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The Senate Athletic League’s hopes for a state title in boys basketball now rest with one team after the first week of the Ohio High School Athletic Association saw Senate powerhouses John F. Kennedy, John Hay and Glenville go down to defeat.
MLK remembrance at public library
Vote for Moe! John Hay star needs your vote in dunk competition
Issue 107: Status update from CMSD CEO Eric Gordon
With students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District well into cold and flu season, they should take a closer look at what they eat to fend off these bugs, said Debbie Aloshen, manager of Nursing Services.
After the tragic school shootings in Connecticut, the Cleveland Foundation approved a $195,000 grant to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences. The grant continues support of an existing mental health program that “seeks to ensure the physical and emotional safety and stability of students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District,” the foundation said in a press release.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Cleveland police, firefighters and EMS took another step forward to enhance the safety of students and staff with a program called SOS: Securing Our Students.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has added four armed officers to the Division of Safety and Security to further ensure the safety of students and staff.
Congratulations to all on a successful fall sports season! Leonard B. Jackson, Cleveland Metropolitan School District commissioner of Interscholastic Athletics & Student Activities, offers these reminders for coaches and school administrators for upcoming winter interscholastic sports events.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has added two smart cars to its lineup of enforcement tools that help its Division of Safety and Security work more efficiently and effectively.
Twenty-two students at the Martin Luther King Jr. Public Safety Academy passed a national exam to qualify for certification as 9-1-1 dispatchers – the largest group to ever be certified at one time. The certification comes from the National Academy of Emergency Dispatch.
The Plain Dealer has recognized a Cleveland Metropolitan School District teacher and a CMSD security officer as "hometown heroes."
More The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will host a PreK-8 STEM Expo at the Great Lakes Science Center from 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 30.
More than 300 student athletes from 13 Cleveland high schools pitched in to help Mayor Frank Jackson with the Mayor's Holiday Basket Give-Away.
More than 300 student athletes from 13 Cleveland high schools pitched in to help Mayor Frank Jackson with the Mayor's Holiday Basket Give-Away.
Educators are invited to apply to serve as 2013-2014 U.S. Department of Education Teaching Ambassador Fellows. The deadline for applications is Jan. 29. Fellowship duties begin by August.
Students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District who are interested in careers in healthcare should look into an internship program Cleveland Clinic is offering through its Charles R. Drew Saturday Academy.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District, with collaborative partners Cleveland State University’s Center for Urban Education and The Ohio State University Extension, won a USDA planning grant for $45,000 to develop a Farm to School program. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm to School website, these grants help “connect schools with local or regional producers in order to serve local or regionally produced foods in school cafeterias.”
Seven students at Max S. Hayes High School are learning Latin music – on their lunch hour. They are studying guitar and Latin instruments such as maracas (rhythm instruments that are shaken), guiro (a percussion instrument made from a gourd) and cuatro (similar to a lute).
The Lake Erie Monsters hockey team is offering two free tickets to CMSD employees for the Jan. 3 and Jan. 4 home games.
Cleveland Early College High School @ John Hay has proved it’s not just one of the top high schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, it’s also a top high school in Ohio.
The Council of the Great City Schools named
CMSD’s Chief Executive Officer, Eric S. Gordon, as one of the top 10 big-city
school superintendents when it presented the annual Richard R.Greene Award--the
nation’s top prize in urban education leadership.
Dr. Linda Neiheiser, supervisor of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Office of Psychological Services, was inducted into the West Tech Alumni Association Hall of Fame recently as a former faculty member, along with four graduates of the school (John D. Cimperman, ’53, Edward B. Henning “40, Angelo Privitera “58, and Theodore Zajac ’36).
A boys team from Walton School and a girls team from Michael R. White School finished in first place Thursday night, Nov. 1 in the 9th annual America SCORES Cleveland Poetry SLAM! at Waetjen Auditorium on the Cleveland State campus.
Cleveland Early College High School @ John Hay, one of the high-performing schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, is using innovation to turn education into a training ground for 21st Century scholars.
John Hay, co-champions of the Senate Athletic League with Glenville, will play Saturday night, Nov. 3 for a spot in the OHSSA semifinals when the Hornets meet Ravenna at the Collinwood Athletic Complex, 1098 East 152 St.
Glenville and John Adams will meet on Friday, Nov. 2 in the 79th playing of the Senate City Championship at the Collinwood Athletic Complex, 1098 East 152 St.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is filled with excellent teachers, and every student probably has a favorite – a teacher who has gone above and beyond expectations to make their students’ education come alive in the classroom.
