Avon Lake City Schools

This Library is on the Little Free Library Map!

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North Coast Rotary has teamed up with the French Creek Family YMCA to install a Little Free Library —a children’s book-sharing box—now located near the Y’s vibrant children’s room.

This initiative is part of a larger District 6600 Rotary quadrant literacy project involving multiple clubs who purchased kits, painted parts and assembled the Little Free Libraries for the locations of their choice contributing to community-based book access. North Coast Rotary was proud to collaborate with Robyn Gauder and the French Creek Family Y for the  placement of the library.

Thanks to generous donations from Avon Lake City Schools, the Little Free Library is already brimming with children’s books to inspire young readers and spark imaginations. 

Little Free Library is a registered trademark, officially recognized by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2013. These beloved boxes invite anyone to take or leave a book, operating on the honor system. North Coast Rotary and the French Creek Family Y will continue to maintain the library. Stop by, pick up a story, and help us grow a community of readers!

Great Pizza Bake-Off – The Votes are In!

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Were you among the almost 300 guests who enjoyed pizza at Avon Lake High School on Homecoming Thursday?  It was North Coast Rotary and Avon Lake City Schools’ 16th annual Great Pizza Bake-Off.  

The awards went to: 

People’s Choice – Big M! 

Old School – Best Pepperoni pizza! 

Master Pizza – Best Crust and an Award of Excellence, a special recognition for their years of support!  

Domino’s and Dirte Pi tied for the Best Specialty pizza award!  

Dirte Pi also won the Pro’s Choice Award!  

Proceeds from our Great Pizza Bake-off fund community and youth initiatives.  Thank you again!

Read more and see the pictures with the following link

Skillful Presenters and Writers Cover Weighty topics using the 4-Way Test 

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The 4-Way Test is an ethical problem-solving tool, the subject of which area middle school students write essays and area high school students write speeches for presentation.  Ben Hodge, Superintendent of Avon Local Schools and North Coast Rotary’s Speech and Essay Contest Chair, coordinates both programs with the assistance of Avon, Avon Lake and Brookside teachers.  2024 marked the 12th year for North Coast Rotary’s Speech Contest and the 8th year for the Essay Contest.  

This year, Max Wojtus, Avon High School, won North Coast Rotary’s 4-Way Test Speech Contest and went on to compete with 15 other speech contest winners in the recent District competition. Avon High School junior Anika Singh placed second in North Coast Rotary’s contest; Avon Lake’s Kamryn Hess placed third and Avon Lake’s Tyler Birk and Brookside’s Bree Fawley placed fourth.  Speech topics included: Why Smoking Cigarettes Should be Banned; Money Can’t Buy Happiness; Child Abuse; Hypermasculinity; and Being a Woman in STEM.

Twelve students, six each, from Avon’s and Avon Lake’s middle school participated in the 4-Way Test Essay contest.  They were the top twelve of many submissions.  Six won cash awards and all students were recognized with certificates.  “Embracing Uniqueness” the essay written by an Avon Lake Student; won first place overall and first place for Avon Lake.  Avon Student’s submission “AI in the Art Community” placed second overall and placed first for Avon; and Avon Lake student’s essay “Honesty is the Best Policy” placed 3rd overall and second place for Avon Lake.  Three other Student’s essays won cash awards. 

 

We commend those students who participate in these competitions; they invest extra time and effort to understand and apply ethical decision-making tools like the 4-Way test. North Coast Rotary also recognizes and thanks the teachers, and speech and essay judges who assist us in these programs.