Educate Cleveland

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)

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http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.

What is MIT OpenCourseWare?
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OCW is not an MIT education.
OCW does not grant degrees or certificates.
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Materials may not reflect entire content of the course.
How do I register to use MIT OpenCourseWare?
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Can I get a certificate?
No. MIT OpenCourseWare is a publication of the course materials that support the dynamic classroom interactions of an MIT education; it is not a degree-granting or credit-bearing initiative. However, you should work through the materials at your own pace, and in whatever manner you desire.

How do I find what courses are available? How do I search your site?
A site overview is available for MIT OpenCourseWare. You can also browse courses by department or use the advanced search to locate a specific course or topic.

High school students and educators should check out Highlights for High School.

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Education Pays -- Get Yours

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Every day, strong and intelligent young men, like yourself, are bombarded with negative messages from the media—on television, in song lyrics, in the movies. It is hard not to let those words and images affect you. We can help!
The Education Pay$ — Get Yours campaign is designed to show you that opportunity, stability, hope, happiness and success are in your grasp. How? Through education!

This website highlights educational and mentoring resources available to you in three Cleveland neighborhoods. Click on the neighborhood links —Central, Mt. Pleasant, Slavic Village—to learn more. If you do not reside near one of our target neighborhoods, click on Participate to uncover additional resources throughout the region.

http://www.policy-bridge.org/educationpays/index.php

Cleveland State launches scholarship program for incoming freshmen

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Cleveland State launches scholarship program for incoming freshmen

Cleveland State University

By SHANNON MORTLAND

11:19 am, November 13, 2009

Cleveland State University has launched a new scholarship program that will apply to incoming freshmen in fall 2010.

Under the Freshman Scholars Program, full-time, incoming freshmen with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA and an ACT score of at least 23 or an SAT score of 1060 will be eligible for a $3,000 scholarship from the university. Their economic situation will not be a factor.

“We created this program to help incoming freshmen and their families at a time when they are looking for an outstanding education at a reasonable price,” said Rob Spademan, assistant vice president for marketing and admissions at Cleveland State. “This new program gives parents a way to recognize and reward their children for maintaining good grades and test scores while in high school.”

The scholarship is renewable for three years as long as students maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA and are enrolled full time. Annual undergraduate tuition for full-time students at Cleveland State is about $8,000. Students must apply for the scholarship by Feb. 1, 2010.

Hobart Shakespeareans

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http://www.hobartshakespeareans.org/

2010 ACLU Youth Activist Scholarship Program

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November 6, 2009

To Whom It May Concern:
We have been selected as a nominator by the ACLU of Ohio to nominate potential recipients for the 2010 ACLU Youth Activist Scholarship Program. By the end of November we are to select random high school scholars throughout Ohio that meet the ACLU scholarship qualifications. These selected students will have the opportunity to receive a $7,000 scholarship for their first year of college. To be considered for nominations, we request that students send us a resume, a one-page biography, and a brief statement (no more than a paragraph) on why they feel that they qualify for this scholarship opportunity. Please email us your nomination material with your name and contact information to youngadultsinc@gmail.com no later than 11:59 pm on November 23, 2009.

Scholarship Qualifications
To qualify for the scholarship students must:
• Have demonstrated a strong commitment to civil liberties through some form of activism
• Be a high school senior planning on entering an accredited college or university as a full-time, degree-seeking student
• Have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale at the time of graduation
• Not be a current ACLU client or witness in a legal case
Benefits as an ACLU Youth Activist Scholar
Past scholarship winners were recognized for a wide variety of civil liberties activism including:
• Creating and teaching a class for middle school students that aimed to lower the risk that they would enter into the "school-to-prison" pipeline
• Challenging a principal's policy of punishing students for writing “gay pride” on their arms and notebooks
• Working with school officials to ensure that intelligent design would no longer be taught in the public schools
• Starting an organization to get teen girls involved in the decisions that affect them, such as policies on sexual harassment and access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare

Respectfully,

Antoinne M. McKinney
President/Founder

2 million minutes

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http://www.2mminutes.com/

MC2 High School Events

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http://www.mc2stemhub.org/all-events.aspx

All Upcoming Events
Event Name: Register now for Science + Reading for K-3 teachers
Date:10/24/2009
Science + Reading is a program developed by CRCST to provide professional development to K-3 teachers, an underserved segment of the teaching profession in our area lately. This hybrid, online and face-to-face opportunity will begin on the day of the Fall Conference (Oct. 24 at the Dolan Science and Technology Center on the John Carroll University Campus-directions and campus map at www.jcu.edu.) Registrants will attend the concurrent sessions offered at the conference in the morning and meet with instructor Renata Brown in the afternoon to learn how to take a pre-test and learn the computer access needed for the online portion of the course. The cost is $30 per person but the benefits are worth far more in terms of returns on the outlay as well as improvement of your craft in using standards-based, exceptional science and reading curriculum materials and methods. Optional non-degree graduate credit is available for you to purchase from Ashland University. There are a very limited number of openings still available as we are limiting enrollment to 20 individuals. Register now. Norm Schmidt nswims1@aol.com 216-961-1218 nschmidt@jcu.edu

Event Name: MC2STEM High School Open House
Date:10/27/2009
Time:5:30 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Join the students, faculty and administration of MC2STEM High School at an Open House event on one of the dates listed below. All Open Houses will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.at The Great Lakes Science Center 601 Erieside Avenue. October 27, 2009 - November 17, 2009 - January 19, 2010 - February 11, 2010 - March 18, 2010 - April 15, 2010

Event Name: Bioneers Cleveland
Date:11/5/2009
11/05/2009-11/07/2009 Click to read more.

