Chardon High School AP Literature students have partnered with Chardon-area senior citizens to start a book club...
Seniors with Seniors Book Club
Chardon High School AP Literature students have partnered with Chardon-area senior citizens to start a book club.
The students and seniors chose titles, and each group is reading a different book. The partnership last took place in 2020, when the club read “Salt to the Sea” by Ruta Sepetys.
“Every time we get seniors and seniors together, it is a really positive experience for all,” Madelon Horvath, one of the organizers of the club, said. “The folks I did talk to really enjoyed the experience and are so impressed with the maturity and welcoming attitude of the students.”
The students have greatly enjoyed getting together for the book club. They said they appreciate the added perspectives the senior citizens bring to their reading.
“They know so much about everything going on in the world, which helped us understand more about the world of our book,” one student said.
The club’s first meeting was Feb. 10 and it will run through March 7.
Science Olympiad Competition
Chardon Local Schools’ Science Olympiad teams achieved outstanding success at the highly competitive Mentor Invitational on Feb. 8.
The Chardon Middle School Science Olympiad team placed seventh out of 33 teams, earning 13 medals across 23 science-based events.
Middle school placers were: first place, Meteorology – William Monkiewicz, James Wroblewski;first place, Fossils – Colby Sapp and Ben Majetich;
second place, Road Scholar – William Monkiewicz; third place, Codebusters – Ryan Furjanic, Samuel Monkiewicz and William Monkiewicz; third place, Dynamic Planet – Ryan Furjanic and William Monkiewicz; third place, Optics – James Wroblewski and Ben Majetich; sixth place, Entomology – Colby Sapp and Ava Galhotra; sixth place, See It, Don’t Say It – Addison Fabian and Luke Flamm; seventh place, Ecology – Colby Sapp and Ben Majetich; seventh place, Tower – Samuel Monkiewicz and Adriana Baldwin; seventh place, Helicopter – William Monkiewicz and James Wroblewski; seventh place, Reach for the Stars – James Wroblewski and Nathan Germovsek; and eighth place, Anatomy & Physiology – Colby Sapp and Samuel Monkiewicz.
The Chardon High School Science Olympiad team placed eighth at the competition, with several students earning individual medals.
High school placers were: second place, Fossils – Seianna Coon and Tim Wilder; second place, Entomology – Andrew Prats and Seianna Coon; third place, Dynamic Planet – Seianna Coon and Cassie Bright; fourth place, Electric Vehicle – Alex Monkiewicz and Abby Prats;fourth place, Robot Tour – Alex Monkiewicz and Tim Wilder; fifth place, Write It, Do It – Abby Prats and Austin Prats; sixth place, Geologic Mapping – Seianna Coon and Alex Monkiewicz;and seventh place, Codebusters – Alex Monkiewicz, Abby Prats and Cash Johnson.
Both teams are now preparing for regional competition, where the top seven teams will advance to the state tournament at Ohio State University.
