About
STEAM Academy of Warrensville Heights is a public charter school serving students from Early Education through 8th grade in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. Ohio grades every school on an annual state report card. This school earned 5 Stars in both Progress and Gap Closing, and its Performance Index jumped from 66.9 to 74 in a single year, placing it in the top 20% of Ohio charter schools with an over 10% PI increase. That’s not a school trending up. That’s a school that has figured something out.
The school is built around science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. They aren’t enrichment extras. They’re the method. Students don’t learn about STEAM from a textbook. They work through problems that require it. A circuit gets built. Data gets read because a project demands it. Art and math live in the same room. Every student, regardless of where they started, gets instruction at the level they’re actually at.
Beyond academics, the school is built around the whole child — social-emotional growth, confidence-building field trips, and family-centered events that make parents feel like partners, not bystanders.
STEAM Academy of Warrensville Heights is a publicly funded school. There’s no tuition and no fees. The school also provides free breakfast and lunch every day and free transportation to and from school.
The school is located at 4700 Richmond Road, Warrensville Heights, OH 44128. To schedule a visit or get enrollment information, call (216) 595-2866.
Willie Banks, Executive Principal/RVP
Willie Banks III has over 20 years of leadership experience in private and charter schools. As Principal of STEAM Academy of Warrensville Heights, he leads an inclusive learning environment where high expectations, clear goals, and collaboration with parents and educators drive student success. Banks holds a BA in English and a Master of Education Degree in Curriculum Design, Instruction, and Leadership. He has served as ACCEL Schools’ Director of Family and Community Engagement as well as principal for Wright Preparatory Academy and Wright Academy. A strong proponent of school choice, he was the founding principal of Greater Heights Academy, one of the first charter schools in Cleveland.
Sheree Dillions, Senior Vice President
Mrs. Dillions joined ACCEL Schools in 2018 with over 25 years of experience as a K-12 educator and principal. As Senior Vice President of Turnaround Schools, she oversees leadership development, instructional programming, operations, and strategic planning. Prior to joining ACCEL Schools, Mrs. Dillions worked for Cleveland Municipal School District where she served as Head Principal for over 10 years and systematically turned-around low-performing schools into schools of academic success and achievement. Mrs. Dillions holds a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Master’s degree in Education – Adult Learning & Development, and completed the post graduate Educational Administration Program, all from Cleveland State University. She has also completed the post graduate Urban Superintendents Program at Harvard University. In February 2020, Mrs. Dillions was awarded by Radio One as a Future History Maker of the City of Cleveland.
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Founded in 2014, ACCEL Schools is a K-12 public charter school management organization (CMO) serving students across the United States in brick-and-mortar, virtual, and hybrid school settings. We focus on improving academic outcomes of students regardless of geographic location or socioeconomic factors. The leadership team at ACCEL Schools has a combined 1000+ years of experience as global school management operators with expertise in curriculum research and design, assessment, student support services, and education consulting. Our entire team fundamentally believes that all children deserve a great education and students should be supported as they pursue a wide variety of post-secondary options. Our robust technology increases engagement, access to resources, efficiencies, and academic results helping our students become productive global citizens.