Event Name: Design Lab Early College Open House Dates
Date:11/5/2009
Time:5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Join the students, faculty and administration of Design Lab Early College High School at an Open House event on one of the dates listed below. All Open Houses will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.at 2373 East 30th Street (2nd Floor). November 5, 2009 - December 3, 2009 - January 14, 2010 - February 4, 2010 - March 4, 2010 - April 1, 2010 - May 6, 2010

Event Name: Design Lab Early Collge High School SPO meetings
Date:11/5/2009
Time:5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Parents & Guardians of current 9th & 10th graders are encouraged to attend these informative School Parent Organization (SPO) meetings on the dates below. Please note that all meetings will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 5, 2009 - Thursday, December 3, 2009 - Thursday, January 14, 2010 - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - Thursday, March 4, 2010 - Thursday, April 1, 2010 - Thursday, May 6, 2010-

Event Name: Victory & Beyond Career and College Fair
Date:11/7/2009
Time:8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
at Cleveland Convention Center Saturday, November 7, 2009

Event Name: NOCHE Fall College Caravan
Date:11/11/2009
Time:1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
MC2STEM High School and NOCHE wil have a " Fall College Caravan," At Nela Park-GE

Event Name: Cleveland Hub Annual Holiday Celebration
Date:12/3/2009
Time:5:30 p.m.- 7:30p.m.
Save the date for this annual celebration with partners, school faculty & students. Greater Cleveland Partnership, 100 Public Square, Suite 210, Cleveland, OH 44113-2227

Event Name: Design Lab Early College - Contact Information
Date:12/20/2009
Design Lab Early College - Administrative Office Jane Addams High School (2nd Floor) 2373 East 30th Street Cleveland,OH (216)621-5064 Raymon Spottsville, Head of School Raymon.l.spottsville@cmsdnet.net (216) 952-4418

Event Name: MC2STEM High School - Contact Information
Date:12/21/2009
MC2STEM High School Administrative Office General Electric, Nela Park 1975 Noble Road, Bldg #36 East Cleveland (216) 744-1512 Jeff McClellan, Head of School Jeffrey.d.mcclellan@cmsdnet.net (216) 780-6455

Event Name: STEM Schools Student Lottery - Round 1
Date:2/18/2010
Time:5:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.
The first student lottery will be held at 5:30pm on Thursday, February 18, 2010. Eligible students will have completed an online application and attended an Open House or visited the school with a parent or guardian. The lottery will be held at the Main Branch of the Cleveland Public Library (325 Superior Avenue NE) in the Louis Stokes Wing lower level auditorium.

Event Name: STEM Innovation Expo
Date:5/1/2010
Save the date! You dont want to miss this event! Come out and meet the STEM community,our STEM students, see their work, visit their school and celebrate.

The NE Ohio Adopt-A-School Network

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Dear Co-laborer in Christ:

Please see your personal invitation below and the attachment:

The NE Ohio Adopt-A-School Network
Is Inviting You To Join Us In Our

2009 Adopt-A-School Campaign Blitz
During American Education Week

Our Goal
Every School Adopted
in Cleveland and NE Ohio
By Churches, Ministries & Individuals…

YOU can volunteer and help our students,
educators and schools
in one or more of the following ways:
Prayer

Mentor

Tutor

Job Readiness

College & Career Preparation

Leadership Development
Character Development
School Supplies

And More

Help Us With Our 2009 Adopt-A-School
Campaign Blitz
· Make phone calls
· Send emails and messages on myspace,
facebook and twitter
· Distribute flyers and put up posters
· Make a donation

For more information please contact us at:
Adopt-A-School Network

c/o Ministry of Reconciliation
(Blanketing Our Cities With Prayer
& The Gospel Of Jesus Christ)

P.O. Box 202206 Shaker Hts., Ohio
Phone: 216-621-LOVE (5683)
Email: reconciliation3@sbcglobal.net

Join Us At The Culmination Adopt-A-School
Praise & Prayer Rally
Youth & Adults
Saturday November 21st
At Susy’s Soup in Tower City-Mall Level I
6:00 – 10:00 pm

You Are Invited To

The 2009 Adopt-A-School Campaign Blitz
Culmination - For Youth & Adults

In Celebration of
American Education Week
November 15th – 21st

Saturday November 21, 2009
6:00 – 10:00 pm
At Susy’s Soup in Tower City
Mall Level I

Our Goal
Every School Adopted
in Cleveland & NE Ohio
By Churches, Ministries & Individuals….

Join Us For A Time Of
Praise & Worship
(Singing, Drama, Mime, Praise Dance,
Gospel Rappers, etc.)

