(Mission Times Courier, San Diego, Ca) - Lewis Middle School is one of four middle schools (out of 33 within the San Diego Unified School District) that made all annual yearly targets and took one giant step out of program improvement. We made 31 out of 31 targets. If we make targets again this year, we will be completely out of "program improvement" status and be able to exit the federally mandated No Child Left Behind Act.

Lewis also took a big leap on Academic Performance Index going from 829 to 851.

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 7:00pm - midnight, at St. Therese Reception Hall.

Lewis Turns 50! Alumni and current families are invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lewis Middle School at "Louie's Leopard Lounge," our annual auction event. If you missed last year's event you've probably heard how much fun it was, so don't miss it this year. Exciting live music is already lined up and auction items are coming in to make this year's event bigger and better than ever! To join in the fun, contact event co-chairs Lisa Berlanga (lbyb@cox.net) or Ann Golumbuk (ann@customlogos.com). More information is on the "Foundation" page of the Lewis website: www.lewis.edu

Lockheed Martin's Women In Engineering Day Inspires Young Women To Explore Engineering Careers

Lockheed Martin introduced over 90 young women from Lewis, Longfellow, Mann, Marshall, Millenial Tech and Pershing Middle Schools to the world of engineering during the company's first annual "Women in Engineering Day" event at its San Diego facility. The event promoted the fields of math, science and engineering to young women with high potential and interest in these areas. The goal was to inspire and help teach students translate their interests in math and science into advanced technology careers. The students explored different engineering disciplines through hands-on activities, panel discussions, participated in a team-oriented project and had lunch with Lockheed Martin engineers to discuss classes, colleges and their experience. The highlight of the day was an engineering design challenge. Given a time limit and set amount of materials student teams designed and built a boat. The boat that held the most pennies without sinking won the challenge. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Team Diamond" tied for first place with their boats each holding $2.30 in pennies.