Solon Students Chosen for Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program

More than 20 area high school students, including seven from Solon High School, have been chosen to participate in the Shaker Heights LightHouse Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (LEAP).

LightHouse, an organization modeled after the Shaker LaunchHouse business incubator, will mentor the students through the summer, teach them from the Launchhouse curriculum, and give them startup money to launch their own businesses.

That means turning a profit, eventually — a feat that businesses run by experienced adults can struggle to do.

The students chosen are listed below.

For more information on the LEAP program and LightHouse, click here.

LEAP Class of 2013

• Felix Benenson  University School
• James Caffrey  Shaker Heights High School
• Eric Goldberg  Solon High School
• Philip Heyaditnaya  Hawken School
• Chris Hill  Gaitway High School
• Charles Hummel  Shaker Heights High School
• Bharath Katragadda  Solon High School
• Taylor Lovelace  Shaw High School
• Kevin Lin  Shaker Heights High School
• John Liu  University School
• Charlie Newell  University School
• Patrick Pastore  Shaker Heights High School
• Anthony Rizkala  Solon High School
• Jacob Roscoe  Solon High School
• Andre Saunders  Solon High School
• Rushil Shah  Solon High School
• Owen Shome  University School
• William Taber  University School
• Shreyas Tallamraju  Solon High School
• Kyle Whitlach  Shaker Heights High School
• Matt Yopko  University School