NR High School students inducted into National Honor Society
On October 25, North Royalton High School (NRHS) inducted the newest members into their National Honor Society (NHS). The ceremony was held in the Performing Arts Center and included a welcome from Gabrielle Brihn, current NHS president, along with Julia Lam, NHS vice president. Officers Lizzy Shiplett, Emma Kolick, Hana Saad, and Amanda Ruffner spoke to the students about the pillars of leadership, service, scholarship and character. NRHS principal Sean Osborne, led the inductees in the reciting of the pledge. The NRHS PTA sponsored a reception after the ceremony. Congratulations to the newe ....
NRHS Hosts Career, College and Military Exploration Day
On October 26, North Royalton High School hosted a Career, College and Military Exploration Day. The day included opportunities for 9th and 10th-grade students to learn more specifics about potential careers, explore career interests and individual strengths as well as an option to explore military and/or college options. Alex Sheen, motivational speaker and Founder of Because I Said I Would, was the guest speaker for the day. Because I Said I Would is a social movement to better humanity through making and keeping promises. Their goal is to build a community of people driven to help ot ....
St. Albert the Great hosts military salute to veterans
On Friday, November 12, St. Albert the Great School presented their annual ‘Military Salute to Veterans.’ This annual tradition begins with the sixth-grade students interviewing someone currently or formerly in the military, and then writing an essay about their service, which is then presented to the class. A Veteran Video Salute was also created because most Veterans could not join in the day physically, due to Covid-19 restrictions. The day started off with a celebration of mass, complete with a presentation of handmade quilts by the parish’s ‘Quilts of Valor’ ministry to three o ....
After 400 years, we’re still giving thanks
It’s been 400 years since the Pilgrims landed at what they named Plymouth Harbor in Massachusetts, just in time for the harshest and coldest time of year, and it would get worse. In 1620, 102 passengers on the ship called the Mayflower landed to begin a colony; only 51 souls made it to spring of 1621 and many died that summer. These Englishmen were shopkeepers and knew nothing of farming, fishing, hunting, and surviving. An English-speaking Abenaki native, Samoset helped the new, starving, frightened, colonists form an alliance with the local Wampanoags. Samoset introduced Tisquantum Squanto ....
