This phrase describes a vision and model where a Community's stakeholders come together and share resources to jointly support their children's learning. Learning Community thrives on the kinds of connections that can't be planned ahead. Serendipitous things happen when we share what we do.
Some children are deeply disappointed to have missed a heart dissection session at their club.
Word goes out, just as deer-hunting season opens in Michigan, for hunters we know to save us the heart from any deer they bag. These folks tell their friends and coworkers. Within days, the husband of another outreach worker gets such a heart from one of his coworkers. Within 24 hours, it is being dissected by fascinated and eager children at that science club. In an attempt to network with others in the community who regularly reach out to and support youth, the K-12 Outreach Director joins the local Kiwanis Club.