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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
Liam MacGilvray

Liam MacGilvray, Campus and City Editor

Liam MacGilvray (‘25) is in his second year with The Shakerite, and is currently the Campus and City Editor. Last year, he wrote about school policy, the planetarium, and other happenings around the building. Outside of The Shakerite, he enjoys repairing and writing about vintage computers, along with spending time with friends. 

All content by Liam MacGilvray
Therapy dogs greet students in the Ely Gallery as they return to school following an April 1 shooting at the Shaker Heights Main Library. A variety of Crisis Response Canines and their handlers visited classrooms and the IC to comfort students.

High School Classes Resume Following Fatal Library Shooting

Daniel Carroll and Liam MacGilvray
April 3, 2025
Police cars remain in an otherwise empty main library parking at 7:07 p.m. today after a shooting involving a current and a former SHHS student. Both public library branches will be closed tomorrow.

Classes Suspended After Fatal Shooting at Main Library Involving Student, Former Student

Liam MacGilvray and Eliot Call
April 1, 2025
Next Year, Tomorrow Will be The Same As Today

Next Year, Tomorrow Will be The Same As Today

Liam MacGilvray, Campus and City Editor
April 1, 2025
The egress will be open for student entry once weapon detection begins.

Weapon Detection Begins Jan. 22

Olivia Cavallo and Liam MacGilvray
January 17, 2025
Choose optimism, but avoid apathy

Choose optimism, but avoid apathy

Liam MacGilvray, Campus and City Editor
November 19, 2024
When students reach the high school front entrance Sept. 19, they will encounter metal detection by wand and bag checks. Shakerite file photo by David Vahey

Metal Detection, Bag Checks Come to the High School

Liam MacGilvray, Campus and City Editor
September 18, 2024
Assistant Principal Lisa Demkowicz staffs a table where parents who attended a meeting about the new electronic device policy examine Yondr pouches and unlocking mechanisms at the high school Aug. 13.

District Explains Phone Policy at Parent Meeting

Olivia Cavallo and Liam MacGilvray
August 16, 2024
A sign instructs staff to keep the women’s restroom next to Room 260 locked May 24, when a blocked sewage pipe forced restroom closures throughout the building.

Blocked Pipe Closes Restrooms

Liam MacGilvray and Olivia Cavallo
May 28, 2024
A promotional card from Spitz shows the A4 projector in operation. The card is posted in Planetarium Director Bryan Child's office.

Space for Learning

Liam MacGilvray, Journalism II Reporter
April 8, 2024
When to Do School Jan. 8-19

When to Do School Jan. 8-19

Alyssa Becote and Liam MacGilvray
January 7, 2024
Fruit, flowers and doughnuts stocked the English Department work table Sept. 29, courtesy of the high school PTO.

Teacher Appreciation, All Year Long

Liam MacGilvray, Logan Coleman, Samena Colbert, Alyssa Becote and Delaney Miller
December 19, 2023
A collection of used "late to class" passes. In order to enter class late, students must receive a pass from a security guard or administrator in the hallways. Teachers collect the passes and return them to the office for reuse.

Tardies Surge Since Covid

Liam MacGilvray, Journalism I Reporter
October 25, 2023
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