From the Director Annual Community Awareness … trouble viewing this email? HORIZON TIMES...

Having trouble viewing this email? www.hsas.org

HORIZON TIMES NEWSLETTER April/May 2015

From the Director

Dear HSA Community,

As the school year begins to wind down Iwant to offer my sincere gratitude to ourparents, our students, and our outstandingteachers and staff. This was another greatyear and we look forward to celebrating withour class of 2015 in May. Please visithsas.org, for updates and schedulinginformation.

Sincerely,Mustafa AdaDirector

Another Outstanding Senior!

Annual Community Awareness Breakfast

Horizon Science Academy is hosted its annual Community AwarenessBreakfast on April 15 with keynote speaker Byron P. White, Ed.D.,

Vice President for University Engagement at Cleveland State University.Dr. White is responsible for developing strategic plans for communityengagement to enhance CSU's numerous partnerships. He has a richcareer in journalism, including writing and editing for The Cincinnati

Post and Chicago Tribune. White has a doctorate in higher education

management from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree insocial science from the University of Chicago, and a bachelor's degreein journalism from Ohio University. About 120 parents, students, andspecial guests attended the breakfast.

Horizon Times April/May 2015 https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?age...

1 of 6 5/4/2015 10:31 AM

Ivy League Mentorship Program Dinner

Parents and students enjoyed dinner andstudent-led performances at the annual springIvy League Mentorship Program (IMP)dinner.

Educators Gather at STEMCON

Success at Concept Science & Engineering Fair

The Concept Schools Science & Engineering Fair (CONSEF) was heldat the Cleveland Convention Center in Cleveland on Saturday April 18,2015. Over 800 projects were presented representing all 30 Concept-managed schools from 5 states, and many other local schools. HSACleveland High School is thrilled to announce our results.

Gold Silver Bronze

Batuhan Aslan Omar Qureshi Tobi AderibigbeLaud Ashong Christian Carlisle Shantalena Kirkland Kayla Morton Yoly Rodriguez Matthew Shepherd

Check out the STEM EXPO videos!

Daniel Miranda Design Contest 1st Place

Winner $250 STEM EXPO GOLD - $30

Fareed Abdullah, Rashell Anderson,

Dewaine Billingsley, Selena Bostick,Cameron Bray, Gabriel Clemmons, EdwardDeleon, Michaela Durrette, Tyree LeeGonzales, Kevin Goolsby, DelmarcusGoolsby, Aneesah Hill, Tai'veon Lindsey,Esseynce Mitchell, Aaliyah Muhammed, Asia Murchison, HudaifahPennington, Liam Rafferty, Carl Rivers, Gregory Rodriguez, CoreyRogers, Robert Rogers, Damien Turner, Alexandra Watley.

MATH DEMO GOLD - $30

Keyana Leonard, Dezman Wade

HSA Gets Creative at Liberal Arts Fair

The annual HSA Liberal Arts Fair (LAF) was held on April 11th. Studentworks in art, English, foreign language, social studies, live music anddance were awarded ribbons, gift cards and certificates ofachievements. The LAF offers a fun day for students and their families


2 of 6 5/4/2015 10:31 AM

Concept Schools hosted its 2nd annual STEMConference on April 16 and 17 at theCleveland Convention Center. This eventbrought together leading experts andresearchers from around the United States tofocus on topics that impact K-12 STEMeducation. The event kicked off with an awarddinner and keynote remarks by Kirsten

Ellenbogen, Ph.D. President & CEO, Great

Lakes Science Center in Cleveland.

HSA Students at BEST Medicine Fair

Three HSA students participated in the 5th"Bridging Engineering, Science, andTechnology in Medicine" (BEST Medicine)Engineering Fair on Saturday, March 14th,2015 at the University of Akron. Our schoolparticipated in this fair for the first time. There were 122 students from 32 schoolsfrom the Akron area. Corey Rogers, Yoly

Rodriguez, and Batuhan Aslan represented

to celebrate together after their extra hard work in classes. Studentsenjoyed food, games, balloon animals, and crafts beside the displays ofwonderful student works. This year's turnout was great, and parentsenjoyed watching the dance and music performances. Click here to seefull list of winners.

JROTC News

Military Ball

HorizonScienceAcademy heldits annualMilitary Ball onFriday, April17, at 6 p.m.at the school.This eventcelebrates the75 cadetswho are partof HSA's Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)program. The keynote speaker was Lieutenant Colonel Scott L.

Bartley, Cleveland Recruiting Battalion Commander.

