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Maren Farney - MTSS Coordinator - mfarney@boces.com - 315-779-7005

Amy Zukas - 4-H and Parenting Program Manager at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County - asw247@cornell.edu - 315-788-8450

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Stephanie Quick - Community School Coordinator at Belleville-Henderson Central School - squick@bhpanthers.org - 315-775-8474

Marcia McDonald - Community School Coordinator at Copenhagen Central School - mmcdonald@ccsknights.org - 315-777-0602

Donna Coleman - Community School Coordinator at LaFargeville Central School - djr293@cornell.edu - 315-783-4460

About the Grant

The Full-Service Community Schools Grant will serve an estimated 1,746 K-12 students in Jefferson County and Lewis County, specifically within the Belleville-Henderson, Copenhagen, LaFargeville, and Sackets Harbor school districts. 

The work of the grant will strengthen connections between school day, families, students, and the community by providing academic enrichments to improve ELA/Math performance, youth development to promote social skills, emotional well-being, arts/music experiences to expose students to new interests/careers, and student-driven activities to enhance academic outcomes and career knowledge. 

The work of the grant is to also implement a comprehensive socio-emotional learning plan to help students acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.

Community Schools Grant Partners:

Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida County BOCES

Cornell Cooperative Extension

Belleville Henderson Central School

Copenhagen Central School

Lafargeville Central School

Sackets Harbor Central School

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‍Helpful Resources for Community Schools

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• NYS Community Schools Technical Assistance Center

• “Rural schools are already the hub: How a community schools approach can capitalize on this strength” by Caitlin Scott ‍

• “Building a Community Schools System”

Helpful Resources on MTSS

• “Solving the Biggest Challenges of MTSS”article

• MTSS Umbrella graphic

• Essential Features of Tier II article

• Essential Features of Tier III article

• Positive Greetings at the Door

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Helpful Resources on Trauma

• “What is Trauma Informed Teaching?”

• DOs and DON’Ts of a Trauma Informed Classroom 

• ‍The Truth About ACEs

Helpful Resources on Absenteeism 

• “10 High Yield Actions to Improve Student Attendance”

• “How an Elementary School Principal Slashed Chronic Absenteeism”

• Teens and Their Families ~ Helpful Links

• “What is Chronic Absence?”

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Helpful Resources for Positive Action SEL Curriculum

• Absenteeism Improvement

• ‍Family Class Survey

Additional Helpful Resources

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• New York State Website for School Report Cards‍

• New York State Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Benchmarks

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