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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.
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.
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 access to 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 31 out of 44 Community Partnership Schools in Florida — more than any other entity in the state.
A 2023-2024 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:
OCPS Academic Center for Excellence
Director: Jania Fuller
August is a time for fresh starts, especially for students gearing up for a new school year. It’s a month filled with the excitement of new backpacks, teachers, and opportunities—a clean slate for every child to succeed. But for families in under-resourced neighborhoods, this can also be a challenging time as they strive to provide […]
Read MoreBAY COUNTY, Fla. – Back-to-school season is here. A number of organizations are conducting school supply drives so schools can help students. Ascension Sacred Heart Bay employees have been working hard all month to gather school supplies for their annual back-to-school drive. This is their third year in a row for the drive. This year […]
Read MoreThe 2023-24 school year was incredibly exciting for our Community Partnership Schools! CHS is a core partner in 31 Community Partnership Schools across Florida — leading the way in the state —and this is just the beginning! We’re thrilled to bring the Community Partnership Schools model to four new schools — Bellview Middle, Campbell Middle, […]
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