LEARWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL

FEBRUARY

3 High School Placement day for Grade 8

3 High School Registration Opens (3:00 PM)

4 Report Cards will be accessible through PowerSchool

12 Parent Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:00 PM

13 PTA Meeting 9:30 AM (AL Library)

14 Teacher In Service Day - No School

17 Washington’s Birthday - No School

20 Orchestra Winter Concert 7:00 PM @ PAC

27 All Pro Parent meeting 7:15-7:45 AM

MARCH

6 Early release - 11:35 AM

7 Parent Conferences - No School

10 No School

13 PTA Meeting 9:30 AM (AL Library)

27 All Pro Parent meeting 7:15-7:45 AM

28 End of 3rd Quarter

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Wednesday, February 12th, from 3:30-7:00 PM and on Friday, March 7th, from 7:00 AM-3:00 PM (by appointment only: https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Learwood_Middle_School). All conferences will be in person. 7th Grade conferences will be held in the Cafeteria, 8th Grade conferences will be held in the MPR, and our Essentials teachers will be in the hallways outside the auditorium. Please review the location the day of your conference, in case there is a change. We ask that you be a few minutes early, so that you get the allotted time slot to discuss how we can work together to help your child. If you are unable to make either conference and would like to meet with your child’s teachers, please contact your child’s counselor to set up a better time and way. The window to sign up for the February conferences will open at 3:00 PM on 2/4/25. There will another posting for signing up for the March conference day closer to 3/7/25.

Please join us Monday, Feb 10th @ 6:30 pm in the High School commons. We welcome ALL 8th grade parents to want to check out the next level of PTA or just start getting a feel for the High School!

Avon Lake PTA Council is comprised of its own Executive Board which works with representatives from all of the Avon Lake PTA units and the Avon Lake School District to share ideas, help work as a medium to address challenges faced by the units and the district in addition to being a liaison with Ohio and National PTA.

PTA Council is seeking volunteers to serve on its Executive Board for the 2025-2026 school year. Open positions include Treasurer, Secretary, VP Fundraising, VP President Elect and Scholarship Chair. Meetings are held roughly 4 times during the school year. Scope of responsibilities is much less time-consuming than at the individual units and our Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent attends our meetings. One requirement to serve is that you must be a member of one of the Avon Lake PTA units.

If you are interested in serving on PTA Council or have questions about positions/responsibilities, please send an e-mail to Audra Avarello at ajavarello@hotmail.com by March 1. Thank you for considering serving on this Board.

More information can be found on our website: https://alcsptacouncil.weebly.com

We are starting to see an increase in Flu A positive in our students. Lorain County is reporting that the seasonal influenza this week and last week is HIGH (link for the report: https://odh.ohio.gov/know-our-programs/seasonal-influenza/influenza-dashboard). As per school policy, students should be fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication before returning to school. Other symptoms to consider for the flu would be: persistent cough, ear pain, sore throat, headache and fatigue. Please reach out to your building nurse for further questions.

I wanted to thank you again for taking time out of your busy day to join us for All-Pro Parent yesterday. As always, we try to share the resources that were used to create the conversation from our session. Enjoy!

• Link to Notebook LM Audio overview of our Take Back Togetherness session
• Link to our November session

Our next meeting will be Thursday, February 27 at 7:15 AM. Please share your experience with other parents/friends. All are welcome.

Sincerely,

M. Nori Okuma

Assistant Principal/Athletic Director

Learwood Middle School

Each quarter, students are selected as Dream Team Award recipients by their Essentials teachers in recognition of their hard work, dedication, and resilience. These students consistently demonstrate a strong commitment to learning, a positive attitude, and the ability to overcome challenges. To celebrate their achievement, they were honored with a special pancake breakfast, featuring freshly made pancakes cooked by their teachers, along with sausage, fruit, and juice. Each student also received a certificate recognizing their outstanding efforts.