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Recent Stories
Students Show Creativity Through Service Projects
SCORES students turned their creativity into community action, leading service projects that beautified neighborhoods and built teamwork skills in the process.
Jun 3, 2024
Poet-Athletes Kick Off Spring with Jamboree & BLAST
Cleveland’s fields came alive again this spring as SCORES Poet-Athletes kicked off a season of competition, sportsmanship, and school pride.
May 24, 2024
SCORES Makes Guest Appearance on WKYC’s “We the People”
Executive Director Alison Black and Poet-Athlete Layla joined Leon Bibb on WKYC’s We The People to share how SCORES inspires creativity, confidence, and community.
May 12, 2024
Young Poet-Athletes Take Center Stage at POETRY SLAM!
A night of powerful performances and community celebration, our annual Poetry SLAM! reminded everyone how young voices can move hearts and inspire change.
Nov 20, 2023
Alison Black Named New Executive Director
With a decade of dedication to Cleveland’s youth, Alison Black steps into her new leadership role, continuing the mission to help students write, play, and achieve.
Feb 2, 2022
Becoming SCORES: How A Young Founder and Her Friends Created the Poet-Athlete Movement
What started as a single poetry and soccer program in Washington, D.C., has grown into a national movement uniting creativity, teamwork, and community. Learn how SCORES was born from one young teacher’s vision—and how that same spirit still thrives in Cleveland today.
Nov 12, 2025
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