This site was created as a collaboration in spring 2005 between the Bainbridge
Historical Society and six seniors of Kenston High School. The
students created the website during a three week long mentorship
program.
Each year, Kenston High School's mentorship program encourages
graduating seniors to spend three weeks gaining real-world experience
"outside the classroom" in a commercial, non-profit,
or community service project.
Upon hearing that the Bainbridge Historical Society wanted to
produce a site that would inform and educate the people of Bainbridge
of their history, seniors Jim England, Frank Bartos, Bryan Wildasinn,
Evan Frasz, Daelan Scroggins, and Josh Shinagle formed a "power
squad" under the leadership of Kenston alumni Don Pavlish
and faculty advisors Ronnie Continenza and Troy Sartain. Kenston alumni Jason Maxwell provided additional programming help.
The seniors
set out to build a completely new site for the society, one that
would be engaging, informative, and easy to update. They hope
the site will continue to grow as the community becomes more involved
in their heritage.
The team spent many hard hours of labor collecting historical
documents and working on the site, and they hope that you find
it as enjoyable and enlightening to visit as it was for them create.
Special thanks to those who have contributed content or helped with research:
Rich Childs, Bainbridge Historical Society
Don Hoffman, Kenston High School
Sandy Malitz, Genealogy Specialist, Geauga County Public Library
|
