Eight of the 11 competing scholars from Menlo Park Academy have advanced to the Power of the Pen Regional Competition, and the school’s seventh-grade team finished fourth overall recently at the district tournament.Read More
Menlo Park Academy, the Cleveland-based school for gifted children in grades K-8, has been recognized as one of the top-performing schools in the state of Ohio for a third consecutive year, according to Niche. “We’re thrilled that we have been recognized as a 2021 Best School by Niche,” said Seamus O’Hara, school director at Menlo...Read More
With schools seeking to bring more students back into their buildings, Menlo Park Academy instructional aide Carla Biggert spoke with Cleveland Jewish News for a recent article (February 2021). Cleveland Jewish News detailed how parents can work with young children to keep them comfortable with wearing masks and following other social distancing policies in schools,...Read More
Menlo Park Academy STEAM teacher Kristin Barnes was featured in a recent article in Northeast Ohio Parent Magazine (January 2021) Barnes and other teachers in the Cleveland area shared some of the skills that children can tap through STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) that will help them succeed in school and in the...Read More
An editorial on cleveland.com highlighted the important role that high-performing charter schools — such as Cleveland's Menlo Park Academy — can play in making up the "lost learning" as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
Two Menlo Park Academy administrators appeared on the television show ‘It’s About You’ to discuss the importance of providing a gifted education to gifted children. School Director Seamus O’Hara and Associate Director of Admissions Jennifer Ingraham spoke with WKYC 3 host Alexa Lee about Menlo Park Academy’s gifted education program, which is ranked as a...Read More
Congrats to our Menlo Wizard Historians who took home 6 awards (out of 8 State qualifying projects) at the recent Ohio History Day virtual competition: One 1st place medal; one 2nd place medal; three 3rd place medals; and one Honorable Mention. Two students, Aashvi K. and John M., are moving on to the (virtual) National History...Read More
After school shut down in March, Mr. Pernod’s 5/6 grade advisory students wanted to stay connected and perform a service project. During a Google Meet morning check-in, the group decided to record themselves reading children’s books so Menlo’s younger students could watch and listen. The team also invited Menlo teachers to participate. FreshWaterCleveland.com recently featured...Read More
Menlo History Teacher Mr. O’Grady shared that 13 of our amazing Menlo student historians recently submitted final projects for Ohio History Day 2020, which will be a virtual contest this year. Our Wizards submitted four exhibits, three websites and one performance project. Good luck to our students! The National History Day contest in June will...Read More
Second floor students were recently honored by Young Writers for their submissions to the Spooky Sagas Contest. Their mysteries, out of more than 10,000 entries, were chosen to be published.Read More
