-Spirit Week at Hoover will be the week of Oct. 26. Themed days include the following:
Monday – Western Day
Tuesday – Twin Day
Wednesday – Wacky Wednesday
Thursday – 70s Day
Friday – Orange and Black Day

-Hoover High School was selected as the October site for the North Canton Chamber of Commerce’s Alive After Five gathering. The program showcased the Career Tech programs in an effort to enhance communication and collaboration between the programs and local businesses. Alive After Five was held Oct. 14 from 5-7 p.m.

-Homecoming was held in the gym Oct. 10 from 7-10 p.m. The theme was Fall Formal. This year's attendants included (above right; clockwise from top) junior Yuchen Liu, junior Becca Moore, sophomore Stephen Denissoff, sophomore McKenzie Yerrick, freshman Joey Delamater, freshman Rachel Eastman, senior Luke LePage, senior Sarah Bergert, senior Erick Howard and senior Erin Garfield. Garfield and Howard were named Homecoming queen and king.

- Presale tickets for “Noises Off,” the drama club fall play, are available. Presale tickets are $7 and tickets at the door are $8. The play will run Nov. 5, 6 and 13 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. in Hoover Hall.

-Senior Katie Eastman’s artwork was selected for the cover of the statewide Ohio Art Education magazine ARTline fall edition. Her work along with three other Hoover students was displayed in Columbus until Oct. 10. Other students selected from Hoover include seniors Katie DeCosta and Allyson Stiffler and sophomore Jillian Warburton.

-Senior Cece Ramsey is one of 544 seniors in the nation and 18 in the state who have been chosen as outstanding writers in the 2009 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) achievement awards in writing.

-Immaculee, a Rwandan genocide survivor, spoke at Walsh University Oct. 22.