Attendance campaign reaches goal
CMSD’s “Get 2 School. You Can Make It!” attendance campaign made it to the campaign’s goal for reducing chronic absenteeism.
According to final data for the 2015-16 school year, the proportion of students who missed 10 or more days of classes decreased 11 percent when compared with the average for the previous three years. The change is the equivalent of about 2,340 students.
The number of students missing more than 10 days had averaged 56.4 percent. The goal was to lower that by 10 percent.
The campaign promoted attendance on billboards and radio ads. Parents were encouraged to sign a pledge supporting the campaign. Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon and local TV personalities joined in the AtTenDance social-media push.
CSSM celebrates 10th anniversary
The Cleveland School of Science and Medicine is now 10 years old – a blip in the life of an educational institution but enough time for the school to have already recorded significant accomplishments.
One of three small schools at the John Hay Campus in University Circle, CSSM works with Cleveland's renowned medical institutions and universities to give urban students a pathway to the fields of science and medicine. The school, which celebrated the anniversary during an annual benefit June 10 at the Tudor Arms Hotel, was one of the first school models in the District’s growing portfolio of options.
Principal Ed Weber said about half the students choose the school’s clinical track, while the rest are roughly split between research and the business of health care. The hope is that many will stay or return to serve their community.
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Next class ready for principals academy
CMSD’s Aspiring Principals Academy has selected 10 new prospective principals and will begin putting them to the test later this month.
Members of the academy’s class of 2017, the third class since the program began, will spend a year as apprentices in schools under the supervision and guidance of seasoned principals. They will perform many of the same tasks that would otherwise be handled by their mentors.
But first they will go through a five-week boot camp that starts June 28. The aptly named “summer intensive” challenges the aspiring principals to make decisions under simulated conditions at a fictional urban school.
Garrett Morgan gets gold for healthy ways
Garrett Morgan High School’s emphasis on healthy living for students, staff and the community has earned it top honors in a highly competitive national program.
The school is the first-ever gold-award winner from Ohio in the Healthy Schools Program since it was launched in 2006. The program evaluates the ways schools promote nutrition, health education and physical activity and create a healthy environment for students and staff.
Five other CMSD schools earned bronze status: Campus International, Joseph Gallagher, Charles Dickens, the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine and Willson.
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