Hilltop Elementary School

Gearity Elementary School, operates under the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District, and offers educational programs to more than 200 students in grades kindergarten through five. Its facility includes classrooms, sensory rooms, media center, library, cafeteria, playground and administrative office. Its curriculum includes reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary, English, science, social studies, computer application and foreign language. The school provides a range of extracurricular activities, such music, chorus, band, drama, physical education and sports. It organizes various events for its students, including picnic, art shows, picture days, book fair and sports tournaments. The school s parent-teacher organization involves parents in various fundraising activities of the school. Gearity Elementary School is located in Cleveland.

Beachwood Middle School is a public school that is a part of the Beachwood City School District, which operates various elementary, middle and high schools with a combined enrollment of more than 1,700 students. The school has a population of over 300 students in grads six through eight. It supports program in gifted and talented and special education. Beachwood Middle School also supports a unified arts program, including exploratory activities in woodworking, video production, photography, cooking, sewing, technology and fine arts. It provides coaching and training in a variety of sports activities, such as football, basketball, wrestling, swimming, cross-country, tennis, volleyball, and track and field.

Founded in 1915, Hawken School is an independent, coeducational college preparatory day school serving 972 students in preschool through grade 12 from nine counties in Northeast Ohio. The Lyndhurst Campus provides a safe, nurturing atmosphere for our Lower School students. It allows eighth graders to feel like they are stepping up to high school, while retaining their allegiance to Hawken – which may explain why we have among the highest retention rate for rising ninth graders in the country. Hawken offers a diverse student body of boys and girls from all over Northeast Ohio. Hawken School prepares students to navigate a complex and dynamic world with self-confidence and determination; embrace challenges with disciplined analysis and creativity; and engage others with empathy and integrity. Financial assistance and merit scholarships are available.