School Programming: We invite families to engage with the school and with each other via Community Sing, Family Conferences, Culminations, Community Programs (FSN, FAM and COOKS), Presentations of Learning, Book/Discussion Groups (coming soon), Family Workshops, Community Coffee, COW and overnight trips. We are focused on these structures and, most importantly, on what is happening in classrooms to build deep relationships between students, to develop community, and rich and meaningful studies.
Community Council is CRCS’s framework for supporting parent volunteers, committees, groups and endeavors across the broader CRCS community.
Our current 2026-2027 Community Council endeavors are:
Class-Parents: CPs mobilize and reach out to the entire parent community by class to coordinate parental support for classrooms, graduation and other special endeavors like Staff Appreciation. Class Parents communicate out important school information in a centralized manner. From planning classroom snack and optional half day activities, disseminating school information and organizing informal family get togethers, these volunteer opportunities cultivate classroom community!
Facilities Committee: FC is focused on leading the process of obtaining public funding for our school buildings. The survey sent out in the 2024-2025 school year for school community members to support our bid for public funding was led by the facilities committee. Members attend local council meetings and lead the school’s submission of paperwork needed to get funding for building upgrades. To date, they are responsible for our building upgrades such as new bathrooms at the Elementary School and auditorium upgrades at the school’s original Middle School site.
After-School Committee: Elementary School parents in this committee support partnerships between CRCS and external, unaffiliated off-site after-school enrichment programming for elementary school-aged students. This committee does not include involvement with Community Roots’ after-school programming directed by Raheem Anderson.
Community Roots has additional initiatives led by parents, in partnership with school leadership, requiring the support of parent volunteers throughout the year. For the 2025-2026 school year, they included Original Works (occurred in October) and a School Book Fair (occurred in February 2026). This 2026-2027 school year will feature Original Works again! Stay tuned for more information!
Interested in: supporting the maintenance of our garden and/or joining a parent support group or committee? Please email dforsythe@communityroots.org.