CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Dear CSA Family and Friends,

Welcome to a new week at CSA. We are entering into a busy season at school. Several majors are gearing toward winter performances and high-stakes assessments. We are excited to announce our 2023 Winterfest Showcase on Thursday, December 14th, and Friday, December 15th. Please see the flyer below for details and please share this information with friends and family. Tickets go on sale on November 10th via the CSA website.

The Creative Writing Department is excited to share they will host CSA 1st Poetry Slam of the school year, on November 9th, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Students will share original works. The show is open to the public. Tickets for attending the show are $5.

Currently on display in the first-floor gallery are original works from Mrs. Quinn's visual arts students. The juried work consists of charcoal drawings of local landmarks. Samples can seen below (student work samples).

Annual Popcorn Fundraiser: It's that time of year again. The Double Good Popcorn Fundraiser kicks off on Thursday, November 9th, 6:00 pm, and ends on Monday, November 13th, 6:00 pm. This four-day fundraiser is fun and easy. The virtual fundraiser requires no handling of products or money. All scholars and their families are encouraged to participate. Each participant's fundraising goal is a minimum of just $400 in sales. Funds raised will go towards student activities. Prizes and school swag will be given to top fundraisers.

Before the fundraiser begins:

1. Download the Double Good app

2. Enter our Event Code LBICPT in the app

3. Create your Pop-Up Store (watch this brief video to learn how to personalize your pop-up store)

The Double Good app is available for free on iOS and Android.

Tuesday is Election Day: There is no school for scholars, on November 7th.

Veterans Day: There is no school on Friday, November 10th.

All City Presents, Dream Girls the Musical: The time has come for CSA and students DISTRICT-WIDE to audition for the 22nd Annual All-City Musical, Dreamgirls. All City is looking for energetic scholars from CSA to represent in the spring. All City highly encourages CSA scholars to audition on EITHER Thursday, November 2, OR Tuesday, November 7. No prior experience is required. If cast, students will be trained during the 4-month rehearsal process. Dreamgirls will be performed March 19 - 24. See below and attached for more details.

Schoology parent access: It is highly encouraged that families use their parent access codes to review their scholar's classroom grades and performance. By using your Schoology parent access, you will be able to see your scholar's current grade, assignments completed, and assignments missed. This is a great tool for keeping up with your scholar's progress in class. Reach out to your scholar's teacher(s) if you have questions. Click to log in. Your scholar's teacher can provide the access code if you do not already have it. You need to have updated contact credentials in the Student Information System (SIS) to be able to be provided with your Schoology Parent account. Contact the school's main office to update your contact information.

Parent Ambassodar Newsletter: Be sure to read all updates and news from CSA's parent ambassador. (Click here)

Senior Cap & Gown Picture Day: December 11th

Homecoming: November 17th. Tickets are on sale now! $25 each. See below for more details.

Monthly Parent Meetings announced. Please see below for the dates and times of the 2023-2024 month Zoom meetings for families.

If you have recently moved or changed contact information, please update the school with your new address by using the link below or calling the school main office at 216-838-9000

Update family contact (link)

Yours in Education,

Ricardo Franklin Sr, Head of School

Congratulations to CSA on our recent news of being rated a 4.5-star school on the 2023 school state report card. Schools are now rated on a 5-star system. With this rating, CSA is the #4 ranked school in CMSD and the #4 ranked best arts high school in Ohio by Niche.com. You can learn more about the state report card by clicking here. The 4.5-star rating means that CSA exceeds state standards.

$25 for a single ticket. $50 for a couple

1. Important Directions: scan QR code
2. Go to “CSA Homecoming/ Tickets (Donate Page)
3. Choose $25 for 1 ticket (for couples) choose “other” then put $50 amount for two tickets
4. In the “Comments” box at the bottom. Make sure you place the FULL NAME of the student for the tickets belong to.

CSA attendance goal: 93%

8,201 more questions answered than last week!

122 more hours spent working than last week!

IXL uses insights from student work in the curriculum and the Real-Time Diagnostic to generate personalized guidance for each learner. These personalized action plans seamlessly link students to the skills that will help them build on their knowledge and remediate gaps in understanding.

