St. Mary's County
Public Schools
Community Schools
While all schools provide support to students, community schools work in collaboration with community partners, local governments, and other stakeholders to provide wraparound services that address barriers to learning and success.
Community schools leverage the power of neighborhoods through assets-based approaches that strengthen the connections between home, school, and communities and create change for the people that they serve.
In 2019, Senate Bill 1030 (5-203) defined community schools as “a public school that establishes a set of strategic partnerships between the school and other community resources that promote student achievement, positive learning conditions, and the well-being of students by providing wraparound services.”
Essentials for Community School Transformation
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Chart showing Essentials for Community School Transformation
What is a Community School?
KINDNESS DANCE
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Students at George Washington Carver Elementary School created this heart during their OST program to display at their Kindness Dance
Integrated Student Supports
Parents, students, teachers, principals, and community partners build a culture of professional learning, collective trust, and shared responsibility through site-based leadership teams and teacher learning communities.