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Aetna Foundation seeks community partners to address health disparities in Cleveland neighborhoods
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2015) The Aetna Foundation is looking for community partners to work with in addressing health disparities in some areas and to help improve nutrition and healthy lifestyle opportunities in those neighborhoods. Dr. Garth Graham, president of the Aetna Foundation, says research indicates “your zip code matters more than your…
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High-quality preschools have openings for 2015-2016 school year
SPACES AVAILABLE AT PRIVATE AND CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOMS (Plain Press, September 2015) There is good news for families in Cleveland who wish to send their 3- or-4-year-old preschoolers to a high-quality program this school year. According to PRE4CLE, Cleveland’s high-quality preschool expansion plan, private preschools and Cleveland Metropolitan School District classrooms that partner…
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Boys and Girls Club at Walton School offers an answer to students’ requests for their school
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2015) The Boys and Girls Club at Walton School, 3409 Walton, seems to offer the perfect answer to requests for improvements at the school made by Walton students in a meeting at the school just over two years ago. At the end of the 2012- 2013 school year, Walton…
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West Side Boys and Girls Club works to keep students on track to graduate
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2015) On June 30th, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland held a graduation party for seniors who graduated from high school this past year. The West Side Boys and Girls Club, located on Trowbridge in the Clark Fulton neighborhood, participated in the graduation party. According to Gaelen Bell,…
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MetroHealth to give students inside look at hospital careers
(Plain Press, August 2015) CMSD NEWS BUREAU The MetroHealth System will give 50 to 75 ninth-graders at two high schools an inside look at a large Cleveland hospital and career opportunities in health care. The MetroHealth Scholars series, open to incoming ninth- graders at Lincoln-West and James Ford Rhodes high schools, will run from September…
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Stakeholders’ input sought for future of South Branch Library
(Plain Press, June 2015) On May 7th about 40 stakeholders interested in the fate of the South Branch of the Cleveland Public Library gathered at Lincoln West High School to receive an update on the Community Vision Plan for the library and to offer their input. At the onset of the meeting Cleveland Public Library…