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What is Community School?

Added Oct 07, 2020 •

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Not quite sure what it means for Poly to receive community school designation? Watch the video and find out!

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welcome parents to an introduction to Polytechnic High School unofficial LAUSD Community School we're glad you could be with us today some of you might be wondering what makes a school a community school how many school is the school that was selected by LAUSD for his commitment to what's refer to as the four tenets these include in a great as soon as service has expanded learning opportunities family and Community engagement and collaborative leadership and practice let's take a closer look at how Polly is demonstrating these for tennis the first tenant is integrated student support this refers to a school that is committed to providing on campus services that will support students academic physical and mental well-being some of our Mental Health Providers include Tarzana Treatment Center Hathaway Sycamore and San Fernando Mental Health Center we are also pleased now we are one of the few high school for like 2 to open a well-being Center on campus which provides basic health education mental health support Substance Abuse Prevention and Sexual Health Services are physical health providers include Partners like Vision to learn fake smiles and Mission City Community Network finally we are committed to providing academic support so all our students are college and career-ready Upward Bound CSUN trio program and the UCLA eaop call Polly's College Center home and provide academic support to many of our students the second tenant poly demonstrates is expanded learning time and opportunities this refers to enrichment opportunities that school provides outside of the traditional classroom setting to enrichment programs Palo Alto for its students in our annual summer stem program at our after-school kids program the summer stem program is offered to all incoming 9th graders demonstrating strong academic standing and who are looking to further their knowledge in stem fields 3 week summer program that include fun Hands-On activities guest speakers with successful careers in stem field and field trip to top universities museums and research facilities what is program which offers before and after school programs for students lives up to its name by keeping our use doing something KY DS offers a range of academic and recreational enrichment programs including homework Haven which is an after-school tutoring program DJ play music Club drill and cyberpatriot the club faction then I'm going to move on to our exit could be right over left left over right doesn't matter then we have our basic one which we don't really use and finally will have no hair with a diamond in the back and always make sure you clean when you're done on family and Community engagement poly firmly believe that strong Partnerships members lead to stronger and more successful student ever Polly welcomes family engagement the opportunities like coffee with the principal family workshops and Eli as we continue virtual learning into the 2021 school year we are job parents to engaged in learning via Parent Portal a One-Stop shop where you can monitor your child's academic progress message teachers and see important announcement for help setting up an account please call 213-443-1300 as an official Ally. adopt-a-school are students get special access to both professional and Technical career opportunities at ladwp as a community partner ladwp provide poly with a special grant that has enhanced programs like our summer stem program school for advanced studies and positive behavior program during school closures ladwp Park poly to provide a virtual career fair to any of our students interested in both professional and Technical careers at ladwp students opportunity to network with currently employed engineer electrical mechanics station operators and more final tenant is collaborative leadership and practices are grade-level slc's provide students with a more personalized education that is hard to find another school SLC team has one administrator coordinator Dean and two counselors with lower counselor to student ratio than most District school thank you so much for your time this morning we hope this has helped you understand polish role of the community school and we invite you to become part of our school Community soon via open enrollment please visit the link on your screen