MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Chromebook Update

We now have had our Chromebooks for five months and they have become

an integral part of teaching and learning at Garfield. Every day I see

students using them to research information, create presentations, and

engage in interactive, web-based learning activities. However, just like

any piece of technology, it is important to remember the basic expectations

to ensure they are a valuable academic tool.

1. Keep Chromebook in carrying case at all times and place all

items in outside zipper pocket.

2. Charge Chromebook nightly so the battery will last the entire

day. Use charging stations in cafeteria before school if battery is

low.

3. Carry earbuds in outer pocket each day so they will be available

for use in school.

4. Report any damaged or lost Chromebooks to the LRC to aid in

faster repair/return.

5. Utilize Chromebook for learning purposes only when in school.

Chromebook use for entertainment purposes should only be done

at home after school work is completed.

6. Appreciate the learning opportunity that the Lakewood Middle

School students have that is provided by the school district and

from the support of the Lakewood community.

The Chromebook initiative truly is a unique learning experience. Through

much hard work from our teachers and technology department, students’

learning opportunities have grown exponentially. Thank you to all of the

parents, students, teachers, LRC staff, and technology specialists who are

supporting a new way of teaching and a broader way to learn.

Mr. Walter

GARFIELD GAZETTE

February,2016

Mark Walter Principal

Tony Chiaravalle, Assistant Principal

Mary Kay Marcuse, Counselor

Garfield Middle School

13114 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH 44107

Phone (216) 529-4241

Fax (216) 529-4146

Attendance (216) 529-4310

Website www.lakewoodcityschools.org

Board of Education

Tom Einhouse, President

Betsy Shaughnessy, Vice President

Linda Beebe

Edward Favre

Emma Petrie Barcelona

Calendar _____ ___________

February

15 President’s Day – No School

17 6:30-9:00 p.m. – Family Pizza &

Math Night – Room 220

17 7:00 p.m. – PTSA Meeting – LRC

25 7:00 p.m. – Talent Show – Café

March

11 End of Third Quarter

11 6:30-8:30 p.m. – St. Patrick’s

Day School Dance/Activity Night –

Café/Gym

12 LHS Athletic Boosters 12th Annual

Night at the Races-flyer enclosed

14 Pi Day

14 3:00-7:00 p.m. – Blood Drive –

Café

16 7:00 p.m. – PTSA Meeting – LRC

22 7:30 p.m. – 8th Grade Band

Concert – Civic

25-4/1 Spring Break – No School

Please see Standardized Testing

Schedule for April and May on page

3 of the Garfield Gazette

MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT:

I wanted to share with you some news that I reported to the Board at its January 19 meeting. With most all the

estimated costs in hand for our final phase of construction, the District finds itself with a cost overrun of 6% or about

$6 million. The District plans to cover the budget gap through a proposed agreement with the Ohio Facilities

Construction Commission (OFCC).

A combination of factors are behind the overrun, and are beyond the control of the District. The factors include

construction costs that have spiked beyond projected inflation rates, higher than anticipated transition site costs, costs

associated with historical preservation, unexpected issues with unsuitable soil at all sites, and a higher cost of

environmental remediation at two of the sites.

The District has a plan to cover the overruns by asking the OFCC for additional funds at its April meeting. The District

is required to cover 69% of the overrun through money that exists outside of its general fund in various accounts, such

as permanent improvement funds, McKinley property agreement funds, prior and current construction funds, food

service funds, donations and interest earnings. The state will provide its 31% of the funding if needed at the end of the

project.

There is a possibility the District will not need to dip into these funds to close the cost gap. If at the end of the project

money remains in the contingency fund required by the state, then that money will go toward making up the cost

difference.

Despite the budget challenge, the good news is that the buildings are still scheduled to be completed according to the

original timetable with the elementary schools opening in August 2016 and the high school wings ready for use in

August 2017.

