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Gallagher English Language Learners class receives praise for reading prowess
by Chuck Hoven. (Plain Press, June 2016) Enthusiastic students in Mr. Robert Perkins’ Second Grade English Language Learners class at Gallagher School continued to read their books, adding to their total of books read, even as members of the West Cleveland Kiwanis Club were bringing in pizzas to celebrate their efforts. At the beginning…
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Sculpture honors the “fighting heart” of Cleveland boxing champion Johnny Kilbane
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2014) On September 28th at W. 74th and Fr. Frascati Drive in Battery Park, the Irish American Archives Society celebrated the unveiling of a sculpture and plaza dedicated to the memory of Cleveland’s own Johnny Kilbane – featherweight boxing champion of the world from 1912 to 1923. The sculpture,…
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St. Colman to celebrate installation of Rev. Caroli Shao as new pastor
(Plain Press, November 2014) St. Colman Parish will celebrate the installation of its new pastor, the Rev. Caroli Shao, at the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, November 15. Bishop Richard Lennon will celebrate the Mass at St. Colman Church, 2057 W. 65th. The mass will be followed by a reception in the parish hall. All…
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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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Deportations destroy families
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 3, 2014; The Immigrant Justice Solidarity Rally and March organized by the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network: Supporters of immigrant rights begin a march from Market Square Park on W. 25th and Lorain Avenue. The demonstrators called for an end to deportations that are breaking up families.
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Enrollment jumps at Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy
CMSD News Bureau 4/23/2014 (Plain Press, May 2014)Trouble breaks out half a world away, and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD’s) Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy in the Stockyard neighborhood of Cleveland feels the impact. The school, which opened in 2010, is for students in kindergarten through 12th grade who come to Cleveland from other…
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