Schools as Community Hubs | EDUCATION
Schools as Community Hubs Lead Partners selected!
After a comprehensive application process, each school's review team has selected Lead Partners for Leverette Elementary, Pickett Elementary, Robinson Elementary, and Scott High School.
Leverette Elementary School - YMCA/JCC of Greater Toledo
Pickett Elementary School - The University of Toledo
Robinson Elementary School - The University of Toledo
Scott High School - Lutheran Social Services
Click here to learn more about the Lead Partner decision process.
Click here to read the press release.
What are Schools as Community Hubs?
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United Way is proud to announce, in collaboration with Toledo Public Schools (TPS), the Toledo Federation of Teachers (TFT), and the Toledo Assocation of Administrative Personnel (TAAP), the introduction of its 'Schools as Community Hubs' initiative at Leverette, Pickett, Robinson and Scott schools.
Schools as Community Hubs is a strategy for organizing the resources of the community around student success. This initiative is intended to make a school – a place that already acts as a natural anchor for kids – the center of an entire neighborhood. Its integrated focus on academics, services, supports and opportunities leads to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities.
Not only will kids learn at their school, but that school will become a hub outside of normal schools hours for an entire neighborhood, offering services like…
- Out-of-school activities and enrichment
- Parent involvement
- Medical and dental services
- Mental health services
- Social services
- Adult education
- Community and economic development
A neighborhood of people having their needs met while building community with each other is a neighborhood that ultimately takes care of one another. We will transform the way our community provides support for our kids and delivers services to our neighborhoods simultaneously.
Inspiration
This initiative is based around the established and proven 'Community Schools' model. A film crew from the George Lucas Educational Foundation spent two days at a Children's Aid community school (Intermediate School 218 in Washington Heights) and created this awesome video.
Resources
Bullet Points from the 5.10.11 News Conference Announcing Schools as Community Hubs
Toledo Public School's press release
