INTRODUCTION
Case Study at a Glance
DISTRICT: Camden City Schools
54% 43%
Latino Black White Other
DISTRICT GOAL: Increase student enrollment and decrease chronic absence through literacy-based family and community engagement initiatives.
1% 2%
17 Schools
6,956 Students
This case study highlights the work done in partnership with Camden City School District to strategically engage the family and community. As one part of its overall strategy, the district took a literacy-centered approach to engaging families, schools, and the community as a mechanism for positive change to achieve its objectives. Scholastic teams worked with Camden administrators to develop an implementation, ongoing support, and feedback loop strategy for several Scholastic programs and professional learning services, each of which is specifically designed to foster strong family, school, and community partnerships. The Scholastic R.E.A.L. (Read, Excel, Achieve, and Lead) program, which offers professional learning coaching and implementation support, is a research-based initiative designed to enhance literacy skills, improve school attendance, and increase engagement through interactive read-aloud sessions, take-home books, and community support. Professional Learning Services also included staff development in family engagement best practices. Take-home packs, including My Books Every Day , School Success Kits , and School Readiness Kits , were distributed to families to help ensure all students had access to high-quality learning resources and strategies to support learning in the home. To make their classrooms feel welcoming, relevant, and reflective of their students, Camden also adopted a digital reading platform, Scholastic Literacy Pro and Rising Voices Libraries —both of which feature authentic stories of culturally and linguistically diverse students. This case study will review the implementation, key milestones, outcomes, and valuable insights gained through this collaborative effort with Camden City School District.
ADVANCING LITERACY, ATTENDANCE, AND ENGAGEMENT IN CAMDEN CITY SCHOOLS 2
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