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Legal Aid Free Advice Clinic - Monday, October 26
On October 26, 2009, Taft Stettinius & Hollister has agreed to host a Brief Advice and Referral Clinic for the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland as part of National Pro Bono Week.
Taft attorneys will volunteer and staff the “drop-in clinics” and give general advice, assist in completing pro se materials, and make referrals.
Legal assistance is the critical factor that enables many Greater Cleveland area families fight homelessness, receive earned wages, or protect at-risk children. The need for free legal assistance to low income and vulnerable Greater Clevelanders has never been greater.
The Brief Advice and Referral Clinic will run from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at East Technical High School, 2439 E 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 44104. Secured parking is available at the school.


Hello education advocates,
There has been a change of date for the next meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, CEC.

It will now be Thursday, Oct. 29th at 6:30 p.m. at the Flora Stone Mather Building, 1400 E. 55th St. (just south of Goodrich Gannett Neighborhood Center). Parking is available in the lot next to the building.

Guest speakers will be Principal Donald Jolly, the principal of John Adams High School, and Don Slocum, Executive Director of Neighborhood Leadership Institute, NLI. The meeting will conclude at 8:15 p.m.

Thank you,
Ian




Ian Heisey
Mediation Coordinator
Bellaire-Puritas Development Corporation
14703 Puritas Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44135
216.671.2710
i.heisey@bpdc.org







http://www.cmsdnet.net/


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1. Academics
2. Curriculum
– 2009-10 CMSD Academic Achievement Plan
– 2009-10 Scope and Sequence


B. for Finanical Forecast

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2009 -2010 Cleveland Board of Education Meeting Schedule
3. Board Agenda 

* Locations are subject to change.




Tuesday, August 25, 2009 
Board Work Session - 4:00pm 
Board Business Meeting - 6:30pm 
Board Room 
Board of Education Administration Building 
1380 East Sixth Street, Cleveland 

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 
Board Work Session - 6:30pm 
Board of Education Administration Building 
Board Room 
1380 East Sixth Street, Cleveland 




4.Click on this date and then on 5.01 to get forecast
09/15/2009 - Cleveland Municipal School District Board Work Session Meeting-6:30 P.M.1. Location of Meeting


2. Opening Items


3. Minutes


4. Discussion - Academic and Leadership Update


5. Discussion - Financial Update

5.01 Adopting the Five-Year Financial Forecast of Revenues and Expenditures

5.02 Adopting the Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Appropriation Measure

5.03 A Resolution Approving a Real Property Tax Exemption Under Revised Code Section 5709.41 in Connection With the Development of Certain Property in the City of Cleveland and Authorizing a Compensation Agreement with the City, and Related Matters


Dear Horizon Friend,
We have been recognized by the State Department of Education as a School of Promise 08-09 for the second year in a row. This news has doubled my joy as I will also be heading to DC next month to represent Horizon Science Academy and Cleveland at the National Blue Ribbon ceremony on November 2 and 3. The following week on November 12 at 5:30pm we will be holding our local ceremony at the school. I will be honored to see you as our special guest, I hope your time avails you to join us.

I would also love to see you at our Basketball Fundraiser on November 6 at 6:30pm at the Cleveland State University Woodling Gym. This game will be played by Horizon Dragons high school team and Fox 8 News personalities VS The Fabulous Harlem Kings - a comedy basketball team composed of former Harlem Globetrotters.

I will be honored to host you at our both events on November 12th and November 6th, please let me know if you will attend.

We are and will continue making a positive difference at our school and in the community. Of course, this wouldn't be possible without your support.

Thank you so much for taking your time to read and have a wonderful week.

P.S. Press Release attached. Please click here on recent TV news coverage of our Blue Ribbon Award on Channel 3


Regards,

Cengiz Karatas
Director
Horizon Science Academy Cleveland High School
www.hsas.org



Dear Horizon Friend,

I hope everything going well in your life. I just wanted to share my joy with you that Horizon Science Academy Cleveland (HSA) was one of only 314 schools nationwide designated as a 2009 National Blue Ribbon School by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The schools – 264 public and 50 private – will be honored at an awards ceremony on November 3 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.

HSA is the only charter school in northeast Ohio to win this award and only the second charter in all of Ohio to do so.

Please see the attached Press Release and HSA September Newsletter for more information as well as the link below for the Ohio Blue Ribbon Schools article in the Plain Dealer.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/six_northeast_ohio_schools_hon.html


Regards,


Cengiz Karatas
Director
Horizon Science Academy Cleveland High School
www.hsas.org


United States Department of Education Designates Horizon Science Academy 2009 Blue Ribbon School
Horizon Science Academy Cleveland (HSA) was one of only 314 schools nationwide designated today as a 2009 National Blue Ribbon School by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The schools – 264 public and 50 private – will be honored at an awards ceremony on November 3 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. For the past 27 years, more than 6,150 of America’s schools have received this coveted award.
“These Blue Ribbon Schools have shown that all children can learn with appropriate supports,” Duncan said. “They are producing outstanding results for their students. Some have shown dramatic improvements in places where students are overcoming the challenges of poverty, and others serve as examples of consistent excellence that can be a resource for other schools. They are places where improved teaching and learning benefits every student, and where students are challenged to meet high expectations with the active support of teachers, parents and the community.”
The award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either academically superior, or have made dramatic gains in student achievement and helped close gaps in achievement among minority and disadvantaged students. Each year since 1982, the U.S. Department of Education has sought out schools where students attain and maintain high academic goals. Using standards of excellence, as evidenced by student achievement measures and the characteristics known from research to exemplify school quality, the Department celebrates schools, including those that beat the odds.
Said Cengiz Karatas, HSA Director, “We are thrilled to accept this award. It is wonderful to receive this recognition of the fine work of our staff and students.” HSA is the only charter school in northeast Ohio to win this award and only the second charter in all of Ohio to do so.
In its first decade of operation, HSA has long list of accomplishments including:
the School of Promise Award by ODE for 2007-2008,
a Bronze medal for outstanding achievement by US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT news magazine – best Charter School for 2008
a 100% college acceptance rate for the class of 2008 and 2009
National Title I Distinguished School Recognition 2009
Accreditation through AdvancED, representing 27,000 public and private schools and districts across the United States and in 65 countries

Horizon offers creative and unique programs that have proven highly successful. They include Saturday school, free after school tutoring for each class, a Summer Academy, and home visits by staff to families
NOTE TO EDITORS: A list of the 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools is available at http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/awards.html.