Maya August

Graduation Date: May 18

High School: Fuchs Mizrachi School

Hometown: Solon

Synagogue: Solon Chabad

Jewish Activities: Junior NCSY (National Conference of Synagogue Youth) Adviser, Bnei Akiva Cleveland

Parents: Anne and Steve August

For graduating Fuchs Mizrachi School senior Maya August, COVID-19 impacted her high school experience.

“It was sad,” August said. “It was de nitely sad having freshman year cut o and having so much of 10th grade spent in masks, but I think that Mizrachi did a really good job of still giving us the high school experience as much as they were able to.”

August said that attending Fuchs

Zach Chylla

Graduation Date: May 7

High School: Beachwood High School

Hometown: Pepper Pike

College: The Ohio State University

Synagogue: Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Jewish Activities: Going to temple and participating in services, celebrating all of the Jewish holidays

Parents: Loren and Heidi Chylla

Zach Chylla, a 2023 graduate of e Ohio State University in Columbus, is ready to take on the creative world in his new, full-time role as account strategy

Kendall Jacobson

Graduation date: April 28

High School: Kenston High School

College: University of Cincinnati

Hometown: Chagrin Falls

Parents: Barry Jacobson and Jennifer Jacobson

Before Kendall Jacobson graduated from the University of Cincinnati on April 28 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in entrepreneurship, her future was already laid out in front of her.

Two months before her graduation, she and her father, Barry Jacobson, purchased Uncle Woody’s at 339 Calhoun St. in Cincinnati, a local college bar that Jacobson worked at as a student, on March 1.

“I joked that Woody’s was my bar from day one, and swore that I would own it one day,” said Jacobson, 22. “I knew I just had to

Mizrachi in Beachwood taught her valuable lessons about volunteering and leadership.

“And I was also just amazed when I came to Mizrachi seeing that the lifestyle of volunteering constantly and giving back was the complete norm in the community,” August said. “So, I was very eager to join them right away. I’d say Mizrachi is the place that taught me what it means to be a leader and they’re the ones that taught me that learning.”

For August’s rst two years of high school, she was an adviser within the NCSY Junior division. She also serves on a leadership board at Bnei Akiva Cleveland.

August plans to take a gap year in Jerusalem at the all-female Midreshet HaRova Seminary. Following her gap year, she will attend the Stern College for Women, a branch of Yeshiva University in New York City, where she will major in education.

August said her love for school and learning motivated her decision to specialize and management associate with e Adcom Group, a Cleveland-based marketing communications company in Cleveland. He has a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in strategic communications.

However, Chylla, 22, won’t start his new job until July after he returns from vacation.

“I’m traveling to Europe for a month with friends,” he said. “ e trip was a graduation present,” he said, and he’s sharing the experience with friends.

“ e four of us are going to travel around Israel, Greece, Italy, and a few other countries.”

Before graduating, Chylla said the COVID-19 pandemic hit and a ected how he learned, and taught him more critical thinking.

“ e pandemic made it di cult on my work there, and I called the previous owner a million times before she took a chance on me. Once I was working there, she took a liking to me and we ended up here.”

Originally studying psychology and criminal justice to become a child psychologist or in Child Protective Services, she said she “quickly” changed her mind to business in her sophomore year. Jacobson explained she has an independent mind, which entrepreneurship embraces.

“You have so much room for creativity and to try things out, to see what works and what doesn’t,” she said. “Another thing is you get to create a product or service that people love. It’s a lot of fun to have that freedom.”

Now out of college, Jacobson said the bar is her “No. 1” right now, adding she loves to work and stay busy.

“I am already thinking of my next venture and where I could go with it,” she said. “Outside of work, I’d also love to travel and deepen my relationship with Judaism. I’ve in education.

“Jewish education has always been really important to me and special to me,” August said. “I’m the kid that loves going to school every single day and loves to learn. So, I think that just because I was given such an incredibly meaningful experience throughout my life, attending day school, I want to be a part of getting to run that and getting to organize and be in a position at a school and give kids the same education experience that I was able to receive.”

August said she has a positive outlook on the experiences she will gain after graduation.

“ ese next few years are the big years to build the foundation of your life and set yourself on a good and successful path,” she said. “So, I’m hoping I grow spiritually and personally. Like, I take the opportunity to learn from others around me.”

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college career,” he said, having to do much of his learning online.

He said he taught himself a lot of the core curriculum and applied it, and learned to trust himself when working on assignments, helping him be more independent.

“Towards the end of the pandemic, being able to have more freedom in my classes and being able to meet people in classes and get a little more involved with activities made it easier for me to understand where I wanted to go in my path,” he said.

He said he gained marketing and public relations experience while in college and was happy to be involved in the American always been encouraged to go to Israel and learn more, so I’ve de nitely taken more of an interest in that.” roughout high school, Jacobson said she recalls being told about all of the doors that open up to young adults with degrees. Now looking back on her college career, she believes the sentiment rings true.

“ e biggest thing with college that was super eye-opening to me was the opportunities available to me,” she said. “College brought a lot of excitement for my future and gave me a lot of ideas.”

For students preparing to head to college in the fall, Jacobson advised them to lean into that fear and branch out.

“A lot of it is scary at rst because you don’t know anyone,” she said. “Just focus on yourself and do what you love to do, not what you think you should do. Keep your mind open and try new things.”

Julia Loveman

Graduation date: June 6

High School: Shaker Heights High School

Hometown: Shaker Heights

Synagogue: Suburban Temple-Kol Ami

Jewish Activities: Looking forward to joining a Hillel in Chicago

Parents: David and Maurine Loveman

With family members in marketing and a father who inspires her to work hard, 18-year-old Julia Loveman has a clear picture of what she wants to do. Loveman will graduate from Shaker Heights High School June 6 and will leave in August to attend Loyola University of Chicago to study business marketing.

At the onset of the COVID-19 shutdown,

CHYLLA | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 34 she delved into owning an online business, Monarch Clothing, to sell her special creations with the goal of raising money for charities. She said it helped her to ll a creative void and transition her into her senior year with a focus on photography.

Loveman’s senior project is giving her another look at business marketing as she ful lls her 100-hour requirement through mid-June to learn from an outside project. She is shadowing employees at an advertising agency called thunder::tech in Cleveland.

She said she’s gaining valuable experience and a perspective of the industry there.

“I’ve met a lot of new people and some are younger, and I can talk to them and learn why they went into marketing,” Loveman said. “You have to reach out and network.

Marketing Association and the Public Relations Student Society of America where he was a student member, and attending industry events also gave him a more intimate understanding of what he wanted and how to go about it.

Stay busy, make yourself heard. ings don’t just come easy, you have to work for it.”

Loveman attributes her attitude and attained skills to being a “busy body.” She said she’s been working since she could drive and jobs with a few small businesses helped expose her to the business marketing world.

She said she’s not sure where she will end up after graduation from college, but she’s open-minded.

“I really like Chicago, I could end up there, maybe in the future with a signi cant other and a dog, or just somewhere with a close-knit community,” Loveman said. “Maybe Shaker Heights.”

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Chylla said for anyone interested in getting into a good job after graduation, start while still in college.

“Get involved in the clubs and events that are o ered at your school because it’s a great way to network and meet other people,” he advises.

Chylla graduated from Beachwood High School where he enjoyed playing basketball and baseball, and his love of sports has only grown.

“I’m de nitely a Cleveland fan of all the sports, especially the Cavaliers and the Guardians,” Chylla said.

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