Community Partnerships

Having community involvement in the schools is a major deal. In Indianapolis schools the community puts on parent-focused workshops to help the parents learn about the schools and events going on in the community. Community workers also put on different events to get the students involved with activities. By putting on different events the students will have places to go and people to be involved with so they do not get in with the wrong crowd. I know in my township back home each year the commuity puts on an event with the schools in the township to raise money for the leukima foundation. This event brings in many people to run the race or just help with the event. The biggest part is that the students of the high school and middle school are a major part of putting the event together.

If there was a lack of partnership as an advocate of the community I could find ways to get involved. One way of doing this would be to go around to different businesses asking for the involvement with the schools in the community.