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Cluster
Calendar
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Click on the calendar below to see a list of events involving the
schools of the East Cluster.
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Football Web Site Kick Off
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Head football coach, Marques Hayes, invites everyone to visit the newly-launched
East High School football
web site.
Here you can view the varsity and junior varsity schedules, see the team and coaching rosters,
look at game scores and stats, and much more.
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David Hill Students Leads Pledge
Daivd Hill fifth graders
Alvin Stallworth
and
Nakiyah Collins
were selected to lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the Jan. 13 and Jan. 27
Akron Board of Education meetings.
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Contact Us
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions regarding this web site or its contents,
send us an e-mail.
East Cluster E-mail
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Looking for a Summer Job ?
Summit County receives state grant
The Summit County Department of Job and Family Services has received a $1.5 million
grant from the State of Ohio to set up a summer jobs program for youth from needy
families.
The program is designed for Summit County residents between the ages of 16 and 24
who live in low-income households.
The program, which will operate from June 16 through August 15, will pay $8
an hour and offer up to 15 hours of work per week.
Examples of job duties are landscaping, child care, maintenance, clerical and office work,
summer camp helpers, and food service.
Registration is based on zip code of residence. For contact info based on
your zip code and allowable income levels to participate, click
here.
To read the full text of the article appearing in the Akron Beacon Journal, click
here.
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Fore !!
Second annual Dragon Open
The second annual East High Dragon Open will be held Saturday, April 26,
at Turkeyfoot Lake Golf Links at 294 W. Turkeyfoot Lake Rd. at 1:00 p.m.
All proceeds from the event will help fund the East High Athletic Dept. for
the coming school year.
The cost to participate is $70, which will include greens fees for 18 holes,
golf cart, lunch, dinner, and five drink tickets.
If you have questions, call either Athletic Director, Chuck Rusinek (330-815-1451),
Asst. Athletic Director, Eric Homa (330-388-5588), or Alumni Assoc. officer,
George Tonies (330-815-2001). If you prefer, you can contact Chuck or
Eric via the e-mail links below.
Chuck Rusinek
Eric Homa
Here
is the golf outing flyer with additional info.
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Common Core Practice Testing
East Cluster schools involved
All the schools of the East Cluster will be part of about 120,000 Ohio students
taking part in field testing for the Common Core curriculum.
The
Common Core
is a shared set of learning based on the premise that there is certain knowledge
that should be common to all students in the United States. Currently
44 states have fully adopted the curriculum.
The test scores will not count on this occasion. In fact, test takers
won't even know their scores. The purpose of this dry run is to see how
well the test functions, work out any "bugs," and give school districts an idea
of test content.
Below are the tests to be given, grade level, and number of classes involved
at each Cluster school:
- Barber
- 5th grade language arts (2 classes)
- 6th grade math (2 classes)
- David Hill
- 4th grade language arts (2 classes)
- 6th grade math (2 classes)
- Mason
- 6th grade language arts (2 classes)
- Robinson
- 6th grade math (2 classes)
- Seiberling
- 6th grade language arts (2 classes)
- East Middle
- 7th grade language arts (2 classes)
- 8th grade math (2 classes)
- East High
- 9th grade language arts (4 classes)
- 11th grade language arts (3 classes)
Learn more about Common Core testing in
this
Cleveland Plain Dealer article.
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Ohio Schools Given Four Additional Calamity Days
Legislature approves H.B. 416
The calamity over calamity days for Ohio schools has been resolved. After much wrangling
since January, the Ohio House and Senate overwhelmingly passed H.B. 416 on March 12.
The bill has been signed into law by Gov. Kasich.
This legislation gives school districts that have used their allotted five calamity
days — because of this year's brutal winter weather —
an additional four calamity days for this school year only.
However, before these additional calamity days can
be used, districts must first make up missed time using four contingency days.
Contingency days can be utilized by scheduling classes on holidays or Saturdays,
sending "blizzard bags" home with students so they can complete lessons outside of
school, going on line to complete classwork, or adding half-hour increments to
already-planned school days.
For additional detail on the new legislation, read the Toledo Blade article
here.
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Since the Akron Public Schools have missed only eight days this year because of the
weather, the additional calamity days do not apply. However, the disctrict still
has three missed days above the five days allowable that have to be made up.
Initially, the Board of Education was going to add three days to the end of the school
year. However, at its March 24 meeting, the Board voted to make up the time by
giving students on-line assignments to finish.
The assignments can be completed on a home computer, at school, or at a public library.
Here
are the details, and
here
are the assignments.
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Coming in 2016
A Revised SAT
The purpose of pre-college tests like the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) and
ACT (American College Test) is to give college admissions staff an idea as to how well
prepared a student is for college-level academics.
Because the SAT has become less effective in predicting this, the College Board
has announced major revisions for the test beginning in 2016. These will
be the first changes to the test since 2005.
College Board president, David Coleman, states "It is time to admit that the SAT
and ACT have become disconnected from the work of our high schools."
Major changes to the SAT include:
- the essay portion of the test, added in 2005, will become optional
- the maximum score attainable will return to 1,600 from the current 2,400
- the math portion of the test will place more emphasis on problem solving, data
analysis, and algebra
- test vocabulary will be more in line with current college usage
- in conjunction with the Khan Academy, free instructional videos will be offered
to help students prepare for the test.
For more detail,
read
the article from Inside Higher Ed, (a daily on-line publication focused on
college and university topics).
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Third Graders
Could Be Held Back
Inability to read at grade level
may delay fourth grade for some
Ohio's Third Grade Reading Guarantee says that beginning this school year,
schools cannot promote to fourth grade any third grader
whose score is below a certain level on the English portion of the Ohio Achievement Assessment (O.A.A.)
For this year's third graders, anyone scoring under a 392 on the O.A.A. could be retained in third grade.
This threshold will continue to rise each school year until reaching 400.
The Reading Guarantee requires schools to provide reading intervention for elementary students.
If they are not reading at a specified level by the end of third grade, they will be held back.
Based on O.A.A. test results from 2012, Akron has identified 438 students, or about 25 percent of all
third-graders, who would likely qualify for retention if their reading scores do not improve.
In order to prevent an inordinate amount of third graders for the 2014-15 school year, the Akron Public
Schools are using literacy coaches in the schools to help students with borderline test scores to
increase their reading ability.
Below, are two articles with additional information:
Akron Beacon Journal
StateImpact Ohio
( Akron Beacon Journal photo courtesy of Karen Schiely)
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Dressed
to Learn
Students in grades K-8 are required to wear uniform-like attire. Some schools
have specific color guidlines. Check with your school office.
The high school dress code has been revised and is listed below.
The complete dress code rules for all Akron Public School students are listed
here.
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Keeping Plugged In
For all the latest news in education in the state of Ohio
visit the StateImpact Ohio web site
here.
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East
Cluster
Resources
For a list of resources helpful to residents of the East Cluster neighborhoods , click
here.
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The Akron Public Schools are divided into seven neighborhood groups or clusters
— each headed by the high school located within that cluster. The rest of
the cluster is made up of the middle school that feeds into that high school and the
various elementary schools that feed into that middle school. The clusters were
formed to increase community identity within a large school system.
