Northern Ohio Region

Including Crawford, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Richland, and most of Cuyahoga (see Lake Erie Region) Counties

Regional Director:
Cheryl Yates-Bledsoe
cheryl@powerofthepen.org
330-284-6537

Registration is open to the first 20 schools that register. Register for one District event only.

Northern District 1 is closed
Columbia Middle School
13646 W River Rd, Columbia Station, OH 44028
on February 8, 2020
Coordinator: Kyleen Wilson   
wilsonk@columbia.k12.oh.us   
440-376-2836

OR

Northern District 2
Monticello Middle School
3665 Monticello Blvd.
Cleveland Heights, OH 44121
on December 14, 2019
Coordinator: Debbie Frost    
d_frost@chuh.org    
216-513-2279

The Northern Regional Tournament has been rescheduled as an online tournament that will be held on May 9.  Coaches will contact students if their school is participating.

Qualifiers from both events will advance to the Northern Regional Tournament at

Baldwin Wallace University
275 Eastland Rd, Berea, OH 44017
on March 14, 2020
Coordinator: Cheryl Yates-Bledsoe
cheryl@powerofthepen.org
330-284-6537

Who's Going

Cheryl Yates-Bledsoe

Cheryl is currently a classroom teacher and Gifted Intervention Specialist at Lake Elementary in Hartville, instructing 6th grade ELA.  She earned her MA in Counseling and MAT in Secondary Education from Liberty University.  She enjoys challenging writers to tap into their creativity and think outside the box. Previously, she worked with 6th grade Author's Club encouraging students to write and illustrate their first book. Her love of writing then expanded to coaching and judging Power of the Pen writers.

In her free time, Cheryl enjoys reading, writing and cross-stitching. She currently lives in Louisville with her daughter and mastiff (200 pounds of fluff and love).