Serving Smaller Learning Communities Schools Making Progress Series: Christopher Columbus High School

Introduction

University Connections

Parental Participation

Student Selection

Program Staffing

What Works?

Conclusion

Schools Making Progress Series

This school description is one in a series about large high schools across the country making progress in implementing smaller learning communities in order to enhance student learning.

These schools have received funding from the Smaller Learning Communities Program, U.S. Department of Education. Schools receive technical assistance from regional centers, coordinated nationally by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

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Conclusion

The CN smaller learning community at Columbus has been an excellent testing ground for a cluster of strategies the school is using to increase student engagement and commitment to learning. As CN staff members identify the most powerful and sustainable aspects of their innovative program, these strategies can ripple through the entire school, taking root in the existing house system. Thus the SLC funding, meant to serve as seed money for new programs, will likely contribute to improved achievement for the entire student population.

In many ways, the most exciting part of the CN program lies ahead. As CN students move into their senior year and make their post-graduation plans, staff members will be able to assess the long-term effects of their hard work, and this CN "family" will be able to revel in the success of its "kids."

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