West Geauga homecoming weekend was a great success. A short parade down Cedar Road to the high school delighted the WG fans. The homecoming…
WG Homecoming
West Geauga homecoming weekend was a great success. A short parade down Cedar Road to the high school delighted the WG fans. The homecoming court enjoyed riding in the Euclid Beach Rocket Car.
Maria Tirabassi was named home-coming queen prior to the West Geauga football team’s 42-0 win against Beachwood. The homecoming court consisted of Sarah Bielek, Rachel Cannata, Ella Ridgeway and Samara Steele. Escorts were Mike Archchiable, David Horten, Dakota Medley, Marcus Reider and Keegan Lax.
Performances by the WG marching band, majorettes and cheerleaders entertained the crowd. WG Super-intendent Rich Markwardt served as guest conductor as the band played the national anthem. Jason Branch, high school band director, led the outstanding high school marching band through a truly impressive halftime show, a portion of which also featured the middle school band under the direction of Teresa Consenza.
A truly impressive fireworks display added to the excitement of the night. The district thanks the Turf Committee who paid for the fireworks display supplemented by financial contributions from Cork-N-Bottle and the West G administrators.
Cu L8r Environmental Team
Stunned by the news that West Geauga High School’s water was so contaminated with copper that students could not drink it, four students started looking at copper contamination in depth. Now the group of three juniors and a sophomore, Jack Makee, Kevin Wright, Nate Kucera and Michael Concilla, are working on environmental issues affecting the local community and the entire nation.
West Geauga High School, which relies on well water, has a water source that becomes periodically contaminated with copper from old supply pipes, which then make the water supply undrinkable. In order to come up with a potentially viable solution, the water first needed to be tested. With help from Natalie Cooper their environmental advisor, they were able to secure appropriate chemicals to test the water.
Their group, Cu L8r (“See you later”), was born. The boys have partnered with an innovative startup, MAR Systems, who provided them with a product that can absorb copper in water, so their creative minds had the tools they needed. Cu L8R is brainstorming new ideas for applications where copper is a health concern, like the recent spill of contaminated water from a copper mine in Colorado.
Luckily, a chance conversation led the boys to an invitation to the Northeast Ohio Sewer District testing facility, which enabled the boys to meet with several chemists and test their samples. The boys had a great experience meeting the Sewer District administrator and vice versa. What a great start to the new year for the young environmental team as they launched a great project, formed a new partnership with the NEORD and a met with Slider at the open house. The boys are entering their new idea in the Lexus EcoChallenge, a national science competition.