Prayer, Fellowship & Food

Sharing Results of Past School Adoptions
& Showing Appreciation

Rejoicing for the results of New School Adoptions

Sharing Vision For 2010

Adopt-A-School Today

Adopt your child or grandchild’s School
Adopt your alma mater or your child’s alma mater
Adopt a school in your neighborhood
Adopt a school in your Church
Congregation’s neighborhood

Please Call or Email us to Adopt-A-School, Volunteer for the
Adopt-A-School Campaign Blitz
November 15th – 21st and/or for more information:

Adopt-A-School Network

c/o Ministry of Reconciliation
(Blanketing Our Cities With Prayer
& The Gospel Of Jesus Christ)

P.O. Box 202206 Shaker Hts., Ohio 44120
Phone: 216-621-LOVE (5683)
Email: reconciliation3@sbcglobal.net

Department of Education launches dollar 650-million innovation competition for school districts

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Following quickly on the heels of its $43 million grant to the Teacher Quality Partnership program, the U.S. Department of Education announced this week the launch of a $650-million innovation competition aimed at closing the achievement gap in the U.S. educational system.

The competition, called the Investing in Innovation fund (i3), falls under the $5 billion investment in school reform from the America's Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The competition will award grants to individual school districts, groups of districts, or school districts with nonprofit partnerships that want to start or expand research-based innovative programs aimed at closing the achievement gap and improving outcomes for students.

"We're making an unprecedented investment in cutting-edge ideas that will produce the next generation of school reforms," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. "We're looking to drive reform, reward excellence and dramatically improve our nation's schools."

The grants are divided into three categories: scale-up grants worth $50 million for innovations that have already been proven to improve student achievement; validation grants worth $30 million for existing, promising programs that are looking to improve their evidence base and expand their impact; and development grants worth $5 million to support new and high-potential practices whose impact should be further examined.

Grant recipients will also need to match their federal funds with public or private dollars, and must demonstrate how their programs will remain sustainable after their federal grants have finished. Proposals will be accepted in the spring of 2010 and all money will be obligated by September of that year.

This competition is in addition to the Department of Education's Race to the Top competition launched in July, which awards a total of $4.35 billion grants to states that pioneer school reform.

City Year

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Hello Friends of City Year Cleveland –

I share recent comments by City Year CEO and Co-Founder, Michael Brown, and U. S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, regarding the challenge to add scope and impact to our collaborative efforts with local school districts, principals, teachers and parents.

Last year, just over 80% of the Cleveland elementary and middle grade students with whom we worked in coordination with teachers and principals showed improvements in literacy and math (Benchmark Tests and Ohio Achievement Tests).

These are good results but we look to expand our impact this year. Cleveland school specialists, principals and teachers have helped strengthen our academic support and behavior coaching for students at K-8 schools. In addition, a team of 10 corps members is providing Ohio Graduation Test tutoring to an average of 45 juniors and seniors every day at Collinwood High School.

Please read the remarks below and respond with any comments or questions.

Yours in service,

David W. Anderson
Deputy Director

City Year Cleveland
The Leader Building

526 Superior Avenue, Suite 408 | Cleveland, Ohio 44114

T: 216.373.3413 | C: 216-255-1897 | F: 216-574-3401

danderson@cityyear.org | www.cityyear.org

give a year. change the world

www.cityyear.org

Dear City Year Community,

As we embark on a new school year, all of us at City Year renew our commitment to mobilizing diverse young leaders in full-time service to help keep students in school and on track to graduate.

Every 26 seconds a student gives up on school in America. More than 12 million students are projected to drop out over the next decade, resulting in more than $3 trillion in costs. The statistics are staggering and this is a national challenge which demands bold action.

In June, City Year held a National Leadership Summit to launch In School & On Track: A National Challenge, an ambitious initiative to reach at least 50% of all students falling off track in the 20 U.S. locations in which we serve.

We were honored that United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined us at our National Leadership Summit, and challenged us to dramatically scale our impact across the country:

"As we think about what City Year can do going forward we need greater scale so that in all of your locations, we think about doubling, tripling, quadrupling your presence.... I'm convinced that City Year is perhaps uniquely positioned to be our partner and to be the partner at the local level to transform schools that have historically struggled."

We are energized and motivated by his call to action and we pledge to do whatever we can to ensure that students in high poverty schools across the country can succeed.

I have shared below and on our Web site the complete transcript of Secretary Duncan's remarks. You can also click here for a video of his talk.

Earlier this month, 1,500 City Year corps members pledged 2.5 million hours of service to help increase the nation's urban graduation pipeline in the 20 communities where they serve.

From the beginning of the school day until the last child leaves the after-school program, diverse teams of City Year corps members leverage their near-peer relationship with students to focus on reversing the early warning "off track" indicators -- low attendance, poor behavior and course failure in math and English -- that research has proven are strong predictors, as early as 6th grade, that a student will not graduate with his or her class.

We are inspired by their commitment and their idealism, and grateful for your support for their work.

We look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead to help students in high poverty communities succeed in school and life.

Your in Service,

Michael Brown
CEO & Co-Founder
City Year, Inc.

Remarks by Secretary Arne Duncan
City Year National Leadership Summit: A National Service Response to the High School Dropout Crisis

Washington, D.C.
June 9, 2009

Thank you so much. Wow, what an introduction. I try not to have an entourage but like having a City Year entourage, I've got to figure out how to take them with me more places. I'm really honored to be here.

I'm probably one of the biggest fans that you're ever going to find of City Year for a number of reasons and I know I'm preaching to the choir here but there are so few opportunities for our children who live in impoverished backgrounds who often live in segregated impoverished backgrounds to get the chance to get to know and to work with and to have as mentors and role models a diverse set of people who are absolutely committed to seeing them be successful and its hard for our children to experience a better life, it's hard for our children to think about working in an integrated setting if they never see people who don't look like themselves and don't look like each other working together so what City Year has done for our children around the country I'm just so absolutely grateful for.

