
Box Tops for Education
Welcome back to school! I’m thrilled to be the Box Tops for Education coordinator for Citizen Leadership Academy. Box Tops is such an easy way for parents to get involved in their child’s education. Just by purchasing Box Tops products, clipping the coupons and sending them into school, we earn cash that can be used…

January letter from our Principal
January 8, 2014 Dear Families of CLA, WELCOME BACK!! We hope you had an excellent holiday and New Year. We are incredibly excited to have the students back in the building day. The hum of learning is in full effect and we are prepared for a rigorous second semester. As we continue…

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
See our flier and list of events here: CLA MLK Day Citizens Leadership Academy is Proud to Support our Third Annual Day of Service This year CLA is partnering with Hands-On Northeast Ohio, City Year Cleveland, I Rise, Cleveland Police 3rd District, Lakeside Emergency Men’s Shelter, and The Reverend Leah C.K. Lewis for this Day…

Breakthrough featured on CBS National News!
We are so excited that our network of public charter schools was featured on CBS National News! Our Near West Intergenerational School gets a special shout out! Thanks to CBS News for helping spread the word about the great things happening in Cleveland. Here is some of the story from CBS News: (CBS News) CLEVELAND…

CLA 2013 Winter Celebration of Learning
Families, you are cordially invited to attend the 2013-2014 Winter Celebration of Learning. The Celebration will highlight student work from the first half of the school year. Each attending family will receive a raffle ticket for a Target gift card. 2013-2014 COL Invitation

December Letter from the Principal
November 26, 2013 Dear CLA Families, November has been a very busy month for our students and teachers. We participated in our second round of Interims and many of our students showed a great deal of academic growth. We are also beginning to see the culture of the school shift in a positive direction! As…

CLA2HS Private, Independent and Catholic School Information
Attention Students and Parents Independent, Private and Catholic School Applications Applications Due to Ms. Seiter December 4th Recommendation forms to teachers by NOVEMBER 22nd To ensure that your application is completed on time Give your teachers the recommendation forms by Friday November 4th (teachers return them to Ms. Seiter) Give Ms. Seiter the rest of…

CLA2HS October Newsletter
October 10th, 2013 Dear CLA Students, Parents, Guardians and Families, I can hardly believe it is already October! Please read the following updates and reminders regarding open houses, shadow days, entrance exams, and financial aid forms. Attached is a calendar showing most of the high school open house dates that are scheduled in October and…

CLA High School Financial Aid Workshop
You are Invited High School Financial Aid Workshop Wednesday, November 13 5:30 p.m. Citizens Leadership Academy 9711 Lamont Ave. Ron Schmidt, CPA and Breakthrough Volunteer For more information, please click here.

OCTOBER UPDATES
CLA Families—We have a lot of upcoming exciting events, please review the dates below! Tuesday, October 22: PAC Meeting and Elections at 5:30 p.m. Students whose parents come will be issued a dress down pass for November 1. Monday, October 21 – Wednesday, October 23: Scholastic Book Fair. The book fair will be…