Chardon High School's two Envirothon teams recently competed against 49 other teams at the regional finals, where Chardon's Team Black scored 15th and Team Red took third place.
Envirothon Headed to States
Chardon High School’s two Envirothon teams recently competed against 49 other teams at the regional finals, where Chardon’s Team Black scored 15th and Team Red took third place.
Team Red took the high score in Soils, and each member received a medal. The team also won $300 for the school’s Envirothon account and free tree seedlings.
Chardon’s Team Red will now travel to Steubenville to compete in the state Ohio Envirothon at Franciscan University June 9-11. The advancing team members are captain Heather Humbert, Marko Milic, Sofie Zampino, Nimue Shive and Charlotte Bennett.
One Book, One School, One Community
The faculty at Chardon High School is promoting literacy and fostering a sense of community by encouraging students, parents, staff and community members alike to read the same book this summer. A faculty team met and the selection for summer 2019 is Ruta Sepetys’ “Salt to the Sea,” which is an incredible true story of hardship and survival in Eastern Europe at the end of World War II.
According to the International Reading Association, “Adolescents entering the adult world will do more reading and writing tasks than any other time in human history. They will need reading and writing to cope with the flood of information they will find in the world as it exists. They will also need to use literacy to feed their imaginations so that they can create the world of the future. In a complex and diverse world, their ability to read is crucial, and therefore, it is essential not only to help them survive, but also to help them thrive.”
The district encourages members of the community to read the summer reading selection as well. If family, friends, teachers and community members also read the book, they can encourage thoughtful discussion and motivation among the students.
3rd-graders Visit Courthouse
Third-graders from Park Elementary School, who have been studying how law enforcement and the court system works, were able to see a real courtroom in action when they visited the Geauga County Courthouse last week. Common Pleas Judges Carolyn Paschke and David Ondrey, together with their staff, put on a creative, mock trial for the students, loosely based on the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The students were assigned to the jury, where they decided the fate of the evil Queen. The trial and role-playing enabled the students to better understand the functions of the judicial system and the rights and responsibilities of each citizen in the community.
