Worcester Partnership
Elm Park Community School and Bancroft School
A special journey ...
Program
In the summer of 2003, the Worcester Partnership
began a journey of discovery. Students and teachers from Elm Park
Community School and Bancroft School joined together on the
Bancroft campus for the month of July.
The four-week summer experience combined the challenge and excitement
of academics in the morning with the spirit and gross motor activities
of camp in the afternoon. The journey continues throughout the
school year, on Saturday mornings and after school. A highlight
occurred during winter vacation when the group was bussed to Assumption
College to watch a basketball game and enjoy pizza with the players
afterwards. These children set foot on a college campus: there is
no stopping them now!
Bancroft’s Mission
… is to prepare young people to participate confidently and responsibly in an increasingly complex society.
Elm Park’s Mission
... is to provide a safe caring
environment in which to meet the ever changing needs of children and
their families...
Collaboration
The two mission statements have a great deal in
common. With teachers from both faciliities working together, we
continue to focus our efforts on instilling and nurturing the spark for
learning and working in harmony.
HELPING TO EDUCATE A GENERATION OF CHILDREN
The MISSION of the Worcester Partnership is to provide
designated students from Elm Park Community School the opportunity for
continued and supportive learning in order to ease the transition from
one grade to the next. In addition, it is our desire to open
doors to fresh challenges and new ways of thinking by introducing these
students to materials (an author a week with a book per day) and
environments to which they might not ordinarily be exposed. The
foundation of the program is a consistent, reliable community of
students and teachers, where each individual is a contributing member
and each knows he or she is vital to the group as a whole. It is
during these early years, when children are learning to be learners and
learning to be members of a larger community, that we provide an
opportunity to set the stage for future growth and development. The
journey begins at the kindergarten level and will continue through
grade six.
Through the Worcester Partnership, we are committed
to creating an environment in which the children feel safe, empowered,
and academically challenged. We are committed to creating an
environment in which taking academic risks is the norm and an
environment based on tolerance and respect. Success will be
measured by individual growth and the positive direction of the
group. The ability to problem solve, enjoy a laugh, question,
explore, and try, is the cornerstone of the Worcester Partnership.
Program Goals
• Support the Elm Park curriculum
• Sustain a love for learning
• Foster positive social interactions and self-esteem
• Challenge participants to reach new academic heights
• Encourage independent and divergent thinking
• Promote healthy eating and exercise
• Encourage more parent involvement
Invitation
We invite you to join us on this journey, so that
together we will make a difference in the lives of these children, and
thereby in the Worcester Community. Your understanding and
financial support will help us achieve our goals.
For more information, please contact
Charles Aleksiewicz , Director of Worcester Partnership at Bancroft School.
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