Summer Family Updates – July 20, 2018
Summer Updates_prior to start of school Dear CLA-EAST families, It’s hard to believe that it is already halfway through July and the school year will be starting in just four weeks! Enrollment is going well this summer – we have very few openings in seventh grade; we are completely full in sixth grade – if you…
Ready Set Go: Summer Week 5
Hello families! Last week I attended the National Family Engagement Conference here in Cleveland. One of the interesting discussions I attended was about how parent engagement can help to build a life-long love of reading by parents/guardians helping their child to improve their comprehension of what they read. I thought I would share with you…
ICE CREAM SOCIAL!
Calling all new and returning scholars to CLA-EAST and CAE. Come enjoy ice cream while you catch up with classmates. Wednesday, July 18th at 1:00 pm in the Citizens East Campus.
6th Grade Family Transportation
July 6th, 2018 Re: Transportation Update Dear Citizens Leadership Families, Over the last several months, Breakthrough Schools has been in discussions with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) regarding their responsibility to provide Cleveland students with transportation. In accordance with Ohio law, CMSD has the obligation to ensure that all students…
Ready Set Go: Summer Week 4
Hello Breakthrough family! Welcome to Week 4 of Ready Set Go! Last week I was asked about ways that parents and guardians new to the Breakthrough family can get involved. As a parent of two alums and an active volunteer for years, I’ve been involved in different ways and I wanted to share a few…
Ready Set Go: Summer Week 3
Hello Breakthrough family! Welcome to Week 3 of Ready Set Go! This week’s topic is school uniforms. The uniform for all our students is an official school polo in the school color. You can order your uniform by contacting your school directly. Here are all the details by school: Citizens Elementary Uniform (CA, CAE, and…
Ready Set Go: Summer Week 2
Hello Breakthrough family! Welcome to Week 2 of Ready Set Go! Thanks to everyone who read our first message and wrote back with ideas for new things to include each week during the summer. Keep them coming! One new idea is that several parents asked about an easier way to refer their school to a…
Breakthrough selected as only public charter school network nationwide to join exclusive Verizon Innovative Learning Initiative
Three Breakthrough middle schools join the technology initiative from The Verizon Foundation and Digital Promise E Prep Cliffs, E Prep Woodland Hills, and Citizens Leadership Academy will join the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools network directed by Digital Promise. Through a competitive grant application and screening process, Breakthrough was invited to participate beginning in the 2018-2019…
Ready Set Go: Summer Week 1
Hello Breakthrough family! Welcome to our first Ready Set Go summer communication. Thank you so much for completing your child/ren’s enrollment for next year. We are so excited to welcome another class of scholars to our schools in August. This summer we will be sending weekly messages with summer events, grade-level appropriate book ideas and…
Summer Work for Rising 6th Graders
Attention CLA-EAST Rising 7th Grade Families, Each summer we supply scholars with an enriching novel to read as well as an enriching STEM packet. This year the rising 7th graders will be reading “I Am Malala”. A novel about the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban. the STEM packet…