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Tremont Montessori School’s 1st and 5th graders partnered on Saturday, May 18 with the American Heart Association and ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, on a “Teaching Garden Plant Day Celebration” at the school’s near West Side campus.
Cleveland Metropolitan School District students at the Carl & Louis Stokes Central Academy received a gift on Wednesday, May 23 from a world-famous neurosurgeon who spoke at their academy last November: the opening of Ohio’s first “Ben Carson Reading Room.”
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Closing the Achievement (CTAG) program, a federal Race to the Top initiative, will hold its second overnight “Lock-In” on Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26 from 7-9am at John Adams High School.
Nichelle Ruffin, a 17-year-old senior at the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine at John Hay, became the first recipient of the John C. Edwards Charitable Foundation’s scholarship.
Principals and teachers are in the process of recruiting speakers to share personal stories with students at Career Day 2012, to be held at the school on Thursday, May 31 (1701 Castle Avenue, Cleveland 44113)
Students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District raced in various phases of the ’12 Rite-Aid Cleveland Marathon on Sunday, May 20 as part of the “We Run This City” youth fitness campaign.
Eric Carmen, former singer with The Raspberries, joined the cast and crew of the District’s All-City Musical “Footloose” on Tuesday at Playhouse Square.
Tremont Montessori School’s 1st and 5th graders partnered on Saturday, May 18 with the American Heart Association and ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, on a “Teaching Garden Plant Day Celebration” at the school’s near West Side campus.
Former NFL defensive lineman, James Cotton, who graduated from Collinwood High School in 1996 spent a couple of days talking to students at four elementary schools in the District about the dangers of tobacco use.
Students at Marion Sterling Elementary School found a novel way to build social skills, and they took to an approach to learn in ways that ensured the program will have a return engagement.
Nichelle Ruffin, a 17-year-old senior at the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine at John Hay, became the first recipient of the John C. Edwards Charitable Foundation’s scholarship.
Seniors in the ACE Mentor Program received more than $60,000 in scholarships for their work in the afterschool program that brings professional architects, contractors and engineers as mentors to four CMSD high schools.
Parents who want their child to experience the fun and adventure of summer camps shouldregister NOW at Camp Forbes; a free, overnight camp the City of Cleveland’sDivision of Recreation offers to city residents only.
Rock Your World with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Family Festival needs volunteers to ensure this annual showcase of the talents of 2,000 students from Cleveland’s Public Schools is a smash.
East Tech High School students are thrilled to announce the second viewing of their film “The Bullying Project” on Friday, May 11 1 pm in the school auditorium.
Staff in CMSD’s Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG) program traveled with representatives of the Cleveland Teachers Union to Durham, NC, to the sixth-annual Gathering of Leaders.
MC2STEM High School held its third-annual Honors Banquet on May 2 where faculty joined family and friends of their students to salute the school’s first graduation class.
More than 700 students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will run on Sunday, May 20 in various phases of the 2012 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon as part of the 2012 “We Run This City” youth fitness campaign.
Fifteen boys at Bolton Elementary got a surprise when two Cleveland Browns stars showed up at their school to share stories about the challenges they overcame on their path to becoming professional athletes.
The Cleveland Foodbank is partnering with local farmers’ markets to ensure that families in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District have enough to eat this summer.
Alliah Andrews, New Tech student, on their “cool video” and YouTube’s “viewer’s choice contest.”
Mock Trial drew more than 300 students from 10 schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s annual competition sponsored by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and Cleveland Municipal Court sponsor.
Max Hayes Career & Technical High School is teaming with WIRE-Net on a “free” summer camps for 9
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graders that will expose boys and girls to the technical education that they can receive when enrolled in one of Cleveland’s Public Schools.
GabrielleJones, a senior at Martin Luther King High School, won the grandprize Sunday night in the fourth-annual Maltz Museum of JewishHeritage’s “Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out” essay contest.
Students produced a video and entered the nationwide New Tech Network contestwith the theme: “New Tech is cool.”
Senior Nick Barnes had a feeling something special would happen for him on Tuesday in his first start of the 2012 season.
Harrison Dillard sat in the second row of East Tech High School’s auditorium and watched interest the preview of a documentary about his boyhood idol.
The All-City Musical announced the cast for its 2012 production of “Footloose,” and co-directors Tony Sias and Kimberly Brown selected a freshman for the lead role.
Students in the Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG) program got a surprise audience with Nashville Mayor Karl Dean on the final day of their Spring Break trip to Tennessee.
CMSD presents strategies to eliminate budget deficit
Students at East Tech High School and New Tech @ East Tech got to preview a documentary Tuesday about an iconic athlete who once walked the same East Side streets as they do now.
