Beginning with the 2025–26 school year, Lakewood City Schools implemented a districtwide rule: a full-day cell phone restriction. The policy was adopted in response to House Bill 250, an Ohio law that...
At the most recent Lakewood City School District board meeting on Sept. 15, the district moved closer to resolving the ongoing conflict over repurposing an elementary school. Superintendent Maggie Niedzwiecki...
The Department of Education is a federal agency that safeguards the freedom of education and ensures access to learning. On May 17, 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Education into...
The stock market is where companies and individuals can buy or sell shares from corporations worldwide. Each share gives an investor partial ownership of the company, and depending on the business’s...
We are excited to announce the impressive achievements of the student journalists of The Lakewood Times, who have earned 21 honors overall in the 2024-25 Ohio Scholastic Media Association's Awards. Consistently...
In the Fall of 2023, the West Shore Career-Technical District received a $5.78 million grant to expand the career tech program. After receiving the grant, the West Shore advisors were faced with deciding...
Over the past weekend, the Lakewood High School Barnstormers performed their annual spring musical. This year, they put the Les Misérables musical on the stage. They had their auditions in December and...
Julia Thomas, staff writer/photographer
• April 10, 2025
The Community Challenge is an annual event that takes place in the Lakewood High School gymnasium. The event is a basketball game. The first team is the people of the Lakewood community, and the second...
On Wednesday, March 26, twenty-six Lakewood High School students traveled to Columbus to visit the Statehouse and observe the Ohio General Assembly. Accompanied by several League of Women Voters representatives,...
Fallon Austin, staff writer/photographer
• March 31, 2025
"Sometimes we find more than 100 pieces of microplastics in a single fish."
This alarming statement, featured in Cafeteria Culture’s documentary Microplastic Madness, reveals the harsh reality of...
Fourteen years ago, in 2010, Coach Jimmy Gajewski graduated from Lakewood High School as a notable student-athlete. He pursued his passion for sports performance and, just six months ago, returned to Lakewood...
For many, seeing themselves on screen is a dream, but few achieve that goal. Students who compete in the Academic Challenge are among those who realize that dream. Academic Challenge is a team-based trivia...
