College Receives Designation for Ninth Consecutive Year Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) has earned its ninth consecutive Military Friendly® School designation in recognition of its commitment to serving veterans and active military students, as well as their families. Tri-C received the honor from Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs and other publications serving the military community. The College was designated as ... Read More »
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Avon Middle School Receives State Momentum Award
Avon Middle School was recognized by the State Board of Education with a 2016-17 Momentum Award. The Momentum Award is presented by the State Board of Education and recognizes schools for exceeding expectations in student growth for the year. Schools must earn straight A’s on all Value-Added measures on the State Report Card. The school or district must have at least ... Read More »
Holly Lane Penny Wars Benefits Puerto Rico
Two months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, a large part of the U.S. territory remains in shambles. A lack of reliable electricity, and the destruction of bridges and roads makes it difficult to shuttle supplies to much of the region. Holly Lane Elementary School in Westlake is trying to do its part by helping one of its own families ... Read More »
Rocky River Junior Named Voice in Safe Schools Movement
Rocky River High School junior Imani Washington Sims was named a powerful youth voice in the GLSEN safe schools movement. Imani recently attended the LA Respect Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles as a representative of GLSEN, a national organization supporting safe and harassment-free schools. She is a member of the organization’s National Student Council (NSC) student leadership team. The Respect ... Read More »
Bay Village Early Childhood PTA to Hold Annual Santa Shop
The Bay Village Early Childhood PTA will hold its annual Santa Shop on Saturday, December 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bay United Methodist Church, located at 29931 Lake Road in Bay Village. Santa’s elves will help children find gifts for mom, dad, grandparents, siblings, teachers and even pets. All items are priced under $5 and will be gift wrapped and tagged – ... Read More »
WHS Senior a National Finalist in Stem Challenge
Westlake High School senior Jill Eddy was one of five national finalists in Marvel Studios’ THOR: RAGNAROK SUPERPOWER OF STEM CHALLENGE. The Challenge, supported by Walt Disney Studios, Dolby Laboratories, Synchrony Bank and Marvel Studios and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, encouraged girls ages 15-18 in grades 10-12 to use their superpower of STEM to create an ... Read More »
Rocky River City Schools Supports Farm to School Initiative
An initiative to bring more locally grown produce into cafeterias in the Rocky River City School District is supporting Northeast Ohio farms while introducing students to a variety of options. Nutrition Services Specialist and Registered Dietitian Tina Wasserbauer began the farm-to-school initiative in Rocky River Schools a few years ago when she bought a couple of VitaMix machines. She called ... Read More »
December Events at Westlake Porter Public Library
Following is Westlake Porter Public Library’s December, 2017 calendar of events: Sunday, December 3 (1-4:30 p.m.) and Saturday, December 2 (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) Portables’ Annual Holiday Open House – The Friends of the Library’s gift store offers jewelry and other accessories, home entertaining items, gifts for children, and much more. Stop in for your holiday shopping and get great deals too! ... Read More »
It’s All About the ‘Healing’ Arts for UH SJMC Therapist Andrea Patrick
Artist Andrea Patrick, an occupational therapist at University Hospitals St. John Medical Center in Westlake, has long known the value of the creative process in healing. As a Captain in the Army Reserve, she served two tours of duty in Iraq teaching self-help to military personnel. In 13 years at UH SJMC, she has continued to use her skills as ... Read More »
Avon Place Celebrates Deficiency Free Survey
Avon Place, a personalized skilled and long-term nursing care resource located at 32900 Detroit Road in Avon, celebrated a mark of excellence last week – a Deficiency Free Survey by the State of Ohio. Recently remodeled by developer Brian Colleran, Avon Place is a 95-bed, private and semi-private suite, long-term care and rehabilitation facility. It is operated under the careful ... Read More »
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