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The Avon Local School District has Placed on the College Board’s 10th Annual AP® District Honor Roll for Significant Gains in Student Access and Success 250 School Districts Across the U.S. and Canada Are Honored The Avon Local School District is one of 250 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on ... Read More »

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Westlake Porter Public Library, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations), St. Ladislas Catholic Church and WCMA (West Cleveland Muslim Association) hosted ‘Tea Time for Peace,’ an interfaith and larger community dialogue with the focus on getting to know your Muslim neighbor better. It was held at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Westlake on December 4. ... Read More »

Thanksgiving Food Drive Our Saint Bernadette School community came together for our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, sponsored by our Student Council. Over 14,000 non-perishable items were donated to the St. Vincent DePaul Society of Cleveland and we broke a school record in the process! Students were taught lessons on the importance of bestowing compassion and kindness on those less fortunate than ... Read More »

Following is Westlake Porter Public Library’s December 2019 calendar of events: Saturday, December 7 (12-4 p.m.) Crafternoon — Help us honor Janet Ackerman with this day of crafting in her memory. Celebrate her love of our library by making a variety of crafts inspired by her using materials she donated. All ages. No registration required. Saturdays, December 7 and 21 ... Read More »

The French Creek Foundation and the City of Avon’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Saturday, December 7th.  A special 10-year old girl, Maya Rak, will be helping this year.  Maya is bravely fighting cancer right now and the community is dedicating this year’s Tree Lighting to her.   The event will start at 5:00 p.m. at Avon’s Gazebo ... Read More »

Avon Mayor Bryan Jensen and Avon Lake Mayor Greg Zilka settled up on the bet they made on the big Regional Championship football game played two weeks ago between the Avon Eagles and Avon Lake Shoremen. The showdown saw the Eagles take the win, and Avon Lake Mayor and Avon High School graduate, Greg Zilka, purchasing lunch for Avon Mayor ... Read More »

Congratulations to the Avon Lake Troy Intermediate School Grade 5-6 Academic Challenge Team for a First Place finish at the Lorain County Middle School Academic Challenge competition sponsored by the Educational Service Center of Lorain County. The team advances to the Finals and will compete Dec. 9 at McCormick Middle School in Wellington. Front Row: Kylen Elzeer (Grade 6), Nathan Mellinger (Grade 6), ... Read More »

Congratulations to the Avon Middle School Grade 7-8 Academic Challenge Team for a First Place finish at the Lorain County Middle School Academic Challenge competition sponsored by the Educational Service Center of Lorain County. The team advances to the Finals and will compete Dec. 9 at McCormick Middle School in Wellington. Front Row: Mehdi Ali (Grade 8), Ana Drinian (Grade 8), Derya ... Read More »

Three Westlake City Schools’ staff members were recognized with Staff Excellence awards at the Nov. 25 Board of Education meeting. Laura Keane, an educational aid at Westlake Elementary School, was recognized with an Excellence in Classified Service award. The Westlake High School intervention specialist team of Rachael Kane and Katie McGlynn was recognized with an Excellence in Teaching award. This ... Read More »

*** 2020 Citizen Police Academy *** Mayor Pam Bobst, Police Chief Kelly Stillman, and the City of Rocky River Division of Police are pleased to announce the 10th Citizen Police Academy. The Academy will be held at the Rocky River Senior Center, 21014 Hilliard Blvd., from 6:30 p.m. until 9:30-10:00 p.m. for fourteen Tuesdays starting January 7, 2020 and ending ... Read More »