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11 Ranger Roundup

Dr. William Wagner, Principal Lakewood High School Patty Eberl, PTA President

14100 Franklin Boulevard, Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216.529.4028

Greetings from the Principal’s Office Have YOU joined the book club? It’s not too late! Did you know that the Lakewood City School District, Lakewood Parent Teacher Association, Lakewood Public Library and the Parent To Parent Network (P2PN) is hosting an eight-week discussion group designed for parents of teenagers? Parents across the country have been meeting and discussing Please Stop the Rollercoaster! since 2004. Join your parenting peers as we learn more about living with and parenting our teens. Please Stop the Rollercoaster! is a guide for busy parents of teens who find themselves unsure of their changing role. Grounded in research, this book offers a wealth of practical, succinct information. It guides parents with teens in grades 6 – 11 to examine and discuss the most important issues they are likely to face. The hands-on approach helps parents understand their developing adolescent. What you need to know: 1. Choose either an evening or daytime group: a. Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 a.m., March 16 - May 11 @ Lakewood Public Library’s Main Library Meeting Room,

15425 Detroit Ave. No meeting Spring Break week b. Thursdays, 9:30-11 a.m., March 17 - May 12 @ Lakewood Public Library’s Main Library Meeting Room,

15425 Detroit Ave. No meeting Spring Break week 2. To sign up send an email to pattirichardson7@yahoo.com with the following information: name, email, phone and preferred meeting time (day or evening). 3. The eight chapters below make up the discussion topic for each meeting. Participants are expected to read each chapter before the meeting date. Please Stop the Rollercoaster! How Parents of Teenagers Can Smooth Out the Ride: Chapter 1: Adolescent Development: Everything is changing, and his search is to discover himself Chapter 2: Parenting: Our Changing Roles and Relationships: The "battleground" is control - and in the end, they win! Chapter 3: Improving Communication: Adult behavior required! Chapter 4: Friends, Culture, and Risk Behavior: The social scene - that irresistible pull Chapter 5: Personality Type and Brain Development: What makes her tick? Chapter 6: School, Parental Support, and Self-Esteem: Taking the mystery out of this complex world Chapter 7: The Myth of Perfection: Our expectations color their world Chapter 8: Reflections: Putting what we've learned into action

This book study is a great opportunity for parents to work together to help keep our teens on the right track. It also

helps us all understand a little better what’s going on with teens these days and gives us more tools to use in the day-to-day challenges of parenting in the 21st Century. We hope you can join us as we continue our work together so our kids can be successful… Every Period, Every Day! Sincerely yours with Ranger Pride,

Bill Wagner

All courses and programs are offered by Lakewood High School without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, creed, gender, marital status, disability, or age in its education programs, activities, employment policies or admission policies and practices as required under Title VI and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

District Message

If you have an email on file with the district, you will receive an email with a link to the one-question survey. If you do not have an email on file, you will receive an automated phone call between 7-8 p.m. on April 7 that will ask you one question. It is very important that we receive as high of participation as possible, so please try to be available to answer this call. If you do not receive an email or a phone call on April 7, you may go to the district web site at www.lakewoodcityschools.org and take the quick survey. As always, thank you for your support of Lakewood City Schools. Dr. P. Joseph Madak Superintendent Board of Education Matthew John Markling, President John Kamkutis, Vice President Linda Beebe Edward Favre Betsy Shaughnessy

MESSAGE FROM THE DISTRICT: IMPORTANT DISTRICTWIDE SURVEY COMING! Lakewood City Schools will be conducting an important districtwide survey on Thursday, April 7, and we need your help in making it successful. The district is looking to determine the availability of reliable Internet access in students’ homes. This information will help us in determining how we move forward with more efficient and effective communication with families and students as well as explore other educational opportunities.

The deadline for submissions to the May/June 2011 Ranger Roundup is Tuesday, April 12 at 5 PM!

Any information you wish to include should be emailed to Bonnie Farren

at beefarren@gmail.com no later than the 12th at 5. Please put ‘Ranger Roundup’ in the subject line.

Email is the preferred way to submit. If that’s not possible, please drop

your submissions in the PTA mailbox no later than Sunday, April 10th at noon.

If you would like to receive email reminders of the Ranger Roundup deadlines,

please email Bonnie at the above email and ask to be put on the mailing list.