When I ran the Chicago public schools I pushed very hard and was pleased over time to sort of convert all of the City Year teams there just to work in schools, I was a little bit selfish. They were doing lots of other great work in the communities and the hospitals and other things but I kept saying if we're really going to make a difference we've got to have you in our schools and the tangible difference that we saw some of our toughest schools on the south side and north side of Chicago was absolutely remarkable.

We have an opportunity today I think and maybe I'm overly optimistic, maybe a little naïve, I think that we have an opportunity to transform education in our country and let me tell you why. We have a President, we have a First Lady, we have a Vice President, we have his wife, who are absolutely committed to education. And it amazes me that day after day week after week despite fighting two wars despite the toughest economy since the depression they keep coming back to education. Absolutely, consistently - what are we doing, how are we getting better. Secondly we have a bipartisan congress, both sides of the aisle, are welcoming, both sides of the aisle know how much further we have to go, despite some successes our dropout rate is far too high, our graduation rate is far too low. We have to get better. We also have more good ideas, more great schools than ever before. In the past 5, 10, 15 years we've seen this flourishing of non-profits like City Year, great success stories, charter schools, and places in inner cities, urban, rural, toughest of communities where the vast majority of students are succeeding. We have absolutely put the lie in any myth that poor children can't learn, that children of color can't learn or can't be successful.

So we've got leadership at the top, we have got bipartisan support from Congress, we have more great ideas out there we just need to scale that up, we need to make sure we're investing in those groups that are making a great difference and then finally and not insignificantly we have a few dollars to play with, we have $100 billion in new dollars going to education, that's a staggering number, it's never going to happen again. At every level - $5 billion dollars to early childhood, $7 billion dollars k-12, north of $30 billion to higher education so we will never have this kind of opportunity again and so I'm unbelievably hopeful but I also feel a huge sense of urgency.

Can we be smart enough, and frankly can we be courageous enough? Can we have the political will to make the hard changes so that every child has the chance to be successful? And our simple task I think is to take to scale what works. We have these pockets of excellence, these islands of excellence - how do we turn these islands into systems of excellence? How do we make sure every child has the chance to be successful? And what I'm absolutely convinced of is that for all the hard work we're going to try to do and for all of the hard work that states and districts are going to try to do, we can't do it alone we need all hands on deck - we need cities, we need states, we need nonprofits stepping up and helping us get where we need to go.

We have a set of schools around the country that are the best in the world. Unfortunately, at the other end of the spectrum we have a set of schools that are basically perpetuating poverty and perpetuating social failure, they are part of the problem: dropout factories where the vast majority of students don't graduate each year.

As we think about what City Year can do going forward, I'd like to put a couple of challenges on the table, first we need greater scale so in all your locations around the country how do we think about not just 2% growth or 5% growth or 10% growth - how do we honestly think about doubling, tripling, quadrupling your presence and then if we can do that (and it's easier said than done) but if we can do that can we work with you? Can we partner with you to go into our toughest communities, where I would argue, where the education system has done a disservice to the community and has perpetuated these social inequities often for decades - not for 2 or 3 or 5 years but for 10, 20, 30 years? Can we partner with City Year to go in there and fundamentally turn those schools around?

And it's actually interesting, if we were just to take the bottom 1% of schools nationally, leave the other 99% alone, the bottom 1% of schools nationally, could we take 1,000 schools a year, 1,000 out of 100,000 and come back with much higher expectations, come back with new teams of adults, and come back with teams like City Year to show our students how much we care about them, to be the role models, to be the partners, to demonstrate the great difference that service can make in their lives. If we could do that, if we could fundamentally turn around 1% of our school each year and do that year after year after year, think about that, we'd basically be eliminating the bottom piece of our portfolio. It would be gone. Schools that for decades have been part of the problem would disappear and we would replace them with schools where routinely 90 - 95% of students graduate and routinely 90 - 95% of those that graduate go onto college.

Why do I know it's possible? Because it's happening all over the country, we have pockets of excellence all over the country. When I was in Chicago I definitely did not think Washington had all the good ideas, now that I'm in Washington I know Washington does not have all the good ideas. The good ideas are always going to be out there at the local but we have to take them to scale. We have to take them, we have to invest in them and build upon those best practices.

I'm convinced that City Year is perhaps uniquely positioned to be our partner and to be the partner at the local level to transform schools that have historically struggled. And I'm so hopeful again, not because I'm naïve but because I've seen it happen. I saw what City Year did for my children on the south and west side of Chicago. I saw year after year marked improvement. This is not a feel good story. I look at the data, I look at the results. And it's great to have role models, but it's great to see graduation rate going up, it's great to see test scores going up, it's great to see schools becoming community centers that are open 10, 12, 13, 14 hours a day.

So I just want to commend City Year's leadership for this absolute, laser-like focus on keeping students in school, keeping them on track. I think the partnership we can develop at a national level will be something that will transform educational opportunities for our children around the country. And what I think all of you know, and what the public doesn't quite yet understand, is that if we give our children, it doesn't matter what background, doesn't matter the race, doesn't matter the socio-economic status, if we give our student long term support, if we have the highest of expectations for them, and if we give them real opportunities to learn and grow and develop and again be exposed to role models - what you guys do every single day - our children can beat the odds and they will beat it on a consistent basis. Not one child out of a thousand, not some miracle story but systemically - class after class, grade after grade, year after year, our students will start to beat the odds and become the norm, not the exception. So I thank you for your extraordinary hard work, for what you have done for our country so far but I think in these next couple of years we have a chance to fundamentally break through and I expect City Year to be with us there every step of the way leading the country where we need to go.