The Army-sponsored JROTCprogram at HSA was awardedthe status of Honor Unit thisyear. HSA is the only publiccharter school in Ohio with anactive JROTC program andcurrently has 65 participatingcadets. The purpose of JROTCis to instill in students the valuesof citizenship, service to theUnited States, personalresponsibility and a sense ofaccomplishment.

Academy Day

The JROTC program hosted Academy Day on April 25.Representatives from the offices of Congresswoman Marcia Fudge andSenator Rob Portman attended this event. All service academiesparticipated along with the John Carroll University ROTC programofficials. This annual event provides students and their families anopportunity to learn more about the US service academies. Civilian Aide


3 of 6 5/4/2015 10:31 AM

our school and presented their project at thefair.

Lawyer and NASA Special Visitors

Tierra Everette, Esq. Counsel for Dominion

visited the school last month. This was herfirst visit and school tour.

Dr. Woodrow Whitlow, currently executive in

residence at Cleveland State University andlongtime NASA leader, toured the school onMonday, March 23 and had an opportunity tomeet with some of our pre-engineering andSTEM team students. Dr. Whitlow will be thecommencement speaker at the May 29graduation ceremony.

HSA Open House with Sam Sylk

HSA hosted an enrollment Open House onMarch 21 with a live remote hosted by DJSam Sylk of 93.1 WZAK. A second openhouse was held on April 25 and the final oneof the year is scheduled for Saturday, May

16, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. This will be a

campus-wide event.

to the Secretary of the Army, Mr. William Willoughby, also attended.

5K Run

HSA Army JROTChosted a 5K Run onSaturday, April25th. Nine of ourJROTC Cadetsparticipated, as well asCadets and cadre

members from John Carroll University ROTC, and future Soldiers andRecruiters from the Cleveland Recruiting Command. In all, we had 40runners. After registration, stretching, and a safety brief, the runnersset out on a 3.1 mile run on the Cleveland Metro-parks ScenicBikeway along the lakeshore. All runners finished the course and weretreated to refreshments after the run. This run was part of a worldwideeffort by JROTC/ROTC programs to get in the Guinness Book of WorldRecords for the "most participants in a 5K run (multi-location)."

Turquoise Art and Language Contest

The Turkish Kafkas Dance Team moved on to the Turquoise Art andLanguage contest in Chicago on April 25, where they earned a 3rdplace prize. The Turkish dance team members are: Zulymar ArellanoLatorre, Jelani Bailey, Aneesah Hill,Essynce Mitchell, Jazzmine Peters,Nanette Vega, Oscar Rivera, Omar Rivera, Jeremil Rodriguez Diaz,TiaShawn X Jackson, and Daniel Miranda.

HSA's Hispanic Dance alsocompeted and placed 3rd in astiff competition.

Congratulations to thefollowing student dancers:Yoly Rodríguez Latorre,Simisola Aderibigbe, QuianaBrown, Malliah Martin, JermaniWiggins, Keyanna Leonard, Michaela Durette, ShaniaCoats, Tobi Aderibigbe,Daishawn Jackson, DennisHenderson, TyreeLee

González, *Deyaneira Baez (fromNoble Academy Cleveland),*Thomas Smith (From HSACleveland Middle) Essynce Mitchell won 1st place

in the singing category. Nicholas Vander Linden won

2nd place in the Turkish speakingcategory.


4 of 6 5/4/2015 10:31 AM

WE WANT YOU!!!!

Dragons Baseball Victory

Our HSA Dragon boys baseball team pulled offan extra inning, came from behind, andachieved a 5 to 4 victory over the Grand RiverEagles. After a rough start, trailing 4-1, ourboys bounced back in dramatic fashion. Led onthe mound by junior ace, Jordan Johnson, our

Dragons brought home the first victory of theseason. Jordan through 7 and 2/3 innings of nohit baseball with 16 strikeouts, earning the win,while Oscar Rivera went 5 for 5 at the plate,

hitting the game winning, walk-off single to drivehome Marlon Lopez. Carlos Massa and Justin Prather also played

key roles in our victory.

NOTICE: We are enrolling 9th graders for the 2015-16

school year. Please return forms to the office ASAP so

your child has a space next year.

Academic Calendar 2014-2015


5 of 6 5/4/2015 10:31 AM

Click here to learn more about guest bloggingfor Concept Schools.

Connect with Horizon

Visit us online at www.hsas.org.

E-mail us at [email protected].

Forward this email

This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected] | Update Profile/Email Address | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy.

Horizon Science Academy | 6000 S. Marginal Road | Cleveland | OH | 44103


6 of 6 5/4/2015 10:31 AM

From the Director Annual Community Awareness … trouble viewing this email? HORIZON TIMES...

Documents

Transcript of From the Director Annual Community Awareness … trouble viewing this email? HORIZON TIMES...