CHS Alumni – Clarion

Sweet Reward for Cleveland Art Student

December 18, 2019

The HeART of Portland is a Portland Public School tradition, where students in kindergarten through senior year ...

Meet Michael Payne: Cleveland’s New Theater Teacher

December 10, 2019

Michael Payne teaches intro to theater, IB theater (HL and SL) and intermediate theater at Cleveland. Not only is he new to the school, Portland is a new city to him as well. Payne grew up an only child in Dallas, Texas. He didn’t live near many other kids, so he put on one-man shows in his tree house. “I had no idea w...

Forging a Future

By James Dryden, Reporter

May 10, 2019

Cleveland junior Stephen Rautio is using his unique talents to make some incredible weapons. There are certainly some wild professions out there, but one that has almost completely faded out of style is that of the blacksmith. You think of a blacksmith and you see a medieval castle, a person hammering in a forge i...

Four Cleveland Alumni Awarded Distinguished ‘Order of the Feather’

March 21, 2019

Hap Tivey: Zen Artist Hap Tivey is a Portland-based contemporary artist. Graduating with the class of 1965, he took advanced classes, was involved in...

50 Years and Counting

October 31, 2018

You may know Jan Watt from the hallways, assemblies, Bridging the Gap, or simply because she’s Jan ...

Nick Paesler Becomes First Student Representative from Cleveland on PPS Board

June 8, 2018

Cleveland’s own Nick Paesler was selected by the district student council to succeed Benson student Moses...

Malcolm Asher: Embodying the (Prudential) Spirit of Community

By Mia Johnson, Reporter

June 8, 2018

Malcolm Asher has done it again. Around Cleveland, Asher is well known for his aspirations and commitment to service, and on April 28 he will be recognized on a national level for his achievements in Washington DC. In March, the junior learned that he had received a national award and scholarship he appli...

Cleveland Alumnus Continues Journalism Career

By Ashley Lytle, Editor-in-Chief

February 19, 2017

Alumnus Reuben Unrau graduated in 2011 after a successful four years at Cleveland: a place he credits...

Letter to the Editor: Band Praised for CHS Centennial Celebrations

October 27, 2016

October 25, 2016 Gary Riler, the Jazz Band and Pep Band Members Band Director Cleveland High School 3400...

Cleveland Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary With Alumni Tours

October 27, 2016

Nostalgia filled the hallways of Cleveland on Oct. 15 when an all-class reunion for alumni was held to co...

CHS 100 year celebration to continue through March 2017

By Ashley Lytle, Editor-in-Chief

September 24, 2016

If you thought Cleveland’s 100 year celebration would end when we bid farewell to the 100th graduatin...

Round Six: Cleveland 100 year celebration winner… Michael Lovett

May 28, 2016

We’ve all heard of the Sadie Hawkins dance, but then again, this is Cleveland and our knowledge of ...