DearWilloughby-EastlakeFamilies,

May is certainly a time of celebration here at Willoughby-Eastlake. Over the past month, we have showered our amazing staff with gratitude, beginning with Administrative Professionals Day on April 26. May 1 was School Bus Driver Appreciation Day and National School Principal’s Day. During the week of May 6-12, we recognized our school nurses in honor of National Nurses Week. And May 8-12 marked Teacher Appreciation Week Staff, I hope each one of you feels honored and valued today and every day See page 11 for some of our favorite moments thanking our staff.

This was just the beginning of our end-of-year festivities. From eighth grade parties to field days, and of course, graduation, I hope all of our students had a fun and memorable end to the 2022-2023 school year. For our class of 2023, I hope the culmination of your high school years was everything you dreamed it would be We wish you nothing but success in your future endeavors

The end of this school year has been especially bittersweet for me. This edition of our newsletter will be my last. It has been a privilege to serve as your Interim Superintendent. I’m grateful for the relationships I’ve made here at W-E, and I want to thank our Board of Education, staff, students, and families for your support Dr Patrick Ward will assume the role of Superintendent on August 1, and I’m confident he will carry on the tradition of W-E: TeachLearn-Grow.

Sincerely,

Charles Murphy

Interim Superintendent

Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools

Charles.Murphy@weschools.org

Safety Grant Update

Willoughby-Eastlake was recently notified by the Ohio K-12 School Safety Grant Program that it is the recipient of a grant in the amount of $890,433 This is the second safety grant the District has been awarded this school year.

The grant dollars will be used to install cameras, lighting and 3M film on windows, as well as secure walkie talkies and portable metal detectors Below is the breakdown of how the funding will be allocated

North - $79,016

South - $71,050

NCI-Eastlake - $84,271

NCI-Willoughby - $79,487

Eastlake Middle - $68,790

Willoughby Middle - $50,000

Willowick Middle - $50,000

School of Innovation - $73,700

Edison - $67,790

Grant - $78,485

Jefferson - $72,237

Longfellow - $65,607

Royalview - $50,000