Supporting student success through community school partnerships

Community Schools

A4L Community Schools Baltimore City

More Than a Classroom: Schools as Community Hubs

Community schools support student and family success by connecting learning with the academic, wellness, and enrichment resources students need to thrive.

As neighborhood anchors, community schools serve as hubs that bring together families, educators, and partners to remove barriers to learning and expand opportunities for students. Through this collaborative approach, schools can offer wraparound supports, including mental health and wellness services, access to essential resources, extended learning, and enrichment opportunities.

Arts for Learning serves as a Community Schools Lead Agency in Baltimore, helping ensure that students and families have equitable access to arts-integrated learning and creative enrichment as part of this collaborative support system.

Community Schools

Collington Square Elementary Middle

Collington Square Elementary Middle School is a Community school that will ensure a culture of academic rigor and College & Career Readiness within a safe, restorative community that works collaboratively to embrace and maximize scholar’s growth in a global social emotional learning environment.

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Collington Square Elementary Middle

Collington Square

Green Street Academy

Founded in 2010, Green Street Academy is a 6-12 public charter school located in West Baltimore. Now serving 875 students annually, GSA was designed to transform how scholars prepare for college and careers in the 21st century through the lens of environmental, human, and personal economic sustainability.

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Green Street Academy

Green Street Academy Baltimore

Hazelwood Elementary Middle School

Hazelwood Elementary/Middle School is a PreK-8 public school located in Northeast Baltimore, nestled between Belair Road and Cedonia Avenue. The school is part of a neighborhood revitalization and is committed to providing a safe school environment for all students to excel academically, physically, socially, emotionally, and ethically. Students, parents, staff, and the community work together to help every child reach their highest potential in order to become responsible citizens and life-long learners.

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Hazelwood Elementary Middle School

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Mount Royal Elementary Middle School

The Mount Royal School is a PreK-8 neighborhood public school in Baltimore City's Bolton Hill neighborhood. Its mission is to provide the Mount Royal School community with an equitable environment where students are encouraged and safe to take academic risks that help them identify and build skills, interests, and confidence that they can carry and apply in our communities.

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Mount Royal Elementary Middle School

Mount Royal Elementary Middle School Baltimore

Meet the Arts for Learning Community Schools Team

All year long, the Arts for Learning Community Schools team cultivates relationships and seeks opportunities that support the unique needs of each school community, facilitating fundamental supports that ensure more equitable access to integrated services, resources like food and technology, opportunities within health and mental wellness, and academic and extracurricular activities, including extended learning or arts enrichment experiences.

 

“Community schools serve as hubs for vital resources and connect students and families to services that can help them thrive. Importantly, community schools expand learning and enrichment opportunities for both students and parents alike, and promote family and community engagement in education, which ultimately can bolster students’ success.”

—Dr. Miguel Cardona, Former U.S. Secretary of Education

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