Welcome to Our Website

Cleveland Court Elementary School

Welcome to the Cleveland Court Elementary website. This website is designed to provide information, support communication, and give first time visitors a glimpse of what makes Cleveland Court such an outstanding school. Our school enjoys wonderful parental and community involvement, allowing us to provide numerous enrichment opportunities. Cleveland Court Elementary School has provided Excellence in Education since 1947. Thank you for taking a moment to learn more about our school.

Dan Lunn
CCE Principal since 1998

Click here to view a PDF document with more pictures of our school.

Click here to view our documentation for our Bird Habitat.

Click here to view Nondiscrimination Statement.

2009-10 School Financial Report

Our Mission Statement

"Every hand, every heart, every mind, joined in learning, sharing in success, focusing on the future."

School History

Initial Development

Cleveland Court Elementary School was built in 1927 to serve area children of the Cleveland Heights subdivision. Our country, however, was in an economic depression at this time. The school opened for one semester, but due to low enrollment the school closed and was subsequently used as a Works Project Administration (WPA) facility. Later, it was used to build, assemble, and paint Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats during World War II. Finally, in 1947 Cleveland Court opened as a school for neighborhood children.

Recent History

Since 1947, Cleveland Court has had a reputation for high quality education and has grown and expanded to meet the needs of all the children it serves.

Latest News

S.T.E.M. Accelerated Program

Click the links: S.T.E.M. Accelerated Program part 1, S.T.E.M. Accelerated Program part 2.

Accelerated Program Parent Partnership Agreement

The MyPolkSchools Parent Portal

Parents can now access their student’s information from any computer with an internet connection. The MyPolkSchools Parent Portal allows parents to check current grades, obtain immunization status, learn if their child had any recorded discipline or attendance issues throughout the day, check their child’s current lunch account balance, and even see what their child purchased in the lunchroom – all before their child comes home from school. Click here for more information on this exciting new service!

Got questions about the Swine Flu?

Call the Florida Flu Hotline at: 1-800-342-3557
This is a toll-free telephone service provided by The State of Florida to offer health information about swine flu. For more information on the web, visit the Florida Department of Health.

District Budget Information

Link to the Business Services page on the district website.

Science Fair

Nearly 80 public school students had their science projects selected as superior by judges in the 2010-2011 Polk Elementary Science Fairs. Two fairs were held to accommodate a large number of entries. Approximately 380 students in 72 elementary schools participated. Fourth and fifth grade elementary students selected a topic of interest for their science fair projects and determined a question about the topic that could be answered through measurable experimentation. Projects were assessed by judges from science-related businesses and industries and science instructors from the elementary through university level. All students received a ribbon and certificate for participating. Superior Award winners received an additional ribbon, a medallion and a science fair T-shirt.  Cleveland Court produced three Superior projects (Blue Ribbon, 1st Place) and three Excellent projects (Red Ribbon, 2nd Place) Congratulations to these hard working future scientists listed below:

Superior – Blue Ribbon

Diego Salinas

Jonathan Martinez

Luke Eady

Excellent – Red Ribbon

Bobby Norton

Nick Warmington

Camille Hagins

Special thanks go to Mrs. Benoit, Mrs. McCown, and Mr. Welch for helping to prepare  students for the Science fair.

 

We Have Winners

Optimist Citizenship Winners – Kedrick Adams and Audrey Hand

American Legion Winners – Diego Salinas and Audrey Hand        

American Legion Honorable Mention – Tanner Molony and Lindsey Kim

2011-2012 Elementary School Pre-Registration

Florida Statute 1003.03 requires that school districts comply with a class size cap of 18 students in grades kindergarten through 3rd grade and 22 students in grades 4th through 8th. Polk County is using pre-registration to assure that we have all students enrolled correctly so that we can comply with the law.

To make sure that your child has a seat reserved for next school year, complete the form sent home and return to your child's teacher or the school's main office by Friday, April 8, 2011.

SCHOOL SPECIALTY SALES:

  • SCHOOL STORE: The school store will be open every WEDNESDAY morning from 7:30-7:50 am near Cougar Court in the 1st Grade Wing.  Items for sale include pencils, erasers, pop-up crayons, bookmarks, highlighters, pens, pencil sharpeners, gel pens (most items have a cougar paw theme).
  • GATORADE: Gatorade will be sold every THURSDAY after school in Cougar Court for $1.00.
  • FREEZY POPS:  Freezy Pops will be sold on the second and fourth FRIDAYS of each month for $.50 after school on Cougar Court.  The September dates are the 9th and 23rd.

  • Red Elephant Spirit Night: Attention CCE Families!  Our first Spirit Night is this week on Wednesday at Red Elephant on South Florida Avenue.  ALL DAY LONG you can dine in or carry out and mention Cleveland Court Elementary and they will donate 15% to our school.  Let’s get our family, friends and coworkers out to Red Elephant for lunch or dinner on Wednesday.  Hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events

January 9 (Monday)

January 10 (Tuesday)

January 11 (Wednesday)

January 12 (Thursday)

January 16 (Monday)

SAVE THE DATES!  PLEASE plan to attend the Cleveland Court Silent Auction on Friday, February 10th.  Invitations will be sent home soon (encourage your friends to come too)!  It is a wonderful event (and a fun night out!) with amazing items to bid on, delicious food, and great music.  This is our school's ONLY fundraiser so it is important that we have a strong participation from CCE staff, parents and friends.  Saturday, February 11th is the Red Tag Rummage Sale.  Please continue to donate items!

 

RED TAG DROP-OFF:  The next Red Tag drop-off date is Monday, January 9th from 7:45 -8:30 am in the CCE parking lot near the cafeteria.

 

CLASSROOM BASKETS FOR RED TAG:  Many classes are still in need of items for their Red Tag themed basket.  A list of themes by teacher/class is attached.  Please send in an item for your basket if possible.  Thank you!

 

TUTORS STILL NEEDED!  Please volunteer for 30 minutes once a week if you can!

 

Kindergarten

Mrs. Anderson:  Any days; 8-8:30, 10-10:20, and 11-11:30. (letters, sounds, numbers and sight words)

 

First grade

Mrs. Alexander:  Any days and times (writing and reading)

Mrs. Ward:  Any days 12-12:30 (mostly reading and writing, fluency, math)

Mrs. Thomas:  Mon/Tues 11:30- 12:00 (sight words/phrases, reading comprehension)

 

Third grade

Mrs. Braun:  Any days; 9:00-9:30 and 1:00-1:30 (math and study skills)

 

Fifth grade

Mrs. Hunt: 12:00-12:30 reading and 2:00-2:25 (mostly math and reading)

Mrs. Pleima: Tues/Wed/Fri 12:05- 12:35 (reading, one child needs help with test taking language)

 

These teachers could really use our help!  Please contact Lori Holmes and lorijoholmes@aol.com if you are able to volunteer.

To see January calendar in a .pdf format, please click here.