Partnership Schools Cleveland team featured on Sounds of Ideas
This past week, Portia Gadson, Enrollment and Recruitment Coordinator; Christian Dallavis, Assistant Superintendent; and Rich Clark, Founding Director of Partnership Schools Cleveland, joined Rick Jackson on WCPN for story about us! This link will take you to the whole show, our segment runs from 11:10-37.38. Portia, Christian and I are the staff for Cleveland. Portia has led the charge on enrollment and our numbers are strong! Christian has been working closely with our two principals as well as the faculties of both schools.
Mission Forward!
Our mission is to teach, love, and care for our community. We believe that great schools are guided by faith and values, grounded in rigorous content, supported by quality professional development, and 
animated by a clear vision. The first day of school for Cleveland Partnership Schools is September 8, 30 days from now. Our plan is to accomplish that mission in the best way possible. Sans COVID, in person school would never be in question. Now, in order to accomplish our mission, we may have to creatively find ways to reach our goals. Presently we are ready for opening school with in school option. We hope that through good community health practices and citizens working hard to prevent the community spread of the virus, we can safely do that! As with all schools right now, we are planning for multiple and in some cases simultaneous methods of accomplishing our mission. I don't pretend however to know the status of the world 30 days from now!! I think our growth in enrollment (up 10% over last year and still growing) can be explained in part by our willingness to listen and work with families with the understanding that we are committed to make the best of this horrific health crisis
Why ignore the crisis??
When I read of parties in the Ozarks, on Long Island, or AirBNB house parties I shake my head with disbelief. The spread continues and in some places it even worsens. I have mentioned a wonderful podcast series called Cautionary Tales before. This most recent season was 5 shorter shows concerning how the past can shed light on what is going on now in our pandemic. The one about a nightclub fire in Beverly Hills helped me understand our strange response to this killer virus. Click here to listen!
Something small...
The reading today from the Hebrew Scripture is one of my favorites. It is the story of Elijah encountering God. He was told to leave the cave he was in for shelter because the Lord will be passing by. First there was a strong and heavy wind that was rending the mountains and crushing rocks...but the Lord was not in the wind. Then an earthquake...but the Lord was not in the earthquake. Then there was fire...but the Lord was not in the fire. After all that, there was a tiny whispering sound and that was the
Lord! A tiny whispering sound after all those big and noisy events...the Lord was in the whisperings. This is reminiscent of Adam and Eve hearing the rustling sound of footsteps in the garden. Many stories by Jesus use small things that grow or have big effects: yeast, salt, and mustard seeds to name a few. So too am I called to leave the safety of the cave and listen for that tiny whispering sound amidst all the cacophony of our daily world. Echoed even in today's Gospel the call from Jesus on the water, "take courage, it is I; do not be afraid."
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We need your help in spreading the word!
Please consider subscribing to this blog and passing the link on to your friends. If you wish, you can share other emails with me for people you think might be interested. In the upcoming weeks we are going to have a digital "Launch Party" and I will give you that information and will really need you to pass that along to all your friends. That's how small things grow! I am also available for calls, tours of the school buildings, Zoom or in person (outside, socially distant) meetings. My email is richard.clark@partnershipcle.org or mobile number is 216.409.7018.
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