Welcome To Esperanza Elementary Blog

I want to give you a special welcome to our Esperanza Elementary blog as we take our journey to found the school of our dreams. I invite you to visit us often and offer any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, questions, comments, etc. you might have.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Community Factors

ALL KIDS ARE OUR KIDS---For this reason we want a school-family-community partnership. 
  • Increase social capital---Great book to read is Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam
  • Make school the center for community activities
  • The staff knows the community, networks with the community, and builds relationships
  • Do asset building--"Protective Factors"--some great resources are Bonnie Bernard's book Resiliency, Stephen H. Glenn's book Raising Self-Reliant Children and the 40 Developmental Assets. 

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