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The award-winning Shaker Heights High School student news organization

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Mae Nagusky

Mae Nagusky, Editor-in-Chief

Mae Nagusky (‘20) is in her fourth year with The Shakerite. She is currently Editor-in-Chief, running and overseeing coverage for shakerite.com and the quarterly print issues. Mae was The Shakerite’s Web Managing Editor in her junior year, and Campus and City Editor sophomore year. In the past, she has covered topics such as systemic inequity and disrespect toward teachers. Mae participates in high school softball, and she enjoys listening to podcasts and dancing.

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152 Years Later, The Battle Begins Again

152 Years Later, The Battle Begins Again

Mae Nagusky, Alumna ('20)
June 16, 2020
Junior Tanaziona Lucious

Black Is Beautiful, By Any Standard

Mae Nagusky, Editor-in-Chief
June 3, 2020
The Oscars get criticized for their lack of inclusion for people of color.

Media Shifts Perception

Mae Nagusky, Editor-in-Chief
June 2, 2020
Junior Avery Luke

Skin Tone and Dating

Mae Nagusky, Editor-in-Chief
June 2, 2020
“This is not an ordinary high school student. This is a student with poise and she has experience. You could just tell. She carries herself in a very confident way,” music teacher Mario Clopton-Zymler said.

[Photo] COVID-19 Forces Exchange Student to Return

May 9, 2020
The high school remains empty April 28.

District Revises 5-12 Grading Policy in Light of Pandemic

Mae Nagusky and Ainsley Snyder
April 28, 2020
Frustrated Seniors and Parents Plan To Protest

Frustrated Seniors and Parents Plan To Protest

Mae Nagusky and Lauren Sheperd
April 22, 2020
The class of 2019 walk across the stage at the CSU Wolstein Center for their commencement.

Commencement Joins The Ranks of Pandemic Adjustments

Mae Nagusky and Olivia Peebles
April 21, 2020
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[Photo] DeWine Orders Ohioans to Shelter in Place

March 22, 2020
College Board Changes Tests and Procedures in Response to COVID-19

College Board Changes Tests and Procedures in Response to COVID-19

Mae Nagusky and Vivian Bowling
March 20, 2020
Russell H. Rupp stadium remains locked on March 17.

[Photo] The OHSAA Indefinitely Suspends Winter and Spring Athletics

March 18, 2020
Students will receive a Google Hangout link from each of their teachers by the end of the day Tuesday. Participating in teachers’ virtual office hours is not mandatory.

Juli Outlines How School Will Work

Mae Nagusky and Olivia Peebles
March 17, 2020
“The number one thing that I am concerned about is that Lifetime is so expensive,” said senior Marina Denunzio, who works out at Lifetime Fitness. Lifetime Fitness must close by tomorrow.

DeWine Orders Closures of Gyms and Polling Locations

Ainsley Snyder and Mae Nagusky
March 16, 2020
Fire Food and Drink, a popular restaurant in Shaker Square, announced its plans to close on March 15 for eight weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Photo] DeWine Orders Closure Of Dine-In Restaurants

March 15, 2020
Math teacher Ray Durban instructs his students in school for the last time before the state-mandated, three-week closure, ordered to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, begins.

District Announces Instructional Plan for School Closure

Mae Nagusky, Editor-in-Chief
March 13, 2020
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“I worked to pay for half of it, so that’s obviously upsetting. But I’m honestly more sad about not being able to go,” said senior Chloe Friedland, who would have left for Fiji March 17.

District Halts Spring Break Trips

Vivian Bowling and Mae Nagusky
March 11, 2020
Board of Education members discuss COVID-19 during a March 10 board meeting in the small auditorium.

District Announces Cancellations In Response to COVID-19

Mae Nagusky and Danielle Krantz
March 10, 2020
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[Photo] ‘Rite Idea: A Change We Can Support

February 1, 2020
Glasner addresses the Board Trustees of the Shaker Schools Foundation Oct. 17.

[Photo] Striving For a Better Shaker

December 19, 2019
Protesters call for gun control at the March for Our Lives in downtown Cleveland March 24, 2018.

[Photo] We Can Do More

December 16, 2019
Volume 90 Issue 1: A Note From The Editor

Volume 90 Issue 1: A Note From The Editor

Mae Nagusky, Editor in Chief
December 9, 2019
Two Shaker police cars, one Euclid police car and a Shaker BearCat vehicle were stationed near the high school during dismissal.

Amid Fights, Lockdown Ensues

Hilary Shakelton, Mae Nagusky, and Lauren Sheperd
November 22, 2019
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[Photo] ‘Rite Idea: Auch for Education

November 1, 2019
Shaker Heights law enforcement do the Presentation of Colors at the high schools 9/11 assembly.

[Photo] 9/11 Assembly Moves Audience

September 13, 2019
Junior Rhazariah McFall is a member of choir and takes French. “Just as a starting step, effort would be monumental for change,” she said.

