The Chagrin Falls Educational Foundation is hosting the Annual Pancake Breakfast on March 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the…
CFEF Hosts Pancake Breakfast
The Chagrin Falls Educational Foundation is hosting the Annual Pancake Breakfast on March 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the middle school cafeteria.
There will be regular, blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes with 100 percent pure maple syrup. Sausage, juice and Starbucks coffee is included. There also will be raffle prizes, gym activities and a magician.
Tickets are $8 at the door; children 4 and under are free. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted.
The Chagrin Falls Educational Foundation is dedicated to the continued excellence of the Chagrin Falls School District. The foundation supports educational programs and experiences that enrich opportunities for the students and faculty of the district.
“We are excited about hosting our one and only annual fundraiser because it is an event that people look forward to year after year,” said Annie Amata, Chagrin Falls Educational Foundation trustee.
CFMS Spelling Bee
Chagrin Falls Middle School held its annual spelling bee the week of Jan. 26 as 36 students competed for school champion.
Eighth-grader Kate Flynt, seventh-grader Harrison White and seventh-grader Robert Snider were the final three students to compete as the bee entered the seventh round. All three advanced to round eight where Robert Snider was announced the school champion when he correctly spelled “rosacea.”
Snider will advance to the Cuyahoga County Spelling Bee on March 7.
National Center for Women & I.T. Awards
Chagrin Falls High School students Stephanie McCormack, Abigail Meil and Natalie Klug are winners of the National Center for Women & Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing, from the Ohio Affiliate.
Stephanie McCormack is completing AP Computer Science A and currently learning advanced data structures. She has completed a variety of coding projects.
“I aspire to continue my computer science career at a collegiate level and potentially create my own study interacting my two favorite subjects, computer science and psychology,” said McCormack.
Abigail (Abby) Meil discovered coding as a tenth grader. She is especially proud of her coding of games like Tetris, Pac-Man and Blokus, as well as many others.
“I enjoy anything where I can type rather than write,” said Meil.
Abby plans on majoring in computer science and would like to pursue a career as a software engineer.
Natalie Klug has challenged herself through her high school computer courses from computer programming and AP Computer Science. Natalie is currently enrolled in her high school’s Honors Advanced Data Structures course. Her greatest accomplishment in these courses has been her perseverance through each lab, especially coding Tetris. In her future, Natalie plans to continue to challenge herself at hopefully the college of her choice.
“I also plan to build upon my computer skills by minoring in computer science to aid me in biomedical or environmental programming for my devices that I hope to engineer and create.”
Gurney Spirit Week
Gurney Elementary celebrated Spirit Week during the week of Jan. 26. Students showed Tiger spirit to gear up for the high school’s winter formal and girls basketball game on Jan. 31.
To kick off the event, students participated in Mustache Day on Jan. 26. For Tuesday, the kids wore sporting apparel for Jersey Day. On Wednesday, students dressed in their best rugged attire for Western Wear Day. Fitting for the cold weather of the season, the kids wore their fluffiest, most decorative socks for Silly Sock Days on Thursday.
Orange and Black Day held on Friday was “by far their favorite day,” said Rachel Gebler, kindergarten teacher at Gurney. Showing their Chagrin pride, staff and students in kindergarten through third grade wore orange and black to gain some spirit for the pep rally. High School Girl’s Varsity basketball team visited Gurney on Friday for a Pep Rally to prepare for their game on Saturday, Jan. 31. Before the girls’ arrival, students had fun making banners to cheer on the team for their big game. Showing off their best basketball skills, the team shot some hoops before the cheering crowd; “they were all standing up in the gym cheering them on,” said Gebler.
Mr. Bachofsky’s Tiger Beats performed the National Anthem at Gurney Night during girls basketball game on Saturday. The girls defeated Orange High School on their home turf at Quesinberry Gymnasium, winning 43 to 24.
Thanks to the teachers who coordinated the events, a great amount of school pride was instilled in the Gurney Elementary students through a wonderful, activity-filled Spirit Week.
Power of the Pen
The Chagrin Falls Middle School Power of the Pen team put forth an outstanding effort at the district tournament on Feb. 7 at University School. The CFMS team competed against 15 other schools.
The eighth-grade team put in a solid effort with one-third of their scores achieving the score of “superior.” The seventh-grade team won a first place trophy, beating out the other 15 teams.
Grace Lee, Hannah Clark and Ginny Kanzinger all won medallions for placing in the top 15 writers for the tournament. Maggie Mills won a best of round for one of her essays.
Newschannel 5 Teacher of the Week
On Feb. 9, Chagrin Falls Middle School math teacher Todd Thombs was recognized as the WEWS NewsChannel 5/Ohio Savings Banks Teacher of the Week.
Mr. Thombs was nominated by student MacKenzie Shanklin and her mother, Kelly Shanklin.
Mrs. Shanklin said, “He makes math fun and my daughter really enjoys and understands math this year. She says she ‘loves math.’ Mr. Thombs takes a group of students to a math competition every year; my daughter joined and loved every bit of it. So when you say it takes a special person to make a great teacher, that is definitely Mr. Thombs.”
Mr. Thombs received an award and an Omaha Steaks gift card.
WEWS NewsChannel 5 Report Jason Nicholas reported on the presentation and his report will air on NewsChannel 5’s Live on 5 news on March 9 at 5 p.m.