Thanks so much for your hard work. Thank you for your commitment. Thank you for your service. You represent the best of what our country's about. I look forward to our continued work together. Thank you so much.

City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. As tutors, mentors, and role models, these young leaders make a difference in the lives of children and transform schools and neighborhoods across the United States and in South Africa.

Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year has established programs in Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Columbia, SC; Columbus; Detroit; Little Rock/North Little Rock; Los Angeles; Louisiana; Miami; New Hampshire; New York; Greater Philadelphia; Rhode Island; San Antonio; San Jose/Silicon Valley; Seattle/King County; South Africa and Washington, D.C. City Year is a proud member of AmeriCorps.

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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

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– 2009-10 CMSD Academic Achievement Plan – 2009-10 Scope and Sequence

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1. Board
2. Board Calander
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.

Farrah Gray to speak at US

2009-10-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.us.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=107156&eid=1156404

Farrah Gray to speak at US
Date: 11/4/2009 to 11/4/2009
Shaker Heights Campus - Conway Hall Auditorium
Entrepreneur, philanthropist and author of The Reallionaire, Dr. Farrah Gray, is the next speaker in the US 2009-2010 Distinguished Speaker Series. Click here to register.

All lectures are free and open to the public and will be held at University School’s Shaker Campus, Conway Hall Auditorium, 20701 Brantley Road, in Shaker Heights. Click here for directions.

Author of the best-selling book, Reallionaire, Farrah Gray will present: "A Celebration of Youth Entrepreneurship."

Dr. Gray’s appearance is made possible through the generous support of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, a Northeast Ohio resource dedicated to strengthening the free enterprise system by investing in organizations and institutions that foster the entrepreneurial spirit.

University School’s speaker series, entitled "Unleashing the Potential of Boys," features noted speakers discussing issues of significance and interest to boys, their parents and teachers, and others in the community.

An entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, and syndicated columnist, Dr. Farrah Gray has risen from poverty to international prominence as an entrepreneurial icon and pre-eminent speaker. Raised on the South side of Chicago, Dr. Gray defied the odds and became a self-made millionaire by the age of 14. At the age of 21, he received an Honorary Doctorate degree of Humane Letters from Allen University.

He has recently been featured by AOL Black Voices as making Black History 2008. The National Urban League’s Urban Influence Magazine also named him one of the most influential Black men in America. Ebony Magazine recognized him as an entrepreneurial icon, business mogul and best-selling author.

Gray is the founder of The Farrah Gray Foundation, a non-profit organization that launches entrepreneurship programs in inner-city schools across the country and provides scholarship and grant assistance for students from at-risk backgrounds.

He has appeared on Good Morning America, 20/20, and Oprah and Friends among others. As an AOL Money Coach, Gray gives advice to millions of AOL subscribers daily on leadership, personal development, diversity, strategic planning, creativity, business development and financial management.

He is a syndicated columnist for Oprah Magazine and the National Newspaper Publishers Association and is the bestselling author of Get Real Get Rich and The Truth Shall Make You Rich.

A book signing by Dr. Gray and a Youth Entrepreneurship Fair featuring students from E-City, Junior Achievement and US's Entrepreneur Institute will follow the lecture. Copies of Dr. Gray's book, including "Reallionaire," will be available for sale.

Other lectures in the series are as follows:

Wednesday, January 20, 7:30 p.m. - Mark Shapiro, executive vice president and general manager of the Cleveland Indians: "Maximizing Potential On and Off the Field."
Wednesday, February 24, 7:30 p.m. - Dave Taylor, coach and motivational speaker: "Internal Discipline through Motivation and Effort."
Wednesday, April 7, 7:30 p.m. - Bill Lishman, artist and pioneer in ultralight aviation: "Let Boyhood Dreams Take Flight."

Cleveland CARES Event

2009-10-24T18:29:00.001-07:00

http://caresmentoring.com/
http://www.100blackmencleveland.org/

Cleveland CARES event on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at the Wyndham Hotel/downtown Cleveland from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. BothSusan Taylor, Editor Emeritus of Essence Magazine and 100 Black Men of America, Inc. Chairman Emeritus Thomas Dortch, who is also Chairman of the National CARES Mentoring Movement will speak at this launch event and provide information and insights into mentor training and established national mentor programming. The purpose of the event is to highlight the need, and initiate programming of youth mentoring in the Northeast Ohio area.
This event is FREE to participants.

Annual Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) Award program

2009-10-24T16:30:00.000-07:00

WHAT ARE THE SAMMY AWARDS ANYWAY?

The annual Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) Award program recognizes 25 high school senior student athletes who demonstrate excellence in academics, athletics, community service, leadership and include milk as part of their healthy lifestyles.

The unique scholarship educates teens on the importance of making smart choices - like drinking lowfat milk, eating right and staying active. Twenty-five winners will earn the $7,500 scholarship, attend an awards ceremony with celebrity guests at The Milk House at ESPN's Wide World of Sports, and appear in their own milk mustache ad in USA TODAY.

