Chagrin Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars (CFVFW) Veterans Day Essay Contest winners are Kenston seniors Madison Jones, first place, and Alyssa Svoboda, second place...
Veterans Day Essay Contest
Chagrin Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars (CFVFW) Veterans Day Essay Contest winners are Kenston seniors Madison Jones, first place, and Alyssa Svoboda, second place. Their 500-word essays answered “What does Veterans Day mean to me?” and were read as part of the Chagrin Falls Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11. They were each awarded a generous scholarship from the CFVFW for their reflections on Veterans Day. The contest was open to students in Kenston, Chagrin Falls, West Geauga schools and affiliated home-schooled students.
Silver Bells Boutique
Silver Bells Boutique will be held Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Kenston High School, 9500 Bainbridge Road. Admission is free. The show will feature over 100 unique local vendors, junior craft vendors, a cookie sale, raffle prizes and elementary choral performances. The boutique benefits Kenston After Prom.
Bomber Bash
Kenston High School hosted its seventh annual Bomber Bash to raise funds for the Northern Ohio Chapter of A Kid Again. Over 300 students participated in a western-themed 12-hour lock-in featuring mechanical bull riding, line dancing, Zumba, a Tex-Mex cookout, inflatables, a performance by student band Coriander, and other variety of other games and activities organized by the KHS Bomber Bash Lead Crew.
In addition to Bomber Bash, students donate their time and volunteer at some of the A Kid Again adventures. Since its inception, Bomber Bash has donated over $40,000 to A Kid Again, with that total growing.
A Kid Again provides children with a life-threatening condition the chance to be a kid again; time away from the hospital; an opportunity to forget about being sick; a group experience to a local destination with tickets, food, parking, mementos, and memories. The extraordinary adventures are designed to involve the entire family.
TES No Shave November
Timmons Elementary School students helped deliver 2,612 items collected for Bainbridge Food for Friends as part of the No Shave November challenge. Students embraced the challenge set forth by Mr. Rick Suba, Mr. Dave Staudenbauer, Mr. Edwin Fladger, Mr. Matt Jones, Mr. Rodney Flack, Mr. Patrick Aurand and Mr. Jeff George to collect over 2,500 items for the local food bank. Peaceful Environment at Kenston (PEAK) ambassadors and members of the Student Council helped collect, organize, sort and deliver the donations.
Speech and Debate
At the first middle school speech and debate tournament of the season, which was held at Copley, Kenston Middle School swept the top three places in Public Forum Debate. Placing first was the team of Brooke Carlson and Reagan Carnes, second was William Turner and Jillian Ragsdale, and third was Rebecca Chelbezan and Lillian Chiles. In Extemporaneous Debate, Grace Voudris placed third, and Charlie McBride placed fourth, both with a 4-0 record. Also in Extemporaneous Debate were William Thompson in seventh place and Emma Chelbezan in tenth place. In the speech events, Zoe LeFeber placed second, while Kate Tobin placed third. In addition, Liam Heintz, Pearl Johnson, and Ben Yamsek in Congressional Debate and Emilynn Pemberton in Extemporaneous Debate did a great job competing in their first tournaments.
The Kenston High School team competed at Copley. Congrats to Jacob Spencer, who placed sixth in Humorous Interpretation. Noah Bayraktar competed in the Congressional Debate in his first tournament.