PTA Member Benefits Special savings and

discounts are available to PTA members only from a variety of companies including Barnes and

Noble, Sharp, Southwest Airlines,

T-Mobile, and others. To take advantage as these

discounts, go to www.PTA.org/benefits.

President’s Message, Patty Eberl, LHS PTA president President

Patty Eberl

First Vice President Vicki Dreistadt

Second Vice President Dr. Bill Wagner

Recording Secretary Arlene Marek

Corresponding Secretary Stacey Sponsler

Treasurer Carol Richardson

Council Delegate Tara Kerivan

Council Alternate Peggy Pennington

SPRINGTIME! Yay! After the horrendous Winter we have experienced, we deserve one beautiful Spring. The last quarter of the school year seems to be the busiest time of the year. Lots of concerts, receptions and award banquets are scheduled. The Spring Musical will be performed in early May. I urge you to attend all of your student’s events. They have worked hard this year. Senior parents, this will be a very busy and emotional time for you. Support your students. Their public school years are coming to a close and soon they will be moving on. Plans are underway for the LHS PTA Installation of Officers in May and the Senior Reception on June 3rd. If you are able to help with either event, please call me at 216-226-4320. Look for more details in the May issue of the Ranger Roundup. Enjoy the nice weather. Patty Eberl LHS PTA President Lakewood High School PTA 2011-2012 Elected Slate of Officers President – Stacey Sponsler 1st Vice President – Martha Neff 2nd Vice President – Dr. William Wagner Recording Secretary – Dawn Staniatis Corresponding Secretary – Kathy Burkett Treasurer – Carol Richardson Council Delegate – Tara Kerivan Council Alternate – Katrina Holmes CONGRATULATIONS!

SHOPPING AT TARGET BENEFITS OUR SCHOOL! Did you know that shopping at Target using your Target Credit Card helps our school? Yes! Simply designate Lakewood High School as your school on your Target Credit Card and a percentage of each purchase is donated to our school! Visit your local Target Store for more information.

WHEN SHOPPING ONLINE GO TO www.furtal.com

before you shop at your favorite store. Lakewood High School will receive a

percentage of your purchase!!

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING “FURTAL” Website Address: www.furtal.com

Under Search Type - Lakewood High School PTA

Click the “Shop Online” button

Choose your store from the top of the page or the alphabetical menu

Shop Shop Shop!

Thanks for supporting LHS PTA

Please join us for a fund raiser for our 2011 After Prom!! Where: Harry Buffalo Lakewood When: Sunday April 10, 2011 Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm The cost is $20.00 per ticket it includes pizza, wings, appetiz-ers and beer. We will also be having a 50/50 Raffle. Tickets can be bought at the door or in advance. Advance Tickets can be purchased by contacting: Patti Hartsel 216-280-0559 or by email jewelpjh@aol.com Leanna Wesolowski 216-509-8593 or by email lwjog@cox.net Please help us raise money to make our 2011 After Prom a success for our graduating seniors. Sincerely, The After Prom Committee

The SENIOR RECEPTION will be held this year on the seniors’ 

last day of school, Friday June 3rd at 3:00 PM. 

 

This is the time for all the seniors to get together with their 

classmates for  refreshments and to sign yearbooks. 

 

Parent volunteers are needed to donate food and to help 

serve the students during the reception. 

 

To help, please call:  

Jae Jokubaitis 406‐0089 Thejokub@aol.com,  

Patty Eberl 226‐4320 pge400@aol.com, or  

Vicki Dreistadt 226‐4378 vld1@cox.net. 

PARENTS: PLEASE NOTIFY SCHOOL OF FAMILY CHANGES It is really important that the school be notified of catastrophic experiences in your student’s lives affecting their performance at school (i.e. serious illness of a family member, or expected/unexpected death of a parent or sibling, etc.) so teachers are aware

and can be more sensitive to that student during this difficult time.

REMINDER to PARENTS When parents email teachers, it is helpful if you put your student’s name in the subject line. Many emails are stopped by our junk mail/spam filtering system and your patience and understanding is greatly appreciated should you not receive a reply. Follow-up

calls are helpful. In addition, we encourage parents to please understand that teachers are not permitted by law to share confidential information regarding students over email—phone calls are better for in-depth conversations regarding student performance.