Each year a celebrity panel of Milk Mustache athletes help select the winners. This year Andy Roddick, Steve Nash, Mia Hamm, Michelle Kwan and Tony Hawk served as judges to help select this yearâ€™s winners.
HOW TO APPLY

High school seniors interested in applying for the 2010 SAMMY Awards program should visit bodybymilk.com in November 2009 for more information, or enter your email here and we'll send you a note when applications are posted. All applicants are required to describe in 75 words or less how they incorporate milk into their everyday life and training regimen.

http://www.bodybymilk.com/sammy_scholarship.php

2009-10 Cavaliers & FirstMerit Scholarship Program

2009-10-24T16:23:00.000-07:00

2009-10 Cavaliers & FirstMerit Scholarship Program
We understand the importance of continuing your education!
The Cleveland Cavaliers and FirstMerit Bank are pleased to offer 10 graduating high school seniors from Northeast Ohio the opportunity to receive $2,000 scholarships through the Cavalier/FirstMerit Scholarship Program.
Scholarship Program Highlights
An applicant must attend high school in one of the following counties: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit or Stark; or one of the following communities: Ashland, Chardon, Huron, Kent, Middlefield, Orrville, Ravenna, Rittman, Sandusky, Streetsboro, Vermilion, Willard, or Wooster
Interested students must complete an essay under 500 words on the following question: "What's the most important lesson you've learned up to this point in your life and how do you plan to apply that lesson going forward"
Completed applications must be postmarked by February 15, 2010; the scholarship award announcement and presentation will occur on March 31, 2010.

http://www.firstmerit.com/personal/ads/cavsScholarship.aspx
http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/community/education.html

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage offers scholarships worth $100,000

2009-10-24T16:15:00.000-07:00

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage offers scholarships worth $100,000
By Gabriel Baird
October 23, 2009, 10:13PM
By Gabriel Baird Plain Dealer Reporter
BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- Three area students with messages of peace and tolerance will share $100,000 in scholarships.
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Beachwood is sponsoring the second annual "Stop the Hate! Youth Speak Out Essay Contest."
Last year more than 1,200 area students applied, and Matt Soble, a senior at Solon High School, captured the entire prize for his account of how he and other members of the B'nai B'rith Youth Group chapter helped a boy who didn't fit in.
Twenty other students also won prizes.
This year, the prize will be split among three applicants, said Judi Feniger, the executive director of the museum, which opened in 2005.
The goal of the program is to foster thinking and conversation about discrimination that students see in their everyday lives and how they can combat it.
Feniger expects the number of 500-word entries to increase this year because more people know about the contest.
"We're expecting an even bigger response this year," Feniger said.
The contest is open to students in middle and high schools in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Stark counties.
Three high school seniors and juniors stand to win scholarships to an Ohio college or university. Their deadline to enter is Dec. 16.
The deadline for younger students is Nov. 4. They can win educational materials and money.
Each essay will be read by at least three of the more than 150 judges the museum has signed up to help grade the essays on the quality of writing, the originality of the content and the way they convey the theme of personal responsibility.
Finalists will read their essays at an award ceremony March 21, the night the winner will be announced.
More information is available online.
http://maltzmuseum.org/

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: gbaird@plaind.com, 216-999-5833

High School Students Build Eco-Friendly

2009-10-21T01:43:00.000-07:00

Be a Tutor!

2009-09-01T02:27:00.000-07:00

Help a student succeed! Be a tutor in the Saturday Tutoring Program, which provides free tutoring for students in grades 1-12 from school districts throughout Greater Cleveland. You can volunteer when it fits your schedule; an every-week commitment is not required. Sessions are held on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon at the Church of the Covenant (11205 Euclid Avenue) in University Circle. Come as an individual or with a group. Materials, training, supervision, and free parking are provided.

An orientation/ training session for tutors will be held Saturday, September 12, 2009, 10:00 a.m. to noon, at the Church of the Covenant. Qualifications: Must be at least 17 years old. Need desire and patience to help youngsters succeed, familiarity with subject to be taught, and ability to convey ideas clearly in fluent written and spoken English.

For details, visit www.covenantweb.org/tutoring. To volunteer, e-mail saturdaytutoring@gmail.com or call 216-421-0482 x281. Your time + your knowledge = a child’s future.

Gates Millennium Scholarship 2010

2009-08-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

The Gates Millennium Scholars 2010 Nomination Process has launched. The submission deadline is January 11, 2010 (11:59 p.m. EST).

Click below to access the GMS Scholarship website and application.

In order to be eligible to be considered for the GMS scholarship, all three forms must be submitted by the deadline.

1. Nominee Form (student application)

2. Nominator Form

3. Recommender Form

All three forms are linked by the student registration identification number. The student's registration identification number is a combination of their five digit zip code and the last four digits of their preferred phone number. For example, if their five digit zip code is 22031 and their preferred phone....

http://www.gmsp.org/

Cleveland Foundation Scholarships

2009-08-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

Scholarships
Thanks to the vision and generosity of many donors, the Cleveland Foundation offers a variety of scholarships to eligible applicants. Many scholarships are available, with some awarding amounts up to $5,000.

These scholarships have varied and diverse criteria. While most are for graduating seniors attending institutions of higher education, others enable individuals to pursue professional and personal development opportunities.

