{"id":187510,"date":"2023-08-14T10:54:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/cabrillo\/?page_id=187510"},"modified":"2025-03-23T10:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T17:48:57","slug":"california-community-schools-partnership-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/cabrillo\/students-community\/connections\/california-community-schools-partnership-program\/","title":{"rendered":"California Community Schools Partnership Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/cabrillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/ccspp-01.png\" alt=\"Community School\" width=\"316\" height=\"165\" \/>As a recipient of a FIVE-year <em>Implementation<\/em> <em>Grant <\/em>from the California Department of Education, Cabrillo has been identified as a &#8220;Community School&#8221; and is in its first year of this grant from the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP).<\/p>\n<p>Embracing this Community School model for this school year and the coming years, we will embark on a remarkable journey to plan for and explore additional opportunities to expand academics, social-emotional learning, health services, and community partnerships to benefit our <em>entire Cabrillo school community.<\/em><\/p>\n\t<h3><strong>FOUR PILLARS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This will be a busy school year with many fun and exciting events and activities focused on four programmatic features, the 4 Pillars of Community Schools, to promote student success at Cabrillo as a Community School!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/cabrillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/pillars.png\" alt=\"4 Pillars of Community Schools\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1st Pillar: Integrated Student Supports: <\/strong>A &#8220;whole child&#8221; approach to support our Cabrillo students, including their academic, social, and emotional development.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>2nd Pillar: Expanded and Enriched Learning Time and Opportunities: <\/strong>Provide additional before and after school-based activities that are fun, interesting, and exciting for our Cabrillo students <em>and <\/em>families, including social and academic, such as adult education classes or sports activities.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>3rd Pillar: Active Family and Community Engagement: <\/strong>Strive to build trust, respect, and create relationships with <em>all <\/em>stakeholders, working collaboratively towards common goals with our Cabrillo students, teachers, administrators, parents, community partners, and FUSD leadership.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>4th Pillar: Collaborative Leadership Practices: <\/strong>Develop a shared vision and goals by creating participatory practices and distributing responsibilities to leaders representing all our stakeholders, including students, families, community partners, school leaders, and educators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3><strong>FOUR PROVEN PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Community schools are known for &#8220;<em>strong and intentional community partnerships ensuring pupil learning and whole child and family development.&#8221; <\/em>The following practices have been adopted and will be implemented fully during the 2024-2025 school year at Cabrillo as a Community School.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Community Asset Mapping and Gap Analysis:<\/em> Identifying gaps and assets of resources throughout the community. This process will engage ALL stakeholders, including students, parents, teachers, leaders, and community members, to identify assets and gaps in programs, services, and resources that benefit or inhibit student success and cohesiveness within the community.<\/li>\n\n<li><em>The Community School Coordinator: <\/em>We are pleased to announce that we have hired <a href=\"mailto:kmokashi@fusdk12.net\"><strong>Kelly Mokashi<\/strong><\/a>, a veteran educator, as <strong>Cabrillo&#8217;s Community School Coordinator.<\/strong> In this new role, Kelly is solely responsible for communicating and building partnerships to support the social well-being of our students, serving as a liaison between the school and community partners, and transforming the school into a full-service community school.<\/li>\n\n<li><em>Site-Based and LEA-Based Advisory Councils: <\/em>To promote authentic, shared, and participatory leadership practices, Cabrillo has established a Steering Committee and plans to establish advisory councils as needed to serve as a way to implement the California community schools model. The threshold practice will engage interest holders, including students, staff, families, and community members, in determining the focus and direction of the community school effort.<\/li>\n\n<li><em>Integrating and Aligning with Other Relevant Programs: <\/em>\u00a0Expanding restorative practices and racially just schools, multi-tiered systems of support, statewide systems of support, mental health services for students and families, and expanded learning time, are all initiatives that need to be aligned to and integrated with the community schools movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3><strong>SHORT TERM PRIORITIES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Collectively at Cabrillo, we are focused on the following short-term priorities and initiatives in the upcoming months as a Community School:<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1. <em>Increase Awareness:<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0It will be essential to increase awareness with our students, parents, teachers, and community partners on what it means for Cabrillo Elementary to be Community School 5 Year Implementation Grant recipient and how it will benefit our community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2. <em>Outreach &amp; Recruitment:<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0Cabrillo will continue to rely on many existing and new programs, committees, organizations, and services to serve our students. To this end, there will be a concerted effort to seek out interest from you and others within the community to volunteer and seek interest to participate in our actions, such as attending a focus group meeting, serving on a committee, or volunteering to help at an after-school program.