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The award-winning Shaker Heights High School student news organization

The Shakerite
The award-winning Shaker Heights High School student news organization

The Shakerite
Isabel Siegel

Isabel Siegel, Copy Editor

Isabel Siegel (‘26) is in her second year with the Shakerite, and is currently a copy editor. Last year, she wrote about a social-emotional learning program and standardized testing. Outside of The Shakerite, she loves creative writing, theatre and reading. 

All content by Isabel Siegel
Odd and even day schedules are identical. Students will eat lunch during three lunch periods as they did last year.

A Permanent Schedule

Daniel Carroll and Isabel Siegel
September 3, 2024
Yondr pouches in a tote bag await distribution to teachers in Dean of Students Greg Zannelli's office Aug. 20. Teachers gathered pouches for their Crew students and handed them out yesterday and today.

Locked Away for the Day

Daniel Carroll and Isabel Siegel
August 22, 2024
Lights frame artwork in Room 216, helping to create a peaceful mood in the zen, or mindfulness room created by guidance counselor Catherine Szendrey.

Szendrey Makes Space for Mindfulness at School

Isabel Siegel, Managing Editor
June 4, 2024
Dr. Felecia Bell Evans, formerly director of school leadership and now assistant superintendent of teaching and learning, addresses panel members, students, teachers and parents during the May 14 meeting in the upper cafeteria. Photo by Daniel Carroll.

Community Voice Support for Phone Policy

Isabel Siegel and Daniel Carroll
May 29, 2024
Assistant Director of Communications Kristen Miller speaks with two residents who attended a May 14 public meeting in the upper cafeteria. The district held the meeting to gather feedback about its developing cell phone policy. The attendees are examining a Yondr pouch, which would be the means for securing phones during school hours next year if the Board of Education adopts the policy.

[Photo] Next Year, No Phones

Vijaya Sadler, Journalism II Reporter
May 15, 2024
Metal detectors stand at the entrance of Maple Heights High School. Akron Public Schools purchased metal detectors and X-ray machines in 2022. Garfield Heights City Schools use detectors at school entrances and athletic events.

Are Metal Detectors the Next Step?

Isabel Siegel, Copy Editor
April 15, 2024
Cassie Lyles, a sophomore, performs "What Was I Made For?" during the 3B Sankofa student preview in the large auditorium Feb. 23, 2024. The audience responded to the gentle song by swaying along with their phone flashlights, the modern version holding aloft a lighter in emotional solidarity with the performer.

Sankofa Changes the Narrative

Josh Levin, Isabel Siegel and Will Stewart
February 23, 2024
Schedule committee members Emily Shrestha, Erin Mauch and Nalin Needham, all of whom are English teachers, meet in the English Department office Dec. 7.

Tackling the Bell Schedule, Again

Will Stewart and Isabel Siegel
February 12, 2024
Parents created a petition today demanding heightened security at the high school. More than 136 people signed it within two hours. The petition calls for restrictions on cell phone use and the presence of uniformed police officers at school, among other demands.

District Plans to Enhance Security Emerge From Remote Learning Day

Isabel Siegel and Eliot Call
January 13, 2024
So Far, Crew Program Fails to Inspire Connections

So Far, Crew Program Fails to Inspire Connections

Isabel Siegel, Journalism II Reporter
April 17, 2023
map-testing

[Photo] New Staff at Shaker

Journalism I Reporters
October 11, 2022
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