Community School

"Community Schools provide well-being, academic, and extracurricular support services needed to enrich the community in equitable ways. "

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Community School Brochure FY23 (English)

Our Team

Ms. Gloria Jones Community School Liaison - I build relationships with students, families and community partners and provide wrap-around services that enhance and enrich our community school.
Ms. Nyeema Lexidor Wellness Trainer - Executes a structured wellness program to promote an emotionally healthy and physically active lifestyle
Ms. Ruth Meininger Parent Community Coordinator
Ms. Cindy Vargas Rivera Parent Community Coordinator

What are Community Schools?

An evidence-based strategy for providing equitable services and outcomes to students, families, and communities to create academic success.

What do Community Schools do?

  • Partnerships

  • Referrals and Case Management

  • Physical Health Care

  • Parent Workshops

  • Community Outreach

4 Pillars of Community Schools

  1. Integrated Student Supports - Community schools take a “whole-child” approach to supporting students’ educational and life success--paying attention to social and emotional needs. 

  2. Expanded and Enriched Opportunities - Essential to schools’ capacity to support students’ academic growth, as well as to help them develop socially, emotionally, and physically. 

  3. Family and Community Engagement - Fostering relationships and building the capacity of stakeholders and the schools to leveraging local resources and ongoing engagement of families. 

  4. Collaborative Leadership Practices - Developing a shared vision and goals and creating participatory practices for distributing responsibilities, a community school leverages the collective expertise of all of its stakeholders. 

Wraparound Services

  • Enrichment

  • Resource Coordination

  • Wellness & Mindfulness Practices 

  • Medical Screenings

  • Behavioral Health Services

  • Family Engagement and Support