Connecting with the Community OR Empowering the Community
During the inaugural Healthy School Communities Virtual Conference held May 10–13, what came across loud and clear by each of our mentor sites was the need to connect with their communities. However as the week drew on, what became even clearer was that these sites didn’t just connect with their communities; rather they sought to empower their communities. They brought them in, asked advice, listened, and distributed leadership and ownership, and were able to engage their community stakeholders in meaningful, purposeful activities. These sites were demonstrating how they were in fact moving along a continuum from community connection to community empowerment.
Parents are a vital part of this Iroquois Ridge school community … absolutely vital for a thriving community.
It’s not only a learning community for our children, but for our staff, our