Connecting Community Needs with Resources

Schools

Schools are the institutions neighborhoods rely on to educate their children. Neighborhood leaders and residents, students, parents, businesses, churches, and other community stakeholders that trust schools will prepare students to be tomorrow's thought leaders. Schools have the unique opportunity to set high achievable standards for themselves, the students they teach, and the parents of each child.

The level of moral, social, and educational standards set by the school creates the criteria by which students and parents are expected to achieve success.

Research shows that when schools are effective at engaging their community, creating an environment filled with high expectations and a commitment to excellence, children become more productive and have a greater capacity to internalize the information when it is made relevant to their lives.

This community-school relationship has the ability to effectively draw in parents, engage students, and create a culture of shared responsibility amongst all stakeholders in order to hold everyone accountable for a child's educational success.

The tabs (links) under Schools are designed to help you find schools according to their neighborhood location and to see how they have been performing over the past several years. These tabs include: