Coach Sam's Scholars

July 1, 2022 to june 30, 2023 accomplishments: 1.new partnership with cmsd 2. New partnership with the centers 3. News article & partnership with almira 4. Top Scholars' award to 2 almira students 5. Top Scholars' & families honored @ legends event 6. +5 new program sites in january 2023 7. 5-week summer program @ harvey rice through partnership with the centers - piloted new program structure 8. Developed new program structure (block rotation schedule, ) 9. New structure rollout fall, 2023 @ 11 schools 10. New assessment tool rollout (stride academy) @ 11 schools 11. +2 new program sites in fall, 2023 (11 total) additional updates "met with alex leslie: afterschool partnerships for say yes (cmsd) oconnected css with the centers & established partnership "acquired 3 new schools (miles, harvey rice, louisa may alcott) "met with carol lockhart / executive director say yes to education - partnerships & wraparound prevention programs for cmsd "met with leo serrano / executive director office of institutional advancement (cmsd) "new cmsd ceo / superintendent dr. warren morgan - took over for dr. eric gordon in june 2023 odr. Morgan attended our legends event in may 2023, and he is in support of our programming and mission- follow up meeting with dr. morgan is being pursued for later this fall. "cleveland playhouse is our partner this school year in 11 schools our school participation fees have been greatly reduced due to limited funding available - it was indicated by our partner that much of the earlier revenue from covid funding is now depleted they are paying us 1500.00 per semester per school " new program rotation schedule (piloted during summer program; rolled out to all sites during fall, 2023 program training) o30 min content blocks for literacy, personal development, fitness "lesson plans stored in google drive "7 returning schools "4 new schools "11 returning contractors "15 new contractors "additional resources (worksheets) for beginner, intermediate & advanced students on our website. Lesson plans are linked to our css library "bi - weekly pay for site coordinators / tutors initiated in jan.2023 "increased hourly pay for district teachers as an incentive to attract more teachers to our program "staffed each school with site coordinator and (2) tutors "health insurance benefits initiated for all salaried employees in april 2023 "added full a time office administrator "sponsored turkey drive with board members to provide over 150 turkeys to our Scholars' families "produced professional promotional video highlighting our program and mission "distributed over 400 holiday gifts to css students through community toy drive with strongsville city school district "cohosted family engagement events at all our partner schools. Provided food, prizes, free books to start at home libraries for our Scholars "monthly newsletter sent to all donors through monthly blitz "continued virtual tutoring component during 2022-23 school year "new board president appointed in jan.2023 "added (2) new board members onew vp of academic affairs onew vp of governance and administration "met with (2) additional school districts to highlight our program and mission to plant seeds for expansion to other neighboring districts outside of cmsd "increased all revenue from fundraising events "annual appeal increased by 51k over 2021 "legends event increased by 65k over 2022 "golf outing increased by 5k over 2022 retention bonus (aug. 2022) initiated staff appreciation functions (dec. 2022)