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It’s a “super” day at Heritage Elementary as we cap off our Pennies for Patients campaign for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Students/staff were encouraged to dress as a “hero.” Any amount donated makes YOU a hero! Dress as yourself, anyone else you look up to in your life, or a famous hero! #AvonInspires. Photo credit: Avon Local Schools Read More »

Lorain County Public Health scored a major win in the fight against Covid-19 as an astounding 6,400 school workers were vaccinated in one day last Friday, Feb. 26. Five clinics were staged at different locales in the county, including Avon Middle School, the North Ridgeville Academic Center, Lorain County JVS, Lorain High School and Elyria High School. Students were scheduled ... Read More »

Honoring Black History Month, LaShaun Garcia’s fifth-grade students at Avon Heritage Elementary School participated in a Black History Wax Museum project this week. The students researched an African American person (past or present), created an autobiography, wrote about the person’s life story on note cards, created a poster about the person, then transformed themselves into their person by dressing up ... Read More »

State-of-the-Art Facility will be the Hub in Lorain County for UH Seidman Cancer Center University Hospitals announced today that the facility currently under construction on the campus of UH Avon Health Center (near the intersection of Detroit Road and Route 83) will become the newest UH Seidman Cancer Center. When it opens to patients in September, 2021, UH Seidman Cancer ... Read More »

Dear Avon Families: We are excited to announce that Eagles N.E.S.T. will be offering Summer Camps this summer. Registration is now open to all K-5th grade Avon Local students. Please go to www.avonlocalschools.org to find out more information about the camps and how to register. You will need Access Code FUN2021 to complete your registration. We hope to see you ... Read More »

At the start of the school year, Avon Heritage Elementary School fourth-grade virtual teacher Kendal Tuck was worried about the students socially in a virtual setting. She reached out to the families of her class and they helped bring her visions to life. Tuck had an idea to bring parent-led after school club activities to her class, along with her ... Read More »

Not even a global pandemic is going to stop Kindergarten students at the Avon Early Learning Center from celebrating the 100th Day of School (Feb. 10). In-person and online students dressed up as centenarians and also took part in several 100-themed educational activities during the day. Happy 100 Days to our little Avon Eagles! Read More »

Avon High School is proud to announce that nine students were recently recognized in the 2021 Scholastic Art Show. Of those students, three Gold keys were awarded, 10 Silver keys were awarded, and five Honorable Mentions were selected. Freshman Elena Ko received a Gold Key in Drawing & Illustration for her artwork, “Booktopia”; sophomore Paige Masuga received a Gold Key ... Read More »

The show must go on! Avon High School’s Drama Club presents, “Radium Girls”, a play by D.W. Gregory. Set in the 1920s, the play takes place in a time when the recently discovered element radium was marketed as a “miracle cure” used to treat cancer and other illnesses. When Grace Fryer, a glow-in-the-dark watch dial painter for the U.S. Radium ... Read More »

A huge thank you to the Avon VFW Post 7035 leaders who stopped by Avon Middle School, Avon Heritage, Avon East and the Early Learning Center sharing their incredible generosity with monetary gifts for the teachers for all their incredible efforts this school year. Each building will decide how the funds may best serve their students. THANK YOU! #AvonInspires Read More »