Read the January 2016 issue of Connections, a newsletter about people, activities and services at Evans High School • A Community School. In this issue, learn about: UCF Takeover Week Evans student Kiesha Meus New team members Patricia Fleurant and Erika Moore Mollie Ray Fall Festival
More than 100 students from Evans High School • A Community School volunteered to help with the annual Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida holiday food drop Dec. 19. “The food drop program, in its sixth year of operation, was started to ensure Orange County students have
Orlando Sentinel reporter Naseem Miller reported on the Pine Hills Wellness Program in a Dec. 17, 2015, article, Wellness Program in Pine Hills Aims to Improve Access to Care. The Pine Hills Wellness Program, a program of Children’s Home Society of Florida, has coaches who reach
⇐Watch a video about UCF Takeover Week by Orange County Public Schools Earning a higher education can transform lives. It can lead to a career designing cool video games, engineering innovative prosthetics for children, healing illnesses, performing on stage in front of thousands, lau
A new literacy program developed in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida is employing evidence-based practices to boost the literacy skills of young high school students. Doctoral program Director and Professor Barbara Ehren desig
The Central Florida Future reports on the University of Central Florida’s partnership with Evans High School in a Sept. 10 article by Nada Hassanein. Among partnership’s latest activities is a new mentorship program that brings together UCF students with Evans students, ac
WUSF News reported today on Evans High School • A Community School in Orlando and developing community schools in Florida in a broadcast, ‘Community School’ Concept Takes Root in Florida, by Margie Menzel. Listen to the complete broadcast and/or read the transcript 8/11/15
UCF has earned $900,000 in state funding to continue its efforts to help children in distressed communities succeed in school and attain a higher education. The Center for Community Schools and Child Welfare Innovation, based at the College of Health and Public Affairs, will receive t
Health News Florida reports on Evans Wellness Cottage in an article published today titled “Campus Health Care Keeps Kids in School.” Author Abe Aboraya quotes several officials in the article, as well as Evans’ student Theresa Civil, pictured below. “It’s hard
Hundreds of Evans High School students volunteered their time on Saturday, May 9, to help clean up the Evans’ campus and other local school grounds during Trojan Service Day. Evans Community School members helped coordinate the event, which was covered by three local television