was a wonderful opportunity to highlight the strong community and care that characterizes the Avon Lake City Schools. Fantastic job by all participating students!

A group of dedicated students at Avon Lake High School is actively raising funds for blood cancer awareness, and we encourage you to help support their efforts. Named Lake Against Leukemia, these students are taking aim at blood cancer and are providing opportunities to donate over the next several weeks to heighten people’s awareness about this disease. Every dollar raised supports lifesaving research. You can help the Lake Against Leukemia team by participating in Superbowl Squares by using these credentials: Game Number of 1359145 and using the Pool Password Blood, which you can enter online. Please do what you can to get involved today and help fund blood cancer research!

Congratulations to the ALHS students listed nearby who made the Honor Roll at Lorain County Joint Vocational School for the 2nd Quarter. These individuals earned a 3.5 grade point average or higher in their respective fields of study. Great job to our ALHS students!

The student body at Avon Lake High School clapped out our outstanding Dance Team earlier today, for qualifying to the State Competition this weekend. Students lined the hallways around the commons area to show their support and energy for our team! On behalf of everyone in our school district, all the best this weekend!

Finally, congratulations to Avon Lake High School senior Luke Slogar, who rolled a 300 score, helping propel the varsity boys bowling team to the North Shore Bowling Conference title this past weekend. You can see the moment of his final and twelfth consecutive strike. His perfect game led the team to earn more total pins than all other tourney participants, and in the process, secure their second title in the last three years. Other outstanding performances were turned in by senior Jeffrey Toth, junior William Sindelar, sophomore Chris Richard, and freshman Cooper Poling, who all eclipsed a 600 series for their three-game matches. Winning the NSBC Tournament serves as an important preparation for the upcoming Southwest Conference Tournament which takes place this weekend, and the state tournament play the following weekend. Congratulations to Luke Slogar on this perfect game, and the entire team for winning the NSBC tournament. All the best in post-season competition.

Have a safe and enjoyable weekend!

Sincerely,

Joelle M. Magyar

Superintendent of Schools

Each of the Avon Lake City Schools has a Parent Teacher/Staff Association (PTA) that is very active and which works closely with the District, Parents, and Community of Avon Lake.

Please consider joining the PTA associated with the school that your child attends. If you have students in multiple buildings, it is best to join each building.

It’s a great way to get involved and to help support the teachers, staff, students, and community!

For your convenience, below is a link to each school’s PTA membership website.

Avon Lake Early Childhood PTA

Eastview Elementary School PTA
Redwood Elementary School PTA
Westview Elementary School PTA
Troy Intermediate School PTA
Learwood Middle School PTA
Avon Lake High School PTA

February 13 - In-service - All Teachers/Tutors

February 16 - Washington's Birthday (No School)

To view the complete district calendar, click here.

Just in case you missed a newsletter from your child's school, or have multiple children in our district at different buildings, we have links below from each building principal for your convenience with the most recent information sent to families. A link to our quarterly District Facility Focus newsletter is also below.

Avon Lake High School

Learwood Middle School

Troy Intermediate School

Eastview Elementary School

Redwood Elementary School

Westview Elementary School

LEAPS Preschool

Facility Focus