We pray for children who sneak Popsicles before supper, who erase holes in math workbooks and can never find their shoes.

   But we also pray for children who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers, who were born in places we wouldn't be caught dead,who never go to the circus, and live in an X-rated world.

   We pray for children who never get dessert,
who have no blanket to drag behind them,
who watch their parents watch them die,
who don't have any rooms to clean up,
whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser,
and whose monsters are real.

     We pray for children who spend all their allowance before Tuesday, who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food who shove dirty clothes under the bed and never rinse out the tub, who get visits from the tooth fairy, don't like to be kissed in front of the carpool, who squirm in church and mosque and temple and scream in the phone whose tears we sometimes laugh at and whose smiles can make us cry.

   We also pray for children whose nightmares come in the daytime, who will eat anything, who have never seen a dentist, who aren't spoiled by anybody, who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep, who live and move, but have no being.

   We pray children who want to be carried and for those who must, for those we never give up on and for those who don't get a second chance, for children we smother and for children who will grab the hand of anyone kind enough to offer it.

   We pray for all children but especially the children of our school. Help us to cherish them and love them and together to teach them to love and serve you. With gratitude, thankfulness, appreciation, and praise.

Amen!
 

2345 East 83rd Street
Cleveland, OH 44104

Phone: 216.881.6250
Fax (UC): 216.259.7299
Fax (ELC): 216.259.7298




Questions (Who to Contact?):

Campus Tours & Admissions: Mr. Gainey (Facilities & Admissions)
Enrollment & Questions: Mrs. Smith (Principal)
Voucher Process: Ms. Ogletree (UC Administrative Assistant)
Athletics/CYO: Mr. Wuhr (Athletic Director)
Records & Transcripts: Mrs. Stilla (ELC Administrative Assistant)

Campus Site Map

Directions to our school (Google Map Link)

• From East 55th / Central - drive east on Quincy Avenue until you reach East 83rd Street, turn left; we are located on the right after approximately 1,000 feet
• From St. Clair / Superior - drive south on East 79th Street until you reach Central Avenue; turn left and drive about 1/2 mile until you reach East 83rd Street; turn right and we can be seen on the left side of the street
• From Glenville - drive south on East 105th Street until you reach Cedar Avenue; turn right on Cedar Ave and drive about one mile to East 83rd Street; turn left; pass Central Ave and you will see us on the left side on the road
• From Slavic Village - drive north-west on Broadway Avenue until you reach East 55th; Drive north on East 55th Street until you reach Quincy Avenue; turn right on Quincy Ave and drive about two miles until you reach East 83rd Street; turn left on East 83rd Street, we are located on the right after approximately 1,000 feet
• From Woodland Hills or Mt. Pleasant - Follow either Martin Luther King Jr. Drive or East 116th Street north until you reach Buckeye Avenue; turn left on Buckeye Avenue and drive until you reach Woodland Avenue; turn left on Woodland Avenue and drive one block to East 83rd Street; turn right on East 83rd Street; drive one mile to our school
• From Union / Miles - drive north on East 93rd Street until you reach Buckeye Avenue; turn left on Buckeye Ave and drive until you reach Woodland Avenue; turn left on Woodland Avenue and drive one block to East 83rd Street; turn right and drive approximatley 1/2 mile until you reach our school on the right side.
• From Garden Valley / Kinsman - drive north-west on Kinsman Avenue until you reach East 55th Street; drive north on East 55th Street until you reach Quincy Avenue, turn right; follow Quincy Avenue for about two miles until you reach East 83rd Street, turn left; we are located on the right side after approximately 1,000 feet
• From Shaker Square - drive west on Shaker Blvd until you reach Buckeye Avenue; drive straight and turn slightly right onto Buckeye Avenue; follow Buckeye Ave until you reach Woodland Avenue; turn left on Woodland Ave, drive one block and turn right on East 83rd Street; follow East 83rd Street for about 1/2 mile, we are located on the right side
• From East Cleveland - drive west on Euclid Avenue until you reach East 83rd Street; turn left on East 83rd Street and drive past Cedar Ave, Carnegie Ave, and Central Ave; we are located on the left side just past Central Avenue