Publications

Community Partnership Schools™ Model CommunityPartnershipSchools-OnePager CPS Impact CCS-Statewide-Impact CPS Fact Sheet CCS-Fact-Sheet CPS Registered Sites CPS-Sites-Partner-List CCS Trifold Brochure CCS-Trifold-Brochure ...

Independent Evaluations

Evaluation The UCF Center for Community Schools partnered with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to conduct an independent evaluation ...
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Evans Graduate’s Drive Earns Ride to Harvard

Nobody had to tell Evon Thompson to dream big. He was barely potty-trained when he first attended school and only ...
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Opinion: Bringing Great Equity to Our Educational System in the Age of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on health inequities with disproportionate percentages of low-income Americans, particularly communities of color, ...
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Healthcare Services Continue Growing for Polk’s First Community Partnership School

Since opening last year, the community health center on the campus of Crystal Lake Elementary has served more than 1,300 ...

About UCF and the College

About the University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida, or UCF, is a state university with a main ...
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Center Hosts Site Visit for Welsh Educators

The UCF Center for Community Schools recently hosted a group of Welsh educators interested in learning about community schools in ...
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Gulfside Elementary Offers Health Care, Clothes, Dinners — and Hope for Other Pasco Schools

Margot Zukowski worked her way through the classroom-sized clothes closet and food pantry, offering color coordination tips to her fifth-grade ...
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New Staff to Expand Center’s Capabilities

Students engage with multiple disciplines while learning math and improving the lives of others ...
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Orange Park High Will Adopt the Innovative Community Partnership Schools Model

Orange Park High will adopt the innovative Community Partnership Schools model this year with partnerships among Children’s Home Society of ...
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BCPS Launches First Community Partnership School at Gulfstream Academy and Gulfstream Early Learning Center

Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is proud to announce an $80,000 grant by the Center for Community Schools at the ...

Community Schools Resources

Research demonstrates that the various components of a community school, such as family engagement, expanded learning opportunities and integrated student ...
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Duke–NCCU Group Visits Orlando to Learn About Community Partnership Schools

“History in the making,” wrote Duke University student Songia Wynn as she reflected on her recent visit to two Community ...
The First ‘Community School’ Is Coming to Manatee County. Here’s What That Means

The First ‘Community School’ Is Coming to Manatee County. Here’s What That Means

With laptops, worksheets and glue sticks in hand, the students at Manatee Elementary School worked toward a well-deserved lunch of ...
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10 New Community Partnership Schools Soon to Launch in Florida

Ten schools located in seven school districts across the state will receive state grant funds to become a Community Partnership ...
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