Spring 2026
Inside this Issue: Message from Superintendent Diane Xander:
High School Highlights
Building on our Past – Growing an Exciting Future
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Charting an Early Course to Success - Starting YOUNG! Page 3
This year marks a big milestone for Polaris Career Center - 50 years of empowering futures. Our story began in 1968, when local leaders united to create what was then the Southwest Cuyahoga County Joint Vocational School. From the beginning, we served both high school and adult students from the Berea, North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls and Strongsville school districts. In the years that followed, Fairview Park joined in 1985, and Brooklyn in 1998, further expanding the Polaris footprint. (Continued inside)
Adult Education REAL Skills. REAL Results. Page 3
New Expansion Opens Pathways to Advanced Manufacturing Page 4
Spotlight on Success: Polaris Hall of Fame Inductees Page 3
Satellite Program Happenings Page 4