Week of Feb 10th
Feb 3rd
This will be a brief update this week. First, our student store, leadership class and CARE leadership class all do a wonderful job of finding ways to build community at Cleveland as well as giving back to the community. Our school clubs and class cabinets are also active in promoting their activities at school. For instance, the student store is running a Val-a-gram fundraiser and the choir is selling singing telegrams. These groups of students and their advisors rely on different ways to communicate about student events and fundraisers. These methods include school wide announcements over our PA system, community bulletin boards in the school, posters around campus, social media and Trivory. With our new cell phone policy in place, students need to use their chromebooks to access Trivory which lists the schedule for the week as well as any activities happening at the school. Some students report that they don’t know what is happening on campus and so feel a lack of community. Please encourage your students to check Trivory and their pps emails for announcements.
I also want to highlight the work of two of our math teachers, Sarah Ward and Ian Maurer. They submitted a proposal to present at the 2025 Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) Conference which was accepted. They will be presenting a session entitled “Reflections on a year of BTC implementation in Algebra 1 and in IB Higher Level Mathematics." The session description highlights their work this year:
"We are two experienced and successful teachers who are constantly striving to improve. Nothing has improved our practice like BTC. BTC allows us to engage more students, better assess their understanding, and push them to higher-order thinking. Within days, we could see (and hear) how much of a difference BTC was making with our students. Within weeks, we saw the potential for BTC to be an equity driver while upholding high expectations for curricular mastery. Within months, we saw gains on our standards and room for further professional growth. This presentation shares some of our successes and failures, as well as our strengths and areas for improvement. Attendees will leave with strategies and ideas to try in their own practices."
Friday, February 14th is the Hall of Fame Basketball games and Inductions and we would like the gym to be a sea of green!
Grover's Student Store is selling limited edition "Green Out" shirts for only $10. These can be purchased in the student store or at the games. Additionally, the first 30 students in attendance wearing green will receive a free green pompom.
See you there, in your green!
Go Warriors!!
Register for - Tennis, Golf, Softball, Baseball and Track & Field
We are pleased to announce we will not be changing our registration platform for the 2024-25 school year. Our spring registration is now live, spring sports have been added. If you have already registered for the school year you may log in and add a spring sport to your current FamilyID/Arbiter registration, or you may complete this form and we will do it for you. If it is your first time playing a sport with us this year- please follow this link to sign up.
More information about tryouts will be coming in February. First day of spring sports is March 3rd. (Please note this is a No School Day for students).
To celebrate and welcome Coach Hopper, the Cleveland Football Booster Club is hosting a Meet & Greet on Thursday, February 13, from 5:00 to 6:30 PM at Hopworks on Powell Blvd.
We invite all cluster families and anyone interested in Cleveland football, youth through high school, to join us for this special event. Come grab a drink, meet Coach Hopper, and hear his vision for the program!
The Caring Closet offers clothing, shoes, school supplies, shelf-stable food, and
hygiene items at no cost to students and is available to all CHS students in need.
Volunteer Sign Up HERE. All volunteers must first complete the PPS Volunteer application process (see link under volunteer section below)
We have been overwhelmed with all the generous donations recently.
(Due to our small space and limited staffing, we are only able to accept new or gently used
clothing that is washed, in style, free of stains, pet hair, and odors)
Please limit your donations to 15 items at a time. We are in need of the following items:
Clothing
Winter jackets (Medium-2XL)
Jeans (All sizes-Larger sizes in demand)
Winter gloves
Winter hats
Sweatshirts and Fleeces
Winter boots (waterproof
Sneakers
Hygiene
Razors
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Shampoo and conditioner (travel size)
Deodorant
School Supplies
Backpacks
Folders
Pens and pencils