Jeffrey W. Patterson

Superintendent

Superintendent Chat

On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Superintendent Jeff Patterson will hold his third Superintendent Chat of the school year. The

chat will take place at 6 pm in the Garfield Middle School cafetorium. At this chat, Superintendent would like to

begin the discussion of what the future use of Taft, Franklin and the Board of Education building should be. No

reservations are needed, just show up with your questions and comments! Hope to see you there.

Standardized Testing Schedule This year the mandatory state testing has been drastically reduced and will be administered during one time

frame only. This testing timeframe is very similar to those we have had in the past and minimizes lost

instructional time.

April 12—6th grade Language Arts April 13—6th grade Language Arts April 14—7th grade Language Arts April 15—7th grade Language Arts April 19—8th grade Language Arts April 20—8th grade Language Arts April 26—6th grade Math April 27—6th grade Math April 28—8th grade Math April 29—8th grade Math May 3—7th grade Math May 4—7th grade Math May 5—6th grade Social Studies & 8th grade Science May 6—6th grade Social Studies & 8th grade Science

Garfield Middle School

Annual Spring Blood Drive

Monday, March 14, 2016

3:00-7:00 p.m.

Garfield Cafeteria

St. Patrick’s Day Dance/ Activity Night.

Friday, March 11, 2016 time 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

PTSA Student Members get in free. Join today if you are not a member.

Dear Garfield Families,

Thank you for your outstanding level of support in January. Support has been great for PTSA concessions for

Garfield Athletics. Thank you very much. Go Garfield!!

PTSA will have the Third Quarter Dance and Activity Night on Friday, March 11, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Students are encouraged to wear green and or St. Patrick’s Day attire. PTSA is in need of donations of can pop, bottled

water, individually wrapped baked goods and snack bags. Send these to the office from March 8-11 labeled “Dance.”

If you’d like to help setting up, or chaperoning, please let us know. Email us at Garfieldmiddleschool@gmail.com

PTSA and LCAC are also teaming up to provide students a charity opportunity for this dance. Students may donate a

new toothbrush and tooth paste and bring it to the dance and in return students will receive 2 food item tickets for the

dance.

New for this year, 8th grade PTSA student members and parents are welcome to work the concession stand at the

basketball games. This opportunity will be given to students to help subsidize the 8th grade Washington D.C. Trip in

May. Check the Garfield Athletics schedule online or in the gym hallway to pick the game you would like to have.

Email the concession coordinator at Garfieldconcession8@yahoo.com to get your confirmation and more specific

details. There is a three (3) student / one (1) parent limit for each game, with a total of four (4) people per game.

Student and or parent must arrive by 4:15 to set up concession and then close the stand at 6:30 p.m.

Keep posted on the latest news on Facebook at Garfield Middle School.

Have a wonderful winter,

Regina S. Westlake, PTSA President

H2O News

Garfield H2O volunteers have been busy this year making items to contribute to local community events such as

Spooky Pooch Parade, the LCAC Holiday Food Deliveries, Light up Lakewood and the LCSC monthly grocery

deliveries to senior citizens. With each project and its explanation come an awareness of the ways we can build

community in Lakewood and a deeper understanding of our neighbors.

There is no deadline for joining H2O. All Garfield students are invited to begin attending meetings as their schedule

allows. They will receive registration paperwork at the first meeting they attend. Please complete and sign the forms

and return them to us at the next meeting. H2O meets in the cafeteria directly after school and we wrap up at 4:30pm.

Students can walk home at that time or meet parents in front of the school building. If a student needs to leave before

4:30, please send a note or email to let us know.

