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BACK TO 2000: Elyria High Sets 20-Year Win Record
Back in 2000, Elyria High School set a record when it won five championships over the ten years the program had been broadcast. In the twenty years since then the record still stands, having been matched only once by Olmsted Falls High School, which won its fifth in 2018. In this, the 30th year of our competitions, we rebroadcast for the first time that fifth championship by Elyria in 2000. Though many of the academic questions might still be asked of high schoolers today, it may be of particular interest to hear round two, the “Current Events Round,” which actually begins with what was then a historic milestone. By the way, the competing team is from Amherst Marion L. Steele High, which had reached the championship for a third consecutive year, but sadly came in second all three times (to eventually win top honors in 2015). Over the years, 12 different high schools have won the Scholastic Games championship.
This is a serious problem for some teens, especially in this day of cyber space with the large amount of time teens are spending in front of video screens. Kern discusses the problem of teen depression in this informative interview, offering some helpful remedies to parents and students including a crisis text line and a web site which can immediately help students who are trying to combat depression.
The economic future of Lorain County involves expansion of job creation, preparation, access, and education. A consortium of local groups is formulating a plan to unify Lorain County’s communities in this effort. Brad Whitehead is the president of the Fund for Our Economic Future” who lead the first meeting in this effort and in this “Dialogues” program he talks about the importance of education development for the future of Lorain County.