Miner is proud to be a Community School!
Since the 2018-19 School Year, Miner has partnered with the Edgewood-Brookland Foundation to implement the Community School Model at Miner.
What is a Community School?
A community school is both a place and a set of partnerships between the school and other community resources. Its integrated focus on health and academics, youth and community development and community engagement leads to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities. Schools become centers of the community and are open to everyone-all day, every day, evenings and weekends.
At Miner, the primary areas of focus are:
What is a Community School Coordinator?
Community School Coordinators are the key to a Community School. They create, strengthen and maintain the bridge between the school and community. Community School Coordinators facilitate and provide leadership for the collaborative process and development of a continuum of services for children, families and community members with a school neighborhood.
What is a Community School?
A community school is both a place and a set of partnerships between the school and other community resources. Its integrated focus on health and academics, youth and community development and community engagement leads to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities. Schools become centers of the community and are open to everyone-all day, every day, evenings and weekends.
At Miner, the primary areas of focus are:
- School-aged child-care services include before-school and after-school services and full-day programming that operates during school holidays, summers, vacations, and weekends;
- Programs designed to facilitate parental involvement in, and engagement with, their children’s education. This includes activities that involve supporting, monitoring, and advocating for their children’s education, promoting parental leadership in the life of the school, and building parenting skills
- Primary medical/dental care that will be available to students and community residents;
- Programs designed to increase attendance, including reducing early chronic absenteeism
- Youth and adult job-training services and career-counseling services
What is a Community School Coordinator?
Community School Coordinators are the key to a Community School. They create, strengthen and maintain the bridge between the school and community. Community School Coordinators facilitate and provide leadership for the collaborative process and development of a continuum of services for children, families and community members with a school neighborhood.
Monica Woodson, MSW, LGSW
mwoodson@ebfsc.org Community School Coordinator “Collaboration is the new Competition” |
Ms. Woodson is located at Miner Elementary through Edgewood/ Brookland Family Support Collaborative. Ms. Woodson serves as a member of Miner’s PTO, leadership team and carries out the mission of the Community School Model through pre-determined eligible services.
Community School Eligible Services:
For more information about Edgewood/Brookland Family Support Collaborative, please visit www.ebfsc.org. To submit a referral or contact Ms. Woodson, please email her at mwoodson@ebfsc.org or by phone at 202-520-0788. |
Current Partnerships
Kindred: https://kindredcommunities.org/
The Fishing School Before and After Care: https://www.fishingschool.org
The University of the District of Columbia: https://www.udc.edu/
United to Rise: https://www.k12academics.com/national-directories/after-school-program/youth-organizations-united-rise-your-community-center
Christ City Church: https://christcitydc.org/
The Fishing School Before and After Care: https://www.fishingschool.org
The University of the District of Columbia: https://www.udc.edu/
United to Rise: https://www.k12academics.com/national-directories/after-school-program/youth-organizations-united-rise-your-community-center
Christ City Church: https://christcitydc.org/
Upcoming Events
Gardening Club
Every Thursday from 3:30 PM- 4:15 PM in the Peace Garden
All rising 3rd graders to 5th graders are welcome!
For more information please contact Ms. Woodson or Ms. Lawson at Sydney.lawson@foodcorps.org
Virtual Book Fair with Scholastic Books
June 5th- June 18th
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/minerelementaryschool2
Every Thursday from 3:30 PM- 4:15 PM in the Peace Garden
All rising 3rd graders to 5th graders are welcome!
For more information please contact Ms. Woodson or Ms. Lawson at Sydney.lawson@foodcorps.org
Virtual Book Fair with Scholastic Books
June 5th- June 18th
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/minerelementaryschool2
