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Extended-Service Schools Initiative:
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Approach
Out of School/ Summer Mentoring Tutoring Counseling/ Therapy School-based Clinic/ Provider-based Service/
Vocational learning		 Parent or family component Other
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Outcomes
Educational/ Cognitive Social/ Emotional Life Skills Physical Health Behavior Problems Reproductive Citizenship Mental Health
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Background Information Program size

Age range

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Contact information:
Examples of Community Schools in Boston include:
James Otis Elementary School
218 Marion St.
Boston, MA 02128
Partners include: Boston Excels/The Home for Little Wanderers; Success for All; Read Boston; Neighborhood Health Center, and New England Scores.
Note: Boston Excels/The Home for Little Wanderers also partners with the Hurley School, the Lee School and the Stone School.

Thomas Gardner Elementary School
30 Athol Street
Allston, MA 02134
Partners include: The Allston-Brighton Family YMCA; Boston College, and the Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston Neighborhood Coalition.

Website: www.communityschools.org

Mission/Goals: The goals of the Extended Services School are to enable students to become more successful learners and productive citizens, and to offer families opportunities for support and enrichment.

Notes: Using public schools as a hub, Community Schools serves as a model that brings together many partners to offer a range of supports and opportunities to children, youth, families and communities before, during and after school, seven days a week.

Source(s): www.communityschools.org; www.thehome.org		 Community Schools serve over 50 children, however the exact number is not available. Elementary school students Please click here for more information on this evaluation.

Type of evaluation: Pre/Post Test; Outcomes Monitoring

Note: This evaluation assesses the Extended-Service Schools (ESS) Initiative which involves 60 after school programs in 20 communities each of which is based on 1 of 4 model programs: Beacons, Community Schools, Bridges to Success, and the West Philadelphia Improvement Corporation.

Objective: To determine who participated in after school programs, the quality of programs, the benefits to youth participants, and the cost of program operation.

Impact/Outcomes: The benefits to youth participating in the ESS Initiative included the following: the programs helped youth stay out of trouble; increased students' sense of belonging at school; youth paid more attention in class; youth skipped fewer classes; programs helped youth make friends and get along better; youth felt less shy around adults; youth learned more skills; participants expanded their interests; and increased their self-confidence. Programs were also found to benefit parents by reducing stress and allowing for more time and flexibility in parents' work schedules and jobs.

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