Spring, 2000 No. 8 National Network of Partnership Schools
Member News
Louisiana Joins
National NetworkState and District Leaders Convene
Focus on Results Will Explore Connections of Involvement and Reading Achievement
Louisiana Joins
National NetworkLouisiana has shown that thirteen is a lucky number by becoming the thirteenth state department of education to join the National Network of Partnership Schools. Key Contact, Pamela Wall, and her colleagues began their leadership efforts on school, family, and community partnerships at the state’s School Improvement Conference: Reaching for Results, in New Orleans in December.
With support from Superintendent Cecil J. Picard, Louisiana’s leaders will work with the Regional Service Centers around the state to assist districts and schools in developing strong programs of school, family, and community partnerships. The state expects to increase the number of districts and schools that become members of the Louisiana Network and the National Network of Partnership Schools. Schools will be guided to implement programs that link family and community involvement to school improvement goals for student achievement and success in school.
State and District Leaders Convene
The second annual State and District Leadership Meeting of the National Network of Partnership Schools was held in November, 1999. The sessions during the day addressed topics to help state, district, and organization/university partners strengthen their partnership programs.
Forty-two sites (listed alphabetically) were represented by nearly 100 leaders.
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development; Alexandria City Public Schools (VA); Anoka Hennepin School District (MN); Ball Charter Schools (AZ); Baltimore City Public School System; Baltimore County Public Schools; Broward County Board of Education (FL); Buffalo City School District (NY); Cleveland Summit on Education; Community School District 10 (Bronx, NY); Community School District 15 (Brooklyn, NY); Frances Polytechnic/North Hollywood Cluster, Los Angeles Unified School District; Garland Independent School District (TX); Grand Blanc Community Schools (MI); Howard County Public Schools (MD); Illinois State Board of Education; Lincoln Family of Schools Cluster, Los Angeles Unified School District; Literacy, Inc. (NY); Long Beach Unified School District (CA); Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project; Los Angeles County Office of Education; Maryland State Department of Education; Minneapolis Public Schools; Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Naperville Community Unit School District 203 (IL); NEA of Alaska; Newark Public Schools (NJ); Northern Trails Area Education Agency (IA); Ohio Department of Education; Parent Educator Partnership Program (IA); Pittsburg Unified School District (CA); Puget Sound Educational Service District (WA); Rochester City School District (NY); Rush-Henrietta Central School District (NY); Saint Paul Public Schools; School District of Palm Beach County (FL); South-Western City Schools (OH); University of California-Davis; Utah Family Information and Resource Center; Utah PTA; Washington Office of Superintendent for Public Instruction; and Ypsilanti Public Schools (MI).
The next State and District Leadership Meeting will be held October 25-26, 2000 in Baltimore. Registration information will be sent in July.
Focus on Results Will Explore Connections of Involvement and Reading Achievement
Forty-nine schools volunteered to participate in the Network’s Focus on Results 1999-2000 cross-site study. This year the topic is how school-family-community partnerships help improve reading achievement. Participants submitted information about their activities to involve families and communities in reading-related activities, last year’s reading test scores for students, and their school’s goals for reading improvement this year. In the fall, all participants will complete an end-of-year report about their involvement activities and this year’s reading test scores. Six districts and two states also volunteered to collaborate by encouraging their schools to participate in Focus on Results.
School participants include:
Adams Elementary, Ft. Wayne, IN; Anderson Elementary, Wichita, KS; Antwerp Elementary School, Antwerp, OH; Arminta Elementary, North Hollywood, CA; Armstrong School, St. James, MN; Atlantic West Elementary School, Margate, FL; Cantena Elementary, Los Angeles, CA; Centennial Elementary School, Wapokoneta, OH; Cheat Lake Middle, Morgantown, WV; Crary Middle School, Waterford, MI; Cresaptown Elementary, Cresaptown, MD; Curtis Bay Elementary, Baltimore, MD; D’Youville Porter #3, Buffalo, NY; East Elementary, Fairborn, OH; Eutaw Marshburn Elementary #11, Baltimore, MD; Forest Hills Parkway Elementary, Cleveland, OH; Frost Elementary School, Frostburg, MD; Garrett Primary, Lufkin, TX; George Elementary School, Ypsilanti, MI; Glenwood Elementary School, Ypsilanti, MI; Hamilton Elementary School, LaCrosse, WI; Hamilton Middle School #41, Baltimore, MD; Hancock-Hamline University Collaborative Magnet School, St. Paul, MN; Hawthorn Hills Elementary School, Wausau, WI; Jefferson Elementary, LaCrosse, WI; Jefferson School, Stevens Point, WI; June V. Cormany Learning Center, Chillioothe, OH; Kohler Public School, Kohler, WI; Lake Forest Elementary, Hollywood, FL; Loreto Elementary, Los Angeles, CA; Lorraine Academy, School 72, Buffalo, NY; Nightengale Middle School, Los Angeles, CA; North Adams Elementary, Seaman, OH; Northside Elementary, St. James, MN; Oak View Elementary, Oak Hill, OH; Osan Middle/High School, DODDS/Korea; Pleasant Grove Elementary, Zainesville, OH; Portola Middle School, Orange, CA; Ridge Elementary School, Bellevue, OH; Russellville Elementary, Russellville, OH; Solano Elementary, Los Angeles, CA; South Mountain, Wausau, WI; Stonehurst Avenue School, Sun Valley, CA; Sudlersville Elementary, Sudlersville, MD; Tropical Elementary, Plantation, FL; Washington Elementary, Oconto, WI; Webster Magnet Elementary, St. Paul, MN; West Shore Middle School, Milford, CT; and Westlake Elementary School, New Carlisle, OH.
Districts and states taking leadership roles in Focus on Results are:
DODDS/Korea; Illinois State Board of Education; Johnston County School, Smithfield, NC; Lincoln Family of Schools Cluster, Los Angeles Unified School District; Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH; Frances Polytechnic/North Hollywood Cluster, LA Unified School District; Saint Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul, MN; and West Carrollton Schools, West Carrollton, OH.
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