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In today's newsletter:

• Are constant grade-portal checks quietly undermining your Shaker Heights student?
• Which Friday night showdown puts Shaker Heights under the conference spotlight?

Also on today's calendar: Cle Feud Competition and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 47 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 54.
• Saturday: High clouds and warm, with a high of 76 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Why You Can't Stop Checking the Grade Portal (and What to do Instead) - (northeastohioparent.com) — A Shaker Heights cognitive behavioral therapist urges parents to rethink constant grade-portal checking, warning it can fuel anxiety and rob kids of chances to learn from their own mistakes. She suggests gradually lengthening the time between checks, tolerating the discomfort of not knowing, and letting children take more responsibility for monitoring and managing their schoolwork.
   

• Northeast Ohio high school football: top 10 games to watch in Week 8 (cleveland.com) — Shaker Heights hosts Mentor in a key Greater Cleveland Conference football matchup this Friday, part of a packed Week 8 slate across Northeast Ohio. The schedule includes pivotal league games that could decide conference titles, showcase top college recruits, and shape playoff standings for area high school teams from Brunswick to Wadsworth and beyond.
   

📸 Around Shaker Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shaker Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 29
• Cle Feud Competition →
  3615 Superior Ave, Cleveland
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Community Shredding →
  Service Center, 15600 Chagrin Blvd., Shaker Heights
  9:00 am
• The Cat, The Dog, and The Horse - Symbolic Exploration 3 Saturdays →
  Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights
  10:00 am
• Wild Edibles Walk with Jeremy Umansky →
  Shaker Historical Society, 16740 South Park Blvd., Shaker Heights
  10:00 am
• Wild Edibles Nature Walk with Jeremy Umansky →
  16740 S Park Blvd, Shaker Heights
  10:00 am
Monday October 12
• CVC MS Soccer Championships
  Beachwood High School, 25100 Fairmount Blvd, Beachwood
  5:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Administration Committee →
  Shaker Heights City Hall, Shaker Heights
  8:00 am
• City Council Work Session →
  City Hall - Council Chambers, Shaker Heights
  7:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Neighborhood and Economic Development →
  Shaker Heights City Hall, Shaker Heights
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Western Reserve Herb Society's 79th Herb Fair →
  Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd, Cleveland
  10:00 am
Thursday October 22
• Book Club Focused on Family Separation →
  Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County, 2800 Euclid Ave, Suite 620, Cleveland OH 44115
  5:00 pm
• Century House Birthday Party →
  16740 S Park Blvd, Shaker Heights
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Local gardener/landscape work for a house in Beechwood/Shaker Heights.
  Payment in cash. Any referrals would be welcome. Thank you (Nextdoor Van Aken East)
• Cleveland firefighters extinguish a kitchen fire at Huntington Bank Field.
  9:47PM on Oct 6: Cleveland firefighters extinguished a kitchen fire at Huntington Bank Field on Tuesday night. (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

University Heights

• University Heights explores sale of future cell tower revenue (cleveland.com)
• S15 EP178: Hour 2 - Onward Christian Soldiers The Erick Erickson Show (iheart.com)
• Ensemble Theatre stages Northeast Ohio premiere of 'The Ferryman' (cleveland.com)

Beachwood

• Teamwork, Friendship and Fresh Leadership (bcomber.org)
• Man, displeased with service, wants officer to go to store to tell clerk she was rude: Lyndhurst Police Blotter (cleveland.com)
• Masco (NYSE:MAS) & MasterBrand (NYSE:MBC) Head to Head Survey (defenseworld.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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