Sophomore Chase M. spent this school year participating in a leadership program for students in Lake and Geauga counties.
Student Helps Families In Need
Sophomore Chase M. spent this school year participating in a leadership program for students in Lake and Geauga counties. As part of the program, the group partnered with the Appalachia Service Project, an organization that uses volunteers to repair homes for low-income families in central Appalachia.
For a week over winter break, Chase was the only Cardinal student to travel with the leadership group to Jonesville, Va., and assist in refinishing a kitchen for a family’s home. For the week he was there, Chase says he spent eight hours a day learning how to hang dry wall, then hung the dry wall and painted. While it was a new skill for him, Chase says he caught on rather quickly and before he knew it, he was taking on a leadership role with other students in the group looking to him for guidance on what to do next.
He calls that part of the experience “cool,” adding it matured him a bit and taught him a lot about responsibility. He says being able to provide some much needed help to someone in need is a great feeling.
Locally, the leadership group is building bookshelves for various businesses to help promote reading and literacy.
Senior’s Book Wins Prize
CHS senior and Auburn Career Center student Emily K. has earned herself an invite to Orlando, Fla., to compete in a national competition for Educators Rising in June.
Much like the Skills USA competition challenges those in trade fields, Educators Rising guides young people on a path to becoming accomplished teachers. For this particular competition, Emily developed, wrote and illustrated a children’s book that she titled, “The Day She Knew.” The book is about twin sisters who have differing opinions on their appearance – one sister loves her looks, while the other despises them.
Emily received a fourth place award in K-3 Literature for her 30-page publication, which had perfect grammar. She says she came up with the idea two years ago and feels that with all of the bullying that can happen online and in school, it was important for students to understand that it’s ok to be different.
Emily will submit the same work for the Orlando competition and has until then to do some revisions if she chooses. In addition to the competition, Emily will also attend several seminars and workshops and hear keynote presentations from national education leaders. Beyond graduation and the summer competition, Emily hopes to attend college and one day become a middle school math and social studies teacher.