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>#3: Needs &amp; Assets Analyses and Data Collection:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 As a follow up to last year&#8217;s work, we will continue to conduct a comprehensive effort to collect information and data from our stakeholders through <em>Community Asset Mapping and Gap Analysis,<\/em> which may involve interviews, surveys, focus groups, on-site meetings, and other ways to identify goals, and priorities from our collective school community to determine what is best for Cabrillo.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>#4:\u00a0 Year One Planning for the Implementation Grant for Cabrillo: <\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> A significant time commitment will be made this year to make and finalize plans for Year One of the 5 Year <em>Implementation Grant <\/em>from the California Department of Education. Kelly Mokashi, as the Community School Coordinator, will take the lead on this initiative.<\/p>\n\t<h3><strong>PLANNING GRANT <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The following\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1U7sLvwqp-y04sA-6zct4yLFdj8lThEM3\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cabrillo Abstract<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1LiubhGNGwOEaSL59BLnqeR8m9OLV6kRT\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=108810441847834525185&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Budget<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for more information on status of current Planning Grant that was completed as June 30th, 2024.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The following<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11NeYW6DQRU086TIPTaPTxRczgVjATmxW\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Implementation Plan<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1k4d2zLI5TrUPpKO2RGH7zzrBFe378y8y\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=108810441847834525185&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Budget<\/a><\/strong> were submitted to the CDE for the Cohort 3 Implementation Grant Application- in which Cabrillo Elementary was awareded as a recipient in May of 2024.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>LOOK!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Please see the recent presentation shared in partnership with Fremont Rotary: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1rhZMrKM8g3SU2IBm6bt6QuHhL9Rf2Tx2\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=108810441847834525185&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>WATCH!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Please watch this video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-urBGvxyTNI?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> to meet <strong>Kelly Mokashi <\/strong>virtually!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>NEXT STEPS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the upcoming weeks and months, we will expand upon Cabrillo&#8217;s Steering Committee to provide additional oversight, stakeholder representation, and facilitation of parent, teacher, student, and community engagement to explore processes to expand and enhance the integration of educational services for Cabrillo. We will also be recruiting interest for support, volunteering, and other support from our community as we develop additional school year plans as a Community School!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2024-25 Year One Implementation- Steering Committee Meeting Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 9, 2024 Steering Committee Kick Off Meeting <em>Click<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1lLYyXo6CUu5CinKsgz8b220TXXV5A8SQ\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=108810441847834525185&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>September 23, 2024 Steering Committee, October 14, 2024 Steering Committee<\/p>\n<p>October 28 2024 Steering Committee, December 2, 2024 Steering Committee<\/p>\n<p>January 13, 2025 Steering Committee, January 27, 2025 Steering Committee<\/p>\n<p>February 16, 2025 Steering Committee, February 24, 2024 Steering Committee<\/p>\n<p>April 9 2025 Steering Committee, April 20, 2025 Steering Committee,<\/p>\n<p>May 14, 2024 Steering Committee<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023-24 Steering Committee <\/strong><b>Meeting Slide Decks &#8211; Planning Year 2<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><em>August 29th, 2023 Steering Committee Kick Off Meeting.\u00a0 Click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1lGK_fz1GaaEu2b46NhI95b6HzCrqCH9O\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=108810441847834525185&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>September 11th, 2023 Steering Committee Meeting:\u00a0 Click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1lGK_fz1GaaEu2b46NhI95b6HzCrqCH9O\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=108810441847834525185&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>September 26th, 2023 Steering Committee Meeting:\u00a0 Click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1HkD-sxuBoZmEnw02sHhZqAzV95qCZBoR\/edit?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Additional Steering Committee Dates Held:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>October 16, 2023, November 6, 2023, November 27, 2023, January 8, 2024, February 26, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to help? Interested? Contact <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:kmokashi@fusdk12.net\"><strong>Kelly Mokashi<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Community School Coordinator for more information!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ca.gov\/ci\/gs\/hs\/ccspp.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) please visit<\/a><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\nKelly Mokashi<br \/>\n<em>Community School Coordinator,<\/em> Cabrillo Elementary<br \/>\nPhone: 510-792-3232, ext. 62007<br \/>\nCell: 908-812-8919<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:kmokashi@fusdk12.net\">kmokashi@fusdk12.net<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a recipient of a FIVE-year Implementation Grant from the California Department of Education, Cabrillo has been identified as a &#8220;Community School&#8221; and is in its first year of this grant from the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP). 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