Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Fairfax Elementary students can get their Blizzard Bag assignments online
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- Jason Lea
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Wednesday, February 20
All Mentor Public Schools and Lake Catholic are closed today (Feb. 20) because of the snow and ice on the roads. This is Fairfax Elementary School's sixth calamity day of the year, which means students will need to do their Blizzard Bag assignments. The Blizzard Bag program allows the schools to post prepared assignments online during a calamity day. If 80 percent of students complete their assignments, then the calamity day will not count against the district's total. Fairfax students' Blizzard Bag assignment can be found here: www.mentorschools.net/fairfax. No other school in Mentor has used all of its allotted calamity days, so only Fairfax students need to open their Blizzard Bag.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Matt Borcas beat out a field of more than 4,000 hopefuls to earn the job as Grantland's part-time fantasy football writer next year
Lake Catholic graduate and Ohio State University journalism student Matt Borcas beat out a field of more than 4,000 hopefuls to to be a part-time fantasy football writer for Grantland.com next football season. Borcas was the winner of Grantland's Fantasy Island -- a contest in which 10 writers matched wits and fantasy football acumen. Borcas started playing fantasy football his junior year of high school. He read about the contest on Grantland and thought it would be an opportunity to kickstart his career. He found out he was one of the 10 finalists on Aug. 29. "More specifically, I was sitting in the Smith Lab at Ohio State for my anthropology class, anxiously checking my email because I knew that the contestants would be announced that …
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Cougars rally from a 15-13 deficit after holding a 13-3 lead at the intermission
Evan Gormley scored his third touchdown of the night with 6:26 left in the fourth quarter to spell the difference in a 21-15 win over host Strongsville in the season-opening high school football game for both schools. Gormley raced around right end for 23 yards to allow the Cougars to rally from a 15-13 deficit after holding a 13-3 lead at the intermission. The Cougars were able to hold on when a Strongsville drive that started at the Mustang 21, ended when Richie Miller intercepted an Aaron Pritchard pass and brought it out to his eight. Strongsville forced a punt with 20 seconds left and took over at the Lake Catholic 45 with 20 seconds left but the Mustangs were unable to do anything with their final chance. Strongsville, which forced …
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Erin Carlisle, née Gaydos, died in a boat explosion Monday that injured six others, including her husband
A Lake Catholic High School graduate and Mentor native died Monday evening after there was an explosion on a boat she and her husband were riding in Pennsylvania. Erin Carlisle died instantly, according to a story in the Erie Times-News. She was 25 years old. Carlisle, whose maiden name is Gaydos, graduated from Lake Catholic High School in 2004. She married Ryan Carlisle on May 15, 2010. They lived in Erie, PA. The boat – a 32-foot Wellcraft named Jimmy Time – had experienced mechanical problems before Monday night, Erie's chief fire inspector told the Erie Time-News. According to the inspector, the boat's gasket was allowing fuel vapors to enter the engine compartment instead of blowing them out. The boat exploded when the operator …
Saturday, May 28, 2011
More than 200 seniors received their diploma
As one of Lake Catholic's biggest graduating classes filled the stage, the students beamed smiles at each other and at their parents in the crowd. They filed in — boys wearing green, girls wearing white — and adjusted their tassels accordingly. Two hundred twenty-two students faced their families and their future. The ceremony was held in Mentor High School's Fine Arts Center. Lake Catholic President Sal Miroglotta said the class broke many records, including earning $14.4 million in scholarships, 20,400-plus hours of community service and even nine calamity days. "There will be other records to break in friendship, dignity, honor and effort," Miroglotta said. "We are so proud to call you alumni." The keynote speaker was 1981 alum Norm …
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A roundup of Mentor's biggest stories this week
We know you've been busy, so we rounded up our favorite stories from this week, in case you missed it. 1. Mentor High students celebrated the last days of school with a Yearbook Party in the student center. Everyone was excited to find their faces and sign their friends' books. 2. Lake Catholic said farewell to its senior class with a ceremony that included a parade, passing the torch and singing the alma mater. 3. We asked our Moms Council to weigh in on choosing the right preschool. There's still time for you to tell us how you chose a preschool and what qualities you require. 4. With all the rain come the floods, which was the topic of a Mentor City Council Drainage Subcommittee meeting on Tuesday. 5. Devone, author of our "Mama Says" …
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Frank Soria steps away to spend more time with his family
Although the communication technology boom has surrounded us for a while now, former Lake Catholic girls’ basketball coach Frank Soria doesn’t walk around with a cellphone, although he does keep one in the car for emergencies. When Soria announced his retirement from coaching basketball after 18 years last week, he said the energy it took to be a coach these days was no longer in him, and one might have gathered that the age of Facebook, Twitter and 24-hour sports news coverage simply wore him down. Although the 56-year-old math teacher has seen a lot of change from the time he began coaching the Cougars, the era’s switch to touchpads and real-time updates never got in the way of his joy for the people and game he loved at the Mentor …
Friday, April 1, 2011
Mentor Schools has added two more days to the school year to make up for days that were canceled because of weather
Mentor Schools has tacked two more days onto its school year to make up for days when class was canceled because of weather. Instead of ending the school year on June 9, the district will also have class on Friday, June 10, and Monday, June 13. The district used seven calamity days this year because of snow, ice and even flooding. Right now, Ohio school districts are only allotted three calamity days. However, legislation has been suggested that would retroactively increase that number to five. House Bill 36 has already passed through both houses of the state legislature and awaits the governor's signature to be approved. Garfield Elementary School, which required an additional three calamity days because of a fire, will also have class on…
Saturday, March 12, 2011
High school bands from all around Northeast Ohio will have chance to rock at the Mallapalooza auditions today in Great Lakes Mall
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- Jason Lea
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
High school bands from all around Northeast Ohio will be rocking out this morning at Great Lakes Mall. The Mentor mall will host auditions for Mallapalooza beginning at 10:30 a.m. by the red awning outside of the Dillard's store. Seventeen bands will try to earn eight slots to perform at Mallapalooza June 23 at Great Lakes Mall. Mallapalooza is an eight-hour, high-octane showcase for the surviving bands to show off their skills and compete to be proclaimed the best band in the land. The event's producers, Belmez Entertainment, will pick the bands who compete at Mallapalooza; but Mallapalooza will be judged by the teens and community members who come to the concert. Four of the competing bands have students who go to high schools in Mentor…
Friday, March 4, 2011
Senior guard scored seven of the team's 10 last points in a 41-39 come-from-behind victory
The Mentor High girls' basketball team was on the ropes against Mayfield Thursday and needed to find itself. Or perhaps, more importantly, it needed to find its leader. Mentor senior guard Kali Deighan had been quiet for most of the Division I District semifinal game at Perry High School, but when her team needed her deep in the fourth quarter, she came through with the winning plays to get them one step closer to a district title. Deighan scored seven of Mentor’s final 10 points, including a crucial game-tying 3-pointer, to lead the Cardinals to a 41-39 come-from-behind victory over Mayfield and advance to the district final. Mentor will face Brush, a 45-37 winner over the Cardinals’ Lake Erie League rival Cleveland Heights. Mentor (10-13…
Kate Patriarca
10:39 pm on Thursday, June 2, 2011
John & MaryAnn, I offer my most sincere condolences for the loss of your beautiful daughter. Watching her grow was a joy, her cheerful face will remain in my memories. God give you peace. more ›