O woman, great is your faith!

 Full speed ahead!!!

Dominic Ozanne recounting his days in the 

principal's office at Saint Ignatius!

This week saw a tremendous amount of activity at Archbishop Lyke and St. Thomas.  Dominic Ozanne stopped by yesterday at both schools to check on the progress.  We had an impromptu walk down memory lane sparked by sitting in Ms. Dengler's Principal's Office!  Carpentry work, painting, moving of materials, cleaning...all getting ready for September 8. 

By next week all of this paint will be on the walls!!

Presently our families are taking advantage of either in person instruction or on-line streaming at about an equal rate.  George Grenier will be coming from New York in the Partnership Van with PPE for the schools.  Enrollment is still active and new students are coming each week.  The Cleveland Scholarship window is still open!  Portia Gadson, our enrollment manager, is utilizing all means necessary to spread the word!

Professional Development on over-drive!

Zoomland!  Clockwise from upper left:  
Christian Dallavis, Nancy Lynch, Rachael Dengler

Teachers and principals are zooming almost daily.  Christian Dallavis, Assistant Superintendent of Partnership Schools and our two principals, Rachael Dengler (St. Thomas Aquinas) and Nancy Lynch (Archbishop Lyke) are in constant communication. The Partnership is already paying dividends by creating cohorts of new teachers from NY and Cleveland!  Teachers are preparing for an exceptional beginning of school in the time of Covid!  

Building a community of supporters!  Help!

In the last month, I have been meeting with people almost everyday.  Everyone I have talked with has been so positive about our mission!  I remember in 2000, when I began to talk about Cristo Rey, people knew very little about the idea.  I made the circuit talking at teh First Friday Club, an occasional parish, people's living rooms and churches throughout Cleveland.  Those were the days!  Now much of my networking is done one on one in the Metroparks our outdoor coffee shops, on the phone, or through email and the like.  People are beginning to ask for tours.  I gave one early last week and one yesterday.  The one yesterday was with Pete.  Pete was blown away by the character of the building at St. Thomas Aquinas.  He saw twenty union painters busy working on a Saturday morning.  We walked outside and around the neighborhood.  We saw the magnificent old St. Mary's Seminary Building on Ansel Rd.  It is now the Hitchcock Center for Women.

After the tour, Pete texted me and thanked me and told me how encouraged he was to see what we are doing...it is faith in action!  Fear not, just have faith!

Spread the news!  Volunteers needed!

Please share this blog with your friends or people you think might be interested.  My contact info is richard.clark@partnershipcle.org or 216-409-7018.  Stay tuned for our online event coming soon.  As we get the buildings ready we really could use some volunteer labor to help us organize and bring stuff to the dumpster or decorate an area.  Just email me and I will set up a time!