Joseph Niemantsverdriet, Principal February 2014 Harding Herald

Principal’s Message: We are now into the second semester. I want to thank the students, staff and parents for their contin-

ued support of Harding Middle School. We continue to focus daily on improving student achievement. This

is a good time to sit with your child and review their progress to date and help them to set achievement goals

for the rest of the year. Congratulations to the 72 students who made the Distinguish Honor Roll for the sec-

ond quarter. These students earned an A in all of their classes. 142 students attained Honor Roll in the sec-

ond quarter. Honor Roll recipients had an overall grade point average of 3.5 or better. There were 115 stu-

dents who earned a place on the Merit Roll for the second quarter, with a GPA or 3.0 or better. The names of

these students are listed later in the publication. Please join me in celebrating their success!

February is a busy month, especially for eighth graders, who will be starting to plan their schedules

for the High School. The transition from middle school to Lakewood High School can be daunting for both

parents and students, but LHS and Harding are committed to making the course selection process as easy as

possible.

Eighth grade parents should look for a copy of the High School Course Guide to come home with

their children in the next couple of weeks. Also, the High School Guidance Department is hosting a meeting

for parents who have questions about the high school course selection process.

Regards, Joe Niemantsverdriet

Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians: If you or your student would like to order a 2013-2014 Harding yearbook, the forms are located in the main office. The yearbook is on sale for $16.00. The deadline for orders is February 14, 2014. The yearbook is a separate sale for this year and was NOT included in any photo packet price. Also, the 8th grade Panoramic photo will be take Feb. 7th. The packet to order a photo is also in the Main Office. That photo is available for $16.00. The deadline for those orders is Feb. 7th, which is the date of the 8th grade pho-to.

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MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT

As we move forward with the second half of the school year, much is happening in the Lakewood City Schools to be excited about. Thanks to the generosity of our community, the district is moving full steam ahead with the planning phase of our final construction project that will see the remaining of our schools re-built. The Board has approved a transition plan for our students at the three affected elementary schools. Grant will be housed at St. James, Lincoln at St. Luke and Roosevelt at the former Franklin Elementary. Lakewood City Academy, which will be displaced by Roosevelt, will head to the former Taft Elementary. Our transi-tion plan was developed upon analyzing priorities that parents and community members provided to the ad-ministration. Our next big step is to secure architects so that the design process may begin. Once the architects are in place, we will be holding community meetings to solicit input regarding the design and construction phases. This process worked incredibly well in the first two phases with excellent results and we expect the same in our final phase. Jeffrey W. Patterson Superintendent Board of Education Linda G. Beebe, President Emma Petrie Barcelona, Vice President Tom Einhouse Edward Favre Betsy Bergen Shaughnessy

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Attention 8th grade Students and Parent: During the first week of February, Ms. Hallberg, Harding Guidance Counselor, will be going into the 8th grade Social Studies classrooms to provide an introduction to the High School scheduling process. Stu-dents will also be given a Course Selection Catalog to take home and review at that time. After taking some time to review the course catalog with parents and guardians, students will be called down individu-ally to complete the scheduling process with Ms. Hallberg. Individual meetings with students will begin the week of February 17th and continue through the end of the month. Please contact Ms. Hallberg with any questions you have regarding the scheduling process.

MARKET DAY

Market Day Pick-up

Tuesday, Feb.25, 2014

4:00 pm Cafetorium

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2014-2015 ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN ENROLLMENT

The Elementary and Middle School open enrollment period for the 2014 – 2015 school year will be from March 3 through April 4, 2014. Applications will be processed on a first-come, first served basis.

Open enrollment requests for registered students may be submitted beginning Monday, March 3, 2014. On March 3, 2014 only, requests will be accepted from 7:30 to 11:00 a.m. at Franklin Elementary School, 13465 Franklin Blvd. Forms will first be available at Franklin Elementary the morning of March 3, 2014. After 11:00 a.m. on March 3, 2014, the form will be available at the school buildings and at the Board of Education. You may submit the form at your neighborhood school or at the Board of Education. **Please note: Elementary Open Enrollment approvals will be extremely limited due to construction and transition. If open enrollment is granted, your child will continue at the school through grade five. Families will be notified prior to the end of the 2013-2014 school year whether their request has been approved or denied.

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H2O is looking forward to a great second half of the school year, full of fun and mean-ingful service projects for your students. As a reminder, H2O meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at Har-ding. Meeting dates for the remainder of the year are as follows: Harding: February 4th February 18th March 4th March 18th April 1st April 15th In February and March, H2O’s meetings will focus on increasing students’ awareness and understanding of hearing and visu-al impairments. On February 4th at Harding, Shannon McPeek, a Lakewood City Schools intervention specialist and deaf educator, will be speaking to H2O members about types of hearing loss, deaf culture, and sign language. Students will then create a sign language video to share on the school morning announcements and the City of Lakewood website. On March 4th at Harding, students will learn more about visual impairments and service animals from the Cleveland Sight Center. We are excited to share these new learning and service opportunities with your students!

