Westlake

The Westlake High School Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, an honor society for high school students enrolled in Spanish and Portuguese, inducted 43 new members. The group recognizes high achievement of high school students in Spanish and Portuguese languages and promotes a continuing interest in Hispanic and Luso Portuguese studies. Officers are President Katie Routhier, Vice President Elizabeth Raiff, Treasurer Aly Silver ... Read More »

  Lee Burneson Middle School eighth grader Miranda Li won a second place prize in the 61st Annual Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair held March 11 at Cleveland State University. Miranda won second place in Health/Medicine under the Biological Science category for her project “If You Are What You Eat, Then Are Your Teeth What You Chew?” Her research ... Read More »

Hilliard Elementary School surpassed its $1,200 goal and raised $2,263.05 – enough to buy 9,052 meals – through the annual Harvest for Hunger campaign, “Generosity in Bloom.” Harvest for Hunger is an annual food and funds drive conducted through grocery stores, workplaces and schools in 21 Northeast Ohio counties. The food and money collected by Westlake elementary students stays in ... Read More »

  Westlake Police have released the 911 call received Sat., April 5 reporting gunshots that were fired into a business at 30700 Center Ridge Road. Here is the call: There are no new developments as to suspect(s), motive, description(s), or vehicle(s) involved as of 10 a.m. April 8. Event Rewind Gunfire was reported in Westlake on Sat., April 5. Westlake ... Read More »

At the 2014 Ohio Junior Classical League Convention in Columbus, the Westlake High School Latin Club brought home a series of awards for academic contests, artistic competitions, games and colloquia on different classical subjects. Katerina Packis took several first-place awards, along with the Best of Show award: ·         “The Seer” ink drawing ·         “Roman Street” mixed media ·         “Pandora” oil ... Read More »

Letters from 14 students at Lee Burneson Middle School are among the top 20 percent selected as state finalists in the Library of Congress’ Letters About Literature 2014 Contest. In December, all of Deb Schrembeck’s Language Arts students entered the writing contest, which asks students in grades four to 12 to read a book, poem or speech and write to ... Read More »

Westlake High School senior Kristen Vellinga was selected by the Ohio chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German as the state representative to advance to the national level competition for a study abroad trip to Germany for graduating seniors this summer. Kristen qualified for the honor after placing in the 90th percentile on the National German Exam Level ... Read More »

  A fight was brewing at a Crocker Park Blvd. drinking establishment on April 2 at 11:49 p.m. Arriving officers arrested a 20-year-old Avon Lake woman and a 19-year-old North Ridgeville man after they were ejected from that location. Another of the brawlers ran off, but was found about an hour later in some woods to the west. This 25-year-old ... Read More »

  The Westlake Board of Education and the Westlake Teachers Association approved a one-year contract that freezes base pay and step increases, and implements coordination of benefits for all teachers A one-year contract was the maximum term the district could certify in the wake of last November’s levy failure. Some details: -Teachers who complete additional education and obtain an advanced ... Read More »

Westlake Supt. of Schools Dan Keenan announced at the April 3 Board of Education Meeting that he will leave the district next summer to lead the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. In a prepared statement, Keenan said, “Westlake City School Colleagues: “I am writing to let you know that I have accepted the position of Executive Director of the Martha Holden ... Read More »