Please join Principal Luther Johnson, City Council President Sweeney, the architectural design team, and many others as we celebrate the history and look to the future of the new John Marshall High School.
The table below is this week’s capture that summarizes universities/colleges CMSD seniors have been accepted to for the fall of 201
Students at Marion Sterling Elementary School found a novel way to build their social skills, and they took to this approach to learning in ways that seemed to ensure the program will have a return engagement at their school.
Two students from Buhrer Dual Language K-8 School are headed to New York City this weekend for a Monday performance at the historic Apollo Theater in the sixth annual National Poetry SLAM.
Producer/director Laurens Grant has invited students from East Tech High School and New Tech @ East Tech to preview his documentary American Perspective: Jesse Owens. Scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, the preview will be held in the East Tech auditorium
Kimberly O’Grady was caught off guard when a six-person team and mascot “Sir CC” from the Cleveland Cavaliers showed up Monday morning in her sixth-grade classroom at Clark K-8 School.
Parent-Teacher Conferences, which the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will hold this Thursday, play a significant role in a child’s education. They offer an opportunity for a child’s first teacher to connect with teachers that follow.
An estimated 2,000 people attended the Cleveland Metropolitan School District first-ever “Rally for Excellence,” a day-long celebration of excellence that shined a spotlight
Mozel Whittaker doesn’t really know Wes Moore. The two black males have never met, but Moore is hardly a stranger to the 15-year-old Whittaker, a 10th-grader in the Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG) program at John Adams High School.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is keeping ahead of the objectives the District outlined in its application for funding under Race to the Top, a federal program aimed at reforming public schools.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will have photo identification cards in each student’s hands before June.
More than 100 students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District spent the morning at Tower City watching a documentary that its director hopes will inspire students to play chess.
Tremont Montessori has been awarded a national certification for outstanding performance in education.
Leroy Carter, a Linkage coordinator for the federal Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG) program, is standing in the hallway on the third floor of East Tech High School when a teacher notices Carter was doing an interview.
Students and teachers at William Cullen Bryant Middle School and MC2STEM can give each other high-fives Friday when their principals tells them their school are two of the 12 winners of the 2012 National Excellence in Urban Education Awards.
A group of sixth-, and eighth-grade boys from Riverside School proved they were more than capable spellers last Saturday when they performed well in the “Win With Words” Spelling Competition.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has set May 19 as the date for its 13th annual “Rock Your World with STEAM Family Festival,” an annual extravaganza that showcases the artistic talents of more than 3,000 students from schools in the District.
Six students from the John Hay School of Architecture and Design spent Friday soaking up information about car design and about the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA).
Older males come to school to help tell important stories
Maclin Cummings is in a New York state of mind. Not because he longs to be a native New Yorker, but because 9-year-old Maclin knows if he’s in New York City, it means he’s the winner of the “Uncle Ben’s Cooking with the Kids Contest.”
The chess team from William Cullen Bryant School made history when it became the first team to go undefeated en route to winning the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s chess championship.
Three students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District have reached the semifinals of the fourth-annual Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage’s “Stop the Hate: You Speak Out” essay contest.
Students at one school in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District are taking a different approach to learning geometry thanks to an out-of-the-box concept a couple of arts partners are bringing to the classroom.
Ohio University is making a push to bring more students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to its 2012 High School Journalism Workshop.
‘Exposure Trip’ takes 80 students to Kent State campus
The American Heart Association (AHA) has picked two schools from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to participate in its groundbreaking program “Teaching Gardens.”
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District continues to expand its lineup of partnership with the addition of Karpinski Engineering.
A parent of a ninth-grade runner at Rhodes High School has stepped in and helped fill a need for the school’s track team.
Nursing students from Case Western Reserve University teamed on Feb. 24 with nurses from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to collect state-mandated health data from fifth-graders
Kindergarten Registration opens this month in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District with sign-ups for fall’s full-day kindergarten classes beginning Feb. 27 and continuing until March 2.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is partnering with organizations like the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, the University Hospitals Case Medical Center, the Greater Cleveland YMCA and the National Institute of Health (NIH) to bring a team-oriented approach to fighting childhood obesity.
For every outstanding Cleveland student, there is typically a mom making sure homework is done, school uniforms are clean and lunches are packed. She is also likely to be involved in her child’s school.
Attending college is the dream of an increasing number of Cleveland Metropolitan School District students, but with tuition rates rising every year, paying for college has never been more challenging for parents.
Cleveland Metropolitan School Distict’s Design Lab students had a day in court this winter when their social studies teacher Anthony Simeone took them to the Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse.
