CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Dear CSA Family and Friends,

Welcome to a new week at CSA. Thank you to all the families who attended the parent-teacher conferences last week. If you missed it is important that you reach out to your scholars(s) teachers for a phone conference. Students will receive their first quarter report cards this week. Along with their report cards will be your parent's access to the Schoology. Schoology allows you to keep track of your scholar's grades, assignments, and attendance. It is highly recommended that all families check their scholar's grade regularly and reach out to teachers with questions. Our staff directory is linked here.

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.

HBCU College Presentation: Don't miss this opportunity to engage in discussion to learn more about HBCUs. Saturday, November 4 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm at John Hay High School

Digital art class update: Welcome Noah Sample to CSA. Mr. Sample will serve as CSA's digital arts teacher. Mr. Sample will begin work on Monday, October 30th.

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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Freshman

• Drew Reddick
• Amoureuse Muhizi

Sophomore

• Lennon Peterson
• Isaiah Young
• Jordon Reed
• Deshay Loyed
• Avieana Faulks-Williams

Junior

• Molly Neubeck
• Gabrielle Allen
• Taylor Germany
• Tallandria Hall
• Peyton Lavato

Senior

• Mykail Peters
• Chynelle Tilton
• Ricky Tilk
• Crys Reyes
• Leroy Hobe

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