The award-winning Shaker Heights High School student news organization

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

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

The Shakerite
The acronym ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evaluate. Many schools throughout Ohio are starting to ALICE train their students and faculty.

Shaker Should Do More Than Hide

Danielle Krantz, Campus and City Community Reporter
February 26, 2019
Beneath the boxes and discarded trophies stashed away in the basement of the high school lie the remnants of another time.

Rifle Club, 1971

Caroline Brancato, Campus and City Curriculum Reporter
January 31, 2019
Mourners light candles at a vigil for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. The victims were the latest victims of the mass shooting cycle. The mass shooting cycle needs to end, but the only way to end it is by voting.

How to End the Mass Shooting Cycle

Madeline Price, Podcast Co-Editor
November 2, 2018
Protest organizers led the march around the high school and Woodbury Elementary School.

High School Students Walk Out Once More

Melina Ioannou, Journalism II Reporter
April 20, 2018
A senior chemistry class works on an assignment during the blackout day. “It could potentially really influence our congressman and our senators and show them that just because we can’t vote, and a lot of us aren’t 18, we can still have a voice in society," senior Sophie Browner said.

Students Wear Black for Shooting Victims

Lauren Shepard, Caroline Brancato and Morgan Fowler
February 21, 2018
Students at Tamalpais High School in California held a vigil on Feb. 15, 2018, writing "Students for Parkland" on the sidewalk in support of victims.

Something New Under America’s Political Sun

Christopher Cotton, Guest 'Riter
February 20, 2018
A "Gun-Free Zone" sign hangs in a window at the front entrance of the high school. “Think how often cell phones go missing or get stolen. Is it always possible to secure every piece of property in our building 24/7?” said Principal Jonathan Kuehnle.

Fighting Firearms with Firearms

Anna Krouse, Journalism I Reporter
November 30, 2017
A still from a PSA released by Sandy Hook Promise about the importance of knowing the signs one may exhibit while planning a shooting.

Shooting Prevention, Not Paranoia

Emilie Evans, Lifestyle Editor
March 8, 2017
Police form a blockade outside Jack's Casino where the shooting happened.

The Shots We Don’t Cheer For

Emilie Evans, Lifestyle Editor
June 29, 2016
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