Taylor Butze, Staff Reporter
April 12, 2012
A three-judge panel from the Eleventh District Court of Appeals denied a motion to reconsider its Feb. 13 decision to uphold the murder conviction of Ronald Kelly (’08).
Kelly and Adrian Barker (’06) were convicted in the...
Taylor Butze, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2012
Accompanying Shaker’s recently implemented International Baccalaureate Program was the elementary Mandarin Chinese program.
Employed within the district are eight native Mandarin Chinese speakers who teach students in various...
Shane McKeon, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2012
Shaker’s Chinese program was born out of necessity and opportunity. The district needed to fulfill a world language requirement for the International Baccalaureate program, and the Chinese government offered a solution.
Through...
Alysse Eberhard, Marissa Miller and Rachel Shaw, Cover Story Editors
March 20, 2012
When the IB Programme arrived at Shaker’s elementary schools last year, students said, “Ni hao” to an hour of weekly Mandarin Chinese language instruction taught by native speakers. This year, students said, “Zai jian”...
Allie Harris and Julia Scharfstein, Campus and City Editors
March 20, 2012
The proximity of the Feb. 27 shooting at Chardon High School and the arrest of a Shaker student who brought a semiautomatic weapon to school have raised fear among students that a similar event could happen here.
English teacher...
Marcia Brown, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2012
An unidentified student at Woodbury Elementary School wrote a letter, collected 80 student signatures and submitted it to Principal Randall Yates last month making clear student criticisms of the school’s Chinese program. To...
Julia Scharfstein, Campus and City Editor
March 20, 2012
Just this year, five or six confiscated phones were replaced by the school because they were stolen before they could be returned to the student.
In most of the cases, the phones were stolen from a teacher’s desk. In one...
Allie Harris, Campus and City Editor
March 20, 2012
The Jessica Logan Act, which was passed in Ohio in January, gives schools authority to discipline students who partake in bullying off school grounds.
The goal of this law is to prevent bullying occurring through electronic...
Alysse Eberhard, Marissa Miller and Rachel Shaw, Cover Story Editors
March 2, 2012
Am I OK with the pain involved?
Am I comfortable with a tattoo becoming a permanent part of my body?
Do I accept that there may be some health risks?
Can I accept “tattoo attention” as part of my life?
Do I have a ...
Allie Harris, Campus and City Editor
February 27, 2012
Student Council worked for two years under the leadership of Social Committee Head Logan Davis to plan the Feb. 4. winter dance.
Officially called the Snow Ball, the formal followed the concept of MORP, which is an inversion...
Joan Thompson, Staff Reporter
February 27, 2012
Select groups of students were invited by the White House and high school administration to attend President Obama’s remarks Jan. 4.
The White House first invited the senior class to attend the event. When the White House...
Julia Scharfstein, Campus and City Editor
February 27, 2012
Shaker students may now receive an International Baccalaureate Medallion instead of signing up for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
The IB Medallion requires students to take three IB classes during junior...
