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1. July / August, 2009
2008-2009 OUTCOMES
FRIENDS OF The students, teachers and administrators at E Prep have exceeded last year’s
E PREP SCHOOLS remarkable results! Although hard to believe, in 2008-09, this middle school outperformed
John Zitzner, President the 2008-09 average of all students in the entire state on the Ohio Achievement Tests.
FRIENDS OF
E PREP BOARD
1. E PREP SCHOOL OAT RESULTS
John Sherwin Jr. (Chair)
Michael Merriman
(Vice Chair)
Terry Nauck (Sec/Treasurer)
Vlad Agranovich
Scott Berlin
Jeanette Grasselli
Brown
Denise A. Carkhuff
Peter Conway
Robert Gillespie
David Given
David Gunning
Marc Harrison
Walter Kalberer
Robert Kilo
Andrew Kline
John LeMay
Craig Lucas
Peter Rome
Shelley Seifert
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Marshall Emerson III
2. E PREP’S FIRST GRADUATING CLASS
E Prep’s “college” class of 2017 graduated from the 8th grade in a splendid
ceremony at the John Hay Campus Auditorium on June 26th. 100% of the students
are now placed in college-prep high schools and will be followed throughout their
high school years by Michelle Williams and the E Prep to College Department.
Students will be attending schools such as Andrews Osborne, St. Martin de Porres,
John Hay School of Science & Medicine, the Cleveland STEM schools, Gilmour
Academy, and others. Congratulations 8th Graders!
3. A NEW MENTORING OPPORTUNITY
In collaboration with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland, E Prep
proudly announces a new mentoring program for the majority of the 8th graders.
This is a critical time as our 8th graders finish E Prep and transition to their new high
schools. Volunteers are needed to assure that all of our students in the class of 2018
have mentors. If you’re interested in learning more, please contact John Harper at
216-373-2795 or john.harper@eprepschool.org
4. FUNDING SITUATION IMPROVED – THANKS TO YOU!
According to published accounts, the state budget will pass and will provide
funding to charter schools at about the same rate as it has in past years: 2/3 of what
traditional district schools receive. While clearly not fair to our families, it’s better
than the Governor’s and House proposal to further cut schools like ours by an
additional 20-30%. THANK YOU for all your efforts in reaching out to legislators.
It worked, and this wouldn’t have happened without you!
1417 East 36th Street - Cleveland, OH 44114 | john’s direct line 216.373.7801 fax 216.373.7801
john.zitzner@eprepschool.org | marshall.emerson@eprepschool.org | www.eprepschool.org

2. Third Federal Foundation Marc Blaushild/Famous Jonathan Ingersoll
Jason & Tiffany Wright Enterprises Beverly Johnson
Mark Filippell Lance & Peggy Johnson
VENTURE Owen & Victoria Colligan Bradley & Ann Jones
ENTREPRENEURS Rod Dammeyer William Jones
CAPITALISTS Entrepreneurs EDGE Jones Day
($150,000+) ($10,000+) Ernst & Young Jack Kahl
Anonymous Anonymous FirstMerit Bank Greg & Jean Kanzinger
Burton D. Morgan Foundation Association for Corporate Growth Garson Family Foundation Kim & Frank Kanzinger
The Cleveland Foundation Robert Butler Erwin & Katherine Geis Fund Robert & Barbara Kerscher
The George Gund Foundation CWRU Weatherhead School of Lori & Nick Howley R. Steven Kestner
Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust Management Raymond & Patty Laubenthal Key for Women
The McDonald Fund Cleveland Cavaliers Leading Lady Foundation John Kirby
McKinsey & Company Cleveland Rotary Foundation Oscar & Judy Mifsud Lester Lefton/Kent State University
Nord Family Foundation Susan & Michael Cristal Sam Miller John LeMay & Jackie Acho
The Sherwick Fund Cheryl Davis & Jon Wise Gary Mitchell W.R. & V.M. Lewis Family Fund
Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation Dealer Tire Scott Mueller William Litzler
Tom DeSantis Kirk Neiswander Craig Lucas
Dominion Foundation Andy Rayburn Kathryn Lyle
ANGEL INVESTORS Dick & Ann Ernst John & Marcia Robson Alex Machaskee
($50,000+) Fairfax Foundation Rosskamm Family Trust Bassem & Sara Mansour
