Over the last few years, St. Mary Chardon has been working to find a balance between pushing forward with innovative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education practices while keeping alive the spirit of religion and service that distinguishes Catholic Schools. This year, St. Mary Chardon was named an Ohio Department of Education STEM Designated … Read more
The Ohio Academy of Science has selected 58 Ohio schools to receive The Governor’s Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in STEM Education and Student Research for accomplishments during the 2016-17 school year and St. Mary Chardon has again made the list! This will be the 3rd year in a row that the school has been honored. … Read more
St. Mary School Chardon may appear to be a traditional Catholic school from the outside, but step inside and you will see inquiry-based learning and students engaged with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) all around. St. Mary School Chardon is the first and only school in Geauga County to receive the Ohio Department of … Read more
St. Mary School Chardon has been recognizes as a Cleveland Clinic Banner School for 2016-17. This award recognizes the school’s noteworthy success in leveraging community resources to advance student learning. It is a distinction earned by fewer than 30% of the 159 schools in four states that participated in Civic Education programming this year. Although much … Read more
St. Mary Chardon- Small But Mighty! Five Students Qualify for State Science Fair St. Mary School Chardon has gone up against some big competition and come out with huge results for the school! Recently eight students earned a Superior rating and a spot to compete at the district Science Fair level, where then 5 students … Read more
Mrs. Carla Solomon challenged her Junior High classes to try something new out this year – National History Day. NHD is a model of multi-disciplinary, project-based learning that is focused around a new theme annually. This year the theme was “Taking a Stand” and asked students to explore people in history who did just that. … Read more
Mrs. Kara Passow’s Kindergarten class, dressed as their favorite Seuss Character played host to the St. Mary Pre-Kindergarten students during their recent celebration of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Kindergarten students busied themselves running interactive learning Seuss centers for their younger friends and having fun at the same time. Learning stations included Green Eggs and Ham tic-tac-toe, … Read more
Mrs. Marie Lisachenko’s first grade class at St. Mary School Chardon has been learning all about Community Helpers at school this quarter, as do many other students their age. This year their teacher decided to take that learning a step further to include honoring our first responders. Mrs. Lisachenko assigned her students roles in the … Read more
This past weekend St. Mary School Chardon went up against other schools from the northeast Ohio region more than twice their size, but came out with big results! Eight students earned a Superior rating and a spot to compete at the district Science Fair level next month. This is double the amount that qualified from … Read more
St. Mary School celebrated Catholic Schools Week this year by highlighting their STEM education program, and the Catholic faith. The week kicked off with the school’s annual Sunday Mass and Open House, but this year featured special pancakes printed with a 3D Pancake Printer donated to the school by the Ohio Catholic Federal Credit Union. … Read more