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What is Chelsea Community Schools?
Chelsea Community Schools (CCS) provides recreation and continuing education opportunities to those who live in Chelsea, MA. CCS collaborates with local agencies to serve the community, offering affordable classes and the use of state-of-the-art facilities to Chelsea residents.
Chelsea Community Schools was created to fulfill the need of the Chelsea community for open space by using school facilities as centers of community life for all Chelsea residents.
Chelsea Community Schools has operated in Chelsea since the fall of 1996 and programs are based at the Williams Building. Chelsea Community Schools is operated by the City of Chelsea under the Department of Health and Human Services.
What does Chelsea Community Schools offer?
Chelsea Community Schools offers affordable classes to residents and safe, secure, state-of-the-art facilities for local organizations to use. Facilities and Classes are held at the Williams Building. Ample parking is available and the building is easily accessible by bus.
• Citizenship and Civic Life
• Languages (including ESL)
• Sports and Fitness
• Visual and Performing Arts
• Community Health and Safety
• Family Life
• Job Readiness
• Business Management
• Gymnasium
• Auditorium
• Cafeteria
• Meeting rooms / Classrooms
• Outdoor basketball courts
• Music rooms
• Classrooms specialized for art
• Computer equipped classrooms
How Does Chelsea Community Schools benefit Chelsea?
Research has shown that communities that have community schools excel in four distinct ways:
1. Student Learning: Community school students show significant and widely evident gains in academic achievement and in essential areas of nonacademic development.
2. Family Engagement: Families of community school students show increased stability, communication with teachers, and school involvement. Parents demonstrate a greater sense of responsibility for their children's learning success.
3. School Effectiveness: Community schools enjoy stronger parent-teacher relationships, increased teacher satisfaction, a more positive school environment and greater community support.
4. Community Vitality: Community schools promote better use of school buildings and their neighborhoods enjoy increased security, heightened community pride and better rapport among students and residents.
Who does Chelsea Community Schools work with?
Chelsea Community Schools collaborates with Chelsea Senior Center, Chelsea Public Library, and Bunker Hill Community College-Chelsea Campus to provide quality classes in a convenient location for Chelsea citizens.
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