About Community Schools

The Four Pillars of Community Schools:

• Integrated Student Supports: To help students succeed by meeting their academic, physical, social-emotional, and mental health needs.

  • • Example: Partnership with a local mobile medical unit to provide wellness checks and physicals to students and family members.

• Expanded & Enriched Learning Time and Opportunities: Academic Support and Real-World educational experiences  

  • • Example: Partnership with a local youth organization that focuses on career readiness and youth internships.

• Active Family and Community Engagement: Actively tapping the expertise and knowledge of family and community members. 

  • • Example: Community events, community listening forums, English as a second language classes, etc.

• Collaborative Leadership & Practices: Establish a culture of professional learning, collective trust, and shared responsibility in a manner that includes students, families, and community members.

  • • Example: School Site Council, Booster meetings, parent leadership opportunities,  Peer Leaders Uniting Students (PLUS).