Finding Their Way Home
Two Shaker grads open businesses in their hometown.
The Promise of Excellence
The Shaker Heights City School District’s commitment to “excellence for all” is more than just a promise to students.
We’re Saving the World
Shaker’s elementary school students are all in on food waste composting: It stinks and it’s gross, but it’s fun.
Let There Be Light
The District spotlights athletics for its power to bridge racial and cultural divides and serve as a tool in the quest for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Mental Health Response Team
The Mental Health Response Team, a pilot program that embeds a social worker with Shaker’s police and fire departments, is showing the way to better address the hundreds of mental health-related calls the City receives.
Madame Secretary
Marcia Fudge’s meteoric rise from Shaker’s Moreland neighborhood to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development wasn’t serendipitous. Her career prepared her for the moment.
Driving Change Along the Corridor
MWW1 is the poster child for what the Lee Road Corridor can become: a location for thriving businesses with connections to the community.
Animals In Love and a Flying Elvis
There's a bit of whimsy spreading through Shaker Heights.
Fine Arts: Julius Dewitt Hannah
“Painting came late for me. I was intimidated by it.”
Performing Arts: Sam Hooper
Reconnecting with the glory days.