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Avon Lake Junior is Rotary Speech Contest First Place Winner

Congratulations Avon Lake High School junior Marguerite Smith. She was the First Place winner in the annual Rotary International  (North Coast Rotary) 4 Way Speech Contest. Students competing were from Avon, Avon Lake, and Brookside. She advances to the next level of competition to be held on March 23. In the Spring, participating high school students from Avon, Avon Lake and Brookside high ... Read More »

RRHS Junior Selected to OMEA All-State Choir

Rocky River junior Nadine El-Dabh was recently selected to the Ohio Music Educators All-State Choir and performed at the OMEA Conference over the weekend at the Cleveland Convention Center. In order to be selected to participate in all-state choir, El-Dabh has to send in an audition recording in May of 2018. All recordings that were submitted were judged by a panel ... Read More »

Happy 100 Days of School Avon Lake

Happy 100 days of school Avon Lake elementary school students. Eastview, Erieview, Redwood and Westview elementary school students are truly 100 days smarter. Students and staff celebrated last week by dressing up as centenarians, making crafts/hats, and enjoying other educational activities centered around 100. Read More »

Avon Defeats Midview in Scholastic Games Competition

The Scholastic Games radio quiz, a weekly program which spotlights academic teams from Lorain County high schools, continued this Monday on WEOL (AM 930). Quick scoring in buzz-in rounds gave a strong 430 to 120 point win to Avon over Midview this week, surpassing Oberlin’s opening week 410 point win. Avon was represented by Jacob Boesger, Connor Smith and team ... Read More »

Rocky River Community Challenge to Host Family Game Week

The Rocky River Community Challenge will host Family Game Week from February 25 through March 3. The 14th annual event encourages families to unplug, spend time together, play games, be active, have a special family outing and have fun. Find places to take the stress out of your schedules and put the fun in family time. Read More »

Meadowood Golf Club Welcomes PGA Jr. League

Youth Golf Program Registration Now Open A new youth golf opportunity comes to the City of Westlake’s Meadowood Golf Club this year – the PGA Jr. League. “Meadowood Golf Course is looking forward to opening our course to the PGA Jr. League this season,” Bob DeMinico, City of Westlake Recreation Director said. “The game of golf can teach youth important ... Read More »

RRCSD to Host Winter Town Hall Meeting With Screening of Angst

The Rocky River City School District (RRCSD) will host a Winter Town Hall Meeting with the screening of the documentary Angst on February 25. The showing will start at 7:00pm in the Rocky River HS Auditorium (20951 Detroit Road). The screening is being sponsored by The Rocky River Education Foundation. Angst is an IndieFlix Original Documentary designed to raise awareness around anxiety. ... Read More »

Community West Foundation Teams with Straight from the Heart for Red-Tie Gala

Over 500 guests joined in the fun for the 15th annual Straight from the Heart Red-Tie Gala – the west side’s leading fundraiser benefiting cardiovascular services for the communities surrounding Avon, Fairview and Lutheran Hospitals – at Westlake’s LaCentre last Saturday evening. “On behalf of the Straight from the Heart Committee, we would like to thank you and the community ... Read More »

RRMS & RRHS Students Compete in Honors Geometry Math Tournament

Rocky River High School and Rocky River Middle School students in Honors Geometry competed in the 3rd Annual Honors Geometry Math Tournament on Tuesday afternoon in the RRMS Media Center. Students were broken up into teams of four with a majority of teams consisting of two students from RRMS and two students from RRHS on each team. Close to 60 students ... Read More »