March 2017 Newsletter: Student News

Senior Isabel Wang was selected as one of two winners for the 12th-grade writing competition for the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Art, Writing & Multimedia Contest, sponsored by the Ohio Civil Rights Commission with support from PNC, Honda of America and Wright State University. Winners accept their awards March 2 in Columbus. Senior Sam Katz earned a Gold Medal and seven other Shaker students earned recognition for their performance on the 2016-2017 Medusa Mythology Exam. This year's exam theme was "The Rise and Fall of the Titans." Twenty-nine students of Latin and Greek from Shaker Heights High School took away 21 medals after participating in the seventh annual National Classical Etymology Exam. Shaker Heights Middle School's 7th-grade Power of the Pen Team claimed first place at the District Power of the Pen Tournament held Saturday, February 4. The team will be going on to compete in the regional competition in April. Shaker's Power of the Pen coaches are Sara Lambert and Erika Pfeiffer. For more news about student accomplishments throughout our District, visit www.shaker.org.