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These high school students have a different kind of summer job: helping clean up 300,000 pounds of trash
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Most high school kids spend the summer hanging out with friends or working at a job, but there are a couple of students from the Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School who have found something much more fulfilling to do this summer. Students Miguel Garcia, 16,...
Westlake Students Excel in National Spanish Exam
The 8th graders from Lee Burneson Middle School in Level I Spanish have consistently received high scores on the National Spanish Exam when being compared nationally. This year, 54 of Senora Vakos’ students were administered the exam. They earned 21 Gold medals,16 silver medals, 11 bronze medals, and several honorable mentions. This success is not an isolated incident but rather a reflection of Lee Burneson Middle School’s longstanding tradition of academic excellence in Spanish language education.
'A fight in these kids': Hoover baseball downs rival Jackson in OHSAA regional semifinal
OBERLIN — Bryan Ashby needed a calendar as he got his bearings from a tense, no-margin-for-error regional semifinal. "It's Thursday, right?" the North Canton Hoover High School baseball coach said with a smile. "That felt like a typical Tuesday or Wednesday in the Federal League." Two Federal League teams made the long trip to...
‘Do it for the plot’: Lakewood High School Class of 2024 is seizing the day
LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Funny kids is how Lakewood High School Principal Joy Morgan will remember the 315 graduates from the Class of 2024. “They have a lot of jokes,” she said. “They think they’re very funny and they just have a really good personality, so they are fun.
Glenville’s path to a 19th OHSAA state track title could be tougher this weekend
DAYTON, Ohio — Glenville’s Tarblooders are no stranger to having a target on their backs. It comes with the territory when you’re a two-time defending state champion at a school with more track and field trophies than anyone else in the state. After graduating a massive class...
Cleveland State University students release study on how to revitalize Lake Erie waterfront
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Downtown Cleveland has a key piece of transportation that runs two miles along the waterfront. However, some believe it is under utilized. That is something a group of graduate students from Cleveland State want to change. “Is there a way that we can actually facilitate the...
FAFSA issues leave Northeast Ohio students, parents in the lurch
Problems with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) have meant headaches and outright delays in college plans for students across the country, including in Northeast Ohio. Advocates with local nonprofits that help prospective college students with college applications, like College Now Greater Cleveland and the Lake/Geauga Educational Assistance...
How taking a Greater Cleveland RTA bus to school helped me find my way, literally and figuratively
Every school day, hundreds of Cleveland Metropolitan School District high schoolers use free bus passes provided by the district to get around the city. Chardon Black is one of them. He graduates from the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine on June 7. He’s been thinking back about all the time he’s spent on the bus.
‘One less bill off their plate’ -- Fairview Park Schools receives grant covering student lunch debt
FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- Education Data Initiative reported in 2023 that the average student meal debt per child was $180. In Ohio, the estimated total owed by students was more than $92 million. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we...
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