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Ohio's New Dyslexia Laws Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, the state of Ohio will add requirements for districts involving Dyslexia. It will invovle screeening all k-3 students. Informational Sheet

Transcript Request To receive a copy of your Lima Senior High School transcripts, please download and print the Transcript Request Form. After completing and signing the form, mail or fax to: Transcript Request Lima Senior High School 1 Spartan Way, Lima, OH 45801 Telephone: 419-996-3871 Fax: 419-996-3001 You may also scan and e-mail the form to: Email: transcripts@limacityschools.org (Please enter Transcript Request in the subject line.) Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Transcript Request Form

PATIENT CARE Technology Patient Care Technology offers students the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of health care. Students learn through classwork, hands-on simulations and actual time spent at a variety of health care settings, including nursing homes, hospitals and doctor offices. Students are eligible to receive First Aid and CPR certificates as well as their state tested Nurse Aid Certificate. Students are eligible to receive college credit for various sections at the end of the two-year program. Students develop skills in First Aid, CPR, medical terminology, nutrition, infection control, growth and development, basic health care, anatomy, EKG, catheterization, respiratory treatment and computer skills. Students are also able to be a part of Early Placement Opportunities and Home Health Aid Certificates. After completing an 80-hour nurse aid training program and spending 17 hours of clinical time in a health care facility, students may test to become a state tested nurse assistant. Students graduating from this program go on to become patient care technicians, clinical coordinators, medical office supervisors, patient care assistants and monitor technicians. It is also a great way to get a jump start on becoming a nurse or other medical professional.

MARKETING Education Marketing Education gives students the opportunity to learn fundamentals of marketing a product. Students learn about business law, business communication, customer relations and entrepreneurship. Students learn in a hands-on setting via simulations at DECA competitions or during the required internship portion of the class. Students are eligible to receive college credit for various sections at the end of the two-year program. Students develop skills in advertising/promotion, communication/display, E-Commerce, economics, fundamentals of selling, marketing applications, buying and merchandising, social media marketing, logistics/distribution and public speaking. Graduates find jobs as advertising agents, entrepreneurs, marketing development directors, marketing specialists, promotion coordinators, sports marketers, fashion promoters, social media coordinators, brand managers, promotion managers and real estate agents. DECA is a vital part of the marketing program. Students learn skills in vocational understanding, social intelligence, leadership development and civic consciousness. Students attend conferences and competitions on the club, district, state and international level. Lima Senior consistently has students qualify for the international competition, including having several top 10 finishes and one first-place winner.

SCHOOLS The Lima City Schools is made up of: Four Neighborhood Elementary Schools, Two Middle Schools, Two Kindergarten through Eighth-Grade Magnet Programs, and a Comprehensive High School. School Finder LIMA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1 Spartan Way. Telephone: 419-996-3000 Learn More WEST 7-8 MIDDLE SCHOOL 503 N. Cable Road Telephone: 419-996-3150 Learn More NORTH 5-6 MIDDLE SCHOOL 1135 N. West St. Telephone: 419-996-3100 Learn More LIBERTY ARTS MAGNET PROGRAM 338 W. Kibby St. Telephone: 419-996-3320 Learn More SOUTH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET PROGRAM 755 St. Johns Ave. Telephone: 419-996-3190 Learn More FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 575 S. Calumet Ave. Telephone: 419-996-3380 Learn More HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 816 College Ave. Telephone: 419-996-3390 Learn More INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 615 Tremont Ave. Telephone: 419-996-3330 Learn More UNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 925 E. Third St. Telephone: 419-996-3300 Learn More LIMA SENIOR ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL 755 St. John’s Ave. Telephone: 419-996-3777 Learn More

