AMERICA SCORES CLEVELAND
3631 PERKINS AVE UNIT 2CE STE 2CE, CLEVELAND, OH 44114 www.americascorescleveland.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: AMERICA SCORES CLEVELAND INSPIRES URBAN YOUTH TO LEAD HEALTHY LIVES, BE ENGAGED STUDENTS, AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

CORE SOCCER PROGRAMMING FOR GRADES 3-5 POET-ATHLETES (STUDENTS FROM PARTNERING CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOLS) MET WITH THEIR SOCCER COACHES FOR SOCCER PRACTICES AND GAMES DURING AFTERSCHOOL HOURS THREE DAYS PER WEEK FOR 15 WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UTILIZING THE AMERICA SCORES SOCCER CURRICULUM. THIS CURRICULUM EMPHASIZES CHARACTER- BUILDING SKILLS SUCH AS LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK AND COMMITMENT, DAILY LESSONS END WITH DISCUSSION PROMOTING HEALTHY BEHAVIORS, SELF-ESTEEM, GOAL SETTING AND SCHOOL STEWARDSHIP. POET-ATHLETES PLAYED GAMES BETWEEN THE OTHER AMERICA SCORES SCHOOLS AT SCHOOL SITES AND OTHER COMMUNITY LOCATIONS ONCE PER WEEK DURING THE FALL SEASON. ONCE SCHOOL PROGRAMMING ENDED DUE TO COVID, SCORES PROGRAM STAFF FILMED SOCCER LESSONS AND POSTED TWICE WEEKLY ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. DURING FY20, 393 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5 PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST TEN DAYS OF PROGRAMMING FROM SEPTEMBER 2019 THROUGH MID-MARCH 2020. 78% OF CORE PARTICIPANTS SURVEYED, AGREE THAT BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATED IN SCORES, THEY KNOW HOW TO BE HEALTHY. 90% OF CORE PARENTS SURVEYED, STATED THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEIR CHILD SPENDS EXERCISING INCREASED SINCE JOINING SCORES.

CORE WRITING PROGRAMMING FOR GRADES 3-5 POET-ATHLETES (STUDENTS FROM PARTNERING CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOLS) MET WITH THEIR WRITING COACHES FOR CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS DURING AFTERSCHOOL HOURS TWO DAYS PER WEEK FOR 15 WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN THE FALL, POET-ATHLETES WERE LED THROUGH THE "POWER OF POETRY" CURRICULUM. THE FALL SEASON ENDED WITH A POETRY SLAM IN WHICH POET-ATHLETES PERFORMED GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL POEMS IN FRONT OF 522 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE SPRING WRITING CURRICULUM, "WRITING FOR THE COMMUNITY", FOCUSED ON SERVICE-LEARNING, HOWEVER THE SEASON WAS CUT SHORT DUE TO COVID. AT THAT TIME, SCORES PROGRAM STAFF DEVELOPED WRITING LESSONS TO POST TWICE WEEKLY ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. DURING FY20, 393 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5 PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST TEN DAYS OF PROGRAMMING. 82% OF CORE PARTICIPANTS SURVEYED, AGREE THAT BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATED IN SCORES, THEY HELP TO MAKE THEIR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE. 74% OF CORE PARTICIPANTS IMPROVED OR MAINTAINED THEIR SCORE ON THE 6+1 TRAIT WRITING ASSESSMENT FROM THEIR PRE- TO POST- TEST. AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR ADDED THESE COMMENTS: "SCORES HAS IMPACTED THE SCHOLARS IN SO MANY WAYS. STUDENTS GREW NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY BUT EMOTIONALLY AS EVIDENCED BY THE STYLE OF THEIR WRITING AND THE TOPICS THEY WROTE ABOUT. YOU CAN READ THEIR WRITING AND GAIN INSIGHT INTO THEIR SOULS. STUDENTS' WRITING EVOLVED FROM THINKING POETRY MUST RHYME TO UNDERSTANDING THAT POETRY MAY TAKE ON MANY FORMS AND IS WRITTEN FROM THE HEART. THE STUDENTS WROTE ABOUT PEACE, LOVE, VIOLENCE, FAMILY, AND SOCCER. THEY ARE MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR WRITING. STUDENTS TOOK RISKS AND EXPERIMENTED WITH LANGUAGE."

AMERICA SCORES CLEVELAND RAN STANDARD PROGRAMMING UNTIL MARCH 2020, THEN PIVOTED TO RUN VIRTUAL AND LIMITED IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING, DESPITE THE BARRIERS FACED WITH COVID-19. AS YOU WILL SEE WITHIN THE RESULTS BELOW, AMERICA SCORES PROVIDED FULL FALL PROGRAMMING, AND THEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE SPRING SEASON MOVED TO PROVIDE VIRTUAL PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR POET- ATHLETES AND THE COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, SCORES OFFERED BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR CLEVELAND CHILDREN, DESPITE ANY OBSTACLES THAT WE FACE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDES JR. SCORES FOR GRADES 1-2 AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR GRADES 6-8, WITH BOTH PROGRAMS RUNNING FOUR DAYS A WEEK FOR 15 WEEKS AT OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS. ALUMNI WERE ENGAGED THROUGH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS. SUMMER PROGRAMMING WAS HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VARIOUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CITY OF CLEVELAND RECREATION CENTERS IN THE CLEVELAND AREA OVER A TWELVE-WEEK PERIOD. DURING FY20, 199 STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED IN JR. SCORES FOR AT LEAST TEN DAYS OF PROGRAMMING. 83% OF JR. SCORES PARTICIPANTS IMPROVED OR MAINTAINED THE NUMBERS RECOGNIZED ON THEIR DOLCH SIGHT WORD PRE- AND POST- ASSESSMENTS. 126 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED IN AT LEAST TEN SESSIONS OF SOCCER, WRITING AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMMING. 92% OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS SURVEYED, AGREE THAT BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATED IN SCORES, THEY WANT TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. WE IMPACTED 15 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THROUGH ALUMNI PROGRAMMING AND 137 STUDENTS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS THROUGH POP-UP SOCCER CLINICS AND SUMMER CAMPS RUN IN COLLABORATION WITH SIX OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

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