Community School News

The Community Schools Strategy works in partnership with a variety of stakeholders to remove barriers from students, families and communities in order to thrive. Ways a community school does this is by providing an array of wraparound services.

Community School Coordinators partner with students, families, and stakeholders to identify and fill in the gaps where our students need more resources and support in order to ensure their personal and academic success. A CSC provides comprehensive support and resources that are selected to meet their students’ and families’ needs and interests, which are rooted in the understanding and perspectives of the surrounding community. A Community School Coordinator is a resource for families helping them stay connected with the school community. They are advocates for students and families.

Through strategic partnerships, community schools work to provide access to high-quality academics, health services, mental health support, academic enrichment, out-of-school time programming, crisis support, adult education classes, leadership development, and more.

In the first year (2022-2023) of being a Community School a needs assessment is completed. The needs assessment looks at a variety of data such as surveys from staff, students (4th and 5th grade) and families, focus groups, asset mapping and archival data

Once survey's were completed, all the data collection was reviewed with the Community Schools Steering committee. The Steering Committee involves the Community Schools Coordinator, Principal, Teachers, School Counselors, PTA members and Stakeholders.

As a team, the Steering Committee identified the schools greatest needs based on the data collection. Below are the three areas of need determined. Moving forward GES will implement a plan to meet the need and close the gaps to improve success for all students and families.

The Care Closet is a resource available to all students at GES. It provides students with everyday items, such as personal hygiene products, school supplies, and snacks. The goal is to provide students access to any basic need items they may have, so that they can focus on their education. All students regardless of income are eligible to use the Care Closet, without any cost to them or their family. Please contact the Community Schools Coordinator for assistance with any items you may need or ways to donate to our Care Closet.

Some of our students that were recognized as a Student Artist of the Month this year had the opportunity to paint a piece of the Greensboro Rural Mural that is going up in our community! The mural will be displayed on the side of Tenchi this summer! If you want a chance to help paint this mural, stop by Tenchi every Saturday until June 22nd from 10am-2pm.

Students, staff and our community showed their support by wearing green for Children’s Mental Health Awareness day on Tuesday May 7th! All week long students filled the sidewalks with kind and encouraging words for others to read for Children's Mental Health Matters Week.

During Children's Mental Health Matters week, we partnered with the Mental Health team at our Choptank School based Wellness Center to put on a duck hunt for our students!

32 ducks were hidden throughout the school with inspirational and postive quotes attached to the duck. Today the students who found a duck received a prize! Never forget how important you are!

Thank you to all the amazing community partners that joined us to make an exciting career day for our students! Our school counselors worked hard to find a variety of exciting careers to showcase to our students. We had careers such as bakers, musicians, construction workers, NASA space suit creators and SO MUCH MORE!

It's time! Enrollment is now open for eligible PreK and Kindergarten students, and all other students NEW to the Caroline family. If your child is currently in a Caroline PreK class, there is no need to enroll again. You're good to go for kindergarten!

Families are encouraged to begin the process as soon as possible!

All the info: tinyurl.com/yz638u87

Please note: If your child is currently in a Caroline PreK4 class, there is no need to enroll again. You're good to go for kindergarten!

If your child is currently in PreK-3, they need to be enrolled for PreK-4 at their school of residence and requalified.

Ashley Powell, LMSW

Email: Powell.ashley@ccpsstaff.org
Website: https://www.greensboroes.org/
Location: 627 North Main Street, Greensboro, MD, USA
Phone: 410-479-3885