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[quote=Anonymous]Agree that info from Cleveland insiders is hard to come by on this board. So here's a snippet from a fundraising letter I drafted:

You may not know it, but one of Washington’s educational gems is located right here in Shaw. Cleveland Elementary School has a long record of high academic achievement, earning the designation of a National Distinguished Title I School, among other accolades. Each and every day, our students and teachers show up to not only beat the odds, but to be the best. Our greatest asset is our amazing teaching staff, made up of some of the most effective and dedicated educators in DCPS. They work hard to ensure that all students are ready, equipped—and excited—to learn. And they are exceeding expectations at every turn.

Here are few reasons we’re cheering:

We’re proud to be home to the DC Teacher of the Year for 2014, Ms. Charisse Robinson!! Last year, 95 percent of her third-graders met or exceeded grade-level standards in reading, even though a quarter of her class started the year significantly behind. Overall, close to 70 percent of our children are proficient and above in math and reading. We want to go even higher. We’re working to ensure our youngest students have mastered critical early reading and math skills by the end of Kindergarten.

We have one of the longest-standing bilingual education programs in the District, with 3- and 4-year-olds beginning in immersion Spanish instruction and continuing in dual language instruction from Kindergarten through the fifth grade. When the State Department recently hosted 24 teachers from around the world to showcase U.S. education, they chose to bring them to Cleveland Dual Language!

We can name those other state capitals, hands down! The Cleveland team finished 1st in the District in last year’s GeoPlunge Challenge Tournament. Go Lions!

We were selected for a competitive $200,000 Breakthrough Schools: DC grant from the CityBridge Foundation. Our winning proposal focused on rethinking traditional classrooms as a way to get every child to mastery at their own pace.  [/quote]

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