VOICE MAIL SYSTEM LHS teachers can be reached by voice mail. To access the system dial 216-227-5701. After the prompt, enter the teacher’s four digit voice mail box number, followed by the pound sign. You can also spell out name on phone pad if you don’t know the teacher’s four

digit mail box number is located next to their name on your student’s schedule.

April Notes from Lakewood Music Boosters March has been a flurry of activity for most of the music groups in all of the schools. OMEA contests, concerts, and festivals dotted the calendar and provided musical enter-tainment for the community. Congratulations to all the students and directors for your hard work and wonderful performances! April brings a lull in concerts, but Music Boosters provides you with two opportunities to show your support for Lakewood’s outstanding music program. Our annual plant sale be-gins, [just in time for Mother’s Day!] with flowers, foliage, and vegetables provided by Dean’s Greenhouse. Last year’s sale netted us well over $1500, and we’d like to surpass that amount this year. Please see the attached flyer and pass it on to all of your friends and neighbors! Boosters will also host a night at Chipotle. 50% of sales from that evening will go to the Boosters, so we hope to see all of you there! Please see the Lakewood City Schools’ web-site, drop down to the Performing Arts page, and check the information that will be posted there for the April date and time. Thank you, parents, friends, and neighbors, for your continued generosity in each Civic concert’s 50/50 raffle. Many of you have donated the money won BACK to the Music Boosters, and we thank you for your donation. Sue Gallovic, 2ndVP, has garnered won-derful parent volunteers who sell those tickets as well as the event tickets, and Alexis De-Baltzo has been our concessions coordinator. A big Booster shout-out to both of those ladies for their hard work at our events! If you are not yet a member, the end of April is the membership deadline. In order for your child to receive a scholarship for summer study or music camp, you MUST be a Mu-sic Booster member. Membership levels begin at $10, a small investment for our Lake-wood children’s continued success. Please join us in the LHS band room for our next meeting at 7:30pm on April 4th. Judy Fesko LMB President

Officers for the 2010-2011 school year are: President: Judy Fesko 1st VPs: Kirsten Reading and Wendy Robar 2nd VP: Sue Gallovic 3rd VP: Dr. Lisa Hanson Treasurer: Moira Dugan Recording Secretary: Diane Brinich Corresponding Secretary: Stacey Sponsler

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LHS Choral Students Excel at Solo & Ensemble Contest

On Saturday, Feb. 19, the Ohio Music Education Association held its Solo & Ensemble Adjudicated Event at the Tri-C West Campus location. The Lakewood singers performed exceedingly well, with 48 students participating. Congratulations, all! Their ratings are as follows:

Superior (I) Rating: Lakewood Chamber Choir Vive L’Four 9th Grade Ladies’ Ensemble Ella Blackman Abby Boland Alex Bonacuse Rebecca Borland Nicole Dashiell Rachel Guetling Teresa Himes Grace Hurley Brianna Kaviak Luke Lemmeier Annalisa Perez Kendra Voll

Submitted by Dr. Lisa Hanson

Outstanding (II) Rating: 9th Grade Boys Ensemble Symphonic Treble Ensemble Sarah Beurman Emma Brady Hailey Davis McCall Gorbach-Foster Danny Treichel

CENSUS SUCCESS! Census data has been released and thanks to the hard work of many civic organizations, including Lakewood City Schools, Lakewood has retained its federal entitlement status by staying above the 50,000 mark in population. The official number of residents is 52,131. Lakewood retaining its entitlement status was critical for our schools as money from this allocation goes toward important programs for our students such as Title I, Head Start, special and adult education and college grants and loans. Thanks to the team work of so many of Lakewood’s non-profits, our school parent –teacher organizations, and of course, the City of Lakewood, many of our students’ needs will continue to be served. The collabora-tion between all with a stake in the outcome of the Census underscores the great partnerships we have in Lakewood. The Census results are just another example that proves that strong communities build strong schools. Thank you to everyone who made sure they were counted!

NOTE!!!! On April 8,2011 verification forms will be printed and mailed home for parental review. All forms need to be returned to their counselor by April 15,2011 with parent and student signatures. Mike Francu Guidance Counselor

The LHS PTA has provided our LHS families with the monthly Ranger Roundup newsletter to ensure everyone is updated on LHS news throughout the school year.

