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Toys, a 2-year-old pit bull mix and Cleveland City Kennel’s longest resident, carries a tennis ball while on a walk with a volunteer.

Pitting Shaker v. Pit Bull Owners

Yasmine Kayali and Audie Lorenzo
January 20, 2016
Arheghan (left) and Grube (right) both have personal experiences as LGBT teens at Shaker Heights High School and are sharing their opinions on the culture of the school.

[Photo] Diversifying Diversity

Ose Arheghan and Sarah Grube
January 19, 2016
Some faculty and staff raised the windshield wipers on their cars to prevent them from sticking to icy windshields throughout the day. Staff who commuted from areas such as Solon and Vermillion faced lengthy drives today.

[Photo] Not Cold Enough

Sara Mesiano and Nora Spadoni
January 19, 2016
Audience members hold neon orange, yellow, pink and green signs while Mayor Earl Leiken speaks.

[Photo] City Council Disposes of Pit Bull Ban

Emet Celeste-Cohen and Astrid Braun
January 13, 2016
Shaker’s computers, Dell Otiplex 760 desktops, are sometimes equipped with Dual Core processors, which can make computers perform slowly when programs are open simultaneously.

[Photo] Shaker Updates its District Tech Plan

Emet Celeste-Cohen and Christopher Min
January 6, 2016
Choir Director Mario Clopton leads his second period class in rehearsal Nov. 20. Clopton played viola and tenor saxophone as a child in Solon.

[Photo] Teacher by Day, Police Adviser by Night

Emet Celeste-Cohen, Journalism I Reporter
January 5, 2016
Amani Redus, Jeramie Burge and Dale Bonner scrimmage during practice Dec. 3 in the north gym. For the first time in four years, the men's basketball team will take the floor without Esa Ahmad.

[Photo] Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Sean McMillan and Micah Gundani
December 4, 2015
Student's in Nathaniel Hsu's 2015-2016, first and second period Advanced Placement Biology class demonstrate the divide between males and females in STEM classes.

[Photo] Is Hallway Diversity Enough for Shaker?

Ose Arheghan, Investigations Editor
January 4, 2016
Custodian painting over stenciled room numbers Sept. 1, 2015.

New Room Numbers Give High School a Fresh Look

Audie Lorenzo, Campus and City Reporter
September 9, 2015
The Large Auditorium, the class meetings were held in, in the start of the school year.

Assemblies Generate Unsurprising Reaction

Audie Lorenzo, Campus and City Reporter
September 4, 2015
The MAC Sister Scholars celebrated their graduating class and welcomed in new sisters May 28.

Minority Achievement Committee Celebrates Sister Scholars

Nora Spadoni and Audie Lorenzo
May 29, 2015
Students took the PARCC exams at testing booths set up in the library.

State-Mandated PARCC Tests Provoke Stress, Confusion

Audie Lorenzo, Campus and City Reporter
March 23, 2015
Locked Restrooms Annoy Students

Locked Restrooms Annoy Students

Audie Lorenzo, Campus and City Reporter
February 9, 2015
Sophomore Danny Mathakour drinks from the new main office water fountain.

New Office Fountain Receives Mixed Reviews

Audie Lorenzo, Campus and City Reporter
October 22, 2014
Maintenance mechanic Tom Vanderpool declared the main office's water fountain "dead" and said it would be replaced.

Main Office Water Fountain Declared “Dead”

Audie Lorenzo, Campus and City Reporter
October 6, 2014
In a training exercise, some high school students practice overwhelming an intruder while others evacuate the scene. As school shootings have continued, schools and law enforcement agencies have begun to adopt and rehearse more aggressive responses than the lockdowns legislated throughout the country in the years following the assault at Columbine High School 15 years ago.

In Lockdown Alternative, Students Don’t Hide

Audie Lorenzo, Anabel McGuan, Sara Mesiano, Nora Spadoni and Ned Weingart
May 1, 2014
Freshman Sienna Jackson struggles to open the sticky door in the Large Auditorium lobby Feb. 23.

Sticky Door No More

Audie Lorenzo, Staff Reporter
March 26, 2014
Seniors Joshua Beckles and Mauricio Rivas sport purple party hats identifying them as English teacher Valerie Doersen's students during conferences in Room 109 Nov. 25. Said Rivas, "If my girlfriend sees this, please don't kill me."

Conferencing in Room 109? Put Your Party Hat On

Audie Lorenzo, Staff Reporter
November 26, 2013
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