Chagrin Falls Student Board Held Successful Clothing Drive for Chagrin Falls Park Community Center
The Chagrin Falls Education Foundation Student Board held a clothing drive for the Chagrin Falls Park Community Center. The students met in September and decided to have a clothing drive instead of their usual used sporting goods drive. They learned that the Chagrin Falls Park Community Center was in need of clothing donations, particularly for high school students. The Student Board set up donation boxes in each of the four schools in the district. In the end, the board delivered more than 20 bags of donations to the Chagrin Falls Park Community Center.
Currently, the Student Board is working on a “Kids Afternoon Out Fundraiser” to be held on Sunday, December 4th. They are also selling Zoo T-shirts which were designed by members of the board.
“We are enjoying watching this group take on additional responsibilities each year and seeing their pride in some of the contributions they have been able to make back to the school through grants,” said adult advisor Kelly Curtiss. “They are truly an ambitious group of students!”
Pictured In Bottom Right Photo: Mitchell Johnson, Stephen Kruszenski and Alex Amata delivering good to the Chagrin Falls Park Community Center.
Pictured In Bottom Left Photo: Courtney Curtiss and Stephen Kruszenski, co-chairs of the clothing drive.
Pictured In Bottom Center Photo: Students sorting the clothing donations for Chagrin Falls Park Community Center. From left to right the students are Molly Nachtwey, Molly Barr, Carolyn Bencko, Kylee Cox, Lily Orazen, Sara McKee, Hannah Clark, Jack Johnson, Francie O;Neil and Courtney Curtiss
Chagrin Falls High School Students Compete at 8th Annual ideablitz!
At the 8th annual ideablitz! competition on November 12, 2016, twelve innovative ideas were pitched by 36 students, including students from the Hiram College’s Weekend College (WEC), Community College Partnerships and College Credit Plus with the Chagrin Falls School District, to a panel of outside judges. Each student or team had six minutes to present followed by three minutes of Q&A from the judges. Ideas were judged on concept, market need, technological and competitive attributes, pricing, uniqueness and presentation. The top three winning ideas were: 1st Place ($500) Kinda A Big Dill, Chase Kelley ‘20, Evan Harris ‘17 and Ricky Hampton ‘18; 2nd Place ($300) Always Clear, Andrew Buxa ‘17, Patrick McKiernan WEC, and Travis Koteles WEC, and 3rd Place ($200.00) SafeKey Lock, Joseph Touhey ’20 and Liam Osborne ’20.
All participants received feedback about their concepts and presentation from the panel of judges. Kay Molkentin, director of the Center for Integrated Entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship professor David Kukurza, hope that many of the students will use the feedback and continue to work on developing their ideas to present at ideabuild! in the spring.
Pictured In Top Right Photo: Chagrin Falls High School Students compete at 8th Annual ideablitz
Photo Credit: Kasey Samuel Adams
Chagrin Falls’ Intermediate School Forum a Success
On November 11th, Chagrin Falls’ Intermediate School held its annual Writers’ Forum. The day began with a presentation by Marlane Kennedy, author of several books including Me and the Pumpkin Queen, The Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes, Lucky Dog, and Disaster Strikes. Throughout the day, students participated in a variety of sessions with a number of presenters that discussed all types of writing. Interns from the Chagrin Falls High School “Write Place” also visited the classrooms and introduced a variety of writing styles, including poetry.
“The purpose of these sessions with professionals and high school interns was for our students to learn about writing through different careers and disciplines,” said Principal Sarah Read. The community guest speakers included attorneys, journalists, grant writers, advertisers, teachers, historians and museum professionals, and writers.
At the end of the day, students were given opportunities to do their own creative and informative writing through various classroom lessons and activities. Some of the formats included story writing, autobiographies, journalism, marketing, museum copy and curriculum, word choice and poetry.
A special thanks to our guest speakers Shawn Acton, Brenda Cain, Jare Cardinal, Jennifer Cimperman, Alex Gertsberg, Kathleen Gill, Nancy Kevern, Neil Markey, Mara Purnhagen, Heather Reeder, Sue Reid, Haley Schron, and Ryan Sears.
Pictured In Top Left Photo: Chagrin Falls’ Intermediate School Annual Writers’ Forum
Chagrin Falls High School Rotary Student of the Month: Kate Weston
Kate Weston was chosen for her service and leadership qualities as the November Chagrin Valley Rotary Club Student of the Month for Chagrin Falls High School. She has been on the High Honor Roll throughout high school and also received an Academic All-Ohio award. Her AP and Honors classes include: AP US History, AP US Government and Politics, AP English Language, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Spanish Language and AP English Literature.
When Kate is not working hard in her classes, she is active in many extracurricular activities. She is the Executive President of Student Council, Co-President of the Superintendent’s Advisory Committee and an intern at the Write Place. She is also in choir and plays varsity soccer and basketball. Outside of school she babysits, tutors and works as a cashier at Heinen’s. As for college, Kate wants to study biology and pre-dental. Kate was recognized at a recent Chagrin Valley Rotary Club meeting.
Pictured In Top Center Photo: Kate Weston, Chagrin Falls High School November 2016 Rotary Student of the Month
