CMSD Students in the Spotlight

Bacon says he has learned that passion and hard work are the tools every student needs to reach and surpass his life’s goals.

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CSA bass player’s passion, drive leads to European tour with Youth Orchestra

Wesley Bacon, a senior and valedictorian at the Cleveland School of the Arts, spent last summer traveling and performing in Europe with the prestigious Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. He plans to let his musical talent take him a lot farther.

With the youth orchestra, Bacon, the group’s principal bassist, and other music students from the region performed in Prague, Vienna and Salzburg -- three European cities at the epicenter of classical music. It was Bacon’s first trip abroad.

Classical musicians don’t often come from urban schools, and Bacon might not have been an exception had he not run into Dianna Richardson, music director of CSA, when he was in seventh grade. Richardson taught the teenager the artistry of the double bass, an experience that led Bacon to a seat in the youth orchestra in the eighth grade, and to Europe to showcase his developing talent.

Through his music, Bacon says he has learned that passion and hard work are the tools every student needs to reach and surpass his life’s goals. CSA’s Wesley Bacon appears to have an ample supply of both. 

Two CSSM students admitted to Harvard

In time to celebrate with their families over spring break, two seniors at the Cleveland School of Science & Medicine at John Hay received their acceptance letters to Harvard University. Cyril Creque-Sarbinowski and Janae A. Hughes, both standouts at one of CMSD’s highest-performing schools, will attend the prestigious Ivy League school this fall and will be featured in the next edition of E-Communicator, as we join them in celebration of their accomplishment.

MLK, Stokes students named Carson Scholars

Two CMSD students have been named 2013 Carson Scholars, qualifying them to receive $1,000 scholarships and  invitations to the Carson Scholars banquet Sunday, April 21, in Pittsburgh.

Kena-Joli White, of Martin Luther King Jr. Health Career Academy, and Sherrell Adams, of Carl & Louis Stokes Central Academy, were each lauded for academic achievement in maintaining a minimum 3.75 GPA, or higher. 

John Hay hoops star makes All-Ohio team

Maurice “Moe” O'Field, a 6-foot-5 senior from John Hay, was named to the Division II All-Ohio Boys Basketball Team; he was selected by a panel of media representatives.

In February, he signed a National Letter of Intent to play Division I basketball next year at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN.

CMSD students win 22 awards at science fair

Students from six CMSD schools brought home 22 awards, including six second place finishes overall at the Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair (NEOSEF) held recently at John Carroll University.

Earning second place honors: David Pratt and Zoe Miczak of Riverside School; Elijah Valero, of R.G. Jones School; Yasmine Sadik, of Lincoln-West High School, and Ayea Ahmad and Michael Mascella, of William Cullen Bryant School.