CLA To High School – October Newsletter
September 26, 2016 Dear CLA Students, Parents, Guardians and Families, I can hardly believe it is already October! In order to ensure that we are all on the same page, I will send home monthly letters and calendars to keep you up to speed on important dates and deadlines concerning your student and…
Letter from the Principal: 2016 Results Update
Dear CLA Families, Friends, and Alumni, We are so delighted to share the good news that CLA was the #2 school out of 123 K-8 public district and charter schools in Cleveland for Academic Progress. That means our CLA scholars demonstrated more academic growth than almost any sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in Cleveland. We…
CLA Transportation Memo
Please see the CLA Transportation Memo below. Questions can be directed to CLA’s main office or CMSD’s transportation office on Ridge Rd. CLA-transportation-memo-9152016
CLA – September 14 Incident Letter
Dear parents, This letter is to inform you about a security incident that we had this morning. Our school is committed to the safety and education of all our students. We also want to clearly communicate with our parents when safety issues arise. This morning around 11:15, CLA received a call from a…
CLA Conference Sign-up
Winter conferences are Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the afternoon and Thursday, Feb. 16. in the morning. Use the links below to sign up for your child’s student-led conference. Select the name of your child’s crew leader to schedule the conference. If you have questions, please contact the main office at 216-229-8185. 6-1 Spade/Gardner 6-2 Garcia…
Breakthrough Schools, Menlo Park Academy land $10M in state grants for West Side expansion
Originally printed in Cleveland.com on August 19, 2016 CLEVELAND, Ohio – Menlo Park Academy and theBreakthrough charter schools will receive the largest grants from the state from a new $25 million fund to help charters rehabilitate or build schools. Menlo Park’s gifted program, now located in the West Park neighborhood of Cleveland, will receive $4.6 million for…
Students visit PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff at NPR’s Ideastream!
Two students from Breakthrough Schools visited PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff at NPR’s Ideastream – thanks to NPR, Ideastream, NewsHour, and Judy for taking the time! What a great experience for our students.
Summer Work Packets
Please see the 2016-2017 summer work packets below. Each page on the summer packet needs to be completed for a grade and students should be prepared to discuss the novel during the first week of school. For paper copies and the novels, please visit Citizens Leadership Academy between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Rising 8th English…
Breakthrough Schools earns Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2016!
Breakthrough Schools is so honored to receive the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs of the Year Award for Northeast Ohio. Alan Rosskamm and John Zitzner accepted the award on behalf of all the students, staff, teachers, leaders, parents, families, board members, and supporters of our organization. Congrats to everyone on such on honor!
My Hope Is That All Cleveland Kids Can Benefit From a Quality Education Like I Did
LETTERS FROM ALUMNI SERIES, 2016 TERRANCE REYNOLDS, E PREP CLIFFS ALUMNI I am writing to tell you a little bit about where I am in life now thanks to the education I received at Breakthrough Schools. I was born and raised in Cleveland. Before going to Breakthrough, I attended several other primary schools but did…