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Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Auck, Christina Allio, Abigail Lyn Bobinac, Tara

Banak, Kim Babic, Kelly Britt, Olivia

Beaver, Gabriel Bobik, John Cimino, Caitlin

Chanter, Ella Bouvier, Harold (Hal) Cogar, Hannah

Clause, Ava Calleri, Gabriella Dalisky, Abe

Crino, Catherine Camerlin, Lynette Dolatowski, Calvin

Cunningham, Maizy Daso, Timothy Kantor, Alyson

Dreger, Halina Jones, Catherine (Shana) Kozel, Elaina

Dyke, Kate Kelly, Erin LaForm, Abby

Holden, Robert Kieres, Jordhan Lee, Veronica

Hudak, Nicole McIlwee, Margaret Morgenstern, Jason

Hupcey, Jonas Mitchell, Bryce Nagy, Olivia

Johnson, Cora Moorman, Jillian Satayathum, Cody

Khourieh, Halla Morrissey, James Wynn, Eva

Kutkut, Hussein Norris, Nikoy Levis, Cameron O'Malia, Tiernan

Lucas, LeeMartine Ours, Brendan Mahmoud, Nayfeh Perry, Emily

McIntire, Emily Seckers, Aleksandra Miller, Lauren Shelton, Connor Rigdon, Anna Stringer, Grace

Rook, Ivy Williams-Riseng, Lalia Rossen, Payton Yonkers, Sarah Shields, Laura Zanghi, Nina

Solomon, Alexandria Stahl, Audrey

Szentkiralyi, Julia Trautmann, Lindsay

Wahl, Ava Wilhelmy, Albert

Wilhelmy, Sydney Wynn, Jack Yzeiraj, Erik

Distinguish Honor Roll Quarter Two

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Sixth Grade Anthony, Jerry Kocinski, Anthony

Arnold, Emma Kosatka, Cailyn

Atfield, Ella Kraidich, Grace

Baldridge, Cassidy Leon, Alissa

Beisel-Linn, Samson Livingston, Kaitlyn (Katie)

Budzar, Max Mankin, Adalyn

Chamot, Joseph Mayer-Mack, Maxine

Checkett, Terence McFarlin, Madelyn

Cintron, Antonio Miranda, Sophia

Crawford, Susan Mitchell, Kallie

Cuffaro, Charles Nagy, Emma

Doerr, Miabella Nanni, Isabella

Dolatowski, Esther Nelson, Ashley

Doren, Douglas Neumarker, Morgan

Esposito, Jordan Norris, Nikena

Fordu, Lily O'Donnell, Sean

Gill, Grace Ohmer, Makenzy

Graber, Ryan Reynolds, Scott

Griffin, Andrew Roderick, Peyton

Hedges, Karla Roe, Mackenzie

Heidorf, Grace Saade, Maia

Hoegner, Harlan Sheppard, Ryan

Holden, William Smith, McKenzie

Humphreys, Isaac Smotek, Bridget Ann

Ideis, Summer Snyder, Logan

Kantura, Tara Sorge, Turner

Kieres, Julian Stockman, Mariana

Kneeland, Mila Thurman, Aurora

Kocian, Taylor Waterwash-Rodriguez, Jared

Weisbarth, Emily

Wright, Jake

Wunderle, Madison

Zura, Zoe

Honor Roll Quarter Two

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Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Adams, William Abousamieh, Suha

Ali, Saif Eldeen Aoun, Alexander

Belko, Alyssa Baker, Joshua

Berger, Angelica Banna, Layali

Binion, Bryce Budzar-Tigue, Edison

Black, Erin Canant, Destiny

Booth, Katie Cashman, Carlisle

Bryson, Isabella Chamot, Joshua

Campbell, Marisa Cintron, Isabel

Cliffel, Charles Costanzo, Maya

Crislip, Justin Cush, Kevin

Dosztal, James Doi, Marissa

Dunay, Sofia Duna, Andrew

Facaros, David Elaban, Matthew

Frear, Keegan Evans, Maximilian

Herring, Caleb Foran, Brennan

Hurst, Macklin Gill, Eliot

Hylton, Claire Guist, Stephanie

Kavishe, Amina Hamad, Sajah

Lane, McKenzie Healy, Lucas

Latessa, Raina Hill, Ashley

Loris, Kathryn Howe, Zachary

Massey, Christian Hughes, Thomas

Owen, Rachel Karel, Isaac

Posedel, Stephanie Krotseng, Rachel

Prindle, Charles Lewellyn, Madyson

Sala, Thomas McFarlin, Robert

Spachtholz, Jonah McHugh, Megan

Stallbaum, Tyler Morrissey, Cynan

Steiner, Crown Nagy, Attila

Thompson, Kristen O'Donnell, Owen

Tobey, Madeline Oravetz, Emelia

Tuskes, Belah Parker, Sophia

Velez, Amaris Ramazanali, Nava

Xhyliu, Esmeralda Romeo, Theodore

Zimmerman, Maja Rook, Saige

Ruebsteck, Emily

Sabin, Keegan

Shelt, Kylie

Twardesky, Douglas

Walkosak, Claire

Warren, Melinda (Lindy)

