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Hudak
Christine Gordillo

Congratulations to Harding sixth-grader Adeline Chalker on being selected as a middle school finalist for the annual Maltz Museum of Jewish History's Stop the Hate Youth Speak Out essay contest. Essay winners will be announced April 3. Stop the Hate also includes a Youth Sing Out songwriting contest, and Harding's sixth-grade morning class choir earned runner-up with their song "Listen to Our Words". This year, 4,419 students from more than 160 Northeast Ohio schools participated in the Stop the Hate contest and workshops. 

 

 

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Four Harding & Garfield Students Honored
Christine Gordillo

On March 6, Garfield and Harding Middle Schools proudly attended the OMLA Breakfast of Champions, where we recognized four outstanding scholars! Each year, this event honors two students from each member school who exemplify character, scholarship, leadership, and service—and this year, we were thrilled to celebrate Tornado Dee, Liliana Jaissle, Julia Sharpe, and Otto Wilhelmy! Congratulations to these incredible student leaders! 

Spooner Class Enjoys Real World Citizenship Lesson
Christine Gordillo

Students in Mr. Spooner's Advanced Social Studies class were privileged to have Mrs. Perlyna Mannix visit their classroom to share her experiences of becoming a U.S. citizen. Students asked great questions based on the tenets of our global awarenes component of our Vision of a Lakewood Ranger. Thanks to Mrs. Mannix for taking the time to share her experience and provide a different perspective on citizenship for our students!

Model UN Team Shines at Conference
Christine Gordillo

Harding’s Junior Model United Nations Team had a fantastic experience at John Carroll University earlier this month. They began the process of preparing for the conference in October with researching problems facing their respective committees and constructing a position paper with their partners.
 

Harding’s Junior Model United Nations Team had a fantastic experience at John Carroll University earlier this month.

They began the process of preparing for the conference in October with researching problems facing their respective committees and constructing a position paper with their partners.

The next step was to participate in committees with students from all over the Greater Cleveland area sharing their positions in hopes to come to resolutions; collaborating, communicating, and cooperating throughout the process.

On the second day of the conference the committees were given crisis scenarios that forced them to put aside their work to that point and act on each of the scenarios.

Harding’s teams of delegates rose to the occasion with Andrew Babson and Tyler Kinder taking home a Superior Delegation Award, Audrey Gregory and Laine Taylor taking home an Excellent Delegation Award, and Gia Jirousek and Delaney Mason taking home a Honorable Mention Delegation Award.

The entire team of 16 students showed the conference what it means to embody the Vision of a Lakewood Ranger with their participation in the conference.

Special thanks goes out to the Lakewood Ranger Education Foundation and Principal Chip Plush and Assistant Principal Hadeel Nimeh for making this experience possible.

10 Students' Art Chosen for Library Exhibit
Christine Gordillo

Congratulations to the 10 Harding Middle School students who had their artwork selected for display at the main branch of Lakewood Public Library! The art of Braydon Raycher, Lily Swift, Chloe Scharfield, Fiona Forni, Lillian Gingerich, Caitlyn Fegely, Myroslav Pasternak, T'Honest Holloway, Cecilia Collins and Rio Blaze will be on display for two weeks beginning Dec. 5.