The piercing above her left eye, the spiked collar around her neck, black clothes and pink streak of hair belie the academic bent behind Kelsey Palma’s “goth” exterior.
It will be three years before Carli Shumaker will have to decide between a high-school or vocational-school track, but experiences last Thursday planted seeds for the latter option.
Pierpont Elementary students, teachers and staff marked their school’s final day by spending most of it outside the building
Prior to spending a year in the United States, Mariana Rocha Leite subscribed to the stereotype of the lazy, overweight American.
The Kathryn Rose Party Center was the place to be April 25, as Lakeside High School students gathered for a night of dancing and the last “hoorah” for the seniors.
As the last day of school draws near, students at Geneva High School are preparing for the summer and senior graduation.
A profession that is too often overlooked and sometimes taken for granted is also the one that involves the safety of children every day, five days a week. The duties of a bus driver require more than just a driver’s license and free time twice each day.
Grand River Academy’s venerable academic achievements have left the campus proud and buzzing with energy.
The Ninth Annual Waterways Adventure Student Symposium was held May 19 at Kent State University Ashtabula.
The school year is coming to an end here at Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School. Seniors are getting ready for the big day, while juniors are itching for summer vacation to begin. Teachers are wrapping up this year and preparing for the next.
The end of year is near, evidenced through the fact that most of the major school-year events have taken place.
Thirty-five years is a long time. In 35 years, a person can touch thousands of lives. This year, Conneaut High School says “good-bye” to two men who have done just that. Two members of the CHS staff are retiring this year – David Simpson and Don Ketchum.
A Flat Stanley who began his journey in Carla Robison’s second-grade classroom at Ss. John & Paul Elementary School last year inspired this year’s class to send their Flat Stanleys on far-flung adventures.
With the school year quickly coming to an end, there are all sorts of celebrations being planned.
May 5 was a bittersweet day for Pierpont Elementary students and their grandparents as the school held its last Grandparents’ Day.
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Ask any senior at Grand Valley High School how many days of school they have remaining, and they will most likely respond without thinking twice.
It is springtime and everyone knows what that means: prom season. With prom right around the corner, there is increased pressure for teen-agers to engage in dangerous activities, such as drinking and, worse yet, drinking and driving.
Six male teenagers climbed out of the Grand River Academy van and huddled on the Western Reserve Greenway Trail to review their strategy for the two-hour contest of brains, observation and teamwork.
Preparation and hard work have paid off for the Jefferson Area High School’s Model United Nations team. The team placed first out of 12 schools at the Youngstown State University competition and second out of 19 schools at the Kent State University Ashtabula competition.
With the coming of spring, new traditions have bloomed on the campus at Grand River Academy. While baseball and tennis go way back in GRA history, students are learning a new sport that they hope starts a new tradition.
It must be spring because the Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School annual softball competition between technical labs is underway, and the National Honor Society has just inducted its new members.
Kerington Craft always wanted an older brother.
The 18-year-old Geneva High School senior, who has a younger brother in 14-year-old Dacota Craft, was excited to welcome a foreign exchange student through the American Field Service (AFS) exchange student program and was even happier to learn her new “brother” would be 18-year-old Joacim Wanseth of Stockholm, Sweden.
Wanseth and Kerington Craft certainly have the typical brother-sister relationship.
Back when video gaming was a wholesome family activity, there weren’t many games that let you pretend to be a bad guy. At best, you might get something like 1999’s “Driver,” which let you be a mob wheelman — but you were really an undercover police officer.
Lunch time is always a favorite time of day for students. It gives them a chance to relax and chat with friends about their day.
On April 3, Ss. John and Paul High School took part in the annual Career Day. Sixth-grade students from Assumption Elementary and Ss. John and Paul Elementary joined high school students from grades seventh through 11th for a prayer service in the morning, five sessions of presentations of careers throughout the day, lunch and activities in the gym in the afternoon.
The students of Geneva High School are heading down the home stretch with the beginning of the final nine weeks grading period.
We’re just a couple of weeks into the baseball season, and most fans are still enjoying that flush of springtime optimism, hoping their team will make it to the playoffs.
“Mary had a little lamb... it followed her to school one day,” so the story goes.
The achievements of Wonder Woman are insignificant when compared to Lakeside’s principal.
As the end of the year nears, the seniors at Pymatuning Valley High School are facing a future beyond high school. For many seniors, this means continuing education beyond high school and realizing the enormous costs
The National Honor Society brings together students who show qualities in service, leadership, scholarship and character.
Every year the Edgewood Warrior Band has a special night for its members. Military Ball was started many years ago as a way to recognize each student for his participation, and to honor the seniors’ loyalty to the “band family.” The event has evolved into a night of dinner, dance and awards.
