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Cluster
Calendar
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Click on the calendar below to see a list of events relating to the
schools of the East Cluster.
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School Registration Info
Barber
Pre-K - 6th grade
665 Garry Rd.
330-761-7911
David Hill
Grades K - 6
1060 E. Archwood Ave.
330-773-1129
Mason
Pre-K - 6th grade
700 E. Exchange St.
330-761-2237
Robinson
Pre-K - 6th grade
1156 4th Ave.
330-761-2785
Seiberling
Grades K - 6
400 Brittain Rd.
330-761-7956
East Middle
Grades 7 & 8
40 Brittain Rd.
330-761-7928
East High
Grades 9-12
80 Brittain Rd.
330-761-7920
Registration
info
Pre-K registration
info
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Open House Info
Barber
Monday, Aug. 28
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Early learning program
Monday, Aug. 28
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Grades K - 6
Mason
Tuesday, Aug. 29
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Early learning program
Robinson
Thursday, Aug. 31
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Early learning program
East
Thursday, Aug. 24
4:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Middle & high school
Orientation
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East Sports News
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Coaches
Brian Dawson has been named as boys head varsity basketball coach at East.
He previously served as boys varsity assistant at East and most recently
as boys head varsity coach at Kenmore.
Read additional info about the coaching changes in the City Series in
this
Akron Beacon Journal article.
H. S. Football
Varsity
Fri., Aug. 25
7:00 p.m.
at Jackson
Football
web site
Junior Varsity
Sat. Aug. 26
10:00 a.m.
vs. Jackson at home
H. S. Volleyball
Varsity
Tue., Aug. 22
5:30 p.m.
vs. E. Cleve. Shaw
at home
Junior Varsity
Tue., Aug. 22
4:00 p.m.
vs. E. Cleve. Shaw
at home
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East Band News
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Aug. 14 - 25
Summer band camp
8:00 a.m. - noon
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Video Corner
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The annual Akron City Series Footbal Media Day was held on July 28.
Coaches from each of the conference's six schools discussed their teams'
prospects for the coming season.
Watch the video
here.
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Thank You
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Thanks to the following organizations who made contributions to the
schools of the East Cluster:
• The $1,379.02 remaining in the student activity fund of the
East High Class of 2016 has been donated to the school's
support fund.
• Akron Area Pto has donated $14,316.73 to Barber
to expand the existing playground.
• The East High Alumni Assoc. donated $1,064.00 to the school
for uniforms & equipment for the softball team.
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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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Need back-to-school supplies?
Circle August 26
on Your Calendar
Saturday, August 26, is a great day for East Cluster students to get those needed supplies for
the coming school year. And students are fortunate enough to have two free
school supply distributions happening on the same day.
The first give-away is offered by the VAF Health and Wellness Foundation, started by East High
principal, Vyrone Finney. Backpacks filled with school supplies and free haircuts will be
available at Mason C.L.C., 700 E. Exchange St., from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., as long as supplies last.
The Young Black Professionals
Coalition
of Akron will also be distributing backpacks filled with school
supplies for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. This distribution will take place at
East High School, 80 Brittain Rd., from 10:30 a.m. till noon.
"Over the last nine years, we have been very successful in providing book bags and other resources to
students prior to the start of the school year," said Y.B.P.C. Vice President Steve King.
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Are Your Students
Immunizations Up to Date?
Because the classroom can be an effective incubator for spreading disease, students
in Ohio are required to have certain immunizations before attending school.
Some of these immunizations are necessary before a kindergartener can start school;
others are required at various intervals through the 12th grade.
Here
is the complete current listing of immunizations required for school attendance as issued by
the Ohio Department of Health.
For families that may not have a regular family physician, immunizations are available
at the Summit County Public
Health Dept.
at 1867 W. Market St.
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As the new school year approaches
Adjust Your Student's
Daily Schedule
Just when your student may have settled in to a nice, relaxed summer routine —
a major change looms on the horizon.
