Cleveland Council of Independent Schools
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The Cleveland Council of Independent Schools (CCIS) is a consortium of independent schools in Northeast Ohio, serving more than 4,500 learners from over 50 communities. With a shared purpose to maximize each child's potential, our schools offer small classes, innovative curricula, individualized attention and nurturing environments where students feel secure and supported to find their voices. Our communities are socially, economically, racially and religiously diverse.
CCIS was incorporated in 1967 after several years of periodic meetings of the trustees and heads of four east side independent schools: Hathaway Brown, Hawken School, Laurel School and University School. The founding premise and today's mission statement remain essentially the same. In the words of the current mission statement, CCIS serves member schools and their constituents by promoting, supporting, and enhancing the values of an independent education in Northeast Ohio through the facilitation of meaningful collaboration. Presently, there are thirteen Northeast Ohio independent schools within CCIS. CCIS includes day schools, Montessori schools, boarding schools, single sex and coeducational settings, each with its own mission, culture and approach. CCIS schools share important characteristics: low student-to-teacher ratios, innovative curricula and passionate, highly-qualified teachers committed to the students' success.
Through exceptional academic arts, athletics and externships, our students realize their unique talents and potential. In our schools, you'll find toddlers learning to trust the world, teachers instilling strong value systems in adolescents, and students advancing with the intellectual habits, imagination and knowledge to success in college and beyond. Our schools help students find themselves.
The Cleveland Council of Independent Schools (CCIS): Find the School Where You'll Find Yourself.
Need-based financial aid keeps Cleveland-area independent schools affordable. To learn more, go to the Cleveland Council of Independent Schools website and browse through the member schools and admissions links.
The CCIS website address: [www.ccis-ohio.org]
CCIS Executive Director, 212 Fox Lane, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022-4184
CCIS was incorporated in 1967 after several years of periodic meetings of the trustees and heads of four east side independent schools: Hathaway Brown, Hawken School, Laurel School and University School. The founding premise and today's mission statement remain essentially the same. In the words of the current mission statement, CCIS serves member schools and their constituents by promoting, supporting, and enhancing the values of an independent education in Northeast Ohio through the facilitation of meaningful collaboration. Presently, there are thirteen Northeast Ohio independent schools within CCIS. CCIS includes day schools, Montessori schools, boarding schools, single sex and coeducational settings, each with its own mission, culture and approach. CCIS schools share important characteristics: low student-to-teacher ratios, innovative curricula and passionate, highly-qualified teachers committed to the students' success.
Through exceptional academic arts, athletics and externships, our students realize their unique talents and potential. In our schools, you'll find toddlers learning to trust the world, teachers instilling strong value systems in adolescents, and students advancing with the intellectual habits, imagination and knowledge to success in college and beyond. Our schools help students find themselves.
The Cleveland Council of Independent Schools (CCIS): Find the School Where You'll Find Yourself.
Need-based financial aid keeps Cleveland-area independent schools affordable. To learn more, go to the Cleveland Council of Independent Schools website and browse through the member schools and admissions links.
The CCIS website address: [www.ccis-ohio.org]
CCIS Executive Director, 212 Fox Lane, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022-4184
Member schools
- Andrews Osborne AcademyAndrews Osborne AcademyAndrews Osborne Academy is a private, coeducational boarding and day school located on of land in Willoughby, Ohio, twenty miles east of Cleveland.- History :...
440.942.3606 - Birchwood School 216.251.2321
- Gilmour AcademyGilmour AcademyGilmour Academy is an independent, Roman Catholic, coeducational, college-preparatory school in the Cleveland suburb of Gates Mills, Ohio. Founded in 1946 by the Brothers of Holy Cross, it offers a Montessori preschool program and traditional kindergarten through grade 12. A boarding program is...
440.473.8050 - Hathaway Brown SchoolHathaway Brown SchoolHathaway Brown is an all-girls private school in Shaker Heights, Ohio, founded in 1876. It is also Ohio's second oldest college preparatory school for girls. The HB experience spans the early childhood program, primary school, middle school, and upper school.-History:Founded in 1876, Hathaway...
216.932.4214 - Hawken SchoolHawken SchoolHawken School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school in Northeast Ohio.Hawken currently has two main campuses, the Lower and Middle Schools in Lyndhurst and the Upper School in Gates Mills, plus a third, an urban campus in University Circle, The Sally & Bob Gries Center...
440.423.4446 - Lake Ridge AcademyLake Ridge AcademyLake Ridge Academy is an independent K-12 school in North Ridgeville, Ohio, United States, founded in 1963. The only independent school on the west side of Cleveland, Lake Ridge is one of the smallest private schools in the Cleveland area, with 366 students enrolled in the past year.The school...
440.327.1175 - Laurel SchoolLaurel SchoolLocated in Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio,Laurel School is a school for girls Kindergarten through Grade 12, with a coeducational pre-primary program. Laurel’s mission is to “inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world". While this is their mission statement,...
216.464.1441 - Lawrence School 440.526.0717
- The Lillian and Betty Ratner School 216.464.0033
- Ruffing Montessori School 216.321.7571
- University SchoolUniversity SchoolUniversity School, commonly referred to as US, is an all-boys K - 12 school with two campus locations in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio area...
216.321.8260 - Western Reserve AcademyWestern Reserve AcademyWestern Reserve Academy is a private, mid-sized, coeducational boarding and day college preparatory school located in Hudson, Ohio.-History:...
330.650.4400