September 26, 2019CityConnects, Education, Health & Wellness, Springfield Public Schools Family engagement at City Connects Because parents are so vital to their children’s education, City Connects Coordinators work hard to engage them – work that helps build […]
April 11, 2019CityConnects, Education, Government, Massachusetts, Nonprofit/Community Agencies, Springfield Public Schools Harvard’s Education Redesign Lab cites City Connects’ for developing plans that promote students’ personal success For decades, schools have relied on a “one-size fits all paradigm” that fails to meet “the particular, complex, and varied needs of […]
March 21, 2019Boston College, CityConnects, Health & Wellness, Nonprofit/Community Agencies, Springfield Public Schools Dental care and fire trucks: Making preschools service-rich Think of Stephanie Sanabria as a one-woman fiber optic network. As a City Connects Coordinator, she connects 11 classrooms in Springfield’s Early […]
February 14, 2019CityConnects, Education, Health & Wellness, Nonprofit/Community Agencies, Springfield Public Schools City Connects fills the mental health service gap “We wanted to look at the students that are often missed, students who are in what is known as the mental health […]
November 29, 2018Boston College, Boston Public Schools, CityConnects, Education, Government, Health & Wellness, Massachusetts, Nonprofit/Community Agencies, Springfield Public Schools A national conversation on integrated student support In schools across the country, students face barriers that make it tough for them to thrive in school, to do well academically, […]
June 28, 2018CityConnects, Education, Health & Wellness, Nonprofit/Community Agencies, Springfield Public Schools Health fair fun inspires families in Springfield When Stephanie Sanabria, the City Connects coordinator at Springfield’s Early Childhood Education Center, looked at the needs of her students and their […]
March 15, 2018CityConnects, Education, Nonprofit/Community Agencies, Springfield Public Schools The MassMutual Foundation helps City Connects expand into more Springfield schools City Connects is expanding in Springfield. We’re growing from the five schools we worked at in 2011 to 15 schools at the […]
May 11, 2017CityConnects, Health & Wellness, Nonprofit/Community Agencies, Springfield Public Schools The power of existing community resources At City Connects, our coordinators implement our innovative model: a system that brings the right services to the right child at the […]
June 19, 2014Boston College, Boston Public Schools, CityConnects, Education, News, Springfield Public Schools New Report Details Positive Outcomes for City Connects Students, Schools Fifteen years ago, a small team of school, university, and community partners began working on creating the system of student support that […]
September 21, 2011Boston Public Schools, CityConnects, Education, Government, Massachusetts, News, Springfield Public Schools 2011 MCAS Results Released Today, the results of the 2011 statewide standardized tests, MCAS, were announced. You can see full results and search for scores among […]