Community School Strategy

Elev8 Baltimore is a full-service Community School initiative that uses a set of strategic partnerships and opportunities to create the conditions for student success.  Elev8 Baltimore believes that it is important to reinforce the learning that goes on in classrooms with opportunities to learn outside of the normal school setting. In addition, many families need additional resources including workforce development, adult education, leadership development, health and wellness and barrier removal.

We integrate all those services into one dynamic program inside the school building, as a hub of opportunities for students that attend our partner schools and the surrounding community.

By coordinating the delivery of learning, health and family engagement services students and families receive, we are more likely to foster lasting change in the lives of young people, and the systems that support them, than if we provided any one service in isolation.

As a leader in the field, We work with our partners at the Coalition for Community Schools to ensure that all schools are community schools. Elev8 Baltimore is also a member of the MOST Network Maryland Coalition 4 Community Schools to advance that mission in partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools and the Family League of Baltimore.