Every scholar at CSA has their very own IXL account. CSA teachers use it daily in Math and ELA. Students can increase their overall proficiency and skill mastery by answer

To see CSA's weekly IXL data click here

To learn how IXL smart scores work click here

To learn more about the IXL effect click here

Chemistry and Environmental Science tutoring.

Mon: 3:10 - 4 (in Room #310)

Thurs: 3:10 - 4 (in Room # 320)

Mr. Higgins: (9th-grade; science): Tues & Thurs: 3:10 - 4:00, room 315

Mr. Padaraju: Precalculus/Statistics: Tues and Thurs: 8:00 to 8:25 a.m.

Ms. Jacob: ELA 3 tutoring Thursdays 3:10-4:10

Ms. Jolly: ELA 2 tutoring, Mondays from 3:10 - 4:00 or by appointment.

Ms. Doss: Tuesday, 3:10 - 4:00

Ms. Yang: Chinese: Thursday 3:10 - 4:00 or 4th period during lunch.

Mrs. Peca: Algebra 1: Tuesday 3:10 - 4:00

Ms. Cary: Algebra 2: Thursdays 3:10 - 4:00

Ms. Georgiadi: Geometry, Tues & Thurs 7:50 - 8:25 AM, and Tuesday 3:10 - 3:45

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Study Tables (non-tutoring): Mon-Thurs: 3:10pm - 4:00pm, room 118

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Volunteer opportunities for "CSA Parent Committee FRIENDSGIVING Potluck" are now open.

Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:

volunteersignup.org/KY8KD

To sign up, just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds to do.

Thank you for volunteering!

There will be several opportunities to get involved and share your voice. The 2023-2024 parent Zoom meeting schedule is posted below. There will be future dates for in-person meetings to come.

Prospective Programming:

NOVEMBER

Events/Celebrations: Daylight Savings Time, Election Day, Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving

Prospective Programming:

DECEMBER

Events/Celebrations: World AIDS Day, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year’s Eve

Prospective Programming:

Please take a quick moment to complete the CSA family and community engagement survey. This information will help us connect better to you!

November is National Family Engagement Month. National Parent Involvement Day also occurs this month on Thursday, November 16th. Over 40 years of research clearly indicate all scholars achieve at higher levels when schools and families support each other.

Research has shown that when schools and families are engaged in meaningful two-way communication and collaboration, scholars have:

• More positive attitudes toward school
• Higher grades and test scores, which equal higher achievement
• Better attendance
• More homework completed
• Higher graduation rates
• Greater enrollment in post-secondary educational opportunities

This month and always, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District is grateful to parents and caregivers for the important role they play in their children’s education.

This is a shared community space where educators, families, and community can support each other. Have an idea, share the idea. Need an idea, take an idea. Leave a comment under any topic with ideas, post, best practices, and lessons learned.

Cleveland Play House ‘s Out-of-School Time Learning Program provides safe, engaging, educational, and developmental services of high-quality before- and after-school programs at CSA at no cost to families.

All of their programming is student-centered. In order to maintain the center of our scholars, they are committed to ongoing and continuous program improvement and curricular evaluation.

Programming at CSA begins September 5th. Registration forms can be found using the link below. (Print and return to the main office)

• CPH after-school registration form (ENG)
• CPH after-school registration form (SP)

• 7 - Election Day (No School for Students)
• 10 - Veterans Day (No School)
• 17 - Homecoming @CSA
• 22-24: Thanksgiving Break (No School)
• 23-27: PSAT/NMSQT

Stop by Mrs. Bailey's office and sign-up for a time to meet with her

by scanning the QR Code outside her door.

Requests made by email, phone, or walk-ins will not be accepted.

Website: https://www.clevelandmetroschools.org/CSA
Location: 2064 Stearns Rd, Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone: (216) 838 - 9000

Ricardo Franklin Sr. - Head of School

Kendal Hilt - Curriculum Instruction Specialist

Brittinie Jermon - Dean of Arts

Bruce Smith - Dean of Engagement