School Board News
The August meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on Monday, July 13. The Board approved the Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan grants for 2020-21 as listed. Title I-A Improving Basic Programs $357,086.10 Title II-A Improving Teacher Quality $92,470.27 Title III LEP $24,220.06 Title IV-A Student Support and Academic Enrichment $28,124.50 IDEA-B Special Education $924,094.46 IDE Early Childhood Special Education $21,820.87 The Board approved the following transfers: from 001-General Fund to 950-Athletics $55,000 *Yearly initial fund transfer from GF to Athle ....
North Royalton High School Teacher Puts the “T” in PTA
North Royalton High School English Teacher, Jonathan Dietrich, has earned the Ohio PTA “‘T’ in PTA Award” for promoting the PTA’s mission of engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for children to ensure they can reach their full potential. The award is voted on at a District Level and then moves on to the state level. North Royalton submitted to District 12, which includes 13 school district’s PTA groups. North Royalton was overwhelmingly chosen as the District 12 winner. Dietrich, or “Mr. D” as he is known, is passionate about helping all students and t ....
School District announces fall reopening plan
The North Royalton School District recently released plans to open up schools for the upcoming school year in a safe and responsible manner. “While we have come up with the plans that best suit our community, things change rapidly,” stated school officials. “As events in our city, county, region and state change, so may our plans. We will communicate this information to you as soon as possible both via constant contact emails and on our website and social media sites.” The District’s goal is to give two options to parents for the upcoming school year. Option one involves in-person l ....
St Albert the Great has groundbreaking for new Parish Life Center
Construction has begun for Saint Albert the Great’s new Parish Life Center and should take less than one year to complete. Church leaders gathered July 9 to bless the grounds and share prayerful words during an official groundbreaking ceremony. Those in attendance included local government leadership, capital campaign chairs and committee members, parochial school leaders and members of the construction, engineering and architectural design teams, among others connected to the project who gathered to show their support and enthusiasm. The Wallings Road parish has embarked on a journey to t ....
Long-awaited Children’s Garden draws nature, admirers
For several years, patrons visiting the children’s section of North Royalton Branch Library have stared out at a large mulch bed just outside the space’s floor-to-ceiling windows. And for just as long, library employees have wanted to beautify that outdoor space, giving the branch’s youngest patrons something else to look at besides books, toys and motorists driving past on Wallings Road. Thanks to funding from the Friends of the North Royalton Library and the work of the North Royalton Garden Club, visitors to the library’s children section can finally see something besides the dry, ....