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| Cleveland Browns safety and former Glenville Tarblooder, Donte Whitner, with Ginn Academy students |
Our school is lucky beyond belief to be one of the recipients of the efforts of the very
generous
Cleveland Browns Foundation. When the team's owners, Dee and
Jimmy Haslam, took over in 2012, they immediately began to identify how
they wanted to engage with their new community and learned about us from
one of our supporters. We are just one of the many groups supported by
the Browns Foundation and we are certainly thrilled to be part of their
team.
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| Cleveland Browns safety and former Glenville Tarblooder, Donte Whitner, with Ginn Academy students |
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| Cleveland
Browns linebacker, Jabaal Sheard; Ginn Academy security guard, Officer
Albert; Houston Texans linebacker, Quentin Groves; and Browns safety,
Donte Whitner |
A few months ago,
three of the players visited Ginn Academy to talk to our students about
the importance of following your dream, no matter how bumpy the journey. They also talked with their rapt audience about integrity, character, and leadership, using many engaging examples from their own lives.
Sixteen men serve as Life Coaches to the Ginn students. The Life Coaches are the link between home and school; part of the glue that holds everything together. Each Life Coach is responsible for supporting a cohort of 25 students in the areas of attendance, academics, and social behavior. On call 24/7, 365 days per year, they serve as advocates and mentors for the boys.
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| Ginn Academy staff with Cleveland Browns players |
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| Quentin Groves, Jabaal Sheard, and Donte Whitner enter Ginn Academy's gymnasium to speak with students |
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| Browns safety Donte Whitner takes a photo with Ginn Academy students |
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| Browns players meet with Coach Ted Ginn, Sr. and Ginn Academy life coaches before meeting with students |
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| Cleveland
Browns linebackers, Quentin Groves (currently with the Houston Texans),
and Jabaal Sheard preparing to talk with Ginn Academy students |
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| Cleveland Browns safety, Donte Whitner, talks with Ginn Academy students |
Our
new and current staff members got acquainted at one of the Browns'
training camps in Berea this month. What a great way to kick off the
school year in Cleveland!
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| Ginn Academy staff at the Browns Training Camp in Berea |
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| Browns safety, Donte Whitner, and his lovely grandmother, Stella, who came to training camp to see him |
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| Browns safety, Donte Whitner, signs autographs with his grandmother, Stella at Browns training camp |
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| Cleveland Browns safety, Donte Whitner, with Coach Ted Ginn, Sr. |
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| Cleveland Browns safety, Donte Whitner, with a group of generous and awesome Ginn Academy supporters |
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| King James is a Browns fan! |
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| Principal Nick Petty, the amazing Dee Haslam, Coach Ted Ginn, Sr., and Assistant to the Director, Hazel Parker |
The Ginn Academy sincerely thanks the Cleveland Browns Foundation and the Cleveland Browns for their continued support of the Life Coaches and our students. We could not make it happen without their amazing support.
And thank you to all of you who read our blog and cheer us on!
Here's to a school year full of hard work, teamwork, progress, and of course -- scholarship, leadership, and service.
Kind regards from everyone at Ginn Academy...
