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COPLEY-FAIRLAWN CITY SCHOOLS
YOUR SCHOOL REPORT
2007 SPRING 2008

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News From
Copley-Fairlawn
City Schools
News From
Copley High School
Copley High School student, Stephen Hanhold, a
Teens Against Tobacco Usage role model, enjoyed
a fifth grade student’s reaction to the tar-stained,
smelly cotton ball that he retrieved from another
role model who “smoked” a cigarette in a smoking
machine.
Congratulations to the following Copley High
School student athletes, who have signed national
letters of intent to continue their academic and
athletic careers: Heather Arison, Girls Golf,
Brown University; Carly Arison, Girls Golf,
Brown University; Ryan Arney, Boys Baseball,
Odessa Junior College; Tim Goodman, (pictured
bottom right) Football, Walsh University; Evan
Plescia, Football, Bethany College; Chris Fallon,
(pictured top right) Cross Country, The Ohio
State University; Carissa Signore, Girls Soccer,
St. Catherine College; Desire Greer, (pictured
bottom left) Girls Track, Ursuline College; and
Ashley Virgin, (pictured top left) Softball, Walsh
University.
Students in Mrs.
Mary Jo Regennitter’s
Economics classes
created presentations
based on financial
management
best sellers, The
Millionaire Next
Door by William D.
Danko and Thomas
J. Stanley and Rich
Dad, Poor Dad by
Robert T. Kiyosaki.
Copley High School
seniors Sarah Hinman
and Chelsea Kerr
designed and built a board game called Millionaire
Road which their classmates enjoyed playing as they
learned how to avoid financial pitfalls, experience
financial catastrophes, and build wealth through
wise investments.
Pictured left to right are Copley High School
students Laura Doncaster, Michael Ferguson, Kevin
Dressler, and Maddie Buckham. The students join
together after the CHS National Honor Society
induction ceremony to congratulate each other on
being inducted as new members.

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News From
Copley-Fairlawn
Middle School
Seventh grade students (left to right) Tyler Bailey,
Kate Sabin, Inman Abdoulkarim, Monica Leach,
and Jacob Calhoun act out a scene from a novel in
Mrs. Adair’s language arts class.
Mr. Steve Cika, Copley-Fairlawn Middle School
Wrestling Coach, presents Copley-Fairlawn
Middle School wrestlers (left to right) C.J.
Holbrook, Jason Tomayko, Zach Walker, and
Brendan Hall to the student body as Junior High
State Qualifiers. Jason Tomayko was the school’s
first competitor to place in the tournament. He
placed 8th in his weight class.
In February, eighth grade students from Copley-
Fairlawn Middle School participated in the Hale
Farm and Village’s “Fugitive’s Path” program,
which was an interactive experience of being an
escaped slave on the Underground Railroad.
Mrs. Carla Zahler, Mrs. Terri Fleming, Mrs.
Debbie Davis, and Mrs. Patti Kuthan pose for a
quick photo during their busy schedules as middle
school secretaries.
Several pictures from the Copley-Fairlawn Middle
School were taken with a new Nikon digital
SLR camera that was purchased for use by the
yearbook staff. The Copley-Fairlawn Schools
Foundation supported the purchase through the
Teacher Mini-Grant program.
News From
arrowhead primary
School
In March, the 7th and 8th graders held a special
Winter Sports Rally to recognize cheerleaders and
winter athletes. They held a few fun contests like
tug-of-war between the teams.
Students from Arrowhead kindergarten classes
collected 350 new and gently used books for Akron
Children’s Hospital. The books will be used for the
“Reach Out and Read” program, Reading Rovers,
and in waiting rooms all over the hospital.

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News From
Fort Island
primary School
The Arrowhead community thanks the Omnova
Solutions Foundation for the support of our leveled
library. With their help, Arrowhead Primary School
purchased many new books, classroom literacy
activities, and assessments that will benefit all
the students for many years to come. Thank you,
Omnova! Pictured above are students reading from
the books purchased through the grant.
As part of exploring larger numbers, Mrs. Linda
Parker’s class at Fort Island Primary School
built larger patterns with patterning blocks. The
challenge came when students not only had to
create a four place pattern but also put it into a
shape.
The first and second grade classes of Mrs. Jeanne
Mathey and Mrs. Theresa Kester at Arrowhead
Primary School, with the help of The University
of Akron’s student teacher Miss Aimee Panepucci,
celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday, complete with a visit
from Thing 1 and Thing 2!
Second graders in Mrs. Meredith Morgan’s class at
Fort Island Primary School were able to experience
snow shoeing on one of our wintry days as part of
outdoor education day.
Students in Mrs. Diane Lucas’ 3rd grade class read
“Little House in the Big Woods” and held a pioneer
feast for Thanksgiving. The students dressed as
pioneers and gave sepia pictures to their parents as
Christmas gifts. Above are two students pictured in
their pioneer outfits.
The Fort Island Primary School climbing wall was
officially opened for students this winter. This
wall was made possible as a result of a generous
grant from Mrs. Jamie Brookhart and the Carl T. &
Margot A. Johnson Foundation.

