Flags and Friday Nights
May character be the order of the day; on this and all the World's fields.
Regardless of the school a student attends, if they live in the Chagrin Falls Schools District (home school included) they may request to be a CFVFW Student Color Guard Leader.
As there are very few games each year, the process begins with the student’s respective school counselor. Home school children’s parents may act in the counselor’s capacity.
September 13, 2024: Student Color Guard Leader Gurney First Grader Jacob Crago. Jacob raised the flag in honor of Michael Kashkioush. Michael is a Marine Corp. Veteran who was killed in Action on January 23, 2007, while serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
September 6, 2024: Chagrin Falls High School Junior Zack Flaiz raises the flag in honor of Aaron Fox. Aaron was a World War II Marine veteran who fought in Guadalcanal, Guam and survived Iwo Jima.
August 23, 2024: as the first official CFVFW Student Color Guard Leader, Chagrin Falls Middle School seventh grade student Tiernan Moloney raised the flag in honor of Bascom Biggers III. Bascom was a World War II Army veteran who fought in and survived the Battle of the Bulge.
May 30, 2023: Chagrin Falls Intermediate School Principal Curtis Howel, and Chagrin Falls VFW Commander Todd D. Lyle presented sixth grade student, Tiernan Moloney, with a Flags and Friday Nights poster featuring his artwork. In February, Kristy Boss, the Intermediate School’s Art teacher asked fifth and sixth grade students to share their ideas for a poster campaign. From over fifty submissions. Tiernan’s perspective captured it all.
A special thank you goes to Eric Klosky and Stuart von Hoch for their graphic arts assistance.
October 20, 2023: Student Color Guard Leader, Chagrin Falls Schools Freshman Aleena Aniev raises our flag in honor of service personnel and first responders during the playing of our national anthem.
On February 23, 1945, eighteen-year-old Marine Aaron Fox witnessed the raising of our flag on Iwo Jima. On September 2, 2011, Mr. Fox raised the first flag on the CFVFW Flagpole. On October 13, 2023, Mr. Fox passed our great flag to future generations. Student Color Guard Leaders Hawken Senior, Augusta Halle and Chagrin Falls Schools Sophomore, Ethan Nelson respectfully accepted.
In picture - Mr. Fox accompanied by CFVFW members Bill Oneill and Brian Morrison.
September 22, 2023: Chagrin Falls Schools Sixth grade student and first official CFVFW Student Color Guard Leader Kenny Kang is presented with a Post challenge coin after having had the honor of raising our great flag at Homecoming 2023.
The idea for the student leadership role came from the night of August 25, 2023.
Led by Chagrin Falls Schools sixth-grader Dane Lyle, the impromptu color guard for the flag-raising Aug. 25 at Chagrin Falls High School football game included (from left): Daria Kuzmenko, Olivia Horvath, Ivy Levey, Ava Horvath, Katie Sirianni, Gabrielle Byrne, Dominic Giordano, and Brody Schron.