Join us for service projects, fun and games on the following Fridays:

1/15/2016

1/29/2016

2/12/2016

2/26/2016

3/11/2016

4/8/2016

4/22/2016

Español Febrero 2016 Hace mucho frío y está congelado! Hola padres, SP 1 kids are learning stem changing verbs and weather. Stem verbs can be challenging and require repeated visits to lessons, notes, web sites etc., that help drill, quiz and master the 4 different types of stem changes that occur. We are also learning weather vocabulary and the four seasons. Your child will be able to able to tell you the weather in Spanish for any given day of the year, just ask him/her. A major assessment is a weather presentations using Google slides and presenting the weather before the class with no notes. Icons and images are welcome on the slides but no words can be used. Ask kids about their pretentions in class regarding weather. Please recall that SP 1 is a yearlong class that has a cumulative final exam towards the end of May. With the Washington trip occurring in later May, there will be a few days when students will not have class and therefore will not be practicing, hearing, saying or drilling with Sp. I encourage students to review older material, quizzes, tests, presentations, and past assignments that will help them prepare for the final test. Websites that are helpful: quia.com, spanishspanish.com, studyspanish.com, conjuguemos.com, duolingo.com, classzone.com, etc.

THE LHS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS PRESENT THE

12th ANNUAL NIGHT AT THE RACES

Saturday, March 12th, 2016 St. Mary’s Hall

3256 Warren Road

6:00 – 11:30 PM Post Time: 7:30 PM

Star Entertainment DJ Service / Side Boards / Silent Auctions / Chinese Auction

Dessert Bar – Coffee – Wash – Adult Beverage Provided

Continuing the tradition of who has the best table and food, we encourage you to bring your own

appetizers/food and any special beverage of your choosing! Be creative!

NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR PRE-SALE TICKETS ONLY (Adults only)

CONTACT: Amy Kemp (216)233-6009 or teamkemp@cox.net Karen Burks (330)675-9036 karen.burks@covelli.com

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ORDER FORM – No Tickets Will Be Sold At The Door NAME _________________________________ Phone _____________________

ADDRESS__________________________________________________________ EMAIL______________________________________

____ Tickets at $30 $________ ____ Table(s) of 8 - $200 $________ ____ Table(s) of 10 - $250 $________

PURCHASE A HORSE IN RACE 1 thru 9 for $15 AND THE WINNING HORSE RECEIVES $30

Name of Horse_______________________ Owner’s Name _______________ Name of Horse_______________________ Owner’s Name _______________ Name of Horse_______________________ Owner’s Name _______________

Name of Horse_______________________ Owner’s Name_______________

***DEADLINE TO PURCHASE TICKETS & HORSES IS FEB. 22ND, 2016***

TO PURCHASE TICKETS/HORSES VIA PAYPAL VISIT LAKEWOODATHLETICBOOSTERS.ORG

OR MAIL FORM AND PAYMENT TO: LAKEWOOD ATHLETIC BOOSTERS

Attn: Night at the Races P.O. BOX 771031

Lakewood, OH 44107

12th ANNUAL

NIGHT AT THE RACES Sponsored by

LHS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS March 12, 2016

St. Mary’s Hall 3256 Warren Road

Business Name: _______________________________________

Address: _______________________________________

Contact Name: _______________________________________ Phone: ______________________ Email:___________________________________

RACE SPONSOR $150.00 Name, business card or business logo inserted at the top of the race page in the program. Name or business announced at the beginning and end of that race. Please attach business card and/or logo. Cards and logos can be accepted digitally at my e-mail (to follow).

ADVERTISEMENT-$40.00 (1/3rd page) / $75.00 (1/2 page)/ $100.00 (full page) Please attach business card and/or logo. Cards and logos can be accepted digitally at my e-mail (to follow).

PRODUCT DONATION – Business Name: _______________________________________________ Merchandise: _______________________________________________ Gift Certificate: _______________________________________________ ***DEADLINE FOR EVENT PROGRAM IS FEBRUARY 22nd, 2016***

For more information contact: Amy Kemp: (216) 233-6009 or teamkemp@cox.net Karen Burks (330)675-9036 or karen.burks@covelli.com

To pay via PAYPAL please visit LAKEWOODATHLETICBOOSTERS.ORG

or Mail Payment to: LHS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS

P.O. BOX 771031 LAKEWOOD, OH 44107