Being Black in Shaker Schools

Mae Nagusky, Editor-in-Chief
July 16, 2019
Juli said his first job as a principal is to listen and learn, to hear from the students and staff about what needs to be fixed and what is working great. “It would be really presumptuous of me to come in and say ‘Alright, I’m here now. This is what we’re going to do,’” he said.

Juli Named SHHS Principal

Mae Nagusky, Editor in Chief
May 10, 2019
The principal search was directed by Director of Professional Learning Erin Herbruck alongside Finding Leaders, Inc. as the search firm.

Principal Candidates Visit the High School

Mae Nagusky, Editor-in-Chief
May 7, 2019
Transgender Students Feel Locked Out

Transgender Students Feel Locked Out

Mae Nagusky, Web Managing Editor
February 1, 2019
The high school office sat empty earlier this evening.

[Photo] Kuehnle Reassigned to Administrative Duties

January 9, 2019
A photo of a page in the 2004-2005 Woodbury yearbook depicts Fraser among some of her students. “Ms. Fraser was my sixth grade math teacher who had an impact on my education and I will forever be grateful,” former student Kendall Marbury wrote at gofundme.com.

Beloved, Devoted Woodbury Teacher Killed

Mae Nagusky, Web Managing Editor
November 18, 2018
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[Photo] ‘Rite Idea: Senturia for Mayor

November 3, 2018
Two members of the English Department will cover Podl’s classes during her leave.

English Teacher Placed on Paid Leave

Ellie Vahey and Mae Nagusky
October 19, 2018
Varsity boys soccer team prepares for the incoming corner kick. They faced the Revere Minutemen on Oct. 13.

[Photo] Raider Review, Oct. 8-14

October 15, 2018
Student takes a practice exam in his PSAT practice booklet. Ohio law requires that schools administer ACT or SAT to all grade 11 students and pays for the administration but does not require or support the PSAT.

[Photo] Testing Cancels Classes

October 8, 2018
Mary Lynne McGovern formed the MAC Scholars program that has changed the lives of not only students in Shaker, but students nationwide. “It was probably the best relationship that I could form when I got to high school,” MAC Scholar Keon Willis (‘06) said.

Moving on After Helping Young Men Become Scholars

Mae Nagusky, Web Managing Editor
September 19, 2018
Is Disrespect On The Rise?

Is Disrespect On The Rise?

Mae Nagusky, Web Managing Editor
September 5, 2018
#MyMomToo

#MyMomToo

Mae Nagusky, Web Managing Editor
August 25, 2018
School counselor Eileen Blattner will retire after 48 years of working at Shaker.

Blattner Retires After 48 Years Of Hard Work

Mae Nagusky, Web Editor
August 22, 2018
Students line up on the turf at Russell H. Rupp Stadium, each holding a poster naming a victim of the Parkland school shooting.

Some Walk Out, But Others Sit In

Mae Nagusky, Campus and City Editor
March 14, 2018
Posters hang throughout the high school advertising a student-led, student-organized walkout that will take place tomorrow at 10 a.m. Participating students will walk to the high school’s turf field at Russell H. Rupp Stadium and observe 17 minutes of silence in memory of the 17 victims of the Feb. 14 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

Students Cite Inconsistency in Support for Protest

Mae Nagusky, Campus and City Editor
March 13, 2018
Students enrolled in BYU’s online jogging course are required to log their daily activity, but BYU does not ensure that students actually complete the activity.

Freeing Up Your Schedule Isn’t Free

Mae Nagusky, Campus and City Editor
January 15, 2018
Registered voters in Shaker will cast their ballots Nov. 7 to elect city council and school board members and vote on several issues. “We are a republic, we are a representative democracy, and if you want those you elect to make decisions that you support then you need to let them know what your choices are, government teacher Kimberly Owens said.

[Photo] Shaker Teen Center in the Works

October 30, 2017
A TBH image depicts the application operating system, in which students anonymously decide on complementary superlatives for their friends.

To Be Honest, Shaker

Mae Nagusky, Campus and City Editor
October 10, 2017
Students gather on the sidewalk next to firetrucks and fire department vans.

Faulty Fire Alarm Empties High School

Mae Nagusky, Campus and City Editor
August 25, 2017
Starting times and bell schedules will not change next year, but early release Mondays will replace late start Tuesdays in 2018-19.

Late Start Tuesdays Reach Late Stage

Mae Nagusky, Campus and City Editor
May 17, 2017
Shaker residents crowded into city hall April 24 awaiting a council decision.

City Council Rejects Sanctuary City Proposal

Mae Nagusky and Ethan Bloch
May 3, 2017
Alumni converse about the community Nov. 23 at the Shaker Heights Main Library.

2010 Graduates Speak Up

Mae Nagusky, Journalism I Reporter
December 9, 2016
Participants discussed race and its role in recent events in their small groups, each discussion facilitated by a core leader.

SGORR Steps Forward

Mae Nagusky, Journalism I Reporter
November 17, 2016
Theatre Department dressing rooms await the production of Urinetown Dec. 1-3.

You’re in town, ‘Urinetown’

Mae Nagusky, Journalism I Reporter
November 3, 2016
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