Arminius Foundation Charles & Char Fowler Scot & Traci Rourke Randy & Molly Markey
Jenny & Glenn Brown Frank & Cornelia R. Ginn RPM Incorporated Thomas Marshall
Karl & Ginny Bruch Charitable Trust Mark & Shelly Saltzman Lance Mason
COSE Free Hand Inc. Say Yes! to Cleveland George Mateyo
Ed Davidson David Goldberg David & Betty Schneider Melanie McAllister
Deaconess Community Foundation Charlie & Marie Grossman/ The Swagelok Foundation John & Lauren Meder
David Given One Candle Foundation William & Siobhan Thompson Melamed Communications
The Greater Cleveland Partnership Scott & Amy Harris Tippit Charitable Trust/Margie Anne Meyers
David & Robin Gunning The Higley Fund _Tippit Stephen & Amanda Morris
Harvard Business School Club Joseph Hoffman/H.C. Stark & Up, Up & Away Fund of ATO Raymond Murphy
Kay Ingersoll Bayer Foundation Charities Gregg Mylett
Martha Holden Jennings Jim Hummer Azim Nakhooda
Foundation Daniel & Linda Kellogg STOCKHOLDERS Mort & Iris November
Walt & Jean Kalberer Andrew & Riddianne Kline ($1,000+) James B. Oswald Company
Mike & Libby Merriman The Kline Family Foundation Jonathan Adams & Richard Pace
One Community Stewart & Donna Kohl Pamela Conover James Pender
Perkins Malo Hunter Foundation Lexi-Comp, Inc. Bruce & Barbara Akers James Petras
SandFair Foundation/ Peter Jeff Lucier Richard & Joan Ainsworth Nan & Bob Pfeifer
Conway Bill & Amanda Madar AMG Advertising & PR, Inc. The Plain Dealer
Spahr Charitable Trust Elizabeth Ring Mather & Brendan & Marnee Anderson William Prior
Sun Microsystems William Gwinn Mather Fund Breakfast Club of America, Inc. Joel & Jean Rathbone
Susan & John Turben Foundation Maxwell Foundation Brown Gibbons Lang & Company Leann Rayburn
The Meisel Family Foundation Robert & Cynthia Bruml Carin Rockind
“UN”LIMITED Dan T. Moore III Marc Byrnes Lisa & Douglas Root
John & Sally Morley Denise Carkhuff Jacob Rosenbaum
PARTNERS Bert & Marjorie Moyar Bob & Margo Roth
CBIZ, Inc.
($25,000+) William Nauck & Catherine Scanlon Charlie & Nancy Clark Grant Roth Memorial Endowment
Banks Baldwin Foundation Ohio Online, Inc. Mike Clegg Fund of The Jewish Community
Jeff & Sheila Berlin Nick & Barbara Peay Alfred Corrado Federation
William Bingham Foundation ShoreBank Enterprise Group Mark Corrado Rotary Club of Strongsville
Clint Bradley thunder::tech Doug & Linda Cowan Scott & Laurie Roulston
The Carmon Group Ulmer & Berne LLP/ Peter Rome C. Philip Cristal Jacqueline & Frank Samuel
Champion Staffing US Bank Community Fund Lillian & Hamilton Emmons Peter & Janet Scheid
Civic Innovation Lab The Veale Foundation Janice Eva Elizabeth & Ellery Sedgwick Fund of
Cleveland Cliffs Foundation Wells Fargo Insurance Services Andy Fertal The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Ruth & Robert Williams Forhan Family Foundation Nancy & Bill Seelbach
Gerry & Marty Conway Foundation Dave & Claudia Fulton Shelley Seifert
Jeffrey Cristal The Wolpert Fund Cathy & Alison Furlong David Selman &
Thomas Cristal David Young The Swaminathan and Garg Kelly Selman Davidson
Tim & Debbie Doyle __Foundation Jeanne Shatten
Fairmount Minerals Ltd. SPONSORS ($5,000+) Patrick Geyer Mike Shinn
FITtechnologies Anonymous Larry Goddard Dudley & Barbara Sheffler
John & Christiane Guinness The Aslon Group Anita Gray David S. Stein Foundation
Ryan Jeffers Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Stanley Greenwald Tom & Christine Stevens
Kuhn Family Foundation Aronoff LLP Donald Gustavson Cheryl Strom
Lee & Linda Miller Berlin Family Educational Sondra & Stephen Hardis Roger Sustar
John & Peg Zitzner _Foundation Marc & Mary Carole Harrison Charles VerMerris
Mario Morino Scott & Jennifer Berlin Tom Hartland Richard Wainio
National City Bank Tracy Blake Jim & Candace Hatton Zupon Family Charitable Trust
Jane & Jon Outcalt Ginny & George Havens
Audrey & Al Ratner
Chuck Ratner/Forest City
__Enterprises
1417 East 36th Street - Cleveland, OH 44114 | john’s direct line 216.373.7801 fax 216.373.7801
john.zitzner@eprepschool.org | marshall.emerson@eprepschool.org | www.eprepschool.org