Our Ooh La La evening several years ago intended to stimulate story culture with professional artists a la Parisien.  The following programs continue to honour this culture because the art of story teach and inspire us in so many ways.

Storytellers In Residence

     2009     Kelly McManus,  Journalist
                         Students learned the 5 W's on writing a newspaper article and how you have to
                         work at listening to other people's stories that teach us about our community.

                         Kelly also reported in the North Shore Outlook about our Stand-Up Storytelling
                         Evening featuring Brendan McLeod, professional word artist, and herself as
                         MC for the event.  Her front page story included photos and excerpts from
                         Cleveland students.

                                                        
    
2008     Margaret Grenier, First Nation dance artist
                               
      2007     Eileen Barrett ,  Ruth  MacIntosh, playwrights

      2006     Shannon Stewart, Deb McVittie, poets

      2005     Tony Papa, filmmaker
                              A Gr 4 class participated in a special documentary project with a Gemini
                              Award director, called WordLoveWorldLove. It connected our students with
                              those in Sri Lanka and established our sister school, Mahu Vishnu.
                              The DVD is now being sold through the National Film Board of Canada.
                             

Messages from the arts
    
    2009     Stand-Up Storytelling
                             On Thursday, April 30 Cleveland School hosted an evening of storytellers that
                             spanned from a professional word artist,  Brendan McLeod to Gr 3 students
                             telling a life experience to an energetic audience.  Some poets and storytellers
                             accompanied their stories with music and others with their dad!
                                           Thank you to Kate Strachan for the campfire design,
                                                                  Jim Rowe for lighting
                                                                   and Max  (Gr 7) for the cover of our journal.