SUN (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods)

  • SUN is a network of youth, parents, community businesses and organizations with the goal of providing support and resources that ensure youth academic success and community building.

    SUN is driven by the idea of Community Schools, which are full-service neighborhood hubs where schools and partners from across the community collaborate to ensure kids receive services and supports they need to be successful.  

    “Research has shown that Community Schools is a local engagement strategy that creates and coordinates opportunities with its public school to accelerate student success. It serves as a vehicle for hyper-local decision-making that responds to the unique needs of each community.

    By bringing together the relationships and assets of a neighborhood, Community Schools can efficiently and effectively utilize resources to advance the well-being of children and their families now and for future generations.” (

     

    SUN program is implemented through:

    SUN Extended Day and Enrichment: SUN provides extended-day academic and enrichment programs that are linked with the school day. This is a place where students can find academic support in group and 1-on-1 tutoring, enrichment programming in, art, tech, special skills classes and recreational activities in sports, games, and social/community building programming. 

    Each site is unique in it’s programming in that programming is specialized to fit it’s community and in alignment with it’s school outcomes. 

    Early Kindergarten Transition (EKT): EKT is a collaborative program, partnering with multiple agencies including the SUN Community Schools. It is a free 3 week summer program for incoming Kindergarten students. Children practice school routines and expectations with a kindergarten teacher while parents meet regularly, begin relationships with each other and school staff, and learn how to support their child’s learning at home. 

    SUN acts as both coordinating and facilitating entities. EKT programming includes SUN staff that help facilitate parent meetings, day-to-day coordination, supplies, food etc, SUN Site Managers help with outreach and meet with school teams in planning, and SUN assist on operations e.g. area/room coordination, student meals, program logistics. 

    SUN Youth Advocacy (SYA) & Family Resource Coordinator (FRC): SUN also offers student and family wrap-around support. 

    SUN Youth Advocacy (SYA) will work with students in supporting their success inside and outside of school. The key services that SYA offers include:

    • Assertive Engagement advocacy and support activities, like one-on-one academic supports, advocating for youth in school, working with youth to create an individualized success plan, referring youth to other services as needed
    • Out-of-school time supports, like homework help, tutoring, summer programs, and after school groups
    • Help finding other services to meet your family’s needs?
    • Whole family support and family engagement, like home visits, help with school meetings, and community celebrations

     

    Family Resource Coordinators (FRN): FRN will work with families in providing support by allocating/coordinating resources. Key services that FRN offers include: 

    • Food and basic supply Need
    • Unemployment benefits and Medicaid/OHP
    • Educational supports
    • Skill building
    • Rent and energy assistance 
    • Youth/family engagement

     

    Partners

    Our community based organizations are a vital part of the SUN service system and Community Schools. Each SUN site is hosted by 1 of 5 community based organizations: Self Enhancement Inc (SEI), Latino Network, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), Parks & Recreation. 

    Once enrolled into SUN programming students and families, resources and services that are provided by the agency also become available. This includes rent and energy assistance, case management, health and counseling services, employment programming, food pantries, enrichment opportunities etc. 

     

    PPS’s Role

    As part of PPS’s RESJ Partnership Investment Strategies, we intentionally partner with culturally specific and multicultural organizations to meet the needs of our diverse student body and community. Below is a chart that describes our strategies and how SUN Services align:

    PPS Partnership Investment Strategy

    SUN Service System Alignment 

    Strategy #1: Culturally Specific Family Engagement

    • Cultural specific and multiracial organizations (IRCO, SEI, Latino Network)
    • Family Resource Navigators 
    • Family engagement events, classes and activities

    Strategy #2: Wrap Around Services for Student Success

    • SUN agency wrap around services
    • Resources in rental & energy assistance, health services, food  & domestic supplies 
    • Relational focus in programming 

    Strategy #3: Mentoring/Leadership

    • SUN Youth Advocacy
    • Leadership classes/skill development 
    • Case management 
    • Relationship development 

    Strategy #4: Enrichment, Extended Day

    • SUN extended day, enrichment, summer programming 
    • EKT Summer Programming
    • Ninth Grade Counts (NGC) Summer Transition Programming
    • Recreational Programming (sports, skill building, arts, tech, etc)

    Strategy #5: Student Advocacy/Positive Cultural Identity Development

    • Culturally specific SUN organization (IRCO, SEI, Latino Network)
    • Culturally specific mentors, adults, and programming 

     

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    SUN School Site 

    Lead SUN Agency

    Arleta K-8

    国产真实迷奸 Parks & Rec

    Beach Elementary

    SEI

    Beaumont MS

    国产真实迷奸 Parks & Rec

    Boise-Eliot Elementary

    SEI

    Bridger Elementary

    Latino Network

    Buckman Elementary

    Impact NW

    Cesar Chavez K-8

    Latino Network

    Creston K-8

    Impact NW

    Faubion PK-8

    国产真实迷奸 Parks & Rec

    Franklin HS

    Impact NW

    George MS

    IRCO

    Grout Elementary

    国产真实迷奸 Parks & Rec

    Harriet Tubman MS

    SEI

    Harrison Park K-8

    IRCO

    Jackson MS

    Impact NW

    James John Elementary

    SEI

    Jason Lee K-8

    IRCO

    Jefferson HS

    SEI

    Kairos PDX

    SEI

    Kellogg MS

    Latino Network

    Kelly Elementary

    Latino Network

    Lane MS

    国产真实迷奸 Parks & Rec

    Lent K-8

    IRCO

    Markham Elementary

    Impact NW

    Marysville Elementary

    Impact NW

    McDaniel HS

    IRCO

    Martin Luther King Elementary 

    SEI

    Mt. Tabor MS

    国产真实迷奸 Parks & Rec

    Ockley Green MS

    SEI

    Peninsula Elementary

    SEI

    Rigler Elementary

    Latino Network

    Robert Gray MS

    Impact NW

    Roosevelt HS

    SEI

    Rosa Parks Elementary

    SEI

    Rose City Park Elementary

    IRCO

    Roseway Heights MS

    国产真实迷奸 Parks & Rec

    Sabin Elementary

    SEI

    Scott Elementary

    Latino Network

    Sitton Elementary

    国产真实迷奸 Parks & Rec

    Vernon PK-8

    SEI

    Vestal Elementary

    IRCO

    Whitman Elementary

    Impact NW

    Woodlawn Elementary

    SEI

    Woodmere Elementary

    Impact NW

     

     

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