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Fourth graders Lydia
Bumm and Breah
Clay work together in
Coach Kathy Casper’s
physical education class
at Herberich Primary
School.
“Dr. Seuss and Dad’s Day” are a kindergarten
tradition at Fort Island Primary School. Children
get the opportunity to spend quality time with dad as
they show off their reading skills.
News From
herberich
primary School
Third graders learn about science during ”Mad
Science” assembly sponsored by the Herberich
Primary School PTA
Mr. and Mrs. Kimmell congratulate Harshitha
Dudipala for winning the prestigious “Garred
Kimmell Science Fair Award” for the most
exceptional 4th grade project titled “Battle of the
Batteries.”
Herberich Primary School third grader, Paige
Reeves shows her award-winning science fair
project, “What Soil Works Best?”
Mrs. Debbie Lucas, kindergarten teacher at
Herberich Primary School, and her students,
Jun Sun, Samantha Hartz-Rudolph and Andrew
Wachs, present a reader’s theater during “Reading
in Paradise Night.”
Members of the H.A.R.T.S. or the Herberich
Awesome Rope Team’s Kelsey Van Horn and Jaret
Waters perform at the “Sounds of Music” spring
concert under the direction of Coach Kathy Casper.

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Tricia Nischt, Ana
Restrepo and Lindsie
Cohen-Chudomelka
are just a few of the 8th
grade art students in
Mrs. Debbie Wegner’s
art class at Copley-
Fairlawn Middle School
that had an opportunity
to paint snowboards from
Boston Mills Ski Resort.
The snowboards will be
permanently displayed at
the resort.
Copley Sports Hall of Fame
Nominations Due June 1, 2008
Copley High School’s first Sports
Hall of Fame Class will be
formally inducted next January;
however, nominations for that class
are due by June 1. Please see our link
on the district website, www.copleyfairlawn.org
for downloadable forms
and important contact numbers. Thank
you!
Copley High School Student
State Novice Debate Champion
On Saturday, April 19, 2008, members of the Copley High School’s speech and debate team competed at the Ohio
High School Speech League State Novice tournament at
Hathaway Brown. Freshman Lear Jiang, who had already
qualified and competed at the OHSSL State Speech finals in
March, competed in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Lear went 4-0 on
the day to become the State Novice Debate Champion. Sahand
Farahati and Irtaza Haider came in 2nd place in the Public
Forum Debate. Pictured from left to right are Sahand Farahati,
Ms. Marie Rote, Lear Jiang, Ashley Fuentes, and Andrew
Makishi. Congratulations to all.
Mark Your Calendar for the American Cancer Society’s
COPLEY RELAY FOR LIFE
Friday & Saturday, June 13-14, 2008
Copley High School Stadium
Friday, 6:00 p.m.-Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Contact Mr. Steve Robinson at (330) 664-4810
for more information.

