City Year Cleveland
Cleveland’s revitalized downtown, lakefront park and world-class museums make this low-key Midwestern city a cool place to be. For more than two decades, City Year AmeriCorps members have served Cleveland’s schools, helping students to thrive.
Support students in Cleveland
We are City Year. We are challenging the educational status quo with tenacity, passion and empathy. We create environments where young people feel like they belong, so they can fulfill their potential.
In 2019, Cleveland became just the fourth city in the country to be named a Say Yes to Education chapter.
While the graduation rate for the Class of 2019 was 78.2% – marking a 26% increase since 2010 – much work is still left to do. More than 60% of the district’s students are still reading below grade level.
We partner with educators while supporting, mentoring and lifting up our students so that they are able to fully take advantage of their drive and skill sets.
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Great! We are excited to work together to grow our communities, while you learn valuable skills for the future.
Start application Connect with a recruiterGo into your City Year with resource and information from classroom environments to housing, and some hidden gems to help you feel like a part of the community during your City Year Cleveland experience.
A big city with a small-town feel, Cleveland offers a wide range of opportunities and entertainment for young people. Now more than ever, Cleveland is a great place for young people to make their mark and generate long-term positive impact in the community.
Read about our local benefitsWe’ll walk you through how to use the RTA to get across the city, how and where to find roommates and housing, and some hidden gems to make you feel like a local during your City Year Cleveland experience.
See our Cleveland city guideThese talented professionals support City Year Cleveland's impact with students and schools.
Read more about Leadership | ClevelandCity Year depends on committed public and private sector partners in Cleveland to support our work.
Read more about Partnerships | ClevelandWe want you to know that every donation goes where it belongs—to support the students and schools that need it...
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Thank you, @baldwinwallace for the delicious cookies to celebrate our new partnership!
Calling all alums -- City Year is partnering with Baldwin Wallace to offer discounted tuition on two of its graduate programs to *anyone* who has completed a year of service with City Year Cleveland. That's everyone from freshly graduated Corps members like @aubreykitty4 to those who served with us in 1996!
If you're considering getting your Master of Public Health (MPH) or your M.A. in Education, book a session today with our Baldwin Wallace partnership manager: https://calendly.com/kristi_bidinger/meet-with-kristi?month=2022-06
🎉 Congratulations to our 2021-2022 City Year Cleveland AmeriCorps members! 🎉 This amazing group of young people completed their year of service on Friday, June 10.
Know someone? Tag them in the comments to wish them well! ♥
School's out! Here are some of the projects our Corps have been performing with @ridallgreenpartnership and @sevynteenth as they prepare for their Graduation TOMORROW! 🎓 Thanks to these fabulous organizations for helping make our last week of service count.
Congratulations to the 3 winners of last week's "Cavs Comp" essay contest at @easttechnicalhs! The contest allowed seven high schoolers at East Tech to reflect in writing on the strengths and challenges of their community and how they'd "build Cleveland back better" if they had the chance (hopefully, it's not "if" but "when"!).
Thank you to @kevinlove @collinyoungbull for providing autographed merch for our winners! 🏀
Spelling Bee season continues with festivities at @breakthrough.cle and @harveyricewraparound! Village Prep Cliffs hosted an ice cream social to celebrate winners and participants, while Harvey Rice's Spelling Bee was a hit with the community as 50+ parents, teachers and administrators attended.
For your opportunity to help Cleveland scholars build #literacy skills, check the link in our bio for recruitment info!
The championship round of the 2022 Slavic Village Spelling Bee took place yesterday at @_abhart! A big thank you to @starbucks, the @cavs and @kidsbookbank for providing our winners, participants and guests with fun prizes and refreshments.
Congratulations to our 3 winners and all our participants who showed their amazing #literacy skills!