Cleveland high school students interested in journalism have the chance of a lifetime to spend 10 days at Princeton University this summer..
In January, school boards throughout Ohio are being recognized for their service to children and their communities as part of School Board Recognition Month.
The Scholastic Art Competition recognizes creative achievement in area 7th-12th grade students. The young artists compete for cash prizes, medals, and scholarship awards.
More than 120 children in the Major Work Program and their parents attended the Sixth Annual Fall Festival of Fun on Nov. 19 at the Barbara Byrd Bennett Professional Development Center in Bratenahl.
As part of the Major Work Program for the Gifted and Talented, now celebrating its 90th year, the afternoon event included fun learning stations, prizes, treats and refreshments for children ages 2 to 8.
Belting out “Jingle Bells” as loud as their little vocal chords would allow, the students at H. Barbara Booker were able to summon the big guy himself – Santa.
The audience, filled with eager students and dotted with 60 Sherwin-Williams “elves” in green and red T-shirts, erupted in a collective cheer when the Jolly Ole Elf made his grand entrance Dec. 15. It was a holiday program that made the months of planning worth it for Maria Haller and Paula Kasmer.
Parents of students attending Cleveland's public schools will attend school themselves from Jan. 9 through March 1 in Cleveland Metropolitan School District's first session of "Parent University," offered at eight schools on the East Side and West Side.
Livunia Haney, Mary James and Kevanique McClemore took their teacher's suggestion to heart and visited Eliza Bryant senior community on Dec. 19. The three students created treats packaged with holiday wishes for the Eliza Bryant residents.
Faith Harrison, a fifth-grader at Memorial School, won The Plain Dealer's "Goodwill Ambassador" Writing Contest.
Two Buhrer Dual Language students have a lot to look forward to in 2012.
Browns players won over young fans when they visited William Cullen Bryant on Nov. 29.
After taking third place in the Greater Cleveland Scholastic League Tournament, the Patrick Henry chess team traveled to the University of Akron on Dec. 10 to compete in its first Ohio Grade Level Championship tournament.
Stan Heffner, Ohio's superintendent of public instruction, recognized Krystal Milam, a 14-year-old student at John Hay Early College High School in his Dec. 5 e-newsletter, "EdConnection."
The Cleveland Clinic is working with CMSD to improve access to mental health care for children and teens with epilepsy.
Every week, Fox 8 Cleveland showcases a “Cool School” in the Greater Cleveland area.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District and community organizations, such as Esperanza, are trying to increase Cleveland's Hispanic graduation rates and improve communications with the Hispanic community.
Students at Lincoln-West’s International Studies Academy will celebrate their diverse student population during International Studies Week from Nov. 14 to Nov. 18.
The Council of the Great City Colleges of Education awarded Cleveland State University and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District its first Shirley S. Schwartz Urban Education Impact Award, Oct. 28.
The Bookshelf Project, a pilot project designed to replace outdated printed textbooks with modern technology, will make accessing current information easy for students.
Dr. Benjamin Carson, the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University, will visit Carl and Louis Stokes Central Academy at 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3.
Every October since the death of their daughter who was struck and killed by a van on her way to school 32 years ago, Sen. and Mrs. George Voinovich have returned to O.H. Perry School to remember 9-year-old Molly.
Meetings held at East Tech and Lincoln-West on Tuesday, Oct. 18 were not the only way District officials have been gathering input on proposed CMSD budget cuts.
CEO Eric Gordon and Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson lead a Walking School Bus of students en route to Louisa May Alcott School on Oct. 13. The Walking School Bus encourages safety, exercise and community involvement and promotes October's International Walk to School Month.
When Nicole Mucci had time to sit at her teacher’s desk after hours of standing, it was in a plastic blue child’s chair.
Mound teachers Pamela Reed and Cindy Hollo are sharing their Towpath adventure with their students this fall. Read about what they learned this summer:
The students aboard The Sea Scout listen intently as their skipper, Dave Wickham, gives them instructions about steering the boat.
“Somebody tell me how a sail works,” he commands.
Tanique Lawson held the winning bumper sticker she had designed in her hands as she stood in front of a whiteboard at Design Lab Early College High School and posed for a photograph.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan reminded parents, politicians, business leaders, civic groups and educators that the success of each student in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District depended on all of them, not just on the student.
CEO Eric Gordon stood in the sparkling, yellow-and-blue gymnasium filled with students at the new Anton Grdina School, as if conducting a pep rally.
Buddy Kane always wanted The Club, the premier business group in Cleveland, to do something significant for teenagers in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Kane, The Club’s general manager, put together a number of projects over the last few years that have led to various partnerships with CMSD.
