The mission of Community Achieves is to remove barriers to learning by identifying needs, cultivating relationships, and aligning supports to ensure school communities thrive. The results-focused partnership between parents, the community, and schools personalizes learning for students and leads to stronger families and healthier communities. The Community Achieves A-Team convenes key stakeholders to support and sustain this important, district-wide initiative.
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Co-Chairs:
Makeda Watson, MNPS
(Community co-chair: Vacant)
Members:
Anna Notestine, Catholic Charities
Destini Burns, F.I.N.D. Design
Lee Gray, Oasis
Hamid Abdullah, PENCIL
Melissa Cornejo- Nell, MNPS Community Achieves
Paula Pendergrass, MNEA
Whitney Slovick, MNPS Community Achieves
Kashonda Babb, MNPS Community Achieves
Dr. Shavoncia Watts, MNPS Schools of Innovation
Tiffany Rhodes, MNPS Community Achieves
Vanessa Helbig Johnson, YWCA
Sheri Dudley, UMC
Emily Chadwick, FCS
Kay Higgs, STARS
Veronica Chambers, Big Brother Big
Sisters
Lydia Yousief, Elmahaba Center
Tiffany Patton, CIS
Dr. Yolanda Jackson, MNPS
