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South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools Community,
Winter weather is officially here, and while the cold temperatures and snow have returned in full force, plenty of updates are taking place in our school district. Families will begin to see more about the Be Present campaign that promotes students at all grade levels to ‘be present’ in school. To help encourage students, the district launched this Be Present campaign to include various opportunities and strategies to remind students, parents, and staff of everyone’s responsibility to promote daily, on-time school attendance. The SEL Schools will continue to identify ways to encourage students and families to be present, to be on time, and to be in school daily!
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Technology Update and Report
The SEL Schools is routinely enhancing and improving its technology and innovation footprint when and where possible, and as of December 2022, we now have LU Interactive Playgrounds installed in the gyms of Greenview Intermediate, Rowland, and Sunview, with Adrian scheduled later this year! These additions will help transform our elementary school gymnasiums into an active and immersive educational environment, where kids are engaged physically, intellectually, and socially-emotionally. Aside from amplifying physical education courses, these systems also leverage a high-definition laser projector, a movement detection camera, a powerful sound system and a fully automated multi-colored lighting system, which can also be used for cinema-quality movie nights, dance parties, and professional presentations in our spaces.
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Student Services & Strategic Partnerships
In the world of student services and partnerships, the SEL Schools is excited to pilot a universal screening process to support students in our district using mySAEBRS. For many years, schools around the country have used universal screeners as a method to quickly determine how best to support student achievement. Since the pandemic, schools are increasing the use of universal screeners to help identify both academic and social-emotional behavior gaps in students and begin early intervention which follows a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS), a best practice in education. In January, our staff implemented mySAEBRS, a 5–7-minute computer-based screener with students in grades 2-12 as a pilot. Data from the screener will be shared with parents and legal guardians as needed and will be used to plan student programs and services to support student success.
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New Desks, Furniture and other Instructional Resources Prompt Excitement
As the SEL Schools continually promote new and innovative curriculums, amenities and resources, new student desks and classroom furniture have prompted excitement from the students upon returning from winter break. Comments from students that the new desks and resources are ‘neat, clean, and provide more space while sitting,’ have been heard among the instructional staff. In addition, the new learning furniture and desks offer a fresh look and a structured classroom environment where the items have been placed.
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The Brush High School bowling team recently held another successful invitational tournament featuring more than 30 boys and girls teams from Northeast Ohio. The Arcs bowling program has taken a leap this season with increased participation that has allowed Brush to field not only a boys varsity team, but a boys junior varsity and girls varsity as well. | |  |
On the court, the Brush basketball teams are gearing up for the second half of the season and looking to make a push as they prepare for the OHSAA playoffs. Junior Brooklynn Vickers has been on fire for the Lady Arcs, averaging more than 20 points over the past five games. Led by coach Chet Mason, the boys basketball team has played the second toughest schedule in the state according to RPI rankings. Despite our team record, the team is challenging itself with such a competitive schedule and improving every night. | | |
Freshman wrestler Lyneyya Anthory continued her strong rookie season on the mat by placing second in the 105-pound division at the Lady Viking Invitational after going 3-1. Her efforts earned her News Herald Player of the Week honors, and she looks to build upon that as she hopes to make a push towards becoming a state qualifier. | | |
Coach Oliver Wenzler has the Arcs swimming program showing great improvement since the start of the 2022-2023 season. Brush recently defeated Bedford’s boys and girls in a dual meet and the Arcs are coming into form as we draw closer to sectionals next month. | | |
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OHIO ACE
The Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment (ACE) educational savings account program provides qualifying families with up to $500 per child between the ages of 6-18 years old to spend on a variety of educational enrichment activities. Some activities include but are not limited to tutoring, day camps, music lessons, and study skills services that support learning for students impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit aceohio.org to read more about the program and find out if your family qualifies.
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Sincerely,
Dr. Linda N. Reid
Superintendent of Schools
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