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Cleveland

Lead Support Partner: Cleveland Consolidated School District
Lead Fiscal Partner: Cleveland Consolidated School District
Application Year: 2005

The city of Cleveland is a Certified Excel By 5 community. Community leaders, teachers, doctors, parents, and others come together to focus on supporting parents and children.


Cleveland’s community is at the very heart of EXCEL BY 5. It truly involves the community as a whole- all citizens – from schools, families, city leaders, and businesses. There are many opportunities for community members to become involved:


  • Planning and preparing for the future of Cleveland’s youngest citizens

  • Being an advocate for families and young children throughout the community

  • We are giving time and money to ensure that the resources and programs needed to support 

Cleveland’s families with young children will be available.


What does Cleveland say about Early Childhood Education? “It is a good thing to wrap a newborn, a toddler, or a four-year-old in loving kindness and nurture them with thoughtful instruction.”

Coalition Contact:

Patsy Clerk

Cleveland Excel by 5 Certification Manager

pclerk@cleveland.k12.ms.us

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”
― Fred Rogers
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Monthly Readiness Calendar

Activities you can do with your child, plus puzzles to help parents and your little scholars stay sharp!

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