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Pictured above is Copley-Fairlawn City Schools Board
of Education member, Ms. Julie Schafer, and President,
Mrs. Sue Emich, who were recognized by the Ohio School
Boards Association for their outstanding board service.
Ms. Schafer was recognized for earning the Master Board
Member award while Mrs. Emich was recognized for
earning the Award of Achievement. Congratulations to
Ms. Schafer and Mrs. Emich.
Sean Esparza, Cody Dorco and Kyle Gangle are
all smiles as they arrive at Copley-Fairlawn
Middle School for the day.
Copley-Fairlawn Middle School
Science Olympiad Team
Places Third in State Competition
On March 15th, two teams from Copley-Fairlawn
Middle School participated in the Regional Science
Olympiad competition at The University of Akron.
One team won first place overall and the other placed
third. Although both teams qualified for the state
finals, only one Copley-Fairlawn team will advance to
the state level since each qualifying school may only
send one team. Members of the Copley-Fairlawn
award-winning teams are Michael Becenti, Bryan
Check, Denny Check, Kerry Crowley, Alan Du, Olga
Eliseeva, Sarah Helfer, David Hu, Inan Hussain,
Lear Jiang, Jacob Kulas, Dinushi Kulasekere, Sean
Levy, Michael McArdle, Andrew McCurrach,
Sajiid Moyen, Edward Pang, Chyina Powell, Gabi
Rodriquez, Shereena Shaik, Ryan Snyder, Daniel
Sokolov, T.J.Starkey, Grant Stouffer, Cory Sutter,
Kyle Sutter, Claudine Tebcherani, Ashley Thomas,
Curtis Vrabec, and Jeffrey Wang. The team’s advisor
is Mrs. Kathy Forchione. The state finals were held
at The Ohio State University on April 12th. The
team from Copley-Fairlawn Middle School ended up
placing third in the state finals. Congratulations to all!
Arrowhead Primary School second grade students
studied black history during the month of February.
Fourth graders agreed to be “report buddies” and
help the second graders read biographies of famous
Americans and take notes for their reports.
Fort Island Primary School students (left to right) Andrew
Bendick, Curtis Stoyer, Kevin Du, Lawrence Liu, and
William Gao took third place in the Northeast Ohio Chess
Team Championship competition in 2007 held at The
University of Akron.

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The Copley-Fairlawn Schools Foundation actively assists our school district in providing
one of the best educational opportunities in the region. The Foundation is a 501(c)
(3) non-profit organization operated separately from the school district by an independent
volunteer Board of Trustees comprised of alumni and community leaders who are
passionate about our children’s education.
The Foundation’s mission is to enhance the educational experience and opportunity of
our community’s youth by funding college scholarships and educational classroom
projects. Since 1992, the Foundation has awarded 101 college scholarships to graduating
seniors, totaling over $120,000, and has awarded 95 educational project grants to teachers,
totaling over $35,000.
Funding provided by the Foundation would not be possible without the generous
financial support of individuals, families, groups and businesses. If you value
the excellent education and opportunity our schools provide to our children, please
consider including the Foundation as part of your charitable giving and estate plan.
Contributions are tax deductible and are deposited into the Foundation’s professionally
managed investment fund. An annual gift of $500 or more entitles a contributor to name
a scholarship. And for a one time gift of $10,000 or more, the Foundation creates an
endowed scholarship, which generates income to fund annual scholarships well into the
future.
For more information about the Foundation or how you may include the Foundation as
part of your charitable giving or estate plan, please contact the Foundation President,
Denice Lentine, at (330) 664-4800.
Copley-Fairlawn Schools
Foundation
Membership Registration
Name _______________________________
Address: _____________________________
City: ________________ State: ___________
Zip: ______________ Amount:____________
Return to:
Copley-Fairlawn Schools Foundation
3797 Ridgewood Road
Copley, OH 44321
CFSF MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES (circle one)
Gold: $25 (one Foundation gold logo pin)
Family: $50 (two gold Foundation logo pins)
Diamond: $1000 cumulative (Foundation pin
with diamond)
Corporate: $100 minimum (Special Foundation
plaque & logo pin)
In Memory
The Copley-Fairlawn Schools Foundation
and Board of Trustees extend their grateful
appreciation to those individuals who made
contributions within the last quarter to the
memorial fund listed.
Lauren Braman

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Identification of Gifted Students Attending Copley-Fairlawn
Students who perform or show potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared
to others of their age, experience, or environment and who are identified under Division (A), (B), (C), or (D) of Section
3324.03 of the Ohio Revised Code are recognized as gifted.
The District uses a three-part approach to identify students who perform or show potential for performing at high levels
of accomplishment in the areas of superior cognitive ability, specific academic ability, creative ability and visual and/or
performing arts.
The District provides ample and appropriate scheduling procedures for assessments and reassessments using the
following: group tests, individually-administered tests, audition, performance, display of work, exhibition, and
checklists. Children may be referred on an ongoing basis, based on the following: child request (self-referral), teacher
recommendation, parent/guardian request, and other (e.g., psychologist, community members, principal, gifted
coordinator, etc.).
The District provides at least two opportunities per year for assessment in the areas of superior cognitive ability,
specific academic ability, or visual and performing arts talents of students who have not been previously identified.
Music students will be requested to participate in auditions, and visual arts students will submit portfolios.
Please contact Mrs. Shawn Jividen, Gifted Coordinator, by calling (330) 945-5600 extension 1253 or shawn.jividen@
copley-fairlawn.org for additional information.

