Submitted photo – Lakewood Home Festival
Here’s some school news nuggets you might need to know:
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The Lakewood Early Childhood PTA announced that 2013 was a record year for the Lakewood Home Festival, bringing in $150,000. It disbursed $95,000 to Lakewood Elementary, $40,000 to J.L. Long Middle School, and $15,000 to Woodrow Wilson High School. The most money ($25,000) was spent on Lakewood Outdoor Learning Area (LOLA) instruction, to develop an ongoing partnership with the goal of creating and implementing an outdoor education program. It was also spent on scholarships, technology, equipment and supplies.
- On Thursday, May 1, Ford Motor Co. car design sculptor Josue Maldonado will give Woodrow Wilson High School students a hands-on demonstration of his craft using a scale clay model of the 2015 Ford Mustang. Arts students and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Academy (STEM) students will participate. At the interactive event, Maldonado will share his tools and methods with students for a hands-on automotive design experience. He takes Ford designers’ sketches and translates them into miniature and life-size clay models. Designers then have a more realistic look at what their design will look like.
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This Saturday, Lakewood Elementary is hosting a garage sale to benefit LEEF. It will be at 6831 Merilee on Saturday, May 3, beginning at 7 a.m. If you have some items you’d like to get rid of, drop them off this Friday between 12pm- 2p.m. or 4pm- 6pm at 6831 Merrilee. If you have questions, or if you would like to volunteer, contact Monica at 214.675.3090.
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Coming up in a couple weeks, the Diamond Anniversary Celebration and Auction for Stonewall Jackson Elementary School will be May 9 at the Hotel Palomar. If you’d like to be a part of the auction team, contact Pennie Marshall at penniemarshall@gmail.com or Kathy Ruff at klruff@sbcglobal.net. Or fill out an Auction Donation Form if you have an item or service that you would like to contribute.
