A community school is both a place - a public school - and a set of partnerships between the school and other community resources. Research shows that its integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement leads to improved student learning, stronger families, and healthier communities. To help you better understand the history behind a community school as well as understand its' main purpose, please read the article "Research Spotlight on Community Schools: NEA Revies of Research on Best Practices in Education" (link below).
Spotlight on Community Schools
Arvada West uses a 3 tiered format in working with families. The three tiers are:
- Supporting Family Engagement in Multi-Agency Planning
- Jeffco Supperintendent - Jason Glass - District Vision of Building Community Link
- Jeffo DeAngelis Foundation - Connection to the Community Link
- School Health
- How to become a healthy school in Jeffco Link
- Movements by Julia – Julia Blackwater - Owner – How to build a community around healthy living. Link
- Family and Social Strategies that can Support Family Engagement in Case Planning
- Arvada Center for the Arts – Philip C. Sneed – Executive Director – Building Community around studying of the Arts. Link
- Special Olympics Colorado - Megan (Toohey) Scremin – President and Chief Executive Officer – How inclusion works with disabilities. Link
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