Glenville kept its 16-year victory streak alive in the Senate Athletic League when the Tarblooders closed out their 2012 season on Friday with a 20-6 victory over John Adams.
John Hay will have to wait a couple of days to find out for certain whether its 8-2 record has earned the Hornets their first-ever trip to the state football tournament, but they did all they needed to do Thursday to keep that goal alive when they clinched at least a share of the Senate Athletic Conference title with a 39-6 win over East Tech.
John Hay continued its quest for a share of the Senate Athletic League football title with a 34-12 victory Saturday over Collinwood.
Students from 10 schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District take the stage Thursday, Nov. 1 at Cleveland State University to debut their “original” poetry for the 8th annual America SCORES Cleveland Poetry SLAM!
Dozens of people and local dignitaries gathered outside James Ford Rhodes High School on Saturday, Oct. 20 to rededicate an oak tree that Olympian Jesse Owens, a graduate of Cleveland's public schools, planted on the campus in 1936.
Two teachers from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District spent a week this past summer in Silverthorne, Colo., learning how to integrate scientific research into the study of the environment in their classroom instruction.
Lincoln-West used the stellar goaltending of junior Kelvin Figureroa to shut out Rhodes, 2-0, and keep alive the team’s streak of Senate Athletic League championships.
The Interscholastic Athletics Office of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will be rededicating the 1936 Jesse Owens tree on Saturday, Oct. 20 at James Ford Rhodes High School.
The legendary work of two Glenville High School graduates was commemorated Oct. 11, 2012, with the unveiling of Cleveland’s ‘Superman’ exhibit at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Students in the Culinary Arts Department at the Jane Addams Business Center will create a buffet of Thanksgiving Day favorites on Nov. 14 and Nov. 15 at The Executive Grille on campus.
John Hay remained in lockstep with powerhouse Glenville in their quest for the Senate Athletic League title after the Hornets defeated James Ford Rhodes, 22-0, last Friday at Bump Taylor Field.
Cleveland Early College High School @ John Hay, one of the high-performing schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, is using innovation to turn education into a training ground for 21st Century scholars.
Students from Lincoln-West High School, James Ford Rhodes High School and John Marshall High School got a full helping of Hispanic heritage at an assembly Tuesday, Oct. 9 held in the Lincoln-West auditorium in which the broad reach of Hispanic culture took center stage.
Several Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre organizations converged on William Cullen Bryant School Tuesday, Oct 9 for the inaugural “Dictionary Project.”
Boys and girls, families, teachers and staff at Luis Munoz Marin Elementary School didn’t let an October chill and a drizzle Friday, October 5 dampen the mood as they continued with plans for a family picnic.
Glenville continued its march toward another Senate Athletic League title last week with a dominating performance against Collinwood. Behind a speedy, unyielding defense, the Tarblooders built a 42-0 lead in the first quarter en route to a 70-0 win.
Five students from the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine @ John Hay and one from Cleveland Early College High School @ John Hay are being recognized for their academic success by National Achievement Scholarship Program.
FOX 8 searched for “cool” schools, and they found one among the cluster of first-rate schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
Representatives from OfficeMax left a third-grade teacher at CMSD’s Adlai E. Stevenson School speechless Tuesday, Oct. 2 when they surprised her with news she was among 1,000 teachers from across the country being honored for her work in the classroom.
CEO Eric Gordon thanked GE Lighting and Case Western Reserve University on Thursday, Sept. 27 for partnering on a $200,000 scholarship for a 2013 graduate of MC
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All-City Arts treated over 200 students from across the Greater Cleveland area to a sampling of its artistic talent during an Open House on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Idea Center in Playhouse Square.
Glenville kept its seasons-long unbeaten streak in Senate Athletic League football alive Friday with a 55-0 victory over James F. Rhodes
Officials of the Senate Athletic League will rededicate a historic oak tree Oct. 20 at James F. Rhodes High School to commemorate the Olympic deeds of the most celebrated athlete to come from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
Not one, not two, but three schools from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District have been nominated for FOX 8's “Cool School of the Week” contest.
All-City Arts, an afterschool and weekend college-readiness program, will hold an “Open House” on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the Idea Center at Playhouse Square from 3:30-8 p.m.
Students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District should not overlook a contest that Nestle is sponsoring to reward teenagers whose public service is making a difference.
