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Big thanks to Carissa Woytach from The Chronicle-Telegram who covered Sheffield Academy over the weekend including photos from summer camp special visitor, Olympian Butch Reynolds.
SHEFFIELD — A new public charter school in Sheffield looks to mesh sports and academics for elementary school kids.Sheffield Academy will open its doors to its first 50-some students on Wednesday, ACCEL regional marketing manager Logann Little said. The early kindergarten through fifth-grade school focuses on high academics, she said, and competitive sports.
The school, in a former Sheffield-Sheffield Lake School building at 2180 Lake Breeze Road, is only the second of its kind for the ACCEL brand — modeled after another sports academy in Toledo.
On Friday afternoon it welcomed incoming students and community members with a field day and a chance to exercise with Olympic gold medalist and Akron native Butch Reynolds.
Reynolds, now living in Columbus, is a former track and field athlete who won gold and silver medals at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and several gold and silver world championship medals for the 4-by-400 meter relay and 400 meters.
On Friday, Reynolds jogged around the blacktop not to beat a record, but to keep up with more than a dozen elementary school kids.
Sheffield Academy Principal Gary Lane watched and helped corral the kids who’d shown up for the afternoon meant to help get the word out into the community about the newly opened school.
Lane grew up playing baseball, basketball and football all through high school before focusing on baseball in college. He played for the University of Northern Iowa, as well as on summer leagues in Minnesota and Kansas.
After teaching for some time, he became a principal and continued coaching travel baseball on the side.
When the opportunity presented itself to open Sheffield Academy, Lane jumped at the chance, he said — as travel teams and high-quality competitions can be cost prohibitive to families, especially for older students.
“I could provide kids quality sports for free and then in turn, when they fun, quality sports and they’re active, they’re going to have better results in the classroom,” he said. “So it’s going to help with their behavior, help with concentration, their overall health and they’re going to enjoy coming to school.”
The majority of kids coming in this fall are kindergartners, he said. If the school is successful, those students will grow with the school, which hopes to add classes every year to reach up to eighth grade. And they’ll help shape the sports offered by showing staff what they’re interested in, he said.
“When kids feel like they’re part of something, they feel like they’re more special, they belong and they’re going to have like an hour of sports every day — and that doesn’t even include recess,” Lane said. “So they’re going to be active.”
Staff are also working on a physio room or break room with padding on the floor for students to do sit-ups, push-ups, yoga or other activities.
To accommodate the majority of practices, and games, held during the school day to give students more family time after school, the day is slightly longer. Classes will run from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., with breakfast starting at 7:15 a.m. and practice for older students running until around 4 p.m.
The school is in the process of building baseball fields and a soccer/football field behind the building, which should be open later in the fall, Lane said.
For more information, including open enrollment, visit sheffieldacademy.org or call (440) 201-3875. Classes start Aug. 17.
Read the full article: https://chroniclet.com/news/312570/sheffield-academy-hosts-olympic-gold-medalist-ahead-of-new-school-year/
Big thanks to Spencer Mahon from The Morning Journal who covered Sheffield Academy’s plans to open as a new public charter school with a sports emphasis.
It’s that time of the year again.
And it’s no different for a new school in Sheffield Village.
Sheffield Academy, 2180 Lake Breeze Road, hosted a Back to School Bash on Aug. 9.
Officials at the academy said they are excited because they get to open their doors for the first time for classes Aug. 17.
The Back to School Bash was a chance for Sheffield Academy to celebrate and introduce the campus to the community.
This was the first time that the Sheffield/Sheffield Lake community as well as families from neighboring communities could see what the school looked like on the inside and learn more about the academy.
“This is my second time opening a school from the ground up,” said Gary Lane, principal of Sheffield Academy. “This will be his first time opening a school with high emphasis on athletics.”
Lane is an experienced veteran with ACCEL Schools, and most recently he was an interim principal in the Tiffin area with Bridges Prep.
The Back to School Bash offered free food and games as well as staff giving tours of the school.
Enrolled students also could have picked up free school supplies if they needed them.
Lane said he believes parents should have a choice in where their children go to school.
Sheffield Academy is a school that looks to balance academics and athletics for early kindergarten through the fifth-grade, he said.
“The focus will be the younger kids going with sports first and older kids will go last,” Lane said about how the athletic structure is going to attract students.
The main areas of academic expertise are English, math, social studies and science which will be handled in the mornings leaving the afternoon for specials and extracurricular activities which include sports, art and music.
The school day is designed to have both academics and athletics done by about 3:15 p.m. in order to give families the chance to have the evenings for homework and dinner together, Lane said.
Sheffield Academy is a public, community school school district sponsored by the Ohio Council of Community Schools (OCCS), which provides oversight and enforces academic, fiscal and legal accountability, according to its website.
It is managed by ACCEL Schools, a high-performing network of over 50 charter schools located throughout the United States, the website says.
Read the full article here: https://www.morningjournal.com/2022/08/12/sheffield-academy-hosts-back-to-school-bash-2/
We are a proud member of ACCEL Schools—a public charter school network serving thousands of PK-12 students throughout the United States. ACCEL was founded in 2012 by the early pioneers of online learning. Our leadership believes that all children, regardless of location or socio-economic background, deserve a quality education that prepares them to succeed in school and become productive global citizens.
ACCEL Schools Instructional Model provides:
We coach sports like we teach academics—with college in mind! Students will have the opportunity to participate in sports beginning in Kindergarten. Team practices and conditioning will be part of PE and specialty classes each afternoon. Most games will also be scheduled during the school day, keeping evenings free for quality family time.
In Grades K-5 we offer an Intramural Sports program that includes year-around sports such as Basketball, Cheer & Dance to all grade levels as opportunities for individual growth, physical development, and team building. Our Soccer Program is offered each Spring and begins with skills camps & overall conditioning for Grades K-3 and progresses to team sport for Grades 4 and 5. In the Fall we offer Cross Country & Volleyball for Grades 4 and 5.
Throughout the school year and summer we additionally offer Skills Camps for various sports.
Health & Fitness are built into our school day, but playing a sport is optional. At Sheffield Academy, we additionally offer Art and Music programs for students to choose a specialty or rotate their interests throughout the year.
At Sheffield Academy, we implement the ACCEL Instructional Model (AIM) which starts with an Ohio Standards-based curriculum taught by properly certified and licensed teachers. We frequently assess students (on a bi-weekly schedule) to know if a student is working ahead, falling behind, or right on track when it comes to mastering the learning standards for their grade level.
We review the data from these regular assessments and tailor instruction to each student’s needs. While many schools formally assess students at the end of the quarter, we believe that assessing students in shorter cycles gives our teachers early and regular insight into student progress.
Our teachers utilize a variety of learning activities and tools each day to individualize instruction in each subject area. Students receive whole class instruction, small group instruction, and one-on-one instruction. Our teachers additionally utilize Education Technology and other adaptive curricular tools to maximize learning in each school day.
Our school is accredited by Cognia™ for meeting the highest standards of education in ongoing, third-party review.
