Middle School – The Shakerite

Police cars at the middle school in response to the lockdown

Police Called to Shaker Heights Middle School

February 26, 2020

Students congregate at the Middle School GSA's inaugural event

‘Rite Idea: Middle School Changes Cause Concern

March 27, 2015

With the new grading policy, even if all theses worksheets were never submitted, a student would still receive at least 45 percent credit.

High School Students Skeptical of Middle School Grading Policy

February 17, 2015

Middle School Principal David Glasner speaks to parents in the middle school library after he was hired last spring. One of Glasner's first initiatives as principal has been instituting a new, standardized grading policy.

Didn’t Do It? Don’t Worry, You Have Another Chance … and Another

January 10, 2015

‘Rite Idea: Corrections and Clarifications

The Editorial Board

May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014 Correction: The Campus and City story "The Difficult Years," first published on pages 3-10 in the April 25 edition of The Shakerite, has been revised online to clarify middle school suspension data for the 2013-2014 school year. A total of 143 suspensions had been assign...

Middle School Principal Danny Young coaches the high school men's basketball team. Young will replace Randall Yates as Woodbury principal next year.

District to Hire New Middle School Principal

March 3, 2014

In the middle school's main hallway, 13 clocks supposedly show the times in cities on six different continents. On Feb. 6, seven of the 13 showed the wrong time. Five were off by one hour, two were off by three.

MYP Madness

February 8, 2014

State Report Card Shows Mixed Results, Struggling Middle School

Abby White, Campus and City Editor

August 22, 2013

UPDATE: Read the district's response to the new report card here. All Shaker Heights school buildings received a B in performance index on the new Ohio report card, released today at 11 a.m. on the Ohio Department of Education...

In First Policy Move, Hutchings Ends Social Promotion

Abby White, Campus and City Editor

August 21, 2013

Superintendent Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. announced that the school district will end its policy of social promotion at the middle school. The policy allows students to progress to the next grade even if they fail one or more ...

Middle School Provides Programs, Support Aimed to Close Achievement Gap

Sarah-Jane Lorenzo, Print Editor in Chief

May 8, 2013

While test scores and state rankings indicate the achievement gap is present throughout the district, data has consistently implied that it may be most prominent at the middle school. Of all eight Shaker schools, the middle...

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