At the Cheer Ohio Camp in July, the varsity and junior-varsity cheerleaders again qualified for the state competition next March. The freshman squad won the home dance competition and placed second in its division.

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Senior Kevin Contrera was selected to participate in a nine-week internship in cardiac rehab. He worked at Marymount Hospital, part of the Cleveland Clinic system.

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Senior Kevin LaJudice is installing a bocci court on the upper practice fields as his Eagle Scout project.

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Italy was the destination of a group of Hoban students June 13-22. Twenty-four students and nine adults made the tour.

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Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia gave a group of 33 Hoban students an opportunity to learn some American history June 8-13. Jason Anderson organized and led the group..

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Senior Andrew Bluebond represented Hoban at Buckeye Boys State, sponsored by the American Legion at Bowling Green State University.

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Senior Sasha Holsten represented Hoban at Buckeye Girls State, sponsored by the American Legion at Ashland University.

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Tyrell Sutton, Class of 2005, appears on billboards in the Chicago area promoting Northwestern University's football program.

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Over the summer months, improvements were made in the building. The central office has been redecorated and refurnished; four classrooms and the corridors in the Faraday wing got new carpeting; and the stairwells in that wing repainted.

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School pictures will be taken of all freshmen, sophomores, juniors and teachers on Tuesday, Aug. 29.

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Two JAM service retreats were held at Hoban over the summer. One was for eighth and ninth graders July 20-21 and had 72 participants, including 59 incoming freshmen. The second was for sophomores, juniors and seniors July 23-27 and had 106 participants, all Hoban students. The groups shared prayer and did Christian service at 18 volunteer sites.