November 2017
6 schools open for recreation, other programs
Six CMSD school buildings will be open three nights a week through March for free recreation and other community programs.
The sites include James F. Rhodes Campus, John Adams Campus, John Marshall Campus, Lincoln-West Campus, New Tech Collinwood High School and Sunbeam School.
The programs are being offered on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights when school is in session. Hours are 5-7:30 p.m. at Sunbeam, 6:30-8:30 at John Marshall and 6-8 p.m. at the other sites.
The programs are part of Schools as Neighborhood Resources, a partnership between Neighborhood Leadership Institute, CMSD and the City of Cleveland.
Activities include aerobics, line dancing, arts and crafts, open gym and more. Some sites serve dinner for children.
To reserve free space for an activity or interest group, call Blair Wise at 216-658-1360.
For more information, go to neighborhoodleadership.org
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List of top-rated preschools reaches 38
Mound and Louis Agassiz schools are the latest additions to CMSD’s growing list of top-rated preschool sites.
Both received the maximum five stars awarded under Ohio’s Step Up to Quality rating system.
So far, 38 of CMSD’s 61 preschool sites have earned five stars through the voluntary system. The remaining sites will undergo evaluation in an attempt to join them.
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Through the PRE4CLE partnership, CMSD is working with private providers to make high-quality preschool available throughout the District.
Expanding access to high-quality preschool is one of the goals of The Cleveland Plan, a customized blueprint for education reform. A rating of three stars or higher is considered high quality.
CMSD still has high-quality preschool seats available. To enroll your 4-year-old child – or 3-year-olds who will turn 4 before Jan. 31 – call 216-838-0110.
Free legal clinics return to CMSD schools
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Families who need legal advice but don’t have access to a lawyer need look no further than CMSD.
Free legal consultations are being offered at Glenville High School and George Washington Carver School. Attorneys from the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association will be on hand to provide advice on civil matters.
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The program is designed to increase student success by helping to resolve legal issues that contribute to family instability.
The clinics at Glenville, located at 650 East 113th Street, will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on the following Thursdays: Dec. 14, Jan. 11, Feb. 8, March 8, April 12 and May 10.
The volunteer lawyers will be at George Washington Carver, 2200 East 55th Street, from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7 and Thursday, Jan. 11.
Families can receive advice on legal issues such as bankruptcy, housing, child support, child custody, divorce, immigration and employment. The lawyers will not provide advice on criminal matters.
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CARE theater program helps students explore emotions
For Bolton School eighth-grader Kierra, her weekly theater class is what she calls “a safe space.”
It’s no accident that Kierra feels this way. Creating a safe environment is one of the main goals of the CARE (Compassionate Arts Remaking Education) program, a Cleveland Play House program that uses theater to help CMSD students feel safe at school, identify and process their emotions in healthy ways and improve literacy.
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“Normally, a scholar is expected to sit in their desk,” said Thomas Kazmierczak, CARE project manager for the Cleveland Play House. “Here, they’re active, they participate, they feel safe and they contribute greatly to our classrooms. It’s all lessons about feelings, emotions and getting along safely -- all through theater.”
Full-time teaching artists are working in four District schools -- Bolton, Marion-Sterling, Alfred A. Benesch and Robert H. Jamison. The program kicked off at the beginning of the the 2015-16 school year after the Cleveland Play House received a U.S. Department of Education grant.
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State recognizes Clark, Glenville
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The state has honored CMSD’s Clark PreK-8 School and Glenville High School for exceeding expectations in student academic growth last year.
The State Board of Education presented Momentum Awards to both schools. It is the second time that Clark has received the recognition.
To receive the award, schools have to earn straight A’s on all of the value-added categories on their state report cards. Value-added measures whether students achieved the gains expected of them in a year.
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In the 2014-15 school year, Glenville was designated as a low-performing Investment School and targeted for special intervention. The strategy was part of The Cleveland Plan, a customized blueprint for education reform in the city.
The State Board of Education presented Momentum Awards to 217 schools across Ohio
HBCU college fair shows Cleveland students possibilities
Ginn Academy senior Tre'Ron Fullerton arrived at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Fair ready to learn more about his postsecondary options.
Little did he know he would leave with two letters of acceptance, one from Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, FL., and another from Lincoln University near Philadelphia.
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Tre'Ron was among about 1,500 CMSD students who attended the event Nov. 17 at the District's East Professional Center. The Cleveland Council of Black Colleges Alumni Association organized the fair.
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Molly Day is delightful tribute to Voinovich legacy
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Molly Day is not your average school performance.
The annual show, which took place Nov. 20 at Oliver H. Perry School, stars elementary and middle school age students in ensembles of dancing, singing and spoken word. It's all a tribute to the family of the late U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, whose 9-year-old daughter, Molly, was struck by a van and killed in 1979 while she was a student at Oliver H. Perry.
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Voinovich's wife, Janet, and daughter Betsy were in attendance and presented donations to support the Gifted and Talented Education programs at Oliver H. Perry and Wade Park schools. Both women said they were delighted by this year's show.
“I look at you guys and I see her,” Betsy Voinovich said to the students. “She would just love you.”
Oliver H. Perry’s drum corps kicked off the production with an original piece, which was followed by introductions from both schools’ principals and Emma Parker, a teaching artist from the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning.
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State says CMSD making progress under Cleveland Plan
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District faces challenges but is making progress under The Cleveland Plan, the Ohio Department of Education says in a report released Nov. 15.
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The report, submitted to Gov. John Kasich and legislators, was required by the 2012 state law that cleared the way for The Cleveland Plan, a customized blueprint for education reform in the city. State approval of the plan spared CMSD from state takeover five years ago.
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Award-winning teachers to serve as role models (video)
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Ten award-winning CMSD teachers are reaping well-deserved congratulations. They also are planning ways to share their methods with peers across the District.
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Recipients of the second annual Excellence in Teaching Awards were honored Nov. 9 with a gala in the Ballroom at Park Lane.
Excellence in Teaching is a partnership between CMSD, the Cleveland Teachers Union and the Cleveland and George Gund foundations. In addition to the award, the winning teachers each get $5,000.
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Monitor your child’s bus travel online
Parents and caregivers who sign up for CMSD’s new Bus Tracker system will be able to tell whether their child’s bus is on time and how far the bus is from its destination.
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Registered users will be able to monitor CMSD yellow buses – the service does not apply to vans or RTA buses – at clevelandmetroschools.org/buslink.
To register, go to clevelandmetroschools.org/buslinkregister. Have the child’s student identification number ready.
A user’s guide is available at clevelandmetroschools.org/bustracker.
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