Students at John Hay High School learned about the deadly consequences of texting and driving during a 90-minute assembly on Friday, September 14 in the school’s auditorium.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District, and other school districts in Cuyahoga County, held the annual “Fathers Walk” on Sept. 20, in public acknowledgement of the importance a father’s role is in a child’s education.
The John Hay Hornets rode quarterback Mylik Mitchell's strong arm and Calvin Ray's leg to a 52-8 victory Friday over John Marshall.
In salute to Hispanic Heritage Month, Cleveland Browns tight end Jordan Cameron and defensive back Usama Young joined students at Buhrer Dual Language School on Sept. 17 in rallying support for the school’s effort to bring childhood literacy into each child’s home.
As part of the Fathers Walk program, fathers—or men in children's lives—will walk their sons and daughters to school, and later participate in a breakfast activity where they will receive tips on how to help their child succeed and sign a pledge to affirm their commitment.
See all CMSD schools participating in the Fathers Walk this year.
More than 150 boys in CMSD’s Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG) program attended a four-hour symposium on Thursday, Sept. 13 at Martin Luther King Jr. High School to discuss the challenges of growing into men.
CMSD’s Division of Safety & Security launched an innovative, fun program on Aug. 15 that Chief Lester Fultz saw as promoting student safety on buses and helping his police officers build a rapport with students.
Several hundred students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District came downtown last week to the StateTheater to watch “Bully,” filmmaker Lee Hirsch’s much-acclaimed documentary that kicked off the District’s weeklong summit on bullying.
The John Hay Hornets used two long touchdowns – one a pitch-and-catch of 84 yards – in building a 13-0 lead Thursday night en route to defeating the John Adams Rebels, 20-8, in the Senate Athletic League opener for both teams at Collinwood Stadium.
Students at John Hay High School will attend a 90-minute assembly on Friday, September 14 in the school’s auditorium about the deadly consequences of texting while driving.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District and “Facing History and Ourselves” are taking a proactive approach to bullying as they prepare to kick off a weeklong summit Friday, September 7.
Cleveland Metropolitan School District added another New & Innovative school to its lineup of project-based, technology-pioneered learning centers this academic year with the opening of Facing History New Tech High School.
To shorten a student’s walk to high school, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District has launched a shuttle service that is expected to reduce absences and tardiness this academic year.
On August 23, Ohio State Representative Sandra Williams and the AT&T Pioneers presented backpacks filled with school supplies to boys and girls at Willson Elementary, a high-performing school in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
The Early Childhood Development Center at Mary B. Martin, a “high-performing school” in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, is one of 100 schools “in-need” across the United States to receive a $25,000 grant from the Target Corp.
Gretchen Spetz, a dietitian in Nutrition Therapy at The Cleveland Clinic, says no meal is more important than breakfast for a student who wants to head off to school each day alert and ready to learn.
A student from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will spend the fall semester in Washington, D.C., as one of 30 teenagers from around the United States who will serve as a U.S. Senate page.
Fifty college students from around the United States are stepping into the City Year program this academic year to help mentor at-risk boys and girls from six schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
Two schools from the Senate Athletic League are contenders for “Cleveland Browns High School Game of the Week.”
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District and College Now Greater Cleveland are joining forces for a daylong “College Readiness Fair” on Friday, September 14 as part of a weekend of activities that surround the second-annual Cleveland Classic.
Two schools from the Senate Athletic League are contenders for “Cleveland Browns High School Game of the Week.”
Football teams in the Senate Athletic League hope to bounce back from what was a difficult first week for most of them. Aside from the Rhodes Rams, who beat host Brooklyn, 26-25, all the others lost.
The Rhodes Rams took a 12-0 lead into the locker room at halftime Friday night and held on to defeat host Brooklyn, 26-25, in a nonconference game in Week 1 of Ohio high school football.
The Glenville Tarblooders were hoping to continue the dominance they displayed last season winning the 2011 Senate Athletic League volleyball title, but without coach Yvonne Renee Wright on the sidelines, the Tarblooders kicked off conference play Monday, Aug. 27 with a rocky start.
WEWS, Channel 5 is encouraging coaches, athletic directors, teachers and students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, along with parents, guardians and sports fans to nominate their favorite student-athlete for its “Athlete of the Week” award for the 2012-13 academic year.
FOX 8 Cleveland is bringing back its “Cool School Contest,” and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District has scores of schools that fit into the “cool” category.
Officials of the Charles R. Drew Academy are encouraging high-school students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, and in surrounding districts, to apply for a paid 12-week internship.
New Tech @ East Tech, one of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s “high-performing schools,” has been selected as one of the New Tech demonstration sites in the Midwest.
