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Newspaper, Connecting Cleveland, helps Nepali-speaking Bhutanese community to connect in Greater Cleveland and around the world
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) In January of 2014, six Lincoln West High School students collaborated to publish the first edition of Connecting Cleveland, a newspaper serving the Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese community in Greater Cleveland and beyond. Hari Kumar Dahal, an eleventh grade student at Lincoln West at the time the first issue was…
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Cleveland bilingual students sharpen English in summer school
(Plain Press, August 2014) CMSD NEWS BUREAU 7/3/2014 Students attending summer school at Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy this summer, worked to bring their reading up to grade level while also mastering a new language. Nearly 40 students who were in the second and third grades during the 2013-14 school year took part in a…
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Standardized tests drive Cleveland Transformation Plan
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Under current local, state and national educational policy, Clevelanders are being asked to measure their public and charter schools and judge their teaching staffs based on the scores on standardized tests. While the standardized tests may help to compare schools, they do little to help individual students to…
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Legal Aid hosts free legal advice clinics
by Mac Bailey (Plain Press, August 2014) Legal Aid’s mission is to secure justice for low-income residents by providing high quality legal services that come at no cost. If you have a civil legal issue, but can’t afford an attorney, the Legal Aid Society can help. A primary way of getting started with Legal Aid…
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COMMUNITY BOARD
AUGUST 2014 A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ARTS AND CULTURE 2 artists + 2 spaces / 4 weeks = TAG: Round 2 Like a game of tag, there is no real competition or winner, just a playful framework through which the artists’ unscripted dialogue changes…
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PLAIN PRESS CLASSIFIED:
(Plain Press, August 2014) $10 for 12 words and 30¢ for each additional word. To advertise count the words and mail a check or money order with your ad to the Plain Press, 2012 W. 25th #500 Cleveland, OH 44113. For more information call Tom Sheehan at (216) 621-3060 or email plainpressads@yahoo.com. BLOG WHO HAS…
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Summer Camp prepares students for life at Max Hayes High School
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Forty-one students celebrated the completion of the Take it to the Max! Summer Camp at Max Hayes High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue on June 26, 2014. The three-week camp for eighth grade graduates entering the ninth grade, focused on teaching students skills in communications, computer aided design, machining,…
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