Students in the Westlake High School Technology & Engineering (T & E) Department participated in the 17th annual Goodyear STEM Career Day sponsored by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on April 30, hosted on the campus of the University of Akron. Goodyear’s STEM Career Day mission is to inform and encourage young men and women in grades six through 12 ... Read More »
Westlake High School sophomore Kyle Yu is the National 2016 U.S. Geography Olympiad Junior Varsity Champion. Kyle participated in the Geography Olympiad on April 22 in Arlington, Virginia, with about 100 students from across the nation. He qualified for the national competition with his score on a timed, written exam taken earlier in April. As a sophomore, Kyle was eligible ... Read More »
On Monday, Avon High School earned a position in this year’s county academic championship on the Scholastic Games of Lorain County, the radio quiz program (on WEOL, AM 930). The team scored a 500 to 160 win over Oberlin High in the program’s five rounds of questions and answers. Avon sustained a higher score through most of the contest, but scores were close until a final round ... Read More »
NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has signed its first commercial Startup licensing agreement with AirFlare LLC in Nashville, Tennessee to productize the Glenn-patented Portable Unit for Metabolic Analysis, or PUMA. This agreement makes AirFlare the go-to source for the public to access NASA technology in the fitness market. Startup NASA is a new opportunity offered by NASA’s Technology Transfer ... Read More »
Westlake Schools have issued the following statement addressing current teacher negotiations: “WESTLAKE SCHOOLS RESPONSE TO MEDIA STATEMENTS “Unfortunately, there are some rumor and mistruths being circulated by the teachers’ union in connection with the current negotiations that the Westlake Board of Education must address and correct: -The Westlake Schools operating budget is $50 million, and like most schools 80 percent ... Read More »
On Saturday April 30th O’Neill Healthcare Bay Village held a Ladies High Tea in the new front reception hall to celebrate our Moms. The ladies were dressed in their finery, hats and all, as they enjoyed an assortment of teas, scones and other delights. Read More »
And the winner is….? Avon East Elementary School second-grader Michele Smith, 8-years-old. Pre-K to fifth–grade students in the Avon Local Schools were invited to submit entries in the inaugural Eagle Run Kids T-shirt Design Challenge. Smith’s winning entry will be featured on the kids T-shirts for this year’s Eagle Run. The contest was created to get students excited about the ... Read More »
Westlake Mayor Dennis Clough honored the city’s nonagenarians on Thurs., April 28, with a luncheon at the Senior Center recognizing the community’s residents ages 90 and over. He is seen here with resident Ernest Bell. Mayor Clough welcomed and recognized all in attendance, saluting the contribution’s our senior community citizens have done through their lifetimes in making our country and ... Read More »
Avon Police Department’s newest Police Officer, Jared Linden (and his family) who was sworn in by Mayor Bryan Jensen on Monday, April 25. Read More »
Westlake High School sophomore Kimaya Bakhle, a German 2 Honors student, reached the Gold level for scoring in the 92nd percentile on the 2016 National German Exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German. Her score made her eligible to apply for a free study travel award to Germany. The National German Exam is given online each year ... Read More »
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