January 2017
Northfield Promise. Cradle to Career.
BRIGHT SPOT
Shining the light on great work underway around the Northfield Promise benchmarks!
Local PTOs team up to keep bookshelves stocked

More than 2,400 books collected through collaborative book drive

  The local elementary school Parent Teacher Organizations/Booster Clubs teamed up last month to organize book drives to help make sure that all Northfield children have access to books in their homes.

The PTOs set a goal of collecting at least 300 gently used books. The final count? Over 2,400 books collected!

“The current PTO/Booster Club leadership at Greenvale Park, Sibley and Bridgewater had been looking for a community-based project that would allow our students to work collaboratively to make a significant impact,” said Shari Sneary, Bridgewater Booster Club President. “While we anticipated a large number of books being donated, we had no idea that number would reach over 2,400. We look forward to being an ongoing partner with Northfield Promise and are looking forward to next year’s book drive.”

The books will be made available on free bookshelves located across the community, including in social service agencies, local businesses, and the Northfield Community Resource Center. The bookshelves are maintained through a collaborative partnership between the Northfield Early Childhood Initiative Coalition, Northfield Rotary, and Northfield Promise.

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By the Numbers - We've Got Work to Do
% of incoming kindergarteners who scored at high risk on kindergarten readiness assessment
Source: Formative Assessment System for Teachers (FAST) – Northfield Public Schools – Fall 2016
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My Northfield Promise
Rachel Matney, Accelerate Northfield Founder, Northfield Promise Data & Communication Teams Co-Chair; Fritz Bogott, Accelerate Northfield Founder and Northfield Promise Reading Team Member

We’ve been very interested in closing the achievement gap in Northfield for quite some time. That’s where our passion for Accelerate Northfield – a program that pairs volunteer tutors with students to promote reading – was born. Read more
Greenvale Park Community School's Report to the Community
In case you missed it, the Greenvale Park Community School released its second “Report to the Community” this fall, profiling the 2015-16 results of this initiative.
Highlights included:
  • 481 elementary school youth participated in community school programming, including 95% of Greenvale Park's student body
  • 187 middle and high school students participated in the community school
  • 499 adults and other community members participated in activities
  • 1,019 meals were served
  • 124 medical appointments were provided at the community school through HealthFinders
  • 468 volunteers contributed time
  • 890 hours of programming were offered

The Greenvale Park Community School is a flagship initiative of Northfield Promise.

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Northfield Promise exists to ensure all children in Northfield reach their full potential.

Northfield Promise has been recognized as being in the Sustaining Gateway of the national  Strive Together network , a group of communities working to improve education success for every child through a data-driven, collective impact approach. Northfield is one of fewer than 40 communities nationwide to have achieved this distinction. 
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