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TWO HIGH-SCORING RUNNER-UPS VIE FOR PLAYOFF SLOT IN WILDCARD COMPETITION
The teams from Elyria High School and Elyria Catholic High School coincidentally had two of the three highest losing scores in our first round of competitions, making them eligible for a “second chance” at the quarterfinals and subsequent playoff eliminations for this year’s championship. The academic team from Elyria High School, pictured left to right, consists of Garrett Worden, Erica Uszak and John Schuman. Opposing them in this important match are, left to right, Paige Miserandino, Elizabeth Parkey, and Ivelysse Gracia, representing Elyria Catholic. Click above to hear the action, or get final results (spoiler) from our official news release.
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Gregory D. Ring has been Superintendent of the Educational Service Center of Lorain County since June of 2013. He is retiring later this year, but gladly spent a few minutes with us to survey the world of public education today and outline some of the challenges facing school systems in the region. Having provided services to schools in several communities he has unique insight into major topics of concern and controversy, such as Common Core and student evaluation. He updates many areas covered in our previous interviews.
North Ridgeville schools earlier this year. She discusses some of the challenges faced by schools in growing communities and her plans for when she officially takes charge of the district in August.
The final team of the season to make an initial appearance on Scholastic Games is the academic team from Midview High School in Grafton, Ohio. Because of an odd number of teams this year, the team’s opponents are from Lake Ridge Academy in North Ridgeville, the first returning “wild card team,” a designation awarded to the highest scoring losing teams. For Midview, pictured left to right, are Gavin Maziarz, Jillian Plas, and Richard Dummitt. The academic team from Lake Ridge consists of, left to right, Taha Akbar, Ryan Rosu, and Humza Akbar. Both schools have previously won Scholastic Games championships, Midview in 2003, and Lake Ridge in 2006 and 2010. Click above to hear the show; click on the official news release to see the (spoiler) final results of the competition.
Andrew Wright, an instructor at Lake Ridge Academy and the man who helped to spearhead the school’s successful venture into solar power, returns to the program to describe a unique course in which students investigate biomimicry. Students discover how plants and animals have become models for innovative human activity in many fields.
Cynthia H. Andrews, the foundation’s new CEO, is not new to Lorain County philanthropy, with previously long service with Oberlin Community Services. In her second visit to Dialogues since her appointment in October of 2017, she presents her vision for the Community Foundation, with particular attention to donor advised funds, collaboration with other nonprofits, and educational initiatives.
This week’s teams are Elyria Catholic’s, left to right, Nicholas Ziegelmeyer, Ivelysse Gracia, and Elizabeth Parkey, and from North Ridgeville, left to right, Aidan Cunningham, Emily Hiles, and Jonah Fechner. Click above to hear the competition, or read about the final result in the official news release.
This program features teams from Amherst Marion L. Steele High School, as pictured left to right, Devan Harmych, Olivia Krugman, and Emma Macartney. and Firelands High School from Oberlin. The Firelands team consists of, left to right, Michael Durdak, Sam Formholtz, and Ryan Martin. A team from Amherst won the Scholastic Games championship in 2015. Firelands was in last year’s playoffs as the wildcard team. Hear the program by clicking above. A summary of the final results is in our 
The academic team from Brookside High School consists of, left to right, Lauren Ruble, Sylvester Rabineau, and Lucia Morello. (Alternate Dominic Martin is standing behind them, but did not compete on this week’s program). The other team is from Lorain High School, represented by, left to right, Madison Jones, Jada McCall, and Maya Pappas. Click above to hear the program, or you may read details of the final results in 
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