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<br />Full Service Community Schools: <br />· Taft Elementary (K-5) <br />· Fair Oaks Elementary (K-5) <br />· Hoover School (K-8) <br />· Kennedy Middle School (6-8) <br /> <br />The newest community school: <br />Garfield School "(K-8) - Garfield was a charter school until June 2009. It has now <br />returned to the Redwood City School District and has been identified as an emerging <br />community school. <br /> <br />Impact <br />The Youth Dat~ Archive, a unique cross sector approach to analyzing the impact of <br />complex cross-organizational efforts, is a program of The John W. Gardner Center for <br />Youth and Their Communities, Stanford University. YDA has recently completed an <br />evaluation of Redwood City Community Schools for 2008-09. Community school staff <br />and partners will use the findings from this report to increase understanding of the <br />p~ogram's reach and impact and make changes, if needed. <br /> <br />Highlights of the evaluation report: <br />Community schools provided 50 different programs and services in 2008-09 and served <br />the majority of families enrolled at the four community schools. <br />. Enrollment in community school programs during the past year increased from <br />51 % of students to 660,10 of all students at the community schools. <br />. Students who participated in community school programs were more likely to be <br />physically fit than non-participants and had higher school attendance rates. <br /> <br />2. Sequoia Teen Resource Center and Teen Wellness Center <br />Initiative <br />Lead Partner: Sequoia Union High School District <br /> <br />Redwood City 2020 initiated, and continues to support, the implementation of the Teen <br />Resource Center (STRC) and the Sequoia District Teen Wellness Center (TWC), both <br />located at Sequoia High School. <br /> <br />Launched in August 2004, the STRC provides free and confidential counseling, health <br />education, conflict resolution and youth development programs to help students <br />increase their academic performance, improve behavior and personal relationships, <br />make positive decisions and set future goals. The Center teaches students an array of <br />skills and provides them with opportunities to make positive changes in their personal <br />lives, in their families, at school, and in the community. Redwood City School District's <br />8th graders transitioning into Sequoia High School begin working with STRC staff the <br />summer before entry to help make the transition to high school easier. <br /> <br />STRC currently provides direct counseling and youth development services to Sequoia <br />students. Youth and Family Enrichment Services (YFES), is a lead partner at STRC, <br />providing youth development and health promotion programs (Girls Embracing Life and <br />Young Men Moving Towards Health). A Peer Health Education Program, offered by <br /> <br />2 <br />