Senior Spotlight: Darrell Hihn
Favorite Quote: "Life is filled with uncertainty."
Favorite Class: Chemistry
Advice for Freshman: Let people know you need help and it will go easier.
Shoutouts: Nina, Ms. Thevenin, Jameson, Elez, Felix, Audrey, Stella, Robert, Izzy
Plans after Graduation: Make music, get a job, hang out with friends.
Congratulations to our Staff of the Month winners for January! We are grateful for all our AEA staff members but an extra shoutout goes to Mrs. Banka from the Strongsville Campus and Ms. Sommers at the Lakewood Campus this month!
Are you ready for Kindergarten?! Join us on SATURDAY, January 11th at noon to learn more about our full day, tuition-free programming and registration process. You will also have the opportunity to meet the teachers and see the classrooms!
We hope everyone had a safe and fun break! Just a friendly reminder that we return to campus on Monday, January 6th. See you all soon!
The Youth Leadership Team put on the North Pole Olympics for the elementary students at the Strongsville campus! Our student leaders have been working on cooperation skills and created different games to promote team work for everyone to play! Thank you to our Youth Leadership Team for their excellent leadership skills and hosting such a fun event!
There will be no school for Winter Break from December 21-January 5th. Have a great break! See you all back on January 6, 2025!
This week 5th grade learned to play dreidels! We talked about Chanukah, Menorahs, Gelt, and Dreidels! We had an absolute blast learning our new game while celebrating different holidays in the classroom! ✡️
Some of Santa’s elves came to AEA to leave Mr. Curtin a Christmas surprise!
Happy Holidays from the 1st and 2nd grade teachers at AEA Strongsville!🎄🎁🎅🏻
Lakewood Staff participated in Tinseltoots Reindeer Games today with students cheering them on! Congratulations to the winning team, Ms. Sommers and Mr. Albright!
AEA Lakewood’s Elf showed up Monday morning to greet students and has been sighted in several locations. Students participated in a naming competition and our winners won Snowman Poop from our Elf, newly named, Tinseltoots Jinglesyth! Where will Tinseltoots show up next?!
Senior Spotlight: Ismail Seawright
Favorite Quote: "Always be positive and don't worry about a thing."
Favorite Class: Science
Advice for Freshman: stay organized, stay out of trouble and pay attention.
Shoutout: Mr. Lisi
Plans after Graduation: I will join the military police
On Friday, members of the North Coast Men's Chorus visited our Lakewood campus. Along with lots of holiday cheer and leading carols, they brought gift cards along with personalized handwritten cards for each student. The NCMC appreciates AEA-Lakewood and came to share some of their love and the message that each of our students are special. Thank you, NCMC!!!!
Senior Spotlight: Tylor Crayton
Favorite Class: English
Advice for Freshman: Don't procrastinate, do what you have to and build your future in your free time.
Plans after Graduation: Going to trade school to grow my landscaping business to fund having apartments/real estate.
Unfortunately, the parents night out event set for 12.6.24 has been postponed. If you had signed up you will be contacted by the school.
Last week Mrs. Banka and the student council organized a Thanksgiving feast for the Middle and High School students at Strongsville. It was a wonderful event! We hope everyone enjoyed their break!
Senior Spotlight: Rain Boehnlein
Favorite Quote: "we gon'be okay."
Favorite Class: Z's Art Class
Advice for Freshman: "keep a cool head, ask for help when you need it."
Shoutouts: Felix, Maddi, Bonnie, Ash
Plans after Graduation: I might work for a year or go straight to Tri-C.
AEA’s 3-5 youth leadership team has been hard at work learning about respect and optimism. They have also taught the K-2 students about what they are learning, and helped collect donations for the Strongsville Food Bank! Way to go!
This month has been all about optimism at AEA! During their counseling lessons with Ms. Onderak, the elementary students explored the concept of a growth mindset and learned different strategies to promote positive thinking!
There will be no school from November 27th to December 1st. See you all back on Monday, December 2nd!
Senior Spotlight: Ollie Croft
Favorite Quote: "No one's busy thinking bad things about you. They're too busy thinking bad things about themselves."
Favorite Class: Art
Advice for Freshman: Don't take what people say seriously, it won't matter in a few years. You're gonna make it.
Shoutouts: Jax, Noah and Alany
Plans after Graduation: become a starving artist.
