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Box Tops for Education

Citizens Leadership Academy is happy to partner with Box Tops for Education, a program which has given nearly $400 million since 1996. Citizens Leadership Academy families and students are encouraged to clip Box Top coupons from the hundreds of participating products and bring it to the school office.

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Bike Riding on Lamont

Thanks to the Ohio City Bike Coop, the students are able to enjoy the beautiful day and learn proper bike safety, bike maintenance and bike mechanics.

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September Update from Head of School

Update from the Head of School September 1, 2011 Dear CLA Families, It’s hard to believe that September is here! The CLA community has settled into routines and students and teachers have delved into rigorous academics. The overarching question for this Fall Expedition is, “What makes a community thrive?” In English, the students are reading…

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Opening Day at CLA

Citizens Leadership Academy opened its doors this August 2011 to our founding class of 6th graders. Congratulations to the incredibly hard-working staff, leadership, volunteers, and community members who helped make CLA a reality! We are very excited about this year and what will come next. We will try and add at least a monthly blog…

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Breakthrough’s New Spaces in Cleveland

Breakthrough is moving into some new spaces! Check out this article in The Plain Dealer to learn more about our new buildings in Cleveland. Breakthrough charter schools buying four closed buildings from Cleveland school district CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Breakthrough charter schools, seeking to expand, are buying four school buildings closed by the Cleveland school…

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CLA on WDOK

Citizens Leadership Academy – WDOK 102.1 – December 5, 2010 – by Jim McIntyre A new public charter school opens next August for sixth graders in Cleveland. Principal Shelly Saltzman says Citizens Leadership Academy will offer expeditionary learning. She was joined by fifth-grader Justise Porter, who will be among the first students to attend Citizens Leadership Academy.…

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Charter School Growth Fund

We are thrilled to announce the Charter School Growth Fund is helping us grow. We’re the first in Ohio to receive this award, and we’re so excited for the rest of the country to learn more about these great things happening in Cleveland. Breakthrough charter schools in Cleveland get $2 million for expansion CLEVELAND, Ohio…

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Ursuline College and Breakthrough Partner for Teachers

Ursuline College and Breakthrough have begun a partnership to bring the highest-quality, motivated teachers into our classrooms. Ursuline College and charter schools collaborate on program to place teachers in classrooms  Ursuline College and a group of Cleveland charter schools are collaborating on a program to place teachers in urban classrooms. About 20 students in the college’s…

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Breakthrough’s Beginnings!

Check out this great story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer to learn more about Breakthrough and our beginnings: Cleveland charter schools banding together under new management company CLEVELAND, Ohio — Alan Rosskamm, former chief executive of Jo-Ann Stores Inc., is putting his business knowledge to work for four Cleveland charter schools. Rosskamm has been hired…