The Army of Believers Scholarship Luncheon drew more than 450 community and business leaders downtown to Renaissance Hotel on August 3 to honor people and organizations that have championed education in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Tremont Montessori, a high-performing school, earned membership into one of the most prestigious bodies for Montessori education.
Wes Moore, celebrated author and youth advo¬cate, is returning to Cleveland to give the keynote speech on Saturday, August 18, at the Mayor’s Youth Summit & Back-to-School Fair at Cleveland Public Auditorium.
Warner Girls’ Leadership Academy, one of the high-performing schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, will kick off its 2012-13 academic year with two events to help parents and students make a seamless transition from summer to school.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has partnered with College Now Greater Cleveland to hold a “College Readiness Fair” on Friday, Sept. 14 as part of a weekend of activities that surround the second-annual Cleveland Classic.
On Saturday, August 18, CEO Eric Gordon will welcome hundreds of students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to Mayor Frank G. Jackson's 6th Annual Youth Summit at Public Auditorium.
Kenneth W. Clement Boys Leadership Academy, one of the New & Innovative schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, has open slots for the 2012-13 academic year thanks to its move to a larger building.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is preparing for “Not on Our Watch,” a weeklong summit on bullying that kicks off Friday, Sept. 7.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is looking for a few good men and women to join its 2012-13 lineup of volunteers.
FOX 8 is partnering with the Cleveland Kids In Need Resource Center to help students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District begin the academic year with the supplies they need.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has more than three dozen “high-performing schools” that still have slots to fill for parents who want their child enrolled in a 21st-century academic program this fall.
The strict student uniform and dress code the Cleveland Metropolitan School District put in place in August 2007 remains in effect for the 2012-13 school year.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District offers bilingual instruction and English as Second Language (ESL) instruction in 11 schools for English-language learners.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District, the Cleveland Municipal Court and the Cleveland Police Department have partnered on a program that addresses truancy without tagging a juvenile with a criminal record.
CMSD’s Division of Safety & Security is launching an innovative, fun program Wednesday, Aug. 15 that Chief Lester Fultz sees as promoting student safety on buses and helping his police officers build a rapport with students.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District provides free language assistance to parents and guardians who have Limited English Proficiency (LEP) regarding school programs and activities.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is holding its 5th Annual Army of Believers Scholarship Luncheon on Friday, August 3 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel on Public Square.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is partnering with the Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio in getting the word out about launching “Operation Backpack,” a statewide program that provides needy children with backpacks and school supplies.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has partnered with College Now Greater Cleveland to hold a “College Readiness Fair” on Friday, September 14 as part of a weekend of activities that surround the second-annual Cleveland Classic, a football game scheduled for September 15 at Cleveland Brown Stadium between two historically black colleges and universities: Morehouse College and Winston-Salem State University.
Cleveland Metropolitan School District broke ground July 13 on Paul L. Dunbar PreK-8 School, one of three elementary schools CEO Eric S. Gordon said will strengthen West Side community ties between the District and neighborhoods where the school is being built.
On June 26, Eric Gordon agreed an extension of his contract that will keep him at the helm of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District for three more years.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District plans to dispose of the Board of Education Administration Building
Katie Gobel knew as she was leaving behind middle school for high school that the Cleveland Metropolitan School District did offer its students choices.
Councilwoman Phylliss Cleveland honored a longtime volunteer at Marion Sterling School
on Saturday, June 23 with the “Community Service Award” for Ward 5.
Gov. John Kasich signed the Cleveland Plan into law Monday, July 2 inside the auditorium at John F. Kennedy High School, an action that signals a new beginning for the 43,000 students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
Three students from John Adams High School are officially ready to begin their sailing adventure after graduation ceremonies Wednesday, June 20 at the Great Lakes Science Center.
Fifteen graduates of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District who spent the summer in the inaugural Louis Stokes Scholars Program were treated to a luncheon August 10 to salute their participation.
Parents in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District who have a child with special needs can find out how best to help their child at a meeting Thursday, June 28 at Esperanza Inc., 3104 West 25th St.
CEO Eric Gordon and members of the Cleveland Board of Education honored the 2012 valedictorians and salutatorians before the board’s meeting Tuesday, June 19.
Students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will find the 21 city rec centers more than just places for fitness activities this summer. Starting Monday, June 18, these centers will be places girls and boys can go for free boxed lunches.
Students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District who look at college as an option after high school should sign up now for the free College Visitation Days that Cuyahoga Community College is holding Monday, June 18.