Please note the following universal eligibility criteria:

Must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident with permanent resident card
Must be attending an accredited educational institution
Must reside in Cuyahoga, Lake, or Geauga counties (unless otherwise noted).

If you are interested in establishing a scholarship fund through the Cleveland Foundation, please call our Gift Planning and Donor Relations team at 216-861-3810.

You may also contribute online to an existing Cleveland Foundation scholarship fund.

Interested in applying for a scholarship?
We strongly encourage you to browse descriptions of the Cleveland Foundation’s various scholarship funds or use our scholarship search application. Contained within each scholarship description are instructions for applying.

You can apply for several – though not all – of our scholarships by downloading and filling out our scholarship form.

Note: As a first step to applying for most scholarships that require evidence of financial need, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form should be filed. For information, go to http://www.fafsa.ed.gov .

McNair Scholars Program Search is Open

2009-08-17T10:10:00.001-07:00

McNair Scholars Program Search is Open

Ronald Ervin McNair

McNair Scholars Program is
accepting applications now!

The McNair Scholars Program is named in honor of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, an astronaut and physicist who died in the 1986 Challenger accident. In the spirit of Dr. Mcnair's own achievements, the U.S. Department of Education funds this program to prepare students who are interested in research, graduate education and obtaining a Ph.D.

If you want to build your portfolio for acceptance into the graduate school of your choice, then McNair Scholars Program is for you!!

View the requirements to be considered for the McNair Scholars Program application process.

Are you a sophomore or junior with a 2.8 CUM GPA or better?
Are you a currently enrolled CSU student?
Are you a U.S. citizen or permanent resident?
Does your current transcript show you declared as:
A STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) major or minor,
A STEM related major or minor in Urban Studies or Education,
A Computer Information Science or Information Systems (College of Business) major or minor, or
A College of Liberal Arts and Social Science major or minor with an interest in STEM or STEM related research (e.g. anthropology with forensics)?
Will you apply for graduate school, upon completion of an undergraduate degree at CSU?
If you have answered "yes" to the questions that apply to you, then download and complete the “PRELIMINARY APPLICATION FORM”.

Bring the form to the McNair Scholars Program office in Rhodes Tower, Room 1250 or 1251 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

2009 CPIE Scholarship Fund Raiser

2009-08-14T00:07:00.000-07:00

Concerned Partners In Education

(CPIE)

PRESENTS THE THIRD ANNUAL

SCHOLARSHIP FUND RAISER BRUNCH

THEME: “Instead of Jail, Help Send Me to Yale”

Our first scholarship recipient was Chris Webb (California Institute of the Arts 4.0 GPA) and subsequently Christian Bell and Tracy Johnson (both at Morehouse College)

When: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

Where: Harvard Community Service Center

(216) 991-8585

18240 Harvard Ave.

Cleveland, OH 44128

For Raffle or Event Tickets Please Contact:

Gwen Rodgers (Chairperson)

1-887-280-1644

216-921-5130

cpiecleveland@gmail.com

Raffle:

1st Prize - $100 Gas Card

2nd Prize - $50 Dave's Food Card

3rd Prize - 2 Dinners - T's Kitchen

4th Prize - Borders Books

Donation: $1.00 each/ 6 for $5.00

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Brunch Tickets - Donation: $10.00

Please make checks payable to:

Harvard Community Services Center

In the memo line put CPIE or Concerned Partners in Education

Send Checks to: P.O. Box 28211 - Cleveland, OH 44128

WE ARE NOW A WEBSITE

2008-09-29T19:12:00.000-07:00

VISIT US FOR SCHOLaRSHIP INFORMATION AT www.educatecleveland.net or click below.

Educate Cleveland's new look

Oregon Science Educator Named National Teacher of the Year at White House Ceremony

2008-08-13T15:19:00.000-07:00

Washington, DC, April 30, 2008 – Unifying teaching and learning through creativity, collegiality, community interests as well as individual, and just a bit of what he calls “craziness”, defines Michael Geisen’s approach to working with, in his words, “my fellow human beings…my students.”

Because of his innovative approach, community focus, and teamwork with other teachers, Geisen was named 2008 National Teacher of the Year by President George W. Bush at a White House ceremony on April 30, 2008. Also recognized at this event were the 2008 state teachers of the year.

The National Teacher of the Year Program, sponsored by the ING Foundation, is a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). CCSSO is a nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and five U.S. extra-state jurisdictions. “Geisen is exactly the type of educator we want to acknowledge. He believes in and encourages collaboration between and among teachers and school leaders as he knows this brings the right focus on the student,” said Gene Wilhoit, executive director of CCSSO. “We at CCSSO are supportive and working toward creating a collaborative and student-centered 21st century educator development system and are pleased to have our National Teacher of the Year reflect our values and direction in this area of work.”

The National Teacher of the Year Program focuses public attention on teaching excellence and is the oldest and most prestigious awards program for teachers. According to Rhonda Mims, president of the ING Foundation, ING is proud to collaborate with CCSSO to celebrate the national and state teachers of the year. "We are committed to honoring excellence in education, and it’s important for us to support educators who are dedicated to empowering our children to excel in school,” Mims said.

Geisen, a science teacher at Crook County Middle School in Prineville, Oregon, is the 58th National Teacher of the Year. He will begin a year as a full-time national and international spokesperson for education on June 1, 2008.

