District Newsletter

Chardon Schools is pleased to recognize 11 hardworking students who have been offered Ohio's Governor’s Merit Scholarship.

This scholarship provides up to $5,000 per year for four years of full-time education at a public, private, or nonprofit college or university in Ohio for a total of up to $20,000.

The CHS students who earned the scholarship based on their weighted GPAs are:

- Sarah E. Eads

- Aubrey J. Fetchik

- Jordyn M. Fisher

- Aidan R. Gerlica

- Audyn E. Haueter

- Joseph B. Meleski

- Lillyanna N. Pagano

- Claire A. Stevenson

- Rachel L. Suszynski

- Henry C. Sweet

- Walter J. Sweet

The Governor's Merit Scholarship program was established to recognize the hard work, dedication, and accomplishments of Ohio’s top-performing high school seniors (students who rank in the Top 5% of their graduating class) and to encourage them to remain in Ohio for their postsecondary education. This scholarship offers funding to students which can be used to cover costs associated with tuition, room and board, books, and other educational expenses.

Congratulations to these students for receiving this prestigious scholarship opportunity!

Chardon Schools was honored to host family members and friends of our students who have served in the United States Military on Nov. 11 in recognition of Veterans Day.

Among these visits included the annual Veterans Day assemblies held at Munson Elementary and Park Elementary.

These assemblies provided students with opportunities to learn more about the different military branches as well as ask questions of our veterans about the unique roles they each held during their time in the service.

Thank you to our local veterans for taking time to speak with our students and thank you for your service!

If you have not yet had the chance, please check out our 2025 Quality Profile!

This report contains important information regarding district finances and business affairs as well as all sorts of news regarding student and staff achievement. Chardon's Quality Profile was mailed to approximately 11,000 residential and business addresses within the district earlier this month.

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The Chardon Local School District cordially invites you to a ribbon cutting ceremony in celebration of the new Business Affairs and Transportation Center at 400 Washington St.

This ceremony, as well as a brief facility tour, will be held on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM and will be followed by the Board of Education’s regular meeting at 5:30p.m.

The Business Affairs and Transportation Center allows for more efficient operations within Chardon Schools including a multi-year relocation project to consolidate the district’s transportation and maintenance operations from the high school campus and the Business Affairs offices from the Hambden campus, all to one shared location.

The district welcomes the public to attend this ceremony to get a first-hand look at how this facility enables a greater level of cohesion between our business affairs team and our individual school buildings and provides the resources and space needed to better protect the community’s investment in our transportation fleet.

If you have any questions about this event, please reach out to the board office by phone (440-285-4052) or email (communications@chardonschools.org).

Congratulations to Superintendent Michael Hanlon on being named recipient of the 2025 Exemplary Leadership Award from the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.

Each year, BASA recognizes one member from each of its 10 regions to receive this award. The Exemplary Leadership Award is selected by a panel of peers from each of Ohio’s BASA service regions.

“Our goal with this award is to provide some external validation for what you already know. I hope you know that you have one of the top superintendents in the state of Ohio,” BASA Director David Axner said.

Dr. Hanlon was recognized during the board of education’s Oct. 13 meeting.

“It’s certainly an honor to be recognized by my colleagues and by BASA,” Dr. Hanlon said.