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| Job Opportunity |
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 Many Villages, Manager of Elementary School Programs. Please apply by September 19. Reaching Heights looking for a part time employee (10 hours a week) to manage the Many Villages elementary school coordinators and the programs. Click here to see the full job description.
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| Grants to Teachers Available |
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Reaching Heights invites teachers, staff and parents in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District to apply for funds available through three grant programs:
Proposals are due October 15. See complete guidelines for more information. |
| Thanks Gabe! |
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Many thanks to Gabe Katz-Napoli, a community-minded young man, for donating five musical instruments to Reaching Heights as part of his Mitzvah project. He collected 2 trumpets, a small violin, a clarinet, and a bell kit and pad from families in his temple and neighborhood. We gave the instruments to the CH-UH school district, which arranged for Academy Music to perform the minor repairs need to bring the instruments to peak condition. Music teachers will lend the instruments to students who want to play an instrument but can't afford one. |
| Summertime and the Music was Breezy |
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Reaching Heights held the fourth Annual Reaching Heights Summer Music Camp at Wiley Middle School June 16-21. The camp has established a winning formula and format: school district music teachers leading instruction, working with a team of college music majors and community music teachers, along with Heights High music students serving as junior counselors.
Our summer music camp gives an enriching and affordable summer arts experience. ($130 for 5½ days); develops the cadre of students who will sustain the Heights tradition of musical excellence; expands access to musical enrichment; strengthens the music program and student/teacher connections; and energizes our music staff.
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| Patti Family Music Scholarship Concert |
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A summer concert A.M. McGregor Home July 26, 2008 featured Patti Family Scholars and professional musicians. Vince Patti was a beloved music educator in the CH-UH district, in whose memory family members, former students and fellow musicians created the Patti Family Music Scholarship Fund. The fund provides private music lessons for students in grades 5-8 - preparing them for the high quality of Heights High bands and orchestras. A flute quartet of Patti Music Scholars (Ali Manfredi, Kate Hanley, Devin Gamble, and Brittany Rabb) performed "March of the Men of Harlech," a traditional Welsh piece. Private music teacher Leslie Braidech (who has since joined the CH-UH schools as a vocal music teacher at Bellefaire School) and Patti Scholars Tiffany Tomlinson, Charles Bilal, and Kymeron Carter played "Ancient Aires & Dances" by Respighi.
Vince Patti's sons Brian (on clarinet) and Bruce (on second violin) joined fellow professional musicians Judy Berman on first violin, Marcia Ferritto on viola, and Diane Mather on cello in a magnificent performance of Mozart's Quintet in A Major. The afternoon concluded with the classic big band sounds of Dick Wooley and the Cleveland TOPS Swingband. Former Vince Patti student Evie Morris and Reaching Heights staff coordinated the event.
To contribute to the Patti Scholarship fund, send your check to Reaching Heights, (Patti Fund in the memo line), 1991 Lee Road, #106, Cleveland heights, OH 44118. Applications for 2008-09 Patti Scholarships will be available Oct. 1.
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| Glass on the Cutting Edge |
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Congratulations to Heights High TV Production Teacher Jeff Glass, newly certified as an Apple Final Cut Pro Instructor. Final Cut Pro is the industry standard software for production and editing. The certification means that Heights High is now eligible to become an Apple Authorized Training Center for Education, the first high school in Northeast Ohio so designated. Glass is also advisor for the Tiger TV Club. |
| Are You a New Heights High Parent? Join us Sept. 16 |
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 The Parent Connection Council is the new version of the PTA at Heights High. They'll hold a New Parent Welcome reception September 16, at 7:30 p.m. at Heights High. Come and learn more about extracurricular activities, college readiness, and community resources for teens, and how parents can get involved. Parent Ambassadors (veteran Heights High parents) will greet new parents and share their insights and experiences. The event is for parents of freshman and incoming older students. For more information, contact PCC Co-Presidents Andrea Freeman freedenmel@aol.com or Sheronda Hunter ssi-hunt@sbcglobal.net |
| Our District's Vision, Beliefs and Strategy |
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By Susie Kaeser, Retired Reaching Heights Executive Director
School reform is alive and well in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District. Over the last six years the schools have been engaged in intensive reflection and research that has led to a powerful transformation in expectations and practices, right under our noses! As a result the schools are on a course that is forward thinking, great for kids, and empowering to educators.
Last spring, district leaders put words to the beliefs directing that change. The words are clear, the goals ambitious, and the expectations for public education, children and educators high and hopeful. Our educators are reclaiming public education as a positive force in the lives of children. Their vision rejects a common public narrative that has given up on public education and the potential for minority and low-income children to thrive. It proclaims a determination to make sure that our schools and children succeed. Read more... |
| District Sharpens Focus on Accountability |
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 Cleveland Heights - University Heights City School District officials are intensifying the District's focus on teaching and learning with a definitive goal of raising student achievement through an enhanced turnaround plan that strengthens accountability at every level of the organization. The turnaround plan is being put into place in response to state test scores.
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| Election Day is Less Than 60 Days Away |
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| Ride For Miles |
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Saturday, September 20, at 10 a.m.
 Miles Coburn was a professor at John Carroll University, father of two and husband of Peggy Spaeth. Much of his life's work was as an educator - helping to decrease our human impact on global climate change. On August 16, while riding his bike, Miles was hit and fatally injured near Burton. To celebrate Miles's life and honor his memory, his family and friends will hold the Ride for Miles on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. This 15-mile bike ride will start and finish at JCU. To register for the ride, visit www.rideformiles.org |
| Heights Community Congress Hold 32nd Annual Home and Garden Tour |
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 Heights Community Congress is an advocate of social justice, monitor of fair housing and facilitator of building community. Support their work and enjoy a self-guided Home and Garden tour of six fabulous homes and three beautiful gardens, Sunday, Sept. 21, noon - 6 p.m. A preview party at Oakwood Club and sunset tour are set for Saturday, Sept., 20, at The Oakwood Club, 6-8 p.m. Details available at heightscongress.org/HeightsHeritageTour.php
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| Town Hall Meeting Invitation - The State of Public Education |
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| Sunday, September. 21, 2008 - 4:00-5:30 pm
Please Come to a Town Hall Meeting - The State of Public Education: Federal Education Policy and How it Affects Our Children
A panel of educational leaders will address the topic and respond to questions.
Panel members:
- Dr. Mark Freeman, Superintendent of the Shaker Heights Public Schools
- Ms. Monica Lewis, teacher, Cleveland Heights Boulevard Elementary School
- Ms. Jan Resseger, Minister for Public Education and Witness for the United Church of Christ.
A reception will follow the meeting.
Time and Location:
Sunday, September. 21, 2008
4:00-5:30 pm
Plymouth Church
2860 Coventry Road
Shaker Hts, Ohio 44120
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