Chardon Middle School, together with the Geauga County Sheriff's Department, hosted the annual DARE Graduation for more than 200 fifth-grade students and their parents on Feb. 7.
CMS D.A.R.E. Ceremony
Chardon Middle School, together with the Geauga County Sheriff’s Department, hosted the annual DARE Graduation for more than 200 fifth-grade students and their parents on Feb. 7. Longtime DARE officers, Deputy Lundstrum and Deputy Hudson, worked with the students once a week since September to better understand the dangers of drugs, alcohol and bullying. Guest speakers included Geauga County Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand, Chardon Police Chief Scott Niehus and Geauga Common Pleas Judge David Ondrey.
Dance Team Heads to Cleveland
The Chardon High School dance team will be performing at the Lake Erie Monsters hockey game on March 8 at Quicken Loans Arena. The team will perform during halftime.
There are special discounted tickets and refreshments for students, staff, friends and family of Chardon Schools. For ticket information, contact CHS at 440-285-4057.
CHS Chamber Ensemble News
On Jan. 25, the Chardon High School Chamber Ensemble participated in a Chamber Choir Festival at the University of Akron. The choir performed at EJ Thomas Hall in front of other chamber choirs as well as esteemed guest clinicians, Dr. Jerry Blackstone from the University of Michigan, and Dr. Bucoy-Calavan, from the University of Akron.
The ensemble was one of six high schools invited to participate. Other notable high schools included Hudson HS and Akron fine art’s magnet Firestone HS. The ensemble had a beautiful performance and really enjoyed being in such a fantastic hall for music making.
GLTF-in-Residence at CHS
Great Lakes Theater Festival’s in-school residency program recently visited Chardon High School to bring Shakespeare’s beautifully written words to life. Using an interactive, hands on approach, the team of specially trained actor-teachers worked with high schoolo students for five consecutive days bringing the curriculum into action. The actors brought scripts, props and costumes to turn the students into an acting troupe, exploring classic literature from an actor’s point of view. It was an unbelievable week of students breaking out of their shell to magically bring the words on paper into live action.
Music Program Enhanced
Park Elementary School music teacher Samantha Puterbaugh says that receiving the beautiful class set of Orff xylophones for her students is a dream finally realized. Special thanks to the Chardon Schools Foundation and the Crescendo Club for helping to underwriting the cost of the new instruments.
