6-12 Campus Construction April Update |
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The design team from ThenDesign Architecture, staff and administrators from the District have collectively spent hundreds of hours collaborating on plans for the new school. With an extensive round of staff engagement having been completed the last week of March, the team will spend the rest of April and May completing the "Design Development" phase in the building project.
"We are through about 40% of the design process now," commented Scott Alleman, project manager for the new facility. "Throughout April and May, we're really going to be putting our heads down and finalizing documents as design development is completed." Scott continues, "Architecture is an iterative process and sometimes we redraw the building several times to address challenges and find the best solutions to issues."
At this stage, designers are incorporating feedback from the staff, gleaned from engagement sessions.
While each one of these sessions are different, they usually include reviewing specific sections of the building plan with educators. The group talks through the flow of the spaces, room arrangement, furniture, and future needs.
Below are two small examples where feedback provided was incorporated into the building plan.
- Initially, space dedicated to the health clinic was in one location, near the 13th Street entrance. After conversations with health staff, the space was rearranged and divided into two smaller health clinics, near each entrance. Doing so, allowed one to primarily serve the middle school, while the other the high school. It also allowed for easy parent pickup.
- In early discussions, prep rooms for the science classrooms were important for the 10th-12th graders. After further discussions with science teachers, they identified that freshman science classes would also benefit from having dedicated prep rooms. These were then incorporated into the new building so educators across the high school had access to these spaces.
These small examples are representative of the hundreds of changes made across the entire building.
We are hopeful that as the project continues, we can report more on the design process and the project's budget during our next community engagement in the fall. We look forward to seeing you there!
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BOE President Gomez Receives STAR Award |
Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education President Anthony Gomez was recently honored with the Star Award for training.
Gomez earned points for this award from professional development events and activities delivered by the Ohio School Boards Association and other groups and associations. The training award requires 200 points earned over a three-year period.
The OSBA created the STAR Award program in 2018 to recognize the different paths board members take for self-improvement to help them better lead their district. Gomez was recognized at the spring regional conference.
Congratulations, Mr. Gomez, on this impressive achievement! We’re so appreciative of the tireless work you do as our Board of Education president and are grateful to have you representing our district.
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Middle School Students Succeed at NEOtech Robotics Competition |
Congratulations are in order for the Cuyahoga Falls competitors who took home first place overall in the NEOtech Robotics Competition!
The competition, held on March 15 as part of the NEOtech Technology Conference, took place at the Summit County Educational Service Center and included two events; “Bot Ball” and “Maze.”
Competing schools included Tallmadge, Streetsboro and Cuyahoga Falls, with Tallmadge taking first place in the Bot Ball competition, earning five points, and Streetsboro taking second and third, earning four points.
Cuyahoga Falls brought their A-game when it came time for the Maze competition, with Bolich Middle School eighth-grader Ariana Moneskey-Jones taking first place to earn five points and Roberts Middle School sixth-grader Martin Smith scoring second place, earning three points.
Other participants from Bolich included seventh-graders Desmond Crabtree, Cameron Durfee and Tyler Eisentraut, who competed in a modified Bot Ball competition, as well as sixth-grader Ariana Ruggles, who competed in the Maze competition. Additional participants from Roberts included sixth-graders Joseph Kesler and Brady Burns, who competed in the modified Bot Ball competition, and Olivia Freeman, Zoe Morehart and Bailey Sparks, who competed in the Maze competition.
We’re so proud of all the students who competed in this year’s NEOtech Robotics Competition! Not only did they display sportsmanship and hard work, but they also positively represented our district and showed how tech-savvy and creative Cuyahoga Falls students are!
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Bus drivers make an impact as the very first and last people our students see every day. They set the tone for how a student starts their school day and how they end it. Are you looking for a way to impact the students at CFCS?
Cuyahoga Falls City School District is accepting applications for bus drivers and substitutes. Make an impact and apply today.
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Attendance during a student's freshman year of high school is a better predictor of graduation than 8th grade test scores. #CFCSMakeItCount
For attendance support and resources, contact your building principal or the Coordinator of Wellness and Success, Holly Merkle, at cf_merkleh@cftigers.org.
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Do you enjoy working with children? Are you looking for part-time and flexible work? Join the Black Tiger Family and become a substitute!
Rachel Wixey & Associates is our substitute management provider. For questions regarding open positions, please contact their office at
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Online registration for kindergarten is now open for Cuyahoga Falls School District residents with students age 5 before Aug. 1, 2022. Required forms and steps for enrollment are available on our website. Visit the Enrollment Quick Link for more information.
And, don't forget, inter-district open enrollment registration is open now through May 31, 2022.
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Congratulations to everyone involved in the CFHS spring production of Cinderella. |
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