“A great teacher,” he says, “is a unifier of ideas, a unifier of people, and a unifier of ideas with people. In my teaching I strive to bring together creativity and science, to unite my students into a community, and to help each person in this community connect with the big ideas of science.”

Working to keep textbooks to, as he describes it, 97 percent colorful wall decoration and 3 percent reference materials, this seventh-grade teacher strives consistently to keep all of his curriculum, labs, assignments, activities and evaluations hand-tailored.

As Geisen explains, “By doing so, I’m able to correlate them exactly with the Oregon standards, incorporate multiple levels of cognition, revise them when needed and keep them up to date with emerging science. Some of them are based on ideas that colleagues or students have shared with me, but many of them I simply dream up while in the shower or while driving to work. However they originate, I try to put a bit of myself, a bit of Prineville, and a good dose of humor and creativity into each activity, project or assignment. In fact, students even laugh during tests in our class.

“When students know that it’s not just some writer of some worksheet out there that wants them to do something,” he continues, “but that it’s local and applicable to their lives, they start to get interested. And when students are interested, they start to ask real questions. And when they ask questions, they’re on their way to becoming great scientists and learners. This enthusiasm becomes contagious, and kids spread it around our building and take it home to their families. It doesn’t happen every day for every child, but it happens frequently enough to call it a pattern. Even the non-mathematical/non-scientific kids get into it when creativity and science fuse together.”

Focusing on the research that shows when both sides of the brain are engaged, more authentic learning occurs Geisen has, as his continuous goal and hope, to ignite such passion for learning in as many people as possible and to help them make informed decisions in their everyday lives. As he explains, “I allow my curiosity and enthusiasm for learning to match my students’, and we inspire each other to further explore and wonder about the big questions and the little details that make our world so fascinating.”

Rocky Miner, Crook County Middle School Principal, calls Geisen a “natural” at understanding the middle school student and making positive connections with them, but equally applauds his leadership skills and deep understanding of the whole middle school science curriculum that helps his fellow science teachers. And in letters of recommendation that came with his National Teacher of the Year application, his students and colleagues echo these sentiments, using such terms to describe Geisen and his work as “genuine,” “heart felt,” and “imaginative.” As one of his recent students, Karlie Grasle, said, “I think if he wanted to, he could make watching grass grow interesting.”

Geisen was born in Seattle, Washington, on April 27, 1973, and graduated in 1991 from Kentridge High School in Kent, Washington.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Forest Resource Management from the University of Washington in 1996, graduating magna cum laude. He began his professional career as a forester but while this was satisfying work for a while, eventually he missed the direct connection with people.

Early in his forestry career, Geisen spent several months as a teaching assistant at the University of Washington’s experimental forest. “For 12–14 hours a day, I designed and implemented exercises to teach forestry majors the field skills they needed to succeed, and spent hours in the forest helping them, guiding them and getting to know them. But for several years, I had been working as a professional forester using those same skills… alone. One day on a rainy hillside, I realized why I was barely able to get up every morning: I needed to give. My vocation needed to have deeper meaning, to have relationship, to have heart. I needed to teach.”

Geisen earned a Master of Arts in Teaching, with a science endorsement, from Southern Oregon University in 2001 and began teaching that fall at Crook County Middle School.

He is married to Jennifer Geisen and they have two children ages eight and five.

A committee of representatives from 15 national education organizations chooses the National Teacher of the Year from among the state teachers of the year, including those representing American Samoa, Department of Defense Education Activity, District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands.

The other 2008 National Teacher of the Year finalists are Lewis Chappelear, an engineering and design teacher at James Monroe High School in North Hills, California; June Teisan, a science teacher at Harper Woods Secondary School in Harper Woods, Michigan; and Thomas R. Smigiel, Jr., a teen leadership and science teacher at Norview High School in Norfolk, Virginia.

State teachers of the year are selected on the basis of nominations by students, teachers, principals, and school district administrators throughout the states. Applications are then submitted to CCSSO, where the national selection committee reviews the data on each state candidate and selects the four finalists. The selection committee then personally interviews each finalist before naming the National Teacher of the Year. Additional information on the National Teacher of the Year Program can be accessed at .

Concerned Partners in Education 2nd Annual Scholarship Fundraiser

2008-08-06T11:16:00.000-07:00

Visit Basheer Jones Speaking on Youtube!

Concerned Partners in Education
Present Their 2nd Annual
Scholarship Fundraiser Brunch

Featuring:
Our “Man of the Year” Basheer Jones
Host of Basheer Jones and Company (WERE 1490 AM), Renowned poet and positive role model.
Guest appearance by Chris Webb (last years scholarship recipient and local actor and poet)

In support of our Foundation for Youth Education (2 scholarships)
-- Christian Bell Visit Christian Bell's Website!
(www.chrisbellscholarship.tk) and Tracy Johnson are members of the B.R.I.C.K. Program and both will attend Morehouse College Visit Morehouse College Website! in the Fall 2008 --
And Programmed Apprencticeships for Successful Students (P.A.S.S.) Awards

Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 11:00 A.M.
Harvard Community Services Center
18240 Harvard Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44128

“Instead of Jail, Help Send Me to Yale!”
“Instead of the Jailhouse, Help Send Me to Morehouse!”

Tickets and Souvenir book space are available now.
Contact Gwen Norfleet, Retired Principal
(216) 921-5130 or 1-877-280-1644
e-mail: cpiecleveland@gmail.com