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National Honor Society Inducts New Members
On Wednesday, March 19, the Copley Chapter of the National Honor
Society (NHS) inducted 43 students during a traditional candlelight
ceremony held in the John Halchin Memorial Auditorium. The faculty
council voted on the candidates who met the following criteria for
membership: scholarship (3.65 GPA), leadership, character, and service
to the school and community.
The speakers for the evening included Mr. Brian Poe, Assistant
Superintendent, Copley-Fairlawn City Schools; Mr. William Steffen,
Principal, Copley High School; and Mr. Tom Beck, WZIP General Manager.
A breakfast hosted by current NHS members in the Tomahawk Room at CHS on the morning
of induction honored the new members, and a dessert reception followed the formal induction
ceremony.
New inductees include the following: seniors—Katherine Burns and Heather Demor; juniors—
Nicholas Belay, Alex Li, Meghan Schueller, Grant Webel; and sophomores—Maddison Buckham,
Alexander Calderone, Adrian Christ, Rebecca Christopher, Arial Cohen, Kimberly Crowley, Sarah
Davis, Steven Demor, Katelyn Reichenbach, Laura Doncaster, Kevin Dressler, Eric Fela, Michelle
Kolk, Ha Neul Lee, Patrick Miller, Emily Nace, David Pasini, Alexander Pelle, Allie Quine, Katelyn
Desimone, Jaz Robinson, Kelly Rourke, Anoli Shah, Phillip Simon, Michael Ferguson, David Fresh,
Megan Hodge, Jennifer Hu, Natalie Jarmusik, Kasey Klein, Krysten Kasting, Megan Smeznik,
Shea Stankard, Matthew Varley, Robin Vij, Caroline Wang, and Rebecca Wilkerson.
Kindergarten
Registration Held
March 27, 2008
Registration was held
Thursday, March 27, 2008,
for students who are entering
Copley-Fairlawn City Schools this
fall as kindergarten students or
as fi rst-time-enrolling grade one
students. If your child missed
the registration or your family
is new to the district since that
time, please contact the school
immediately so that staffing needs
may be addressed promptly. For
more information, call Arrowhead
Primary at (330) 664-4885; Fort
Island Primary at (330) 664-4890;
Herberich Primary at (330) 664-
4991; or the Board of Education
Offi ce at (330) 664-4800.
Director of Technology
Finalist for eTech Ohio Technology
Administrator of the Year
Mr. Lance Green, Director of Technology for Copley-Fairlawn
City Schools, was recently recognized as one of nine fi nalists
in the state for the eTech Ohio Technology Administrator of the
Year Award. Mr. Green was
honored at the eTech Ohio
Educational Conference
held in Columbus from
February 4-6. The eTech
awards honor individuals
who have encouraged
and facilitated the use of
educational technology
in their schools. He was
selected as a fi nalist because
of his many accomplishments
as Technology Director even
though he has only been in
that capacity for the past two
years.
Mr. Lance Green, Director of
Technology, is pictured with eTech
offi cials with his award for being a
fi nalist for the Administrator of the Year
Award.

