• Community Schools Pillars

    Early Learning (Pre-natal to Pre-school) – Focuses on providing and aligning school and community resources, services, and programming to support the age and developmentally appropriate stages of children beginning prenatal through preschool. The goal is support the intellectual, social, emotional, and wellness development of all Poughkeepsie children so that they are PreK and Kindergarten ready upon entering the Poughkeepsie City School District. 

    Integrated Student and Family Supports – Focuses on promoting the integration of educational services with comprehensive health and social services to address critical barriers to learning and whole child development.

    High Level Community and Family Engagement –   Community Schools function as neighborhood hubs that support student and family success. The focus is to provide and facilitate high lever opportunities for school, home, and community to come together in supporting families that make up our community and the children who will one day serve as members of our community.

    Expanded and Enriched Learning Opportunities – Focuses on providing and aligning school and community resources, services, and programming to support the academic and positive youth development of Poughkeepsie City School District students. The goal is to provide a seamless network of school and community programming that students have access to year-round. 

    Collaborative Leadership Practice – Parents, students, teachers, building leaders, and community stakeholders all play major roles in cultivating the whole child. Through collective trust, shared responsibility and supporting a child centered approach, the academic, social, emotional and wellness outcomes for children will remain paramount.  

    The alignment of the District’s Community Schools initiative to the Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet and its four focus areas Early Childhood, Out-of-School Enrichment and Learning, College, Career and Civic Readiness, and Integrated Health and Human Services strengthens the community’s impact on the success of children and families who reside in the City of Poughkeepsie.