Cleveland Academy made some very big strides during the month of March. From celebrating 16th birthdays, our Fun in the Sun Cook Out with Line Dancing, to Mama Rita visiting us with Christian rapper Xandrea. March was full of love, respect, and blessings. The girls made vision boards to represent their future dreams and goals. They [...]
February has been a great month here at Cleveland Youth Academy! The girls had a fun dance fest with Mama Rita, among various other activities! We are working on teaching the girls how to interview for a job and how to present themselves in the workplace. The youth are also working on respecting themselves, and defining [...]
This month at Cleveland Youth Academy we had to do a ten-day COVID-19 quarantine. The residents did an amazing job and we had no incidents. The youth enjoyed many activities quarantine style! These activities included: art, music, education, therapeutic activities, movies and games. We were still able to go out for some sunshine during our quarantine, [...]
The youth at Cleveland Youth Academy planted a garden in recent months. This past month, they were able to enjoy the fruit of their labor as they also learned the process of cultivating a seed to fruit. Our youth are very excited and proud of their garden! In addition to tending to their garden, our youth [...]
At Cleveland Youth Academy, we encourage our youth to speak for equality, and speak out against injustice. This month we celebrated diversity by having the youth create a wall of inspiration with meaningful sayings and cutouts, which serves as a reminder to embrace peace. We celebrated several of our girls who recently graduated with their high [...]
The end of May at Cleveland Youth Academy was focused on Memorial Day. We studied the men and women who fought for our freedom. To celebrate, we had a cookout, a 20-foot waterslide, water balloons, and lots of other fun activities. It was a great way to kick off the warm weather, and a welcome change [...]
Covid-19 has certainly put a damper on some of our activities, but this hasn’t stopped us from getting creative. We hosted a staff celebration, which our youth were also a part of. We were also able to bless a co-worker with a lovely baby shower. With the spring weather rolling in, we have been teaching our [...]
