Patrol Officer Adam Reyes won the Fairview Park Police Department’s “Policeman of the Year Award” in a ceremony held on February 25th. Adam was nominated for the award by one of his supervisors and was then confirmed by the Award Board. Officer Reyes, who joined the department in 2016, has consistently been a leader on the department in proactive performance. ... Read More »
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WHS TechMates Earn Two State Champion Best of Show Awards at OTEEA State Conference
The Westlake High School Technology & Engineering (T & E) Department participated in the Ohio Technology & Engineering Educators Association (OTEEA) state conference school exhibits competition last weekend, held in the massive Lausche Building of the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus last weekend. The event was held in conjunction with the increasingly popular MakerX festival. Students of the Westlake High ... Read More »
The Herb Guild Garden Club March Meeting
by Barb Armstrong The March meeting of the Herb Guild Garden Club will be held on March 11 at Westlake Porter Public Library. The meeting starts at 10:30 a.m and will last until 2:00 p.m. The guest speaker for March is Carlos E. Ramos, owner of “The Tea Lab” located in Lakewood, Ohio. Their website is tealabcle.com. He will talk ... Read More »
March Events At Westlake Porter Public Library
Following is Westlake Porter Public Library’s March 2020 calendar of events: Sundays, March 1 and 29 (2-3 p.m.) American Girl Doll Club – March 1: Tenney Grant and Logan Everett—Bandmates Tenney Grant (guitar) and Logan Everett (drums) are following their dreams of making it big in music We will explore what it’s like to be part of a band (team) ... Read More »
Westlake Girls Claim District Basketball Title
Senior Gina Adams scored 25 points, senior Abby Carrington added 21 and Westlake won its second district championship since 2016 on Friday night with a 59-48 win over fifth-seeded Amherst. Carrington and Summer Salem made back-to-back 3-pointers in the third quarter as Westlake extended its two-point halftime lead to double digits. Amherst stayed close thanks to hot shooting from senior ... Read More »
Normandy EMPOWERING U Fitness Class
Join us at the Breakwater Apartments for this season’s EMPOWERING U fitness classes! A variety of exercises and discussion topics are covered in this one hour class. Thursday, March 12, 2-3 PM: Balance, Posture and Fall Prevention – Learn about strength training to enhance balance that supports avoidable accidents, while practicing good posture to promote healthy breathing and balance All ... Read More »
Rep. Kaptur Announces 2020 Service Academy Nominations
Kaptur Nominates Four Students from Ohio’s 9th Congressional District for Service Academies Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, announced her nominations for candidates from Ohio’s 9th Congressional District to the nation’s leading service institutions: the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the U.S. Air Force Academy ... Read More »
Bay High Grad Celia Ohnmeis Seeks Missions Trip Support
Celia Ohnmeis will be going to Havana, Cuba with Cru (Formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ) on March 21st- 27th. Here is a link to her request for support for this Christian Mission Trip: https://filterofhopecampus.managedmissions.com/MyTrip/celiaohnmeis1 Read More »
Closing the Computer Science Gap With Teals
A field trip to a local software company opened the doors to Westlake High School students to learn about coding and information technology (IT) opportunities straight from industry professionals. WHS offers Introduction to Computer Programming and Python Programming courses thanks to a partnership with Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools). The program pairs computer science professionals with ... Read More »
Save the Date! STEM Night in Avon Schools, April 2
Please join the Avon Early Learning Center and Avon East Elementary (in conjunction with the Avon Schools Library and Media Dept., and Avon PTA) on April 2 for the first ever Avon Early Learning Center and Avon East STEM Night for our young learners and their families. Students, get your STEM passport punched as you explore hands-on stations centered around science, ... Read More »
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