Students From athletics and extracurriculars to campus wear, ProgressBook and Spartan Mail, here is everything a student in the Lima City Schools needs. Click the links on the right to learn more. Athletics Extracurriculars and Electives Campus Wear Spartan Mail Change Your Password ProgressBook Schoology Google Docs Spartan Wordpress LSH Digital Notebook INFOhio Student Handbook Student Transportation Handbook BRIM Anti-Bullying App Transcript Request Reflux/Frax Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Athletics Our Spartan Athletes (grades 7-12) compete in the Toledo City Athletic League. Conference members are Bowsher, Rogers, Scott, Start, Waite and Woodward High Schools. The district also offers youth sports for elementary-age students. There are programs in soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, track and field and wrestling. Learn More Extracurriculars and Electives The Lima City Schools is full of opportunities both in and outside of the classroom. The Spartans compete in the Toledo City Athletic League. Teams include football, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, swimming, tennis, wrestling, cross-country, track and field, bowling, lacrosse and cheerleading. Many of these begin at the middle school level. High school students can get involved in a wide range of activities, including leadership building organizations like Key Club and Student Government. Our DECA students have earned high praise, including an international award. DECA students travel throughout the year and members often hold statewide leadership positions. Lima Senior also offers nearly 45 elective courses for students. They include 12 music groups, multiple art classes, and classes like African-American history, sociology, Holocaust, web design and engineering. The opportunities for our students start long before high school. Our elementary and middle school students get involved too. Students are in music groups, including orchestra, which begins in the fourth-grade, the Liberty Touring Company and the Ukulele group at Heritage. Extracurriculars and classes like robotics, Project Lead the Way, Engineering, Quiz Bowl, and student council are available to many of our young students. Robotics students at South build robots for competition. A group of students at Independence are learning to knit. Leadership building begins early on too. Along with Key Club, the LimaKiwanis Club sponsors K-Kids in each of our elementary schools, and Builders Clubs in each of our middle schools. Students do great community service projects. The middle school and high school Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG) program helps move students in the right direction and toward graduation through various activities and adult mentors. Students at all levels are learning to give back. They are often involved in fundraising for the United Way and other local organizations. Whatever students' interests might be, they can find something at the Lima City Schools.

GIFTED Education The Lima City Schools' gifted (enrichment) program begins in the third grade. Students have the opportunity to participate in some wonderful, hands-on learning. A few recent projects include building roller coasters and dissecting squid and sharks. The elementary program is housed at Unity Elementary School and the middle school program is at Lima North Middle School. Students are bused to the schools once a week. Those students deemed to have Superior Cognitive Ability now have the option of attending the South Science and Technology Magnet School, where they work with our gifted intervention specialist on a more regular and intense basis. The specialist also co-teaches in the regular classrooms to even more fully reach those students. The program is voluntary. Superior Cognitive students who choose to stay in their current schools will continue to receive one-day-a-week enrichment experiences. How is gifted defined? The Lima City Schools uses the federal definition as a model and defines gifted students as students who perform or show potential for performing at remarkable levels of accomplishments when compared to others of their age, experience or environment, and who are identified under section 3324.03 of the Ohio Revised Code. How are children identified as gifted? The Lima City Schools identifies gifted students in grades K-12 in one or more of the following areas: Superior Cognitive Ability Specific Academic Ability Creative Thinking Ability Visual or Performing Arts Ability The Lima City Schools uses assessment instruments that are selected by the Ohio Department of Education to identify gifted students. If you believe that your child is gifted, you may: Call your child’s school teacher or principal Complete the required paperwork to ask that your child be evaluated Request a copy of the District Policy on Gifted Education Gifted learners are given stimulating educational experiences appropriate to their level of ability to assist them in recognizing their potential. Gifted services provide an opportunity for academically talented students to reach their fullest potential. When given the opportunity gifted students can use their vast amount of knowledge to serve as a background for unlimited learning. Providing for our finest minds allows both individual and societal needs to be met. Resources Assessmennt Identification/Services

AG AND OUTDOOR Occupations The Ag & Outdoor Occupations Program is one of our newest programs at Lima Senior. Students in this program have a unique opportunity to utilize standard classroom resources as well as a 30-acre land lab, which we received from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitations, and additional offsite locations across Lima and Allen County. Students will be active in FFA, which is the largest student organization in America with nearly 800,000 students nationwide. FFA offers student career development events in many unique fields as well as encourages students to create real business plans and can lead to opportunities to make real money. Exclusively to this program, seniors will have the opportunity to earn their Class A CDL. This course is designed to prepare students for possible employment in many of the Agricultural and Outdoor career fields across our community and can also prepare students for a college ready route with a focus on science, technology and environmental management. First-year students begin their studies outside learning heavy equipment and power equipment use and management on the Spartan Farm. In addition to the heavy equipment, students begin to learn skills relating to natural resources and landscape management. Students are active outside managing resources across our city parks during the fall, winter and spring months as the need arises. We will also spend time learning general equipment maintenance skills to prepare students for any Ag and Outdoor Occupation job opportunity. At the end of their first year, Ag & Outdoor Occupations Students will be prepared and skilled in using: Skid loaders Excavators Backhoes Tractors Chainsaws String Trimmers Pruners & Hedge Trimmers Mowers Outdoor Power Equipment Electrical Systems Plumbing Systems Hydraulic Systems and Fittings Landscaping supplies Mulch & Fertilizers for Landscapes GPS & Surveying Equipment Second-year students take their experiences from the first year and have the opportunity to dive deeper into more specific areas of interest. Students continue to learn heavy equipment and outdoor power equipment management but focus on areas that they are looking to pursue after high school. Second-year students will help plan and manage landscaping projects across the school district in cooperation with Central Services as well as the Spartan Farm. Business management and cost estimation will be discussed as students begin to utilize their skills to prepare their own Ag entrepreneurship opportunities as part of FFA. Students in Ag & Outdoor Occupations will have the exclusive opportunity to study and work towards earning their Class A CDL. New forms of robotic equipment and technology relevant in the Ag and Manufacturing industries across the Greater Lima Region will be explored over this two-year course. Graduating seniors will have the largest industry in Allen County to look towards for their future.