Weddell, Liam

Zimmerman, Nicole

Honor Roll Quarter Two

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Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Afram, Elie Afram, Elie Abukhalil, Sabreen Lavelle, John

Alhamdani, Fadale Alhamdani, Fadale Alnajjar, Sami Lavelle, Mary

Alhamdani, Hasan Alhamdani, Hasan Bozak, Jordan Lester, Averie

Boyce, Skyler Boyce, Skyler Brooks, Madelyn Long, Harrison

Bruening, Ian Bruening, Ian Brown, Hannah Mansour, Omar

Camp, Logan Camp, Logan Browne, Dianna Miller, Jordan

Cech, Keegan Cech, Keegan Bryant, Trinity Nacarino, Antonio

Cupak, Jonathan Cupak, Jonathan Budzar, Evan Nagel, McKinley (Mac)

Fullard, Wyatt Fullard, Wyatt Callentine, Jozef O'Toole, Colin

Hart, E Sa Hart, E Sa Chanter, Casey Raffai, Akosh

Hill, Collin Hill, Collin Courtwright, Breanda Rai, Binisha

Kotansky, Emily Kotansky, Emily Dedaj, Stela Reed, Harrison

Leaf, Peyton Leaf, Peyton Dent, Thomas (Liam) Ribar, Courtney

McDermott, Collin McDermott, Collin Dubber, Jared Riker, Liam

Miller, Joseph Miller, Joseph Eisel, Gabriella Sclimenti, Vincent

Miller, Paige Miller, Paige Figueiredo, Sarah (Louise) Segreto, Sullivan

Mohamed, Aziza Mohamed, Aziza Fortner, Burke Severino, Sara

Montague, Michaela Montague, Michaela Garcia, Andres Simmons, Kelly

Musleh, Noor Musleh, Noor Inak, Chelsea Stanaitis, Haley

Mustafa, Ibrahim Mustafa, Ibrahim Jones, Laniqua (Deana) Stringer, Ryan

Nieves, Isabella (Bella) Nieves, Isabella (Bella) Lamotte, Lily Suleiman, Mohammad

Reed, Tiffany Reed, Tiffany Teel, Tyler

Short, Tajon Shearer, Joshua Tubbs, Zachary

Snobar, Hebba Short, Tajon Whiteman, Kyle

Trentel, Anna Snobar, Hebba Wozniakowski, Julia

Tuleta, Abbigail Speer, Cameron

Waugaman, Caitlyn Stone, Samantha

Westrick, Chloe Strozsak, John

Wheeler, Evan Styles, Carter

White, Nathanial Trentel, Anna

Zidick, Derek Tuleta, Abbigail

Vogel, Alexander

Waugaman, Caitlyn

Westfall, Nolan

Westrick, Chloe

Wheeler, Evan

White, Nathanial

Zidick, Derek

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Lakewood City Schools

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3 4:30 G. Bball vs. R. River

4 2:45 H2O Mtg. @ Café 4:30 G. Bball vs. Avon

5 Washington DC Fundraiser @ Quaker Steak & Lube

6 Early Release @ 1:48 pm 4:30 G. Bball @ Garfield 4:30 Wrestling @ Garfield

7 Lifetouch Candids & 8th Gr. Panoramic 2:45 Drama Club Rehearsal @ #314 2:45 Reflections Pizza Party @ Cafe

8 Wrestling @ Midview T BA

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11 8:30 Internet Safety Presentation @ Gym 4:30 G. Bball @ Bay Village

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13 2:45 Drama Rehearsal @ Café 4:30 G. Bball vs. N. Ridgeville

14 PTSA Talent Show 3:30 and 6:30 @ Cafe 2:45 Drama Club Rehearsal @ # 314

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17 President’s Day

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18 2:45 H2O Mtg. @ Café 4:30 G Bball @ Midview 7:00 PTSA Mtg. @ PD Center

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20 Early Release @ 1:48 pm 4:30 G Bball vs. Avon

21 2:45 Drama Club Rehearsal @ # 314

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25 4:00 Market Day Pick up @ Café 4:30 G Bball @ Rocky River

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27 4:30 G Bball @ Avon

28 2:45 Drama Club Rehearsal @ Cafe