Four students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will leave Tuesday, June 19 for an immersion experience they won’t soon forget.
With this weekend’s forecast calling for heat and sunshine, students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District might want to a send a thank note to the Cleveland Division of Recreation for picking Saturday, June 16 as the day to open the city’s 21 swimming pools.
Students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will find themselves on the cutting edge of digital technology Monday, June 18 when the Cleveland Public Library boots up its technology center in the Main Branch.
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation has awarded Buhrer Duel Language School the 2012 Bronze National Recognition Award for the school’s healthy changes.
Students at Louis Agassiz School can boast an exclusive honor in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District: “Young Scholars Program” selected their school as “School of the Year.”
CMSD’s Memorial Elementary was one of three Ohio schools to receive money to expand its library as part of $1.13 million in grants from the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries.
The program is currently recruiting for 100 students (8th graders going into 9th grade) and 50 of those students will come from CMSD.
Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio, one of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s community partners, will host a City Club speech on June 13 to highlight the importance of arts education.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is partnering with the Cleveland Public Library on a summer reading program called “Feed Your Mind … Read!”
Lincoln West and Rhodes had played earlier in the season, and the Rams won that game. But in the one game that mattered most this season, Lincoln West came out the winner.
The auditions, rehearsals and performances are behind them, so co-directors Tony Sias and Kimberly Brown can relax. “Footloose,” All-City Musical at the Ohio Theatre, closed June 3 after its Sunday matinee.
The Cleveland Public Library will open a technology center in the Main Branch on June 18 that will put users on the leading edge of the digital world.
The “Lock-In” at John Adams High School on May 25 did what organizers hoped it would do: Instilled a foundation in black teenagers that can help them evolve into strong black men.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District inducted 22 teachers into the ranks of “Master Teachers” at a ceremony on June 5 at the Barbara Byrd-Bennett Professional Development Center.
The Cleveland Division of Recreation is offering free golf lessons this summer at the Cleveland First Tee Golf Course in Washington.
Linda Kearney, a 4th and 5th grade teacher at Wilbur Wright Elementary School, ranked No. 1 in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and in the state of Ohio in “First in Math,” has a cutting-edge approach to teaching mathematics.
Students
at New Tech @ East Tech are changing the way high schools in the
Cleveland Metropolitan School District handle morning announcements.
The Rotary Club of Cleveland, which sponsors Project YES, selected o
ne freshman and two sophomores from John Adams High School to spend eight days in August on a sailboat as they pick up skills to prepare for adulthood.
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 Joan 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 Joan 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.
CMSD has been cutting costs and finding ways to better serve our students and their families, even as we work to eliminate the district’s $66 million budget deficit.
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.
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
th
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.
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.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District and each of its individual schools will transition to a simple A-B-C-D-F scale to measure academic progress in time for the 2015-16 academic year.
The Cleveland Board of Education voted, 5-3, at its April 9th meeting to accept a $4.5 million offer from Drury Hotels for the downtown Administration Building.
More than 100 teenagers from five CMSD high schools will participate in the regional Youth Career Olympics, a 10-event competition for at-risk youth on, April 25, at the Cleveland Clinic Lyndhurst Facility. Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.), with support from more than 50 local companies, is again sponsoring the competition.
The High School Cheerleader Championship, originally scheduled for Thursday, April 11, has been combined with High School Hi-Stepper Championship and will be held on Tuesday, April 16 at 6 p.m. in the Lincoln-West gymnasium.
Two students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will get a chance of a lifetime when they match their chess prowess on Friday, April 19 against one of the seminal figures in hip hop.
Antwon Smith, a senior at John F. Kennedy High School, earned meet MVP at the Maralyn West Invitational on April 6. At Collinwood Field, Smith won the 200-meter dash, the 400 meters and the long jump.
Richard Ross, Ohio superintendent of Public Instruction, granted the Cleveland Metropolitan School District the waiver CMSD officials had requested to avoid the appointment of an “Academic Distress Commission” to run the system.
Tremont Montessori, one of CMSD’s high-performing schools, has joined the group of schools nationwide that have earned the designation of “Master School” for their ability to sustain high growth and improvement in the reading achievement of their students.
(These remarks by Janae Hughes were delivered to an audience at an April 19 rally in support of Investment Schools)
CSA Spring Dance Concert
Gateway to Successful Readers (GSR) program
The Bond Accountability Commission will consider higher-than-expected projected costs for the Cleveland School of the Arts, one of the three Cleveland public high schools soon to be under construction.