CORAL

Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning

About CORAL:

CORAL is an ambitious and innovative experiment launched in 1999 by The James Irvine Foundation to build a learning community in and among five very similar and yet surprisingly different California cities: Fresno, Long Beach, Pasadena, Sacramento and San Jose. It is a project forged from a conviction that relationships and collaborations are the forces that create positive change and a belief that learning is the shared responsibility of an entire community and everyone who lives there, not just the schools. CORAL is a bold endeavor to link communities, neighborhoods and people of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life around one common mission:

To improve academic achievement in grades K- 12 by mobilizing families and aligning community- wide networks of enriching out- of-school resources to support student learning through a multi-year, multi-site initiative.

At the heart of the CORAL initiative lie four powerful ideas:
About Students: CORAL believes that young people who participate in strong programs out of school can achieve more in school.
About Organizations: CORAL believes that bringing organizations together to provide out-of-school programs can create a network of relationships and resources that will help them more effectively support youth in the long run.
About Communities: CORAL believes that student achievement is the responsibility of more than just the school. It is a shared responsibility-of child, family, school and community.
About Schools: CORAL believes that schools will be strengthened as young people become more active and productive learners and parents and communities enthusiastically embrace their responsibilities to help children achieve.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County is submitting an application  to the California Department of Education under the 21st. Century Community Learning Centers Program (Title 20, United States Code, Sections 7171-7176, and California Education Code sections 8484.7-8484.9).   This funding will provide academic assistance, enrichment, equitable access, and Family Literacy Services for students at eligible elementary and middle schools in the Franklin-McKinley School District. This application will be submitted on or before March 12, 2007. For additional information, contact Maritza Maldonado, Director of Educational Services (408) 283-6150.