The Community Group

Recipient of numerous recognitions for academic excellence, including:

Designation as a Massachusetts Compass School by the MA Department of Education
Excellence in Education Award from National Center for Urban School Transformation
High Flying School Designation from the Education Trust
Title I Distinguished School; demonstrated student gains through achievement of adequate yearly progress goals
Ranked in the Top Two Percent of Elementary Schools for high academic achievement of Hispanic students
Selected to participate in Keeping the Promise, an effort to identify and disseminate the best practices of successful charter schools
Profiled in the Harvard University publication Inside Urban Charter Schools: Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools
Featured in the documentary film Beating the Odds: Inside Five Urban Charter Schools
Silver-gain EPIC Award (Effective Practice Incentive Community) from New Leaders for New Schools

Community Day Care
Outstanding achievements and accreditations include the following:

The first programs in Lawrence to receive NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) accreditation and NAA (National After School Association) accreditation
Family Child Care: the oldest FCC system in Greater Lawrence and the first to offer professional development in Spanish in collaboration with local colleges
Horizons of Hope Award from the Massachusetts Department of Social Services
Children's Award from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
FCC Provider of the Year Award from the Massachusetts Association of Child Care Agencies
Children's Advocate Award from the Child Welfare League of America

Community Training Group
Partnerships and accomplishments include the following:

Collaborators with child / parent expert Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
Featured on the Today Show and ABC Evening News as well as Inflight News on American Airlines
Training over 2,000 adult educators annually
Providers of online coursework and workshops in Spanish

Community Partners Initiative
Consulting and training includes:

Providing data analysis and data training for over 1,000 public school teachers
Selected as a collaborator with Harvard researchers on the Massachusetts Charter School Dissemination and Replication project