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Black Mountain and Golden Valley principals highlight community partnerships, student programs and outreach
Summary
Principal Dan Amorski and Vice Principal Deborah Kelly described partnerships with local agencies, after-school programs, Route 66 Summit participation, food distribution and community events that connect schools to families across the district.
Principal Dan Amorski and Vice Principal Deborah Kelly presented to the Kingman Unified School District Governing Board about building community connections at their campuses, describing partnerships, outreach events and programs they use to support students and families.
Kelly said the schools send welcome letters to new families, noting the district’s Cambridge designation and specific efforts to help students who transitioned from Dolan Springs and nearby communities. "We wanted them to feel welcome," she said.
The presentation listed formal and informal partners that provide resources at school events: county and local health agencies, Mohave mental-health services, Mohave County Health Department, Mohave Community College (MCC), AZ at Work, local churches, veterans groups (Elks Club, American Legion, VFW), Safeway and community nonprofits. The schools host a "street team" at meet-the-teacher nights where agencies provide food, shelter and behavioral-health resources. Kelly said Roseburg Farms receives a federal grant and sets up recurring distributions of farm-fresh food for families.
Amorski described student opportunities that connect pupils to broader experiences: CTE and WAVE outreach to seventh- and eighth-graders, student council participation in a Route 66 Summit, campus visits to UNLV and cultural literacy nights with international teachers. He highlighted community events such as trunk-or-treat and a growing winter concert that draw families from across the region.
Amorski and Kelly credited community volunteers, local businesses and alumni for supporting events and programs and cited growing Cambridge program admissions: "This year, we had 10 students leave eighth grade, apply for Cambridge and got in," Amorski said.
Why it matters: the presentation documented a network of local supports that provide food, enrichment and transition services for students; those partnerships inform budget and program priorities and demonstrate community reliance on school-led coordination.
Board members did not take formal action on the presentation but thanked the presenters.
