City Connects in Catholic Schools Archives - Page 6 of 7

A backpack and hope: third graders in Brockton help homeless students

While we are proud of the work that City Connects coordinators do to help homeless students, we are even more proud of […]

City Connects is growing in Minnesota. But the program isn’t just getting bigger — serving over 2,000 students across 10 schools with […]

What helps young people thrive? Taking their brain’s natural “plasticity” – the ability to change and grow – and combining this […]

Laurie Acker’s experience with City Connects shows how awareness of students’ needs can lead to action. “The big ‘A ha,’ that […]

School climate is making headlines – and peaking the interest of researchers and policymakers. So earlier this month, we caught up […]

Sometimes a community partner provides fun, exercise, inspiration, confidence, and a chance to cheer for grown-ups. That’s the story of Girls on […]

Over time, the student body at Our Lady of the Rosary School changed. The Dayton, Ohio, Catholic, K-8 elementary school was serving […]

Students in City Connects schools tend to be stronger readers, according to a number of studies on City Connects’ impact that show […]

Adapting City Connects for preschool classrooms took careful thought. “We had to ask how we could be true to our framework and […]

City Connects began in 2001 as an intervention in elementary schools. The program brought the right services to the right child […]