Our Mission at Reaching Heights
We mobilize community resources to foster highly valued public schools that provide all Cleveland Heights-University Heights students a successful education.
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Voter Registration Ends Today
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Nov. 6, Election Day, isn't the only important date to remember this campaign season. In-person early voting started Oct. 2, 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, corner of Euclid and East 30th, downtown. You can also vote by mail - the form you'll need is here. Today is the last day to register to vote. Registration forms are available here, and must be postmarked by 9pm tonight. Early voting ends Nov. 5. Voting information from the League of Women Voters can be found here.
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"Phantom" Tickets Going Fast! Get Yours Now
 "The Phantom of the Opera" is coming to Heights High in November! More than 600 CH-UH elementary, middle and high school students will perform in two casts in this year's Heights musical production. A live orchestra made up of students and professional musicians will accompany the actors. The show, supported with a Reaching Heights grant, will run November 1-3 at 7:30 p.m. and November 4 at 4 p.m. Tickets are available at the school, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the fourth floor vocal music office and in front of the auditorium from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. All cast members are also selling tickets. Tickets are $10 for seats in the front of the main floor and the front of the balcony and $6 for seats in the rear of the main floor and the rear of the balcony. For more information about the show, call the info line 216.320.3105.
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Next Lay Facilities Committee Meeting Oct. 24 at Wiley
The CH-UH Lay Facilities Committee, established by the Board of Education in August, held an organizational meeting Oct. 3 at Heights High. Audio of that meeting is available here, starting at the 14:30 mark. The committee set a timetable of 11 meetings, roughly every three weeks, culminat
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ing in a report to the school board, district, and community in May 2013. The committee chose Patrick Mullen, executive director of Reaching Heights, as chairperson. "Building on a substantial body of work done by our district, its consultants, the school board, and members of the community these last two years, " Mullen said, "I'm confident that this committee can help answer questions about our community's need for improved and more efficient school facilities, and make recommendations to the school board on a plan that our community will embrace and support with their votes in November 2013." The next meeting of the committee will take place Oct. 24, 2012, at 7pm, at Gearity Professional Development School. More information specifically about the committee's work can be found at its blog, chuhfacilities.org. The district's facilities blog, http://chuhfacilitiesmasterplan.wordpress.com/, provides a wealth of information documenting the facilities process since 2010, and will continue to be updated.
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Volunteers Needed For Many Villages Program
 The Reaching Heights Many Villages academic tutoring program provides you the opportunity to help students in our elementary schools succeed. Our primary focus is on building literacy skills in among our youngest students. Tutoring opportunities for older elementary students are also available. To learn more, contact Lisa Hunt at Reaching by email or by calling 216.932.5110.
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Events in the Heights
 ▪ The 8th Annual FutureHeights Online Auction, northeast Ohio's most exciting stay-at-home fund-raiser is now accepting donations Don't delay - Donate online here. Bidding begins Oct.13. Support a great cause while increasing your reach to Heights area & Greater Cleveland consumers and beyond!
 ▪ PAPERWORKS, a show curated by Andrea Joki, illuminates paper as a carrier of artists' symbols and as a medium in itself with processes including drawing, painting, cut paper, collage, sculpture and pulp. The show is on view through Oct. 20 at the Heights Arts Gallery, 2175 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. The show coincides in its closing days with the International Association of Hand Papermakers (IAPMA) and Friends of Dard Hunter conference hosted by Cleveland's Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Education Foundation. Shelly DiCello, Tom Balbo, Tim Callaghan, Laura Cooperman, Julie Friedman, Sarah Kabot, Margaret Kimura, Michael Loderstedt, Liz Maugans, Pam McKee, Darice Polo, Corrie Slawson, Dan Tranberg, Achala Wali and Trudy Wiesenberger. The gallery's hours through Oct. 20: Mon. Tues., Wed. 10-5; Thurs., Fri. 10-9:30 pm;
Sat. 1:30-9:30. Closed Sundays or by appointment: 216.371.3457 Photo: paper made at the Morgan Conservatory
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