At Children’s Day School, we believe we are all interdependent and that the success and health of our school is directly tied to the success and health of the larger community. For this reason, the CDS community is an active and involved member of the Mission neighborhood and of the larger San Francisco community.
We currently partner with a variety of community institutions, from local nonprofits to neighborhood public schools. Many of these connections also provide opportunities for community based learning (service learning) for our students. Over the past two years, CDS has collaborated with over 40 community organizations on both ongoing and one-time projects. Some of our major community partners have been:
- 826 Valencia: The Writing Center
- At The Crossroads
- Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
- Columbia Park Boys & Girls Club
- Homeless Prenatal Program
- I Have a Dream Foundation
- Heifer Foundation
- June Jordan School for Equity
- Kid Power Park
- Mission High School
- Notre Dame Senior Plaza
- San Francisco Food Bank
- San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade
- Schools Mentoring and Resource Team (SMART)
The connections created by our community partnerships are manifested in many ways.
- High school students from Mission High School and June Jordan School for Equity visiting CDS weekly as classroom interns.
- Middle school students from both CDS and the Columbia Park Boys & Girls Club working together to clean litter off neighborhood streets.
- Partnering with the San Francisco-based Schools Mentoring and Resource Team (SMART) and the I Have a Dream Foundation (IHAD) to recruit high-achieving middle school students from economically disadvantaged families.
In all our community partnerships, our goal is to support and collaborate with other organizations and institutions for the benefit of the larger community.