The Chardon High School guidance department ventured out with juniors and seniors on Sept. 27 for the school’s annual field trip to the Northeast Ohio College and Career Fair held on Kent State University’s Kent campus...
CHS Attends KSU Fair
The Chardon High School guidance department ventured out with juniors and seniors on Sept. 27 for the school’s annual field trip to the Northeast Ohio College and Career Fair held on Kent State University’s Kent campus.
The NEOCCF annually hosts representatives from approximately 100 colleges and universities, as well as career preparatory organizations. The field trip is voluntary for CHS students with approximately 25 attending the event this year.
The event provided Hilltoppers with the opportunity to meet with educational representatives, explore academic offerings, attend a financial aid seminar, tour the campus and have lunch in a KSU dining hall.
Chardon Ranked in Top 10%
The Ohio Department of Education released local report cards for school districts on Sept. 15, revealing a Performance Index of 100.1 for Chardon Schools and a 4.5-star overall rating for the district on a scale of 1-5.
Superintendent Michael Hanlon stated, “We are very proud of the continued achievement of our teachers, principals, and most importantly our students, as reflected in our District’s Performance Index. Chardon Schools continues to be ranked in the top ten percent of districts in the state of Ohio.”
Text-to-Life Connections in Chardon
Two Park Elementary first-grade classes, together with their teachers Robyn Lannon and Katie Tyson and classroom assistants, ventured outdoors in the city of Chardon on Oct. 4, an unseasonably warm fall day that easily lent itself to a walking field trip to learn around town.
In addition to adding movement to the students’ day, the trip provided the young Hilltoppers with observational time — specifically making text-to-life connections between the town’s murals and illustrations in stories read in class, including Geodes decodable “A Library of Our Own” and “Just in Time” books.
Keen observations included a student noticing the town’s “Free Library” that appears in one of our town’s murals; and an upstairs Chardon window with a cat in the sill reminiscent of the “Library Cat.”
Designing with Canva
Chardon Middle School sixth-grade students in technology teacher Niikki Diehm’s digital design class have been learning to use Canva, a free graphic design platform that provides an introduction to the basics of design, including the exploration of fonts, colors and balances.
The class’ recent projects have included creating Spirit Week and Start with Hello Week posters that were then hung up throughout the school, as well as book posters and a multi-curricular design/social studies project designing region-related fliers understanding how a location may define us.