The caps, gowns, family and sunshine (hopefully, after all, it is Ohio) are all in great anticipation as graduation approaches for the Grand River Academy seniors.
The Jefferson Area High School treble choir, concert choir and band went to the Howland School District to compete in the District V Large Group Adjudicated Event. Both of the choirs came out of the contest with a II (two) out of a possible V (five), which is considered to be excellent, and band received the same rating.
Spring has arrived and with it comes warmer weather and the start of several traditional events here at the Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School. For one, National Honor Society, an organization that recognizes and involves outstanding secondary students across the nation, will be inducting new members in April.
The three-day conference ended with an admonition to go and change the world.
An appropriate salutation after learning, and debating the issues of the day.
As many students know, March is one of the slowest months of the school year. In anticipation for spring break, everything seems to be in slow motion. Sports like baseball, tennis and track are just beginning.
Spring fever has not affected achievement, involvement or enthusiasm at Geneva High School. The academic and creative momentum has not slowed, and students have not lost their competitive edge. Various clubs will be competing through the months of March and April to keep up the positive image of GHS.
Rockstar Games has made an insane amount of money off “Grand Theft Auto.”
The howling winds of March have not deterred the focus on reading for South Ridge Christian Academy first graders.
You could say that it is spring training here at Pymatuning Valley High School.
With a new school comes new opportunities, and this year Lakeside High School students have the option of being members of Key Club, which is the oldest and largest service program for high school students.
Every year, Edgewood Senior High School throws a semi-formal dance for its students. Traditionally, the Pep Club sponsors the dance, but this year the Spanish Club has taken on the project as a new challenge.
It began with a small contest and ended with an Oscar Academy Award.
“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can” said George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright and writer. Although Grand River Academy has students from many different states and six different countries, many of the teachers have roots in Ashtabula County.
Four-teen Jefferson Area High School juniors and seniors were selected for publication in “A Celebration of Poets” after participating in the annual poetry contest sponsored by Creative Communications. The winning students include seniors Morgan Charles and Angel Fantozzi and juniors Cody Dickson, Chris Dreger, Kelsey Hruska, Elizabeth Hubler, Donald Johnson III, Joslin Landis, Brittany Miller, Ray Nicholson, Jonathan Niemi, Kirsten Signer, Dayna Stevens and Lizzy Ziemski.
With spring approaching, Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School students and staff have been busy as bees. Each program is focusing on regional and state competitions, with seniors also working on completing courses for their upcoming graduation. Lab instructors have been preparing for makeup visitations for those students that could not attend 10th grade visitations earlier in the year.
Lakeside High School students have started out the new semester in a philanthropic manner.
The average high school student typically has a busy schedule. Not only is it crucial for students to keep up their grades; they also need to focus on athletics, extra-curricular activities, part-time jobs and household responsibilities. In addition to this, hard-working seniors are neck-deep in tedious college and scholarship applications.
As the last days of winter approach and signs of spring begin to appear, the Ss. John and Paul family has been keeping busy with a variety of activities
“We’re off to see the wizard!” The GHS drama department is taking us “somewhere over the rainbow” this spring as “The Wizard of Oz” comes to the Geneva High School stage on March 13, 14 and 15.
Someday, we may actually get a clue as to what makes the Jonas Brothers tick.
“To have a good friend one finds himself very fortunate. To have a loyal friend for life one is a rich man,” said the Rev. Roger Hogle, South Ridge Christian Academy administrator.
Word around the halls at Pymatuning Valley High School is that the king is coming! How could this be? This year’s spring musical is “The King and I,” and cast members have been hard at work. Auditions were held in late December.
In the movies, the horror genre covers a surprisingly wide range of moods.
Bump, set, spike! In the last two weeks, students (and some teachers) at Grand Valley High School have taken their skills to the court in a volleyball tournament held by the yearbook staff.
During these long, cold winter months, Edgewood students find something to sing about. “Thoroughly Modern Millie” is debuting at ESHS at the end of this month.
Every gamer knows the names of the heavy hitters in electronic entertainment: Electronic Arts, Activision, Ubisoft and the rest. They’re the companies that can spend big bucks on state-of-the-art production, expensive licenses and elaborate promotional campaigns.
Winter can be the season of doldrums at some high schools what with long months of staring out classroom windows and watching the snow fall. Not so at the Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School.
The news circulating around Jefferson Area High School is the construction of the new school building.
The Grand River Academy physics class started the year in a natural progression of projects that relate to the construction of wind turbines.
If you’re at all interested in online gaming, you need an Xbox 360.
On Jan. 10 an integral part of the Herald family passed away: Coach John “Buzzy” Buskirk. John Buskirk, who remained incredibly involved in the community up until his last days on Earth, was the rare type of person who retained his selfless attitude even in times of great adversity. He has touched the lives of many through sports and academia.
