Online Enrollment for
2020-2021 Academic Year
Families who wish to enroll students
in Shaker Heights Schools for the fall
2020 can do so online. All required
forms and documentation may be
submitted electronically by computer
or mobile phone. Learn more at
shaker.org/Enroll.aspx
Follow the District’s
Calendar on Shaker.org
Stay up-to-date on back-to-school
events and information by visiting
shaker.org. Families also can plan
ahead by syncing their mobile calendars
with our online District calendar. Visit
shaker.org/CalendarsBellSchedules.aspx
for more information.
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me to teach all these faces and have this wonderful experience and not be able to
share it with students who looked like me. So I asked Woodbury Principal Danny
Young if I could start Rising Stars as a way to encourage more Black students to
take enriched math classes. My idea was that I would take fifth-grade Black male
students and front-load them with the sixth-grade math curriculum after school.
That first year was amazing. I had this group of boys who wanted to do so well and
they thought it was cool that they were going into an enriched math class. I realized
that most of the kids really wanted to be in those classes but they just didn’t know
how. I gave them the confidence they needed and provided them with a small enough
environment that they felt comfortable. We’ve continued the program each year since.
Tell us about your work with the Shaker Schools Foundation.
This is my first year on the board. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Holly
Coughlin, approached me and said that I was an ideal potential board member
because I have a passion for Shaker, I love the students, I’m a product of Shaker,
and that I would bring additional diversity to the board because the Foundation
has worked to have the board mirror the community.
I’m still learning the ropes, but I definitely have enjoyed my role on the
alumni committee and trying to find ways to bring alumni back and to engage
them with the Foundation. Really, I’m just glad to be a part of the board because
everything the Foundation does directly impacts our students. It’s all for our kids,
and that’s something I’m happy and more than willing to be a part of.
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or Tweet us @ShakerSchools.
Get Your Motor Running
When a non-profit organization called Motogo offered to bring
their mobile shop class to Shaker Middle School for an afterschool
club, the Shaker Schools Foundation jumped on board.
Supported by the Foundation’s Innovation Fund, the Motogo
Club provided an exciting experience for middle school students
at their weekly Monday meetings.
The club got off to a roaring start, injecting real-life, handson
learning into the bargain. Over the course of seven weeks, 12
students took apart three Honda motorcycles – and learned how
to put them back together.
Says middle school student Addie Weingart, “Almost every
kid wants to drive a car, but personally, I think motorcycles are
way cooler. So when I saw there was an after-school club where
you got to work on them, I immediately signed up. We learned all
about the tools and how motorcycles actually work and run. We
got our hands dirty and I got to use hammers, screwdrivers, and
socket wrenches. I do many after-school activities, but Motogo
was by far my favorite.”
Even after the school year was interrupted by COVID-19,
Motogo offered a learn-from-home option (motorcycles not
included). “I learn better with visuals than I do with writing,
but Motogo was on another level,” raves Addie. Read more
about how the Shaker Schools Foundation is helping to “ramp
up” hands-on learning for students in every grade level at
shakerschoolsfoundation.org. SL
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