Poster campaign celebrates Tiger Pride

Heights High Photography Students Assist in Poster Campaign Photography Shoot

When it comes to young people, it often seems the bad news travels fast, while good news seldom travels beyond home or school. A neighbor’s daughter could be a merit scholar or captain of the basketball team, and one might never know it. One grassroots organization, Go Public! Great Schools are Everybody’s Business, thinks it’s time to spread the pride—Tiger Pride, that is.

Go Public!, in collaboration with Heights High, is celebrating the vast array of extraordinary students in our district by highlighting 20 stellar students, one face at a time, with a poster campaign in community storefronts.

Forty local Cleveland Heights and University Heights businesses, including Appletree Books, Bialy’s Bagels, and Zagara’s Marketplace, will display posters depicting the achievements of CH-UH students who exemplify excellence in the school and community. Featured on the posters are athletes, artists, academics and an Argentinean exchange student, each inspiring plenty of pride.

Professional photographer David Perelman-Hall donated his time and talent to photograph the students for the posters. “The students were all so accepting and warm, and the photos show them as the incredible kids they truly are. Each and every one—beautiful, warm, shining. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do the shoot,” Perelman-Hall said. Students from Georgio Sabino’s Heights High photography class assisted Perelman-Hall in the shoot.

“We hope that this is just the first phase of the Tiger Pride poster project,” said Joan Spoerl, founder of Go Public! “We had so many extraordinary students to choose from, we’d love to photograph more in the future. It’s truly a testament to each of these students and those just like them throughout our CH-UH district.”

Go Public! Great School's are Everybody's Business is working to foster stronger ties between the community and the CH-UH schools. For information on upcoming meetings, events and how to get involved, go to www.gopublicchuh.org.