Community School Model
Research shows that greater community involvement in local schools
means better student achievement. Enka Middle School has taken this
lesson to heart with its Community School initiative.
Powered by the United Way, Enka
Middle’s Community School is a hub
of services for the community and a
support system for student success.
Each Tuesday, students and their
families get free homework help and
a hot meal through Homework Diners.
Gov. Roy Cooper came to Enka
Middle School in the Spring of
2017 to celebrate Homework
Diners. “I wanted to see this
program, how it’s working and
whether it can be replicated in
other parts of the state,” Cooper
said. “It combines a lot of things I
think are important — education,
volunteerism, family, and food.”
Teachers and volunteer tutors
work through difficult homework
questions with children and their
parents.
“It’s really a way to bring the community into the school and help parents
who might not be comfortable helping their kids with homework,” said
Ginny Spencer Eudy, United Way resource coordinator at Enka Middle.
Homework Diners, along with other programs at Enka, Erwin, and Owen
Middle Schools, encourage community members to mentor individual
students and intervene early if academic or behavioral problems arise.
“It’s part of a bigger mindset of having everyone in the school realize
that it’s the whole school and the whole community that is needed to
lift up the student,” Eudy said.
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49 McDowell Street
Asheville, NC 28801
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