LWSH Family Updates and Events
October 2021
Please read this special letter for all 10th grade scholars and families!!!
Important Messages
- We will be on Fall Break from Monday, October 4th through Friday, October 15th. All students return on Monday, October 18th. Enjoy your time off : )
- Monday, October 18th starts Marking Period 2. Encourage your child to check for outcomes marked below mastery and set goals to target those areas.
- Report cards were mailed home the week of October 18th and should arrive the following week. LWSH will be hosting parent-teacher conferences on Thursday, November 4th to discuss your child's progress toward mastery as evidenced by the grades on their report card.
Transform Yourself. Transform Your Community.
Our School's Mission
Our School's Why
Dear LWSH Families and Caregivers,
We thank you for your partnership as we got through a successful first marking period together! I'm very excited to inform our scholars and families that as we enter the second marking period, we will be embarking on a new teaching method called Project Based Learning or PBL to help our scholars learn better. A project motivates students to gain knowledge, and they remember it longer. Projects give students the chance to apply the skills they learn in school to personally relevant and real-world situations. Your child also learns skills in PBL such as how to think critically, solve problems, work in teams, make presentations, and present in front of an authentic audience. These skills will help students succeed in the future, both in school and in today’s work world.
We will be using this method of teaching in our math and ELA course across all grade levels, so be sure to discuss the project at home, encouraging your child to think hard and ask questions about the topic. You can also support the project by volunteering in the classroom, working with students on field trip, finding and offering expertise and resources related to the real-world problem they are trying to solve. We believe that engaging our scholars in this method of teaching and learning will increase student ownership, mastery levels, and overall academic achievement. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about project based learning, call the school at 216-838-7100 to set up an appointment to speak with someone. We look forward to our continued partnership to help our scholars transform themselves and the community!!!
Sincerely,
Principal Juliet King
Special News and Important Family Information
District-Wide COVID Protocols
- All staff, students, and visitors must wear an appropriate face mask while in the building regardless of vaccination status.
- Staff, scholars, and visitors will maintain a distance of 3-ft or more.
- If a scholar is exhibiting COVID symptoms, our on-site nurse will complete an assessment and contact the family immediately. All scholars who show symptoms of COVID will be isolated in our designated COVID room until picked up.
- If your scholar tests positive for COVID, they must quarantine at home for the recommended time of 10 days, and it must be reported to our COVID hotline at 216-838-WELL.
- Once a positive case is confirmed in the school, we notify all families, scholars, and staff via a notice written on district letterhead.
- If your child is NOT exhibiting COVID symptoms when you receive a letter, it is still safe to send them to school. However, if you are contacted directly by a nurse or your child is beginning to show symptoms, you should keep them home and have them COVID tested.
- See CMSD's Plans for a Safe Return To In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services
- To maintain a professional culture and atmosphere, we are strongly encouraging all LWSH scholars to represent our collaboration and partnership with MetroHealth Hospitals by wearing the shirts provided to them by the schools. This includes both polos and sweatshirts.
- If your scholar is unable to wear the professional attire for LWSH, they do not have to wear the traditional dress code from previous in-person school years; however, the dress must be appropriate. See our district's policy for proper dress on the Back to School Informational section of the CMSD website.
- Students must live 1 mile or more away from the school in order to receive RTA bus tickets.
- Students who receive RTA tickets will receive their tickets weekly from our secretary Mrs. McMillan. Please be sure that your child keeps these tickets in a safe place to ensure transportation each day. These tickets are two-way (one ride to school and one ride back home) and include transfers that are valid for up to 2 1/2 hours between transfers.
- If your child is riding on a traditional school bus, you may track your child's bus with locations in real time using our Edulog app.
- If you have any questions or concerns regarding the P-EBT cards, you may contact CMSD's Ombudsman's Office at 216-838-0348, or contact Family and Job Services at 866-244-0071.
- Doors open to scholars beginning at 8:10am Monday - Friday for breakfast. Classes begin at 8:35am and end at 3:35pm. (Please note that some seniors have modified schedules where they do not have morning or afternoon classes. Please call the school and request to speak with our counselor, Mrs. Hubbard for more information regarding senior schedules).
- All parents, guardians, and caregivers are welcome to join our Parent Advisory Committee (AKA PAC). What you will do as a member is to provide us with feedback on our educational program; help us strategize and connect other families to the school; and help us decide how our Title I funds could best be used. The PAC will meet monthly on a regular day and time in order to keep a consistent schedule. We will also offer leadership positions such as President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. We sincerely hope that you take time and consider being a vital part of this committee as we consider a vital part of the educational process. To sign up, please fill out this form no later than Friday, September 17th and someone will reach out to you to provide you with information for our first meeting. Thanks for your involvement and engagement!!!
- Beginning Tuesday, September 7th, our juniors and seniors will report to classes daily at the MetroHealth Campus located at 2500 MetroHealth Drive, just minutes away from the Lincoln-West main campus.
- School start and end times remain the same, and scholars in these grade levels should continue to follow the schedule they had a the main campus.
- Scholars who do not have a first block class, may attend school at their later time; and scholars who do not have a last block class, may check out early. If a scholar plays a sport or is a member of an after-school club, they may wait in a designated area identified by administration to use as a study hall until the end of the day.
- When dropping off or picking your child by car, please be sure to park to your left on West 31st street to avoid blocking residents and traffic. We also ask that you remain in your vehicle. Thank you!
- Now is the time to maximize our efforts to continue socially and academically grow in a post- and new pandemic world by making sure we are learning every day! Please check out the Stay in the Game campaign sponsored by the Cleveland Browns in partnership with CMSD to encourage our families and scholars to learn everyday, whether in person or virtually. Clevelandbrowns.com | Official Site of the Cleveland Browns
- Please be sure that you call the office at 216-838-7100 to report any excused absences so they can be properly marked.
- Understand the long-term impact students leaving early and arriving late has on academic performance and overall test scores. Students should only leave school early if they are ill, need to attend to doctor appointments, or have a family emergency.
- Legal guardians must contact the school for early dismissals. If students leave the campus without parent notification and the proper sign-out procedure, disciplinary action may be taken.
Mark Your Calendars--Family, Student, and Community Events
PSAT / NMSQT Testing for Grades 9th -11th
To prepare for testing, please be sure that your child gets plenty of rest the night before, eats a hearty and healthy breakfast, and is prepared to take their time. All phones will be collected prior to testing to ensure test security measures are fully in place.
Tuesday, Oct 26, 2021, 09:00 PM
3202 West 30th Street, Cleveland, OH, USA
First Day of Senior Internship
Wednesday, Oct 27, 2021, 08:30 AM
9500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, USA
Parent-Teacher Conferences
We would like to invite you to our first Parent-Teacher conference of the year! Please sign-up to conference with your child's teacher and select a time between 12:45pm and 7:00pm to meet with them. Please bring your scholar along so that they can be a part of the discussion and speak to the work that they have done during quarter 1.
We sincerely hope to see all of you there! If you have any questions, please feel free to give us a call at 216-838-7100.
Thursday, Nov 4, 2021, 12:45 PM
3202 West 30th Street, Cleveland, OH, USA
Family Links to Important Resources
Learn more about our new learning platforms and tools!
Lincoln West School of Science and Health
Cleveland, Ohio
44109
216-838-7100
Email: contact@ourschool.com
Website: https://www.clevelandmetroschools.org/LWScienceHealth
Location: 3202 West 30th Street, Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone: 216-838-7100