The Ranger Café @ West Shore opened its doors to the public on Tuesday, Jan. 26, with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony that marked a new chapter in the culinary arts program's history. Superintendent Madak and members of the Board of Education were on hand to celebrate the occasion along with invited guests from the community. Patty Ryan of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce presented a plaque to welcome the restaurant into the business community.

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Each year, Lakewood PTA Council awards two $1,000 academic scholarships and one $1,000 Career Technical scholarship. Applicant must be a Lakewood resident, a graduating LHS senior with a minimum 3.0 GPA, have applied or been accepted to a four-year college for the puprose of obtaining a bachelor's degree, and have a parent or guardian who is a member of a Lakewood PTA unit. Lakewood PTA Council strongly encourages all eligible students to apply. The application will be available from the LHS Guidance Office after Feb. 1st or online at the Lakewood PTA Council website at  www.lkwdpl.org/pta/council  The application deadline is March 19, 2010.

Click here to view the course catalog for the 2010-2011 school year. The catalog will be available year-round under School Forms.

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The West Shore Career-Technical District is required to meet mandates issued by the Ohio Department of Education. One mandate is to assist Career-Technical students to be "college ready." "College ready" is defined as students meeting a certain benchmark on the college placement exams, ACT or SAT. These test scores indicate how well a student will perform in college. The purpose for this state mandate is to avoid students taking remedial coursework at the college level in Math and English. Remedial work cost a student time and money while pursuing a college degree.

The West Shore Career-Technical District has developed the "College Ready Initiative." This initiative consists of students in their junior year having access to ACT and SAT practice test available on the Ohio Career Information System (OCIS) website. Students are encouraged to take the ACT and/or the SAT at the end of their junior year. In the fall of the senior year, students are asked to share their results with their Career-Tech teacher. If a student cannot afford the ACT or SAT, we offer the ASVAB test every October. Although ASVAB is not a college entrance exam, its scores are correlated to the ACT and SAT. If the accepted benchmark is not met on any of these tests, students are offered Compass Prep sessions. These sessions are computer based remedial lesson in Math and English.

The West Shore Career-Technical District is committed to helping its students succeed not only in their Career-Technical program but also in the pursuit of a college degree in the future.

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Dept. Secretary:  216/529-4380

Click here for the 2009-10 West Shore calendar.

The H1N1 virus is now prevalent throughout Northeast Ohio, including in the Lakewood Schools. The district wants to assure its families that it is closely monitoring the situation and keeping abreast of the latest news and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our response to the virus and its outbreak within our school population includes the following: