PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS 2
My school adopted the partnership schools model since inception. Building relationship
is part of the mission of the school. The school highly values newcomers. Admission of new
students helps to grow the school’s population and increase the number of people who benefit
from the programs of the school (The State University of New Jersey, 2009). It is considered
essential for the new students to completely fit in the system within their first days. After
admission, the class teacher of the class in which the new student has been admitted plans a class
visit to the student’s home. The school also values the relationship between the school and the
community. The school freely offers its premises for community functions such as fundraisings
and community empowerment campaigns. The school also urges the students to volunteer for
community development programs.
Under the partnership model, it is essential to link learning to all the programs of the
school (Henderson et al. 2007). The primary way in which the school links the community to
learning is through academic assessment days. During these days, the parents are invited to the
school to evaluate the performance of their children. The parents, the teachers, and the students
go through the most recent test results of the students together. The students are encouraged to
highlight the factors they think might have contributed to their performance in different subjects.
The parents and the teachers collectively come up with solutions that would help to improve the
performance of the students. The teachers also compile weekly student performance reports for
the parents. Apparently, community groups mostly offer to tutor the students during holidays or
specific days. For instance, church leaders frequently visit the school to give the students
spiritual guidance.
A school is a dynamic social institution hence differences are likely to occur (The State
University of New Jersey, 2009). My school champions for harmony and understanding among
