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United Way reports year-one gains at Erie High community schools; vision care and club expansion noted
Summary
United Way highlighted community-school efforts at Erie High, saying a nine-month evaluation led to four strategic pillars and that initiatives delivered vision care to 20 students, launched a community closet and expanded clubs and extracurricular access.
Mike Jaracevich of the United Way reported to the Erie City SD board on the implementation of community schools at Erie High after a nine-month data collection and evaluation process that engaged staff, students, parents and community members.
"We, interfaced with about 1,200 unduplicated individuals," Jaracevich said, summarizing information-gathering methods that included surveys, focus groups and partnership inventories. He described four strategic pillars the partnership will pursue — wellness and learning, expanded learning and extracurriculars, school transitions and life preparedness, and family/community partnerships — and outlined related goals.
Jaracevich highlighted several year-one accomplishments: a Vision to Learn partnership provided eyeglasses to 20 students, a comprehensive community closet was created to support basic needs, and programming expanded club participation including a pilot eSports club. He also described stronger outreach to families and more coordinated community-partner visits to the school.
Principal Orlando, invited by a board member to reflect on impact, said the partnership improved family engagement, boosted extracurricular participation and provided communication support that the school had previously lacked. "Really had a positive impact on our building," Orlando said.
United Way and the district said they plan to expand partnerships and services in the coming school year.
