LEARWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL

MARCH

7 Early release - 11:35 AM

8 Parent Conferences No School

11 Washington DC Trip meeting with students

14 PTA Meeting 9:00 AM ( AL Library)

15 7th Grade Scheduling Meeting with students

22 End of 3rd Quarter

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

29 Spring Break (School Resumes 4/9/24)

APRIL

1-8 Spring Break (School Resumes 4/9/24)

11 PTA Meeting 9:00 AM (AL Library)

15 OST ELA Part 1 (Grades 7 and 8)

16 OST ELA Part 2 (Grades 7 and 8)

23 OST Math Part 1 (Grades 7 and 8)

25 OST Math Part 2 (Grades 7 and 8)

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

29 OST Science (Grade 8 Only)

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Friday, March 8th, from 7:00 AM-3:00 PM (by appointment only: https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Learwood_Middle_School). If you did not meet with your child's teacher(s) in February and want to, you can sign up to meet with them in March. ALL conferences will be scheduled to be in person. If you must have a Virtual Conference, sign up through the link above, and then email the teacher you need to meet with. Emails for teachers can be found here. The location of the room will be posted in the Location Field. Please review the location the day of your conference, in case there is a change.

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 time to meet. The window to sign up will close at 7:00 AM on 3/7/24.

Congratulations to Emily (1st place), Daniella (2nd place), and Lila (3rd place) for their Patriot's Pen Essay submissions. Daniella also placed 2nd at the VFW District Level.

The judges were thoroughly impressed with their creativity, technical skill, and originality. Their essays truly stood out among the hundreds of submissions from other middle schools in the area.

In addition to receiving a certificate, they also received the coveted Commander's Coin, and a cash prize. I would also like to recognize Mrs. Augustine, Ms. Moffat, and Ms. Wells for their work with our students.

On Thursday, March 7th, the Avon Lake City Schools will be having an Early Release Day. Learwood students will be dismissed at 11:35 AM from school. While our students are at Learwood, we will be giving them an opportunity to eat lunch. Students may either bring their own lunch, or order one from the cafeteria. Students will be placing their lunch order for Thursday, on Tuesday (3/5/24). The lunch menu for next Thursday is:

Chips and Jalapeno Cheese

Carrots

Fruit

Milk

We will be holding our Washington DC Trip meeting with our current 7th grade students on March 11th. Students will receive information about the trip, as well as an opportunity to help reduce the cost by doing individual fundraising. Information about the trip and the fundraising opportunity will be shared with families after the meeting. The trip is an opportunity for students and not a right. Students may be prohibited from attending the trip due to their attendance, academics, and/or behaviors, from now through the day of the trip.

The 7th grade students will have a scheduling meeting on Friday, March 15th. They will learn about the various offerings they can take in the 8th grade. In addition to choosing classes such as Video Editing, Robotics, and Ceramics within the Wheel, they will also learn about the opportunity to take French or Spanish for high school credit.

Placement into Accelerated Classes:

Placement into our accelerated classes are based on student data and achievement on assessments.

ELA: OST and MAPS data, ELA class Written Assessments in grade 7, Lexile Levels

Math: MAPS data, test scores on assessments (no make up/extra credit), Algebra Readiness Placement test.

On Monday, March 4th, seventh grade students will be taking an Algebra Readiness assessment to help determine their math placement for the 8th grade.

Science: Placement into Algebra or Advanced Algebra, and 90% or higher on the unit assessments

Make a SPLASH with Disney's The Little Mermaid Musical!!! DIve into a world of magic, music, and adventure that you will not want to miss!

All shows will be at the PAC

• April 18: 7:00 PM
• April 19: 7:00 PM
• April 20: 7:00 PM
• April 21: 2:00 PM

We hope you can join us for our All Pro Parent meetings each month. Last month, Mr. Okuma presented and held discussions on AI. As always, we try to share the resources that were used to create the conversation from our session. Our next meeting will on March 28th. Enjoy!

• Link to presentation used in last month’s session (includes links to resources mentioned): Google Slides