Because schools are large employers, they are appropriate locations for worksite health promotion. The article describes how cholesterol screening introduced such a program into one school system with the assistance of key community systems. Of 1,639 employees, 74 percent underwent cholesterol screening. (SM)

Describes an innovative approach to building a school community taking hold at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, elementary school. Called Parents in Partnership, the program uses a Big Brother/Big Sister model to link parents of incoming kindergarten children with more experienced parents at the school. The parents form informal, personal networks…

The Alliance for Achievement Network has given the principal of Kingston (Illinois) Elementary School a framework for bridging the gap between school and home. Since September 1990, she and other school council members have worked to adopt a school constitution, select school-community values, write goal statements, and set expectations for…

Describes a partnership between two high schools and community housing organizations in two small towns in rural Arizona that is resulting in the transformation of substandard homes in older neighborhoods for low income residents. (JOW)

Discusses the activities of the Education Department at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including the local education outreach program and the Partners in Education program promoting school-community partnerships. (SR)

Describes the Book Buddy Program that promotes family-based literacy in the home by pairing student volunteers from Dartmouth College with children from area elementary schools in grades K-2. (SR)

Addresses the increasing lack of communal dimensions in U.S. culture and the new impetus toward community building as a school reform initiative and an answer to social problems. (SK)

Discusses how one community middle school, whose creation was the result of involvement of the town it resided in, became a lifesaving facility for many of the town's residents when disaster struck. Examines the community-wide effort in the school's construction planning and its benefits to the community after its completion. (GR)

Presents 25 tips for connecting students with their community, including involving them with local business people, helping them interact with local senior citizens, familiarizing them with the newspaper and encouraging them to read it or write for it, making them aware of cultural events, and teaching them about civic responsibility by helping…

The concept of community is significant in the discourse on children's development and learning. In view of the continuing disintegration of childrens' supportive communities, efforts to reform and improve American education must include ways to reinvent and revive learning communities. This is the central work of the School Development Program…

Contends that starting a full orchestra in elementary school allows a music program to be visible to the community and garner support for budgetary requests. Discusses the process for organizing an elementary orchestra and problems that orchestra directors may encounter. Includes a list of orchestra music for elementary musicians. (DSK)

Describes a program to reinforce the art-history curriculum; establish a volunteer habit; and impact students' self-esteem, communication, and leadership skills through service learning. Discusses student training and service as docents at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Texas), and comments on the skills that they acquire through the…

The Francis Parker School in San Diego, California has a long history of unstructured service learning. The school's focus is on the whole student and the principle of individual responsibility. (SK)

A community-based two-week summer program brought continuing education to disadvantaged areas of Leeds, England. The program opened academic opportunities for adults and improved the university's relations with the community. (SK)

Summarizes seven recent ERIC documents and six journal articles on service learning in the middle grades. Subjects of documents include descriptions of service learning in various areas and the national Indian Youth Leadership model. Topics of journal articles include descriptions of particular service-education opportunities, implementation of…