To Access the Ranger Roundup from the Lakewood City Schools Website:

From internet access go to: www.lakewoodcityschools.org Locate the list of schools and single click on: ‘Lakewood High’ Under Quick Links, single click on: ‘Newsletters’

Please Keep Reading the Ranger Roundup! It is easy to access the Ranger Roundup from any internet connection!

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET:

You may request to receive a paper copy of the Ranger Roundup if you cannot access the elec-tronic copy. Please send this request to the Main Office (or call the Main Office at 216-529-

4021) and you will be placed on the list to receive the monthly mailing.

STUDENT NAME(S) _________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS ___________________________________________________________________________ PARENT NAME(S) _________________________________________ PHONE ___________________

Not only will this be kind to our environ-ment, it will save our school district much needed funds and also allow your family to obtain important information from the Ranger Roundup more quickly, easily, and timely right from home!

Daily BELL Schedule Period

Channel One 7:45 am - 8:00 am 1 8:00 am - 8:40 am 2 8:46 am - 9:26 am 3 9:32 am - 10:12 am 4 10:18 am - 10:58 am 5 11:04 am - 11:44 am 6 11:50 am - 12:30 pm 7 12:36 pm - 1:16 pm

LHS Update 1:16 pm - 1:28 pm 8 1:34 pm - 2:14 pm 9 2:20 pm - 3:00 pm

LHS CONTACT INFORMATION House I 529-4045 Main Office 529-4028 House II 529-4128 Bookroom 529-4368 Do not hesitate to contact the House III 529-4144 Guidance 529-4032 school if you have a questions. Records 529-4031 Attendance 529-4197 Athletics 529-4034 Office 529-4280 Alumni 529-4033 Security 529-4282 Attendance 529-4174 Career Tech. 529-4163 Call-In 529-4175 Health Center 529-4019

DISTRICT AND LHS WEBSITE Please visit our website regularly for updated information regarding all school-related functions. The district website is: http://www.lakewoodcityschools.org The link to the LHS website can be found on the district home page.

YEARBOOK NEWS… There's still time to order your copy of the 2011 LHS Cinema at a reduced price of $60.00. The price will jump up to $65 after May15th. For the first time ever, the LHS Cinema will be printed in full-color. Books can be ordered in the LHS Bookroom or by logging on to http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A06469400 .

Dennis Ebner Lakewood High School English Teacher / Yearbook Adviser

Student Activities and Music for April: 4/11 Prom ticket order forms available. Orders for Prom and After Prom tickets will be

taken in Bookroom between 4/11-20. 4/12 Senior assembly to vote on Commencement speakers and class Flower, Motto and Song 4/13 Student Council meeting 8* - election of officers 4/20, 21, 28 Delivery of caps and gowns and graduation announcements. For more information, contact Kim Bindel at 216-529-4454.

A note from the Nurse……………………………………….Kristina Purdy RN Healthy Life Every day at LHS some students follow life-styles that place them at risk for future health problems, including Type 2 diabetes. New cases of Type 2 diabetes have doubled in the past 10 years. If not well managed, diabetes can lead to devastating and costly complications, including cardiovascular disease, blindness, kidney failure, and amputations. Healthy habits are best learned at a young age. Please look at the on-line resources as a guide to healthy living. www.bam.gov BAM! Body and Mind www.teamnutrition.suda.gov/ Eat Smart Play Hard www.americaonthemove.org America on the Move

Small changes can make a big difference…..Do something today !

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Ranger Roundup Lakewood High School

April 2011 Patty Eberl, PTA President Dr. William Wagner, Principal

A service of

Lakewood City Schools 1470 Warren Road Lakewood, Ohio 44107

Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE

PAID CLEVELAND, OHIO 44107

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DATED INFORMATION

4/4 Music Boosters Meeting 7:30 pm Band Room

4/10 After Prom Fundraiser Harry Buffalo Lakewood

4/11-20 Prom ticket orders taken Bookroom

4/12 Senior Assembly

4/13 Student Council Meeting

4/22 AP Exam Payment Deadline

Board of Education Matthew John Markling, President John Kamkutis, Vice President Linda Beebe Edward Favre Betsy Shaughnessy