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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,...
Normandy High School’s Class of 2024 remembered for having ‘magic in the air’
PARMA, Ohio -- Despite assorted hurdles -- such as a pandemic and district consolidation -- Normandy High School’s Class of 2024 appropriately selected “Today is never too late to be brand new” as its class motto. “The class of 2024 was probably our first class that got...
‘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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
Independence students honored for academic excellence
Independence, Ohio – Top scholars at Independence High School have been recognized in two ceremonies. A special dinner was held for the 24 senior students named summa cum laude and dozens more from across all grade levels were honored with gaining an academic letter for their performance. If you...
Bay High School sends Class of 2024 out into the world
BAY VILLAGE, Ohio -- Bay High School recently graduated the Class of 2024, which was comprised of 216 seniors -- making it the largest class in recent years. Meghan Holden, the school’s College and Career Readiness counselor, said the notable achievements of the graduating class include 63 students with grade point average above 4.0 and 49 percent earning an honors diploma.
Lakewood Public Library promises quite the student adventure with annual summer reading club
LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- The last school bell of the year means the fight against summer slide has officially begun. That’s why the Lakewood Public Library is busy promoting its “Adventure Begins at Your Library” summer reading club for 2024. If you purchase a product or register for...
Harvard adopts ‘institutional neutrality’ policy
According to Alan Garber, Harvard University’s interim president, the elite college will follow the advice of its Institutional Voice Working Group and refrain from forays into fractious public policy debates. Garber and 17 other school administrators said in a statement released Tuesday that the working group’s report provides “a...
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