Solon City School District, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Solon City School District is a school district serving Solon, Ohio and Glenwillow, Ohio, which are southeastern suburbs of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.

Solon Schools are well known for being an exceptional public school system. For the 2005-06 school year, the Solon City Schools received an “Excellent” rating on the Ohio Department of Education Report Cards. In 2006, the district received the highest student achievement score in the State of Ohio and was ranked 142nd in the United States.

As of 2005, the school system had an 11.9 student-teacher ratio. In addition, Solon consistently ranks among the top schools in Ohio and the nation in standardized testing. In 2001, Newsweek named the Solon Schools as one of the top 75 school systems in the nation.

In 2007, the United States Department of Education named Parkside Elementary School in Solon as a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School. Parkside is one of only 18 Ohio schools and 287 schools nationwide to receive this national recognition for the high levels of student achievement in the school. Arthur Road Elementary School also earned this designation in 2005.

The Solon Science Olympiad Teams of Solon High School and Solon Middle School are also very successful groups. The Middle School placed 5th overall in the National competition in 2004, placed 4th overall in 2005, and 3rd place overall in 2006. In 2008, the Middle School team was crowned the national champion. The High School won the national tournament in 1998 and placed 2nd overall in 2003 and 2008.

Board of Education

Current board members are:
*Julie Glavin, President
*Dorothy Seibert, Vice President
*Margo Morrow
*Marilyn Thomas
*Roger Goudy, EdD

Schools

*Solon High School, comprising grades 9-12, is the only high school in the Solon City School System
*Solon Middle School has grades 7-8
*Orchard Middle School has grades 5-6
*Arthur Road Elementary School
*Lewis Elementary School
*Parkside Elementary School
*Roxbury Elementary School

Music Program

The music program starts from fourth grade and continues. Choir and Orchestra start at fourth grade and band starts at fifth grade. The students rotate through teachers in orchestra and band but are later conducted by those same teachers at the High School. The Director of the entire band program is Ed Kline who also conducts one of the High School bands during concert season and the whole band in Marching Season. Also, Ed Kline conducts the 8th grade band and 8th grade Jazz band and High School Jazz band. The two other conductors of the band are Robert Luce and Adam Chongris. Robert Luce heads the 5th and 6th grade bands and conducts one of the high school concert bands during concert season and helps out during marching season. Adam Chongris conducts the 7th grade band and 7th grade jazz band, and the wind ensemble, he also helps teach the 6th and 5th grade bands, and conducts one of the High School Bands and also helps out with the high school band during marching season. In the summer, the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade bands have a chance to enroll in a one week 3 hour enrichment program through the School band open exclusively to solon band members only, and the High School band goes to band camp, which is madatory for all high school band members, where they learn about 3 show drills and learn some of the music. For incoming Freshman, they attend additional pre-band camp to learn the fundamentals of marching band. The [http://www.solonband.com Solon Band] also has an official website (which is in no way shape or form affiliated or represents the views of the Solon City Schools, board, or faculty and is created and maintained solely by the student members of the Solon Band).

External links

* [http://www.solonschools.org/ Solon City School District]
* [http://www.solonband.com Solon Band]