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Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Members Hall of Fame Scholarship Hall of Fame Nomination Form The Lima City Schools Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame is held every three years and inducts outstanding alumni. The most recent group was inducted October, 2024. The next induction will be in the fall of 2027. The most recent inductees were Dr. Curtis Glenn (LSH Class of 1988), Dennis J. Henderson (LSH Class of 1975), Dr. Randall E. Henderson (LSH Class of 1978), William Hansen Laws (LSH Class of 1970), Dr. Mark McDonald (LSH Class of 1982), Russell A. Mericle, Jr (Central Class of 1952 - posthumously), Greg Pitts (LSH Class of 1983), and Dr. Charles A. Rossfeld (Central Class of 1952). The Hall of Fame also includes a Service to the Lima City Schools category. This person or organization does not have to be a graduate. This year’s inductee is retired district teacher and administrator Virgil Mann. The Lima City Schools has a rich history of producing graduates that have made outstanding contributions to society. In 1987, the Lima City Schools began formally recognizing the accomplishments of its outstanding alumni through the Lima Senior High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. In 1990, the program expanded to include all Lima City Schools graduates and became the Lima City Schools Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. More than 100 outstanding alumni have received this distinction, including Phyllis Diller, Gary Moeller, Joe Henderson, Dr. William Alfred Fowler, Maidie Norman, Harrison Shutt, Dr. David B. Steiner and Scott Clark. The Lima City Schools Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame honors alumni who have received local, state or national recognition for achievements in their occupational fields, made significant contributions to society, or performed meritorious service for our country. The Hall of Fame also serves as a living example of accomplishment and excellence for our community and current students in the Lima City Schools. Hall of Fame eligibility requirements include: The nominee attended the Lima City Schools. The nominee graduated 15 or more years ago. The nominee has at the local, state, national or international level demonstrated distinguished occupational or professional achievement or performed significant volunteer, charitable, civic, public, humanitarian or military service. The nominee is of excellent character. Nomination Form Hall of Fame Scholarship In 2017, the Lima City Schools created a Hall of Fame Scholarship, with the first recipient named in the spring of 2018. The district is taking donations now for the scholarship fund. Money and pledge cards should be sent to: Lima City Schools C/O Beth Jokinen 755 St. Johns Ave. Lima, OH 45804 *Checks should be made out to the Lima Community Foundation, with "LCS HOF Scholarship" printed in the memo box. For additional information, call 419-996-3411. Scholarship Donor Card

Food Service & Nutrition All students in the Lima City Schools receive free breakfast and lunch. Click here to see the district's Food Service and Nutrition Page to learn more. The site also includes school menus and information on nutrition and exercise. Food Service Website Food Allergies, Diets and Restrictions Lima City Schools knows the importance of providing our students with meals that are safe and understanding of any and all dietary restrictions. If your student has food allergies, specialized diets, or restrictions please have your doctor fill out this form and return this form to your student’s school or mail it to Lima City Schools Child Nutrition and Food Services Department, 755 St. Johns Ave., Lima OH 45804. Food Allergy Form

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Services What are EL services? The EL program is an English language development program using content for the development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills for non-English proficient or English Learners (ELs). How do the students qualify for EL services? To qualify the student must have a level of English language proficiency below that of a native speaker in any of the language domains: listening, speaking, reading and writing. A student's level of English language proficiency is determined by the test results of the OELPS and OELPA State Tests. The EL service program offers the opportunity for each English Language Learner to receive individual help and instruction from a specialized educator. The Lima City Schools has an educator to work with immigrant students. Teacher Jeanette Weaver and District Bilingual Liaison Emmarie Rolon-Colon work closely with other staff to ensure that the student’s education is fair and at their level of knowledge of the language. This service also offers special accommodations and individual interventions until the student becomes proficient in English. Communication is very important in our district. We make sure that we can provide translation services if needed for parents and students. Contact information Jeanette Weaver, EL Teacher 419-996-3712 (office) 419-296-5094 (cell) jweaver@spartan.limacityschools.org Emmarie Rolon-Colon, District Bilingual Liaison 419-549-2728 eroloncolon@spartan.limacityschools.org Caroline Schutz - EL Instructor (TESOL Certified) cschutz@spartan.limacityschools.org Marc Rocher, EL Interpreter mrocher@spartan.limacityschools.org ¿Qué son los servicios EL Descripción del programa EL Parent Handbook ESL Flyer/Orientation Dates