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.
 

Zoe Budzar and Max Mulready produced works of art and music that were chosen to move forward to state competition as part of the PTA Reflections award ceremony held at the Civic Auditorium on January 27th.

Harding Middle School kicked-off a new anti-bullying campaign based on the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. The student body watched student created videos that re-enacted common bullying senarios and  offered ways in which students could stop bullying by reporting it to adults.   

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.

A team of Harding eighth graders put on an impressive display of knowledge as the team ran away with first place at the regional Classroom of Champions academic team competition held at St. Edward High School on Jan. 20. The team, comprised of Hugh Campbell, Max Mulready and Eli Zettler, scored 745 points, the second team in only 21 years of competition to score more than 700 points.

The Harding Middle School community should be proud of this accomplishment! We were elevated from "Effective" to "Excellent" because Harding students showed "Higher than Expected" growth for two consecutive years.  This could not have been done without  the hard work of our staff, the great effort from our students and, of course, the strong support of our parents.  Thank you!

Please click on the following link to access Harding's 2008-2009 school report card:

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: