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When you donate, you provide opportunities for educational and lifetime success, breaking generational chains of poverty. Join the Community Partnership Schools movement and transform the future for generations.
Donate NowCommunity Partnership Schools are proven to improve student behavior, increase academic gains and graduation rates, and enhance parental involvement.
Through Community Partnership Schools, children find hope and opportunities. Simply put: they learn how to dream again.
Children's Home Society of Florida serves more than 27,000 students in 27 Community Partnership Schools from Miami to Panama City.
LEARN MORENo two Community Partnership Schools are exactly alike – each centers on unique community needs to allow students to focus on their education and future success.
Community Partnership Schools help build brighter futures for students, families and communities.
Community Partnership Schools offer equitable opportunities - both inside and outside of the classroom - for all students.
Through a long-term partnership with the school district, a college or university, and a health care provider, CHS leads community collaboration to bring resources and opportunities to students and families.
Thousands of Florida students arrive to school each day with more than a backpack – they carry baggage beyond their years: hunger, homelessness, poverty, exposure to violence, mental health struggles, inadequate health care and more. They carry so much weight that they simply cannot focus on their education.
Often times, these students and their families simply lack access to the opportunities their neighbors and peers may have. For these students, it’s not about raising the ceiling — it’s about raising the ground floor.
No two Community Partnership Schools are exactly alike – each centers on unique community needs to allow students to focus on their education and future success. But all share a similar model – one with proven methods for accountability and outcomes.
A partnership among Children’s Home Society of Florida, the University of Central Florida and Orange County Public Schools brought the successful Community Partnership School model to Florida. Florida’s first Community Partnership School – Evans Community Partnership School – officially opened at Evans High School in Orlando on October 13, 2012.
CHS is a core partner in 27 out of 36 Community Partnership Schools in Florida — more than any other entity in the state.
A 2022-2023 snapshot of Community Partnership Schools where CHS is a core partner
As CHS celebrates 120 years of helping kids realize their full potential, we’re excited to shine a light on a decade of transforming students’ lives through Community Partnership Schools. Learn more in a recent feature by Florida Trend.
Evans High School made history by celebrating the 10-year anniversary of becoming Florida’s FIRST Community Partnership School! Check out WESH TV’s coverage of the milestone event.
Curious what 5 years of impact in a Community Partnership School looks like? Watch as WEAR TV celebrates the continued academic and life success at C.A. Weis Elementary.
Additional opportunities to integrate Community Schools into your districts can include:
Shewendlie transferred to Evans High School, A Community Partnership School, in the middle of her sophomore year – at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her stress triggered frequent panic attacks, making it impossible to focus on anything else. She was terrified … she knew she needed help. Thankfully, ShewendIie found hope and help when […]
Read MoreMay is National Mental Health Awareness Month – a time to focus on mental health and help reduce the stigma associated with seeking care. Mental health challenges can have a substantial impact on children’s educational, mental, social, and physical well-being, as well as their family’s peace and stability. As we provide children and families with […]
Read MoreAngela Feliciano, Principal at Eccleston Elementary, A Community Partnership School shares the power of schools and communities coming together to address local needs and increase student achievement and success. Through dedicated partnerships and collaboration, the Community Partnership Schools™ model builds flourishing communities. Q: How do you feel seeing so many partners and volunteers coming together […]
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