Juniors will get the opportunity to meet with their MetroHealth mentor over lunch. Their mentors will continue to meet with their assigned scholar and support them throughout the rest of their high school journey!

On Friday, February 2nd, ALL seniors will complete their FSA IDs to prepare to work on their FAFSA (Federal Student Aid) to financially support them in college. These sessions will take place during their Senior Capstone courses.

Our College Now representative will be present at our Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, February 8th to assist seniors and their families with completing the FAFSAs.

All scholars have received their semester 1 report cards and Parent-Teacher Conferences to discuss your child's progress will be held on Thursday, February 8th from 12:40pm - 5:05pm at the Main Campus located at 3202 West 30th Street. This will be an early-release day for students, and they will be dismissed at 11:55am if they do a grab and go lunch; or at 12:35pm if they decide to stay for lunch. These conferences should be student led. Therefore, we ask that your scholar attends with you and brings their device to access their quarter 1 and quarter 2 work.

In addition to our Student-Led Conferences, we will be offering these additional sessions and resources:

Mandatory Senior Night and Meeting with Parents:

Our Say Yes Family Specialist will be assisting parents in completing their FAFSA ID and FAFSA application from 1:35pm – 5:35pm this evening. There is a mandatory meeting for all seniors and parents to discuss senior activities and expectations. Completing a FAFSA gives your senior access to federal grant money to attend college upon graduation.

On-Track for Graduation Status:

Our School Counselor will be available from 1:35pm – 5:35pm to discuss your child’s on-track status for graduation. She will access your child’s transcripts and let you know what the student needs to graduate. She can also share his/her progress in credit recovery if your child is enrolled. These sessions are for ALL grade levels.

OELPA Information Sessions:

All of our identified English Language Learners will be taking the Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment (OELPA) beginning the week of February 12th. These are assessments designed to assess how well our English Language Learners (ELL) are able to speak, write, and listen / respond to the English language. Students are assessed each year with a goal to increase their language proficiency levels until they test out of the OELPA. Therefore, we will be holding an informational session for OELPA during Parent-Teacher Conferences. One will be for English/Spanish speaking, and another for Swahili speaking families. The session will last approximately one hour from 2:30pm – 3:30pm. See the Parent-Teacher Conference Agenda below for more details.

On Thursday, February 8th, MetroHealth will be hosting a panel discussion between some of our 10th grade scholars and MetroHealth's CEO Dr. Steed. During second semester, our 10th grader scholars embarked on a history project with Mr. Retherford to explore inequities that have plagued the black community. During the panel discussion, Dr. Steed will be asking them about their experience and learning through this project, and how it relates to the inequities we see in healthcare today.

Six of our scholars from Student Council have been selected to attend a special luncheon at the City Club of Cleveland as special guests of MetroHealth and their CEO Dr. Steed.

We are taking all students who made Merit Roll or Honor Roll during the first semester back to Dave and Busters to reward them for all of their hard work!!! Congratulations award winners!!!

We are providing a hot and delicious breakfast for all 9th and 10th grade scholars who met their growth target on NWEA or performed at or above grade-level to reward them for their hard work and achievement.

Teachers will engage in a full day of professional development on Friday, February 16th. There is no school for scholars on this day.

Monday, February 19th is President's Day. All CMSD facilities will be closed in observance of this national holiday.

Juniors and select 10th graders will take a trip to The University of Toledo and take a tour of the campus. While there, they will get to know the programs they offer and resources they provide to be successful.

Students MUST arrive by 7:30am to attend!

We will be having our whole-campus day and quarterly incentive activity on Friday, February 23rd. The MetroHealth Campus will be closed.

The entire Lincoln-West campus will come together to celebrate Black History in a program that highlights music, poetry, storytelling, and more! This event will take place in our campus auditorium.

(This is a whole-campus day. The MetroHealth campus will be closed.)

We will be having our First Annual LWSH Black History Oratory Contest at MetroHealth hosted by the African American Alliance (AAA) and MetroHealth's Toastmaster's EBRG. This will take place in the East Dining Room at MetroHealth from 9:00am - 11:00am.

Juniors and select 10th graders will take a trip to Bowling Green State University and take a tour of the campus. While there, they will get to know the programs they offer and resources they provide to be successful.

Students MUST arrive by 7:30am to attend!