COMMUNITY RELATIONS

The Hilltopper school community is the heart of our District— a key pillar in our success. We are fortunate to have outstanding first responders; local agencies; parent teacher organizations (PTOs); booster clubs (Chardon Athletic Boosters, Chardon Crescendo Club, Chardon Gridiron Club, Chardon Schools Foundation); G-TV; Pastor Photography; and countless other valued community volunteers, individual supporters, business owners, and organizations who tirelessly give of their time and resources in support of Hilltopper students and staff.

FRIEND OF CHARDON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AWARD 2022

Madelon Horvath

SUPERINTENDENT’S AWARD— FRIEND OF EDUCATION 2022

■ Chardon Chief of Police

Scott Niehus

■ Chardon Fire Chief

Larry Gaspar

■ Geauga County Sheriff

Scott Hildenbrand

$1K EDUCATIONAL GRANT 2021

1st-Grade Teacher Robyn Lannon

Awarded by Kinetic by Windstream

WEIGHT ROOM UPGRADE 2022— CHARDON HIGH SCHOOL

Spearheaded by a private committee of community members—Sarah Baggott, Brandon Felger, Bob Humphrey, Terry Hegner, Mitch Hewitt— and 100% funded by community businesses and organizations; and individual donors.

OHIO SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS HONOR ROLL 2022

Chardon Smile Center

■ Over a decade of volunteer hours and financial resources for Chardon Athletics, including food and transportation for our athletic teams and senior banner sponsorships for each athletic season.

■ A long history of significant financial support to non-profit Chardon Schools Foundation.

Junction Auto Family

■ Spearheaded a GMC Terrain car raffle, valued at $29K, to fund a Daktronics® scoreboard for Memorial Field, replacing the District’s aging scoreboard. New scoreboard installation completed summer 2021.

The Middlefield Banking Company

■ Instrumental in Chardon Middle School’s 2021–22 launch of Junior Achievement®: Economics for Success program and the school’s JA® in a Day event.

Preston Superstore

■ Pledged $150K over a 10-year span to non-profit Chardon Schools Foundation—

January 2022

■ Awarded $10K to Park Elementary PTO for new playground equipment costs—February 2022