It is hard to believe, but in seven school days, the 2023-2024 school year will end. Over the remaining days, students will exposed to exams in their core and World Language classes. Additionally, Learwood will be dismissing students at 11:30 AM, on the last day of school (6/5/24), which will be the end of their 4th period class. Many students ride their bikes to school that day, so if you are dropping off or picking up your child, please pay extra attention in the parking lot and on the streets. We encourage all students to go directly home.

The school supply list for the 24-25 school year is posted on Learwood's webpage. Over the past three years, we have partnered up with School Tool Box to help families attain their supplies without the hassles of going to the store. Please preview the information by clicking on the button below. The supply list for both grades can also be found on Learwood's Webpage.

Below is an updated video of personal items left behind by students in the locker rooms, cafeteria, and other parts of the building. Items can be found in the Lost and Found. Any items remaining after the last day of school on June 5th, will be donated.

Over the summer months you will receive an email notifying you to complete your student's back-to-school forms via your PowerSchool Parent Account. All forms are to be completed prior to the first day of school. This is a one-stop shop for updating your child’s emergency and medical information as well as signing off on the annual permission forms for school district policies.

If you have any questions about your PowerSchool Parent Account, please contact:

• Maria Szarek - (440) 933-4829
• Theresa Martin - (440) 933-0984

If your student has medication in the school clinic, please pick up before the end of the year. Medications cannot be stored over summer. Any Medications that are not picked up will be disposed. An Adult will need to pick up medications, students are not able to transport medications. Have a Safe and Heathy Summer! Thank you!

Learwood Nurses

Welcome to English 9 Honors! We are excited that you have chosen to take this class and look forward to meeting you in the fall. This will be an exciting, challenging, and rewarding experience for you. The focus of the course is primarily on advanced literary analysis and college preparatory writing instruction. Therefore, a close and active reading of all texts is essential to success. Please read the enclosed information carefully. It contains the directions and resources that you will need to complete your summer reading assignments. Students who do not complete these assignments will be advised to take an alternative English course. Additionally, you will need to complete the acknowledgment Google Form below.

ALHS English Department

The frameworks in creating these skills and assignments and they are NOT meant to be completed in total. It is meant for a family/student to pick the topics they want to review at any given time. The big thing to stress to students/parents is this is all optional but valuable. Each class contains optional practice problem sets.

In addition, we have “Highly Suggested” skills to complete for students moving from Math 6 into Math 7+ and from students in Math 7 moving into Algebra 1.

We have finalized class placements, and are currently working on completing schedules. Student schedules will be released in August. Students and parents will be able to access class placements for our leveled classes in ELA, Math, and Science through PowerSchool. For each of our leveled classes we look at multiple data points to ensure students are properly placed. If we feel a student has been misplaced, students will be moved up or down during the school year.

In order to view placements, you must sign into PowerSchool through the actual webpage and not the App. Once you have logged in, click on the tab labeled CLASS REGISTRATION on the left. This will show which courses your student has been signed up for, or been placed into. This feature will be live by next Wednesday. For each of our leveled classes we look at multiple data points to ensure students are properly placed. If we feel a student has been misplaced, students will be moved up or down during the school year.

General Placement Criteria:

ELA+ (Grades 7 and 8): Gifted Identification in Reading and consistent MAPS scores in the 85th percentile or higher

Algebra/Advanced Algebra: Weighted MAPS scores (3 most recent MAPS carry the most weight), 7th grade math test scores (no retakes), and Algebra Readiness Placement Test. Both courses are grade level accelerated and allow students the opportunity to be placed into Geometry or Honors Geometry as freshmen

Math 7+, Advanced Math 7: Weighted MAPS scores (3 most recent MAPS carry the most weight), 6th grade math test scores (no retakes). Both courses allow students to be placed into either Algebra or Advanced Algebra in the 8th grade

Science+ (Grades 7): Science test scores in grade 6 over 85% (no retakes), math placement into Math 7+ or Advanced Math 7, and 5th grade OST score in Science

Science+ (Grades 8): Science test scores in grade 7 over 90% (no retakes), and math placement into Algebra or Advanced Algebra. All 8th grade students will have the same opportunities for placement into our freshmen Science offerings

Dear Learwood Families,

Current 7th grade students will keep their Chromebook over the summer. If you know that you will be withdrawing your child from the Avon Lake City Schools, please have your child turn in the assigned Chromebook and charger to the Media Center on the last day of school. In order to maintain battery life for next school year, please keep your Chromebook plugged in over the summer.

If your child is a current 8th grader, your child will be turning in their assigned Chromebook and charger on the last day of school to their third period teacher. All current 8th grade students will receive a new Chromebook at the start of next school year. Your child’s teachers will let them know where and how to turn in their Chromebook and charger.

A fee of $250 fee will be assessed for anyone not returning their assigned Chromebook and charger. If you cannot locate the charger the fee is $25.00. Damaged Chromebooks turned in will have repair fees assessed over the Summer.

Sincerely,

ALCS Technology Department

The 2023-2024 Yearbooks have arrived for those families who ordered them ahead of time. Students will be receiving their copy next week in the designated homeroom period. If additional copies remain, an announcement will go out to purchase one based on submission of payment.