Steering through the COVID-19 crisis in Springfield
Back in March, when the dangerous spread of the coronavirus forced schools to close, the Springfield Public School system focused on human […]
Category: Springfield Public Schools
City Connects: A decade of growth in Springfield
In 2010, City Connects launched in Springfield, Mass., and since then we’ve seen a decade of strong growth in the city. We […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]