Senior Spotlight: Sacha Elliott
Favorite Quote: "roses are gray, violets are a different shade of gray, let's go chase cars." - Bo Burnham
Favorite Class: English
Advice for Freshman: keep going no matter what, you unfortunately adapt to the workload.
Shoutouts: Oli Hogg, Jayden Baez
Plans after Graduation: I plan to go to art school and get a degree. I don't know where yet, but it's always been my dream.

Celebrate Einstein's Birthday today with some Pie (Pi)!

This year AEA is rolling out a program to encourage families to come to the building for a fun night filled with activities around literacy! Any guesses on which two books were chosen for students in K-12 to read? You will all get your books soon but guesses are encouraged until we pass them out. For now, save the date!

AEA Lakewood students visited the Tri-C Metro Campus today to explore welding and manufacturing. Students were introduced to various career options, learned about the Workforce-Ready Program, and learned the importance of developing essential job skills. They also had the opportunity to network with college staff, instructors, and other professionals.




Lakewood students toured the Channel 19 News station with Jenny Picciano. They met the marketing team and production management, watched a live news stream, and interacted with other members of the Channel 19 team.




Some of the 5th and 7th graders at Strongsville worked on a collaborative research project about how the sun’s angles change the climate and seasons in different places around the globe.


Senior Spotlight: Angel Martinez
Favorite Quote: "I'd rather be happy being myself than sad trying to please everyone else." --J. Cole
Favorite Class: History
Advice for Freshman: Just do you
Shoutouts: Mrs. Banka, Mr. Rebner, Mr. Kish, Mr. Terifaj, Mr. Z, James, Logan, Josh, Noah, Caitlin, John
Plans after Graduation: College then be an adult

AEA Strongsville’s 3-5 youth leadership team have been teaching the K-2 students about empathy this month!





Parent-Teacher conferences are March 10th and 20th. Call your students school if you have any questions about scheduling with their teachers

Senior Spotlight: Bonnie Stinson
Favorite Quote: It's okay to not be okay. Just know that we have those days.
Favorite Class: Math
Advice for Freshman: Respect your teachers
Shoutouts: I want to shoutout to Henry Parker as he made me feel welcome when I first came here
Plans after Graduation: College to get a psychology degree

Senior Spotlight: Jaxon Mangan
Favorite Quote: "Darling, you'll be ok." --Peirce the Veil
Favorite Class: English
Advice for Freshman: It's not as scary as it seems and take your time with the things you love.
Shoutouts: Ollie, Noah, Hannah, Enzo
Plans after Graduation: Go to college to be an elementary school teacher.

Congratulations to the Staff of the Month winners for February! We are grateful for all our AEA staff members but an extra shoutout goes to Ms. Garrett from Strongsville and Mr. Haught at Lakewood this month!


Students from our Strongsville Campus had the opportunity to tour Lorain County Community College where they learned about degree programs and workforce pathways.

No school for students Friday, February 21, 2025 due to Professional Development for staff. See you all Monday!

Winter Formal 2025!



There is no school today, 2.18.25 for either AEA Campus due to extreme cold. See you tomorrow!

Senior Spotlight: Zane Gilliland
Favorite Quote: "we go'n be okay"
Favorite Class: Senior Seminar
Advice for Freshman: Be cautious of them seniors
Shoutouts: Jack
Plans after Graduation: step outside I can fly

There is no school Monday, February 17th in observance of Presidents' Day.

This week, AEA Lakewood students traveled to the Beck Center for the Arts to participate in four workshops. The students had the opportunity to experience dance, Visual Arts, Music, and Theater.



Students from our Strongsville Campus toured Cleveland State University where they learned about the numerous degree programs, financial aid, and housing opportunities offered by the university.