Forty-three male students from Cleveland didn’t let Hurricane Irene ruin their once-in-a-lifetime experience of visiting Washington, D.C.
Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel stood next to Ted Ginn Sr. outside a Public Square restaurant Saturday afternoon, Aug. 27.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has found a variety of community organizations and local companies that help its students.
This school year, CMSD’s kindergarten through second-grade teachers are pioneers in Common Core, a new curriculum designed to better prepare students for college.
Crowne Plaza has adopted Paul Revere School and is chipping in to help these students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District get the most out of their education.
Collinwood High School opened its doors Tuesday night, Aug. 16, to 50 freshmen and their families in an effort to orient the incoming students to their new school.
As the reward for their spectacular school attendance, students at the Warner Girls Leadership Academy were the guests on June 15, at Rockin Recess, party thrown for them at their school by the Radio Disney/1260 AM Road Crew and Verizon Wireless. With an impressive 97 percent attendance rate, the Warner students came out on top of a district wide contest, part of CMSD’s Target 11 initiative to prevent students from missing more than 11 days during the school year. .
Warner Girls Leadership Academy held its fourth annual Arch Day and Crossing Over Ceremony on June 13. But this year, there was a twist. The ceremony was at John Adams High School, not at Warner, and Principal Lesley Jones Sessler, who has headed the school since it was founded in 2007, gave the farewell address.
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MC2STEM High School’s mobile FAB Lab was introduced this spring to Greater Cleveland teachers and students during visits to elementary schools and festivals.
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Taura Talbert-Salter, a high school special needs teacher at the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine, has received the 2011 Judson Smart Living Award for Education. The Smart Living Awards are given annually to individuals who are dedicated to the dynamic atmosphere of University Circle. As an intervention specialist for students with multiple disabilities, Ms. Talbert-Salter works tirelessly to encourage organizations and society to be more accepting of people with disabilities, while preparing her students to better acclimate into their communities after they graduate from high school.
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Eric Gordon, chief academic officer for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, will become the district’s CEO on July 1. Mayor Frank J. Jackson said Gordon was a leader who understands the strengths and challenges of the district and who has the skills to be successful. In his first public remarks, Gordon stressed accountability, both for himself and for teachers and principals within the district, noting that he’s negotiating with the CMSD board a one-year, no-frills contract. “I cannot ask anyone to be more accountable than I am willing to be,” he said.
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The Cleveland Metropolitan School District hosted a reception honoring its top students before the May 24, 6:30 p.m. meeting of the Board of Education.
More than 40 Cleveland Metropolitan School District art students participated in the District’s sidewalk chalk drawing competition. The theme for this event was based on the annual All-City Student Musical, "Bubbling Brown Sugar," which will be performed June 3-4 at the Ohio Theatre. The All-City Chalk Fest began in 1994 to celebrate the arts.
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Julie Beers, principal of the Campus International School, has received the Partner of the Year Award from the Cleveland State University’s College of Education and Human Services.
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Tremont and William Cullen Bryant have both received Model School certification by Renaissance Learning. Model School is the first level of Reading Certification for a school committed to creating a culture of reading.
The sophomore class at CMSD's MC2 STEM school were in Tuscon recently to conduct research at the University of Arizona's Biosphere2, one of the world's most unique facilities dedicated to the research and understanding of global scientific issues.
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Dr. Linda Neiheiser, a psychologist in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Office of Psychological Services, received the Kent State University Women’s Center Mentor Award.
Cleveland School of the Arts photography students Mariah Rucker, Eric Payne and Pierra Heard received awards for their entries in the 12th annual National Arts Program. Visual artists Arisa Tanakadate and De’shawn Massey also received recognition this year.
Kassandra Brown and Riakeem Gardner, students at Walton K-8 School, will perform original poems on April 11 at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem. They will will represent America SCORES Cleveland along with 28 other youth from 15 cities across the country in the fifth annual National Poetry SLAM.
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What started out as a reward for some deserving girls, turned out to be an opportunity for them to give back. As a reward for good grades and behavior, a group of eighth grade girls at Waverly School were invited to listen to music and enjoy “girl time” during their lunch period. Soon after, the young ladies decided they wanted to begin spending part of their lunch period working on a volunteer project.
The Lincoln West High School Science Research Team is no stranger to competing in science and engineering fairs. Under the leadership of national award-winning chemistry teacher Olga Gueits, twelve students from the International Studies Academy at Lincoln West participated in the 58th Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair.
Cleveland Metropolitan School District guidance counselors, local community leaders and elected officials gathered at the Barbara Byrd Bennett Professional Development Center to preview InsideOut, a documentary that will soon be incorporated into CMSD’s K-8 social studies curriculum.