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[quote=lexanima@aol.com]Open House at the School

February 27th

Cleveland Elementary School
1828 8th Street, NW
Washington DC 
(202) 939-4380

Plan to begin at 9:00 a.m. for a short presentation and to meet the leadership team on staff, tour the school, and get your family’s questions answered.

Some Highlights from this Year:

DC Teacher of the Year: Charisse Robinson - Cleveland Elementary 3rd Grade

http://www.nbcwashington.com/video/#!/news/local/D-C--Teacher-Of-The-Year-Offers-Lesson-In-Perseverance/286158301

GRANT RECIPIENT:  Breakthrough Schools $200,000 grant winner. Schools were selected because of their vision to create a new model for their school based on principles of personalized learning: high expectations for college readiness, tailored learning experiences for all students, and financial sustainability that can be replicated. http://nextgenlearning.org/blog/personalized-learning-movement-grows-dc

FIRST PLACE Cleveland Elementary, GeoPlunge.  In both the fall and spring during the 2013-14 school year, elementary and middle-school DC public school students and their law firm coaches participated in GeoPlunge tournaments. GeoPlunge is an award-winning set of geography games created by Arent Fox attorney Alan Fishel. As one student describes it, “GeoPlunge is a very educational game. It helps you with a lot of things you should learn—border states, capitals, top cities—everything you want to know about cities and states.”

Cleveland Elementary School was featured in the Washington Post.  Parents want elementary pupils to learn foreign languages -- but where? “Cleveland Elementary is one of seven elementary schools in the District that offer a dual-language program. In a pre-kindergarten class one September morning, students were discussing the question of the day, or the pregunta del día: Qué hace esta persona en la escuela? (What does this person do at the school?) They spoke in Spanish about what the principal or gym teacher or other staff members do all day. Upstairs, second-graders were writing essays in Spanish. By the higher grades, students write and speak easily in both languages, Principal Dawn Feltman said. On back-to-school night, she had a native-English speaker address parents in Spanish and a native-Spanish speaker talk to the parents in English.”  http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/parents-want-elementary-pupils-to-learn-foreign-languages----but-where/2014/10/30/2b2f0864-4d7e-11e4-aa5e-7153e466a02d_story.html

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About Our School:
 
At Cleveland Elementary School, we believe that the elementary level is where the foundation for our students' future is built. Our mission is to build a foundation to enable each student to successfully compete and stand on his/her own wherever they go. 
 
Half of our classes on each grade level participate in our Dual Language program, where students take half of their classes in English and half in Spanish. 
 
Our building is a warm and nurturing place where students thrive academically, socially and emotionally. We direct instruction to individual students using Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. 
 
We recognize that each child is different and has unique talents, abilities and needs. Cleveland recently received the following awards: Proving What's Possible Grant, 2012; Fight for Children (Rising Star Grant), 2011; and National Distinguished Title I School.

http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/cleveland+elementary+school

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D'Arcy Kemnitz, mom to twins Liam and Máire, PK3[/quote]

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