The new school year begins on Aug. 30 for grades 1-9, on Sept. 1 for grades 10 & 11,
and Sept. 5 for kindergarten and grade 12. This will require some changes in your student's
daily schedule.
Educators and psychologists suggest switching to a more structured household
schedule as the beginning of school approaches. This is especially
true when it comes to meal times, bed times, and wake-up times.
It may be a hard sell, but research shows that students who eat a healthy
breakfast and get a good night's sleep perform better during the school day.
Here
are some helpful tips to help your student adjust to a more school-centric schedule.
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Welcome to East's
New Band Director
Ms. Kelly Ward
East is pleased to welcome its new band director, Ms. Kelly Ward. She will take
over for the recently-retired Tim Zolyniak.
Ms. Ward, a 2015 graduate of the University of Akron, just completed her first year of
teaching at Schumacher C.L.C. Prior to that, she was a student teacher in the
Tuslaw Local School District near Massillon.
Her professional affiliations include membership in the Ohio Music Education Association,
National Association for Music Education, and the North American Saxophone Alliance.
And now that we have a band director in place, summer band camp will take place as scheduled from
Aug. 14 through Aug. 25, from 8:00 a.m. to noon each day.
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More summer band camp
pictures
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Earn A's and B's in high school
Earn Scholarship Money
to Attend Kent State
In some families, students earn money for getting good grades.
Kent
State University wants to award Akron Public School (A.P.S.) students up to $1,200 a year
in scholarship money for their good grades.
Kent State, in conjunction with San Francisco-based company,
Raise.me,
is offering a maximum of $4,800 in scholarship money over four years to A.P.S. students
who earn A's and B's in college prep and Advanced Placement classes.
A.P.S. students can start accruing scholarship credit beginning with the 2017-18 school year.
And since the program is retroactive, a student can get credit for qualifying grades beginning
with their ninth grade year.
For additional detail, read the Akron Beacon Journal article
here.
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Class of 2018 Given
More Ways to Graduate
By new state budget bill
The 2018-19 biennial budget bill for the state of Ohio, which took effect July 1, 2017,
contains some important changes in graduation requirements for members of the Class of 2018.
Up until now, in addition to accumulating a minimum of 20 course credits, this year's seniors
would also have to achieve one of the following:
- earn a cumulative passing score of 18 points (out of a possible 35) on seven end-of-course state tests
- demonstrate workforce readiness by means of a state-approved test
- achieve a certain level of scoring on either the ACT or SAT college admission exams.
However, under provisions contained in the new budget bill, if seniors do not achieve at least 18 test points,
they could still graduate by meeting any two of nine other requirements:
- 93% attendance during their senior year
- a 2.5 GPA in at least four full-year, senior-year courses
- a senior-year capstone project
- 120 hours of senior-year work or community service
- three credit hours via College Credit Plus
- passage of an Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate class and exam
- a level three score on each of three components of the WorkKeys test
- industry credentials totaling at least three points in Ohio's system
- receive an Ohio Means Jobs readiness seal.
A second provision would create a pathway to graduation for students who complete a four-course
career technical training program, and are either proficient on the technical exams, earn 12
points of credentials, or work 250-plus hours with positive evaluations.
Senate Education Committee Chair, Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering), said that earning required course
credits should outweigh test results, especially for this class, which has been through so much change.
"It takes several years for kids to become accustomed to a new test, and for teachers to know how to
prepare students for it," said Lehner. "You'll always see kids do worse at the beginning of new tests.
...because graduation is dependent on this, that's pretty high stakes, so it seems only fair to give these
kids in the beginning an opportunity."
Many educators have suggested that up to 30% of Ohio's Class of 2018 would not graduate under the existing system.
Here
is some additional detail as reported in the Dayton Daily News.
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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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State Report Cards
Every year the Ohio Dept. of Education issues a report card
for every school in the state. Evaluated are factors such as test scores,
attendance, and graduation rates.
Listed below are the report cards for the schools of the East Cluster for
the 2015-16 school year.
2015-16
Barber
David Hill
Mason
Robinson
Seiberling
East High & Middle
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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.
