From athletic director Harry Manos: At the end of each athletic season, I present the awards and grade point averages of the Garfield Middle School Student-Athletes. I want to update you on the Garfield Middle School Winter Student-Athletes.  We have a total of 75 student-athletes this Winter at Garfield Middle School.  This covers 7^th/8^th Grade Girls Basketball, 7^th/8^th Grade Boys Basketball, 7^th/8^th Grade Wrestling, and 7^th/8^th Grade Basketball Cheerleading.  I want to provide you with some very outstanding statistics regarding these student-athletes.

Both Harding and Garfield Middle Schools performed exceptionally at the District Power of the Pen Writing Competition held on January 23 at St. Joseph Academy. Out of 23 schools that participated, the Garfield 7^th grade writers placed 2nd in team standings, while Harding’s writers took 1^st place in both the 7^th and 8^th grade team standings! There were outstanding individual performances including a first place overall by Harding 8th grader Sarah Neff.
 

Lakewood City Schools will be conducting standardized testing beginning March 1, 2010 for multiple purposes, one of which is meeting state requirements for gifted identification. Referrals for gifted identification testing are being taken for grades 3, 5 and 6. If you would like to refer your child for testing please contact either your child’s building principal or teacher. Lakewood City Schools will test all students at the following grade levels: grade 1; grade 2; grade 4; and grade 7 therefore referrals at these grade levels are not needed.

Garfield Middle School has one more thing to be proud about.  For the second consecutive year students achieved "Higher Than Expected Growth" in mathematics and reading earning us an "Excellent" rating on the state report card.  The students, staff, and Garfield parents are to be congratulated on their efforts towards achieving academic excellence.  The hard work of the entire Garfield community paid great dividends and all should be proud of our school. 

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: