Website of Our Schools, Our Communities, Our Stories

Cartoon illustration of a large high school building as well a smaller schoolhouse, drawn in a whimsical fashion.

Since 2023, the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) holds an annual process to award Storytelling Fellows from any corner of the state. These Fellows spend months in hands-on digital training toward becoming super-storytellers. And now, they represent our community-school griots!

Intro Video · ⏱️ 4¼ min

Come explore! – for our Fellows bring you their accounts of a journey. In their districts, the community schools strategy is bringing together students, educators, families, caregivers, and local partners.

What’s a community school??

Community schools are rooted in relationships to the families and neighborhoods they serve. The school embodies their values for developing and educating the whole person.

The students, teachers, and parents are “in it together” to learn...

And in that process, everyone grows.

Learn more from UCLA:

Center for Community Schooling

VIDEO: “Defining a Community School” · ⏱️ 2½ min

Find more great info here:

California’s STAC State Transformational Assistance Center

#FutureOfLearning “What is a Community School?” (VIDEO)

Animated Illustration

A playful cartoon illustration filling the entire screen: A scene of a school bus parked in front of the school. The image suddenly animates. The school bus accelerates and the background scenery whizzes past, until the bus comes to a graceful stop in front of two houses in a neighborhood.