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| Seniors rejoice after winning the competition between grades to decide who best recites the creed |
Exciting days! The school year has begun and Ginn Academy is now in full swing with so many great things going on. For example, take a look at
this article about the Academy that was in the Washington Post on October 2nd.
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| Between classes, students walk in lines, always to the right |
At the class of 2014 graduation ceremony, the inaugural Teacher of the Year Award was presented to Mr. Albert Coreno. The award was made possible by The Ratner Family Foundation in honor of Audrey Ratner and her lifelong dedication to education.
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| Mr. Coreno's children and wife, Karen, Mr. Coreno, Audrey Ratner, and Principal Nick Petty |
Mr. Coreno was completely surprised when his name was called. His family had been secretly made aware of this honor and was in attendance to share in the joy.
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| Students meet every day after school in Mr Coreno's classroom. He provides math tutoring and enrichment for them. |
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| Newspaper stories about The Ginn Academy fill Mr. Coreno's bulletin board |
A few months later, and school is back in session with 350 students, the largest enrollment thus far since the Academy's inception in 2007.
On October 2nd, WKYC Channel 3 news anchor,
Russ Mitchell, visited the school with his camera crew and producer to interview Coach Ginn for his
7 Minutes series. The program was held in the gym during the daily morning session so that the students could serve as audience and backdrop to the interview. Mr. Mitchell kindly entertained questions from the students and, no doubt, piqued their interest in journalism careers. You can find the interview on
WKYC's website here.
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| WKYC news anchor, Russ Mitchell, interviewed Mr. Ginn for his 7 Minutes series |
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| Russ Mitchell talks with the entire student body, answering questions and sharing his thoughts and anecdotes |
The Ginn Academy is enjoying many interesting collaborations these days. We recently learned that one of the
Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion artists,
photographer Dale Yudelman from
South Africa, will be working with a group of Ginn Academy students on a
street photography project. Dale is a tremendously talented photojournalist who has worked all over the world and we couldn't be more excited about this opportunity. The boys' work and Dale's will be exhibited at
Waterloo Arts on November 7th, and we'll certainly post some of their work in our next update here.
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| Photographer Dale Yudelman, Ted Ginn Sr., and Amy Callahan of Waterloo Arts |
In Ms. Herman's 10th grade biology class last week, the boys were making terrariums. They learned about the closed system, gathered their materials, including moss scraped from the vivarium floor, and went to work together.
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| Sophomores in Ms. Herman's biology class preparing their terrariums together |
Last spring, the winners of the first Ginn Academy Shakespeare Competition were featured in
this blog post, but the winner, Donte Levert, was not present that day. Here he is and he's ready to win again this year!
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| Donte Levert, Sophomore, winner of last spring's Shakespeare Competition |
In closing, we'll include some photos from around the school that illustrate the scholarship, leadership, service, and joy that our students radiate. We are so proud of each and every one of them.
Thank you for your continued interest in our school!
Kindest regards from everyone at Ginn Academy.
