Taste of North Royalton:  Delicious way to raise funds for schools/stadium

It was a night to celebrate with good food and good friends. That was the recipe for the sixth annual “Taste of North Royalton” event held Thursday November 3 at the St. Paul Hellenic Center. The event was held in support of the North Royalton Education Foundation and the North Royalton Stadium Foundation. Looking at the scoreboard on the night, there were plenty of impressive numbers. There were 19 food vendors; 81 raffle baskets were available for bid and more than 430 people came to enjoy themselves, and the food. “A night like this, put on by both the Education Foundation and th ....

Nov 18, 2016

Royalton Recorder marks 75 years of documenting life in North Royalton (Years 2011, 2012, 2013)

Just a short five years ago, in January 2011 the Royalton Recorder celebrated its seventieth year of publication. Here we are five years later still bringing you the best of North Royalton. Cuyahoga County Library North Royalton Branch has just been bursting at the seams. Like a butterfly out of a chrysalis the new 30,000 square foot library will be located on Wallings Road just east of State Road. Ohio Public Employee Unions come out in force against Senate Bill 5. The bill would have prohibited collective bargaining for salaries and working conditions for any public employees union such as ....

Nov 18, 2016

Valley Vista School acquires a new fitness trail

In an effort to impact the fostering of a healthier lifestyle for the students and parents of Valley Vista Elementary School, a new fitness trail was recently completed. A presentation of the project was given at the November 7 School Board meeting, which was introduced by Valley Vista Principal, Jeff Hill, and presented by Physical Education teacher, Nathan Costello. Hill introduced Costello and a group of staff and students, who talked of how the fitness trail came about. Costello then started the presentation, where he talked about how the idea of the fitness trail started with an email fr ....

Nov 18, 2016

St. Albert students link education with their future through live “Real World” simulation

As adults, each of us works hard to make our monthly income cover the necessities and still have some left over at the end of the month for retirement savings and long-term goals. Wouldn’t it be great if we could have had a “trial run” at adult spending decisions while we were still young and able to choose our future career? That’s the idea behind Real Money. Real World., a program developed by Ohio State University Extension and coordinated locally by Pat Poinsatte (grade 7/8 social studies teacher) at Saint Albert the Great School. This program allows middle and high school student ....

Nov 7, 2016

Accolades for staff of “Cool” Schools

Kudos have been give to a number of people associated with the North Royalton City Schools lately. In addition, the North Royalton High School has recently received the distinction of being FOX 8’s Cool School. North Royalton High School won the Cool School honor over two other schools, after people starting sharing the school’s nomination on social media. North Royalton High School Principal, Sean Osborne, did not know who nominated the school, and learned that the school had won through a Twitter post. “This was a nice way to show the community a small sample of the great opportunitie ....

Nov 7, 2016