Events provide Geneva students opportunities to
showcase their knowledge in the fields of science
Two years into the lifespan of the PlayStation 3, Sony’s online offerings are a mixed bag.
January is the end of the first semester and the beginning of the second semester. While the new year began over the break, the new semester is bringing new opportunities and new challenges to Pymatuning Valley High School.
Because the administration at Lakeside High School is always looking for more creative ways to improve school climate, Ashtabula Area City Schools superintendent Joseph Donatone introduced the concept of Peer Mediation to Gail Deligianis.
Neither rain nor sleet nor snow will keep the South Ridge Christian Academy kin-dergartners and second-fourth graders from their monthly visit to Con-neaut Human Resource Center for the Seniors Together Program.
Some sad news has come to Grand Valley High School this week. Joy Leirer, Grand Valley High School choir director of many years, has announced that she will not be teaching the high school choir in the coming years. As you may know, her husband, Jim Leirer, was diagnosed with cancer last year and it has been very hard on her to do all the things she does for the Music Department and help her husband when he needs it.
Every December, the Edgewood Senior High School Band holds a winter concert for the Concert and Symphonic bands and the Jazz I and Jazz II Ensembles. This year’s concert was Dec. 15 in the school auditorium. Holi-day music was featured, as well as pieces selected by the band directors, Connie Sommers and John Shamp.
When Christopher Kantor’s invitation to the presidential inauguration arrived last April, he and his parents, Tom and Karen, knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity they could not ignore.
The 2008-2009 YOUth LEADERship Class visited the Geneva area recently for their fifth meeting of the year. The theme for the day was “critical thinking.”
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What does “Auld Lang Syne” mean, anyway? And who knows the lyrics beyond the first verse? Don’t you want something a little livelier at your New Year’s Eve party? Wouldn’t, say, Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” be more appropriate after a largely dismal year?
Although many stomachs are still full of turkey, it is clear that holiday spirit is finally in the air.
Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad and Merry Christmas to all! In the halls of Geneva High School the holiday spirit is soaring high with the coming of winter break, Christmas and a new year. The language clubs are getting into the seasonal spirit by hosting parties and singing for the community.
With such little time before Christmas vacation, it’d be hard to imagine that a lot of work could be done.
Some Geneva High School physical education students are getting a short course in self-defense this month.
A long standing Christmas tradition for South Ridge Christian Academy is the annual Christmas program. “The True Meaning of Christmas” was the theme for the 36th annual program held on Dec. 5.
With the falls sports season ending, Pymatuning Valley basketball, wrestling and cheerleading are gearing up for their new season and their first games, and the feeling of winter is setting in.
Art is as universal as language and almost as ancient. The most primitive peoples have used it and the most civilized have cultivated it. Michael Angelo, Picasso and Van Gogh are all great artists who have reshaped history with their imagination and creativity
Things haven’t been going too badly for John Legend since he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999.
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From “Grand Theft Auto IV” and “Metal Gear Solid 4” to “Fallout 3” and “Gears of War 2,” the majority of 2008’s smartest games have one thing in common (besides numbers in their titles): They’re rated M, as in Mature, meaning you have to be 17 or older to buy them.
“What happened?” Britney Spears mutters during what is easily the most disturbing song of her career, “Blur.”
On Nov. 19 students and staff at Edgewood were given a chance to save a life. Laura Buckius, the physical education teacher, and The National Honor Society, headed by chemistry teacher David Fowler, teamed up with the Red Cross to make this semi-annual bloodmobile event a success.
When the bright football field lights shut off after the last game of the season, the athletes move on to another sport, an off season training program or, in some circumstances, nothing at all.
The cacophony of morning bells ringing in the senior dorm is enough to drive anyone out of their bed, but laying there I felt no compulsion to move. At The Grand River Academy, nearly 112 boys occupy the five dorms on campus.
The annual Jefferson Christmas parade is going to be held 6 p.m. Dec. 6. “The choir kicks things off by singing some traditional Christmas carols at the gazebo,” said Kelli Olesky, Jefferson Area High School choir director.
Good-bye autumn, hello winter. Ashtabula County Joint Vocational students helped wrap up fall this month by volunteering to rake and blow leaves at Lake Shore Park. Students spent their Saturday cleaning out the park’s Rock Garden.
While superheroes may have taken over Hollywood, the video-game world has been harder for them to conquer. Sure, recent games featuring Iron Man and Spider-Man have sold well, but they haven’t fired up gamers the way that a typical “Grand Theft Auto” or “Madden NFL” release does.
The inauguration day crowd in Washington, D.C., for Barack Obama is projected to be 3 million. Nicholas Kobernik, vice-president of his freshman class at Jefferson Area High School, will be among the throng.