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Copley-Fairlawn Middle School Mathcounts Team Scores Big
On Saturday, February 2, eight Copley-Fairlawn Middle School students participated in the annual Mathcounts
competition at The University of Akron. Mathcounts is a national program sponsored locally by the Akron District
Society of Professional Engineers and The University of Akron. The competition is comprised of a series of
tests, an individual sprint round, an individual target round and a team round. This year, sixth, seventh and
eighth grade students from 16 middle schools in Summit, Medina and Portage counties competed. Representing
Copley-Fairlawn Middle School were 8th graders Michael Dugan, Jeffrey Wang, Victoria Yang, and Seth Simon
along with 7th graders Keval Yerigeri, Crystal Lin, Alan Du, and Peter Weigand.
The Copley-Fairlawn Middle School team fi nished in fi rst place, which earned them a trip to Columbus for the
state competition on April 5. The core team was composed of 8th graders Michael Dugan and Jeffrey Wang and
7th graders Crystal Lin and Keval Yerigeri.
The Copley-Fairlawn Middle School Mathcounts team: (top row,
left to right) Jeffrey Wang, Michael Dugan, Peter Weigand, Seth
Simon; (front row, left to right) Alan Du, Crystal Lin, Victoria
Yang, and Keval Yerigeri.
On Saturday, April 5th, the four Copley-Fairlawn core
team Mathcounts members continued on with state
competition in Columbus. The team, coached by
retired Copley math teacher Mrs. Peggy Messaros,
fi nished 7th out of 33 teams from across the state.
Competing were 7th graders Keval Yerigeri and
Crystal Lin along with 8th graders Michael Dugan and
Jeffrey Wang. Because Keval fi nished individually in
the top 16 out of 194 competitors, he was included
in the special oral round of elimination in front of an
audience of several hundred. His superb talent for
quick thinking earned him the 1st place trophy for the
“Countdown Round” after the other 15 competitors
were eliminated. This was the fi rst time in 25 years
that an Akron District student won this special
individual oral competition in Columbus.
Title VI-B and Preschool
Grants
As required by law, Copley-Fairlawn
City School District is providing notice
of plans for Title VI-B and preschool
grants for the 2008-2009 school year.
Anyone having comments concerning
the expenditures can direct them to
Dr. Roger Saurer, Superintendent
of Schools, at (330) 664-4801 or
Mrs. Tracy Foley, Interim Director of
Pupil Services, at (330) 664-4855.
The grants for 2008-2009 will be
used for teacher salaries for multihandicapped
classrooms and other
related service personnel. St. Hilary
School and Spring Garden Waldorf
School will use their portions of the
grant to provide speech-language
services.
Copley High School Field Turf
Installation Set to Begin June 15
On Tuesday, April 22, the Board of
Education approved the initiative
to begin construction of an artifi cial
surface to be installed at Copley
High School Stadium. The project
is a response to the growing
need in our community for an all
weather stadium surface for our
many athletic teams and musical
performers in order to signifi cantly
improve the usability for all
participants.
A committee of volunteers
was formed that is comprised
of members of the Copley
Athletic Boosters as well as
other interested parties from the
community. The overarching
organization is the non-profi t
Copley-Fairlawn Schools
Foundation. School district offi cials
have also been a part of the
effort to help raise private dollars
in support of the project to meet
the fundraising goal. The initial
goal for the turf was met, and the
project was formally approved to
begin! Please feel free to continue
your desire to help as we move
into Phase II of the project. See
www.copleystadium.com for any
details.

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Author Jaime Adoff will visit Copley-Fairlawn Middle School
Thursday, May 22, Jaime Adoff,
author of The Song Shoots Out of My
Mouth, Jimi and Me, and Names will
Never Hurt Me, will teach and inspire
Copley-Fairlawn Middle School students
about his love of writing and music.
This major event kicks off with
“A Conversation with Jaime Adoff”
at the Fairlawn Bath Library on
Wednesday evening, May 21, at 6:30
p.m.
The very next morning, Jaime
will greet the students of Copley-
Fairlawn Middle School with a brief
announcement and present two morning
assemblies—one for our 7th and 8th
graders, then another for our 5th and 6th
graders. During the rest of the school
day, he will engage our student writers
in workshops.
A special lunch menu of chili
dogs and fries will be served in honor
of Jaime’s character Aunt Berny who
makes her world famous chili in the
story Jimi and Me.
At the end of the school day,
from 3:15 to 4:00, students and our
community are invited to a “Meet the
Author” reception where his books can
be purchased and signed by the author
himself. (His busy schedule will take
him to the College of Wooster the next
day to speak to the state Power of the
Pen writers; our CFMS writers will be
in this audience!)
Music is Jaime’s passion. He is
an accomplished musician, with two
music degrees. A fascinating free verse
style tells the stories of his intricate and
multi-level characters. A big fan of
Jimi Hendrix, he listened to his music
while writing Jimi and Me. He says,
“I can’t emphasize enough how Jimi’s
music helped to shape this book. Not
just the music itself, but its deeper social
and cultural significance.” His love of
music also inspired his poetry in The
Song Shoots Out of My Mouth which
features incredible artwork by Martin
French.
How lucky we are to have the
support of our wonderful PTA, hosting
the after-school book signing from
3:15 to 4:00, the Copley Teachers
Association, sponsoring the luncheon in
our school library for our CFMS writers,
The Jennings Foundation, Copley-
Fairlawn Schools Foundation Teacher
Grant Program, and the Fairlawn Area
Chamber of Commerce. We could not
have such an exciting event without
their support.
Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow
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