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I Have a Story to Tell About Changing a Child's Life!

Nominators Name
Nominators Title
School
County
Contact Information
Prefered Email

Child's name (please use a pseudonym):

Child's Grade
Child's age
Gender (if an individual)
Program Hours Per Week
Days Per Week
Programs Run
Child's level of participation
 

Program elements (check all that apply)

   
Basic Human Needs (i.e., access to meals, healthcare, a safe place)
Fine Arts (i.e., drama, dance, music, art)
Physical Activity (i.e., physical education/gym class, organized sports teams)
Academic Enhancement (i.e., homework help/time, tutoring, academic enrichment classes or clubs)
Social-emotional (i.e., friendship groups, anger management classes, behavioral interventions, counseling, life skills, mentoring, drug/alcohol use prevention/intervention)

Other (please specify)

 
Describe or list which specific elements most impacted or engaged this child.

This success story is an example of how a community school (check all that apply).

   
Improved a child's school attendance
Improved a child's behavior at school
Improved a child's behavior during out-of-school time and at home
Improved a child's grades
Exposed children to new ideas/activities
Complemented the school-day focus
Provided a safe and enriching after-school environment
Other (please specify)
   
   
Can you provide supporting documentation? Please check all that apply.
   
School attendance records demonstrating increased attendance
Grade reports/report cards for the student demonstrating improved grades
Incident reports or behavioral issues tracking system reports demonstrating an improvement in behavior
Testimonials from the family and/or student
Letters attesting to improvement from faculty/ staff and/or community members
Event attendance records
Survey results (i.e., user surveys, satisfaction surveys)
Photos, videos, etc. of events related to the highlighted program
Other (please specify)
   
   



What else do you want to tell us about your success story?

Don't see a category that fits your story? Tell us about it anyway! Email the Federation at melissa@ilcommunityschools.org and tell us about your story, and make comments about additions that we might make to the forms.

Thanks for your participation! When the case study is complete, you will receive a PDF file of the finished success story.

 




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