Bus drivers named School Bus Road-e-o state champs
On April 23, ten North Royalton bus drivers participated in the Ohio Department of Education North Region School Bus Road-e-o at Solon High School. The competition included a 100 question written exam and a Road-e-o course to test the 133 driver’s skills. After the nine hours of competition, the North Royalton team of ten drivers and ten judges/helpers tied with Wadsworth for first place for the best decorated area/team spirit. The North Royalton team had a total of four drivers in the top 25. Drivers Anne Marie Scharfenort, Karin Wolford, Jerry Niemira and Bruce Abbott finished in a tie for ....
Royalton Recorder marks 75 years of documenting life in North Royalton (Years 1983-1985)
1983 - The North Royalton City Schools offered enrichment classes on Saturdays for any student in grades three to seven. The classes were held at either the high school or Cuyahoga Valley Joint Vocational School on Brecksville Road. The classes included introductions to Spanish or French, Beginning typing (word processing), Commercial Art, and Theater. A cooking class for aspiring chefs was also included. They were offered at a great price of just $12.00 plus any fees if needed. Classes were offered three times during the school year and ran for ten weeks. The newly establish ....
St. Albert School has a surprise presentation for 12-year-old Duchenne MD patient being honored at Cleveland Clinic Children’s 2016 gala
The usual expanse of blue and white uniform shirts was dotted here and there by bright orange T-Shirts with a JOA logo on the front. Weekly Mass had just concluded for St. Albert the Great School as Principal Ed Vittardi took the microphone to introduce a representative from the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Genevive Falconi, M.D. pediatrician at Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Brunswick office. Dr. Falconi introduced herself as John Owen Dumm’s pediatrician. She has known the twelve-year-old since he was a little bitty ten days old. She knows Owen and his family. Dr. Falconi asked, “What was cour ....
Teenagers are not invincible - Mock car crash shows what can happen in an instant
Sirens shouted in the Performing Arts Center at North Royalton High School. Students looked like they were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. They weren’t auditioning for a TV show but took the stage during a mock car crash dramatization. On Thursday, April 28, approximately 400 twelfth-grade students gathered to experienced first-hand the aftermath of an alcohol-related automobile accident. Buzzed driving and distracted driving can also result in the same fate. “This scenario revolves around an alcohol impaired driver,” said School Resource Officer and organizer of the mock crash, J ....
City’s free Wifi hotspots to go live
According to Mayor Bob Stefanik, two of the four Wifi hotspots are set to be up and running. These “hot spots” would allow the public to access the Internet on their smart phones, laptops and tablets, by accessing a wireless connection with a certain area around each server. Servers would be located in each municipal building, which could allow users to remotely access the Internet within a certain distance from that server. Originally, the areas of Memorial Park, York Road Fields, Heasley Fields and the City Green were targeted for wifi access. The areas of Memorial Park and Y ....