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North Olmsted High School SITES Program The Landmarks Commission is proud to be a member of the Social Involvement Through Education and Service (SITES) Program at North Olmsted High School. For the past four years the Commission has mentored one or more senior high school students each semester. These students are put to work on Landmarks projects or tasks at Frostville Museum. Working with various community groups, in 2007 the Commission began a Living History Project in partnership with the SITES program. In 2008 the AARP awarded a grant of $10,000 to the SITES teachers to continue this program in which older community members are interviewed and videotaped to preserve their stories and for the posterity of our community. In addition, members of the Commission lecture to several local history and American architectural history classes each year at the High School. Members of the Commission have also addressed the North Olmsted High School Key Club in order to garner monetary support for Landmark projects. 2008 PROJECTS Streetscape Banners Working through the Planning Department and in cooperation with the Cultural Activities Commission and the Olmsted Historical Society, the Landmarks Commission installed ten double-sided streetscape banners on utility poles on five busy roadways around North Olmsted. One of the banners at each location promoted the Frostville Museum, which includes a picture of the Frostville Village Church. The other banners promoted the Juried Art Show, an annual event that began three years ago. Sponsored by the Kiwanis of North Olmsted and with the support of the Cultural Activities Commission, this event is held at Frostville Museum. The purchase of additional banners is planned for placement at additional locations and to advertise other events both at Frostville and elsewhere around North Olmsted. Historic Artifacts In 2008 the Olmsted Historical Society built an archivists' room at Frostville for the protection of records, documents, photos and items of other historical interest. This insulated, environmentally controlled room is equipped with smoke and burglary alarms and is protected by the North Olmsted Fire and Police Departments and the Metroparks Rangers. Amid the archives are early North Olmsted family histories, North Olmsted historical items and documents. ?~;`? '