Community Partners
Reynolds School District is proud to collaborate with a diverse group of partners to ensure that our students receive equitable opportunities in education. Our school district develops and maintains relationships with businesses, organizations, and individuals that are mutually beneficial to our students, families, residents, and our partnering organizations.
Reynolds School District ensures that our partnering organizations adhere to our district goals, mission, and vision for all of our students. Partners with our district provide students with services such as educational support, cultural activities, nutritional support, social-emotional learning, mentorship, college preparedness, and a wide range of other student and family services.
If your organization is interested in partnering with Reynolds School District, please contact Justin Birmingham, Senior Director of Partnerships and Grants, at JBirmingham@rsd7.net or complete the Partner Engagement Form below.
| Partner Engagement Form | Year-End Partner Report Form |
We work with a number of amazing partners, including:
Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN)
SUN Community Schools offer opportunities that support healthy child and youth development and family stability.
At SUN Community Schools, the collective efforts of youth, parents, businesses, faith communities, libraries, and community organizations create a network of supports that ensure youth academic success and that communities thrive.
Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI)
SEI is a nonprofit organization supporting at-risk urban youth. In 31 years, SEI has grown from a 1-week summer basketball camp to a flourishing agency serving thousands of students each year in the greater Portland, Oregon area, with plans to replicate across the country.
Whereas others see only statistics, SEI sees strong individuals, tomorrow’s business owners and leaders, teachers, and citizens. SEI helps students see themselves and their potential the same way. SEI then we help them find their strengths, ignite their passion and identify the plan that will move them in the direction of their dream. SEI stays with them every step of the way, 24/7, 365 days a year from age eight through 25.
Portland Urban Debate League (PUDL)
PUDL's vision is to create a thriving debate community, in which engaged students are partnered with trained coaches, the Portland Urban Debate League provides workshops and evidence to students, continuing education and curricular materials to coaches, and debate competitions with experienced judges throughout the school year. These resources are free or low-cost for member schools and available for purchase by non-member schools. The PUDL is committed to sharing expertise and ideas between programs, to mentoring and support, and to further discussions about debate and education. The PUDL also connects students to college and further education and leadership opportunities.
Northwest Outward Bound School (NWOBS)
Northwest Outward Bound School challenges students to reach further than they thought possible — physically and emotionally — to find the untapped strength within themselves.
Our programs are based in the dramatic settings of the Pacific Northwest, where learning is emphasized through experience, leadership, and service. Among iconic mountains, rivers, forests, oceans, and deserts, students discover skills that last a lifetime, compassion for themselves and others, and a new understanding for what they can achieve.
Native American Youth And Family Center (NAYA)
The Native American Youth and Family Center was founded by parent and Elder volunteers in 1974, and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1994. Throughout our history, we’ve sustained our diverse traditions while expanding and modernizing our programs and services to meet the needs of our people. We serve self-identified Native Americans, infant to Elder, from across the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
In 2014, we celebrated our 40th year of bringing our community together to sustain tradition and provide mutual support. Read our special edition newsletter, “Celebrating 40 Years of Service” to learn more.
NAYA Family Center strives to fulfill its mission: “to enhance the diverse strengths of our youth and families in partnership with the community through cultural identity and education.” As an urban Indian agency, NAYA Family Center impacts the lives of over 10,000 individuals from over 380 tribal backgrounds annually.
We believe that traditional cultural values are integral to regaining sovereignty and building self-esteem. NAYA Family Center values respect for the environment, places the larger community before the individual, and involves elders. We promote healthy living through positive alternatives to high-risk behaviors, and we promote the values of sobriety, family stability, culture, active lifestyles, and education.
Multnomah County Health
Mission
We work with communities to advance health equity, protect the most vulnerable, and promote health and wellness for everyone.
Vision
Thriving communities that nurture the health and resilience of all.
Metropolitan Family Service (MFS)
Metropolitan Family Service helps people move beyond the limitations of poverty, inequity and social isolation.
MFS delivers proven programs to help people succeed at home, in school and in the community. We are here to support parents and students. We are here to help our older neighbors. We are here to connect working families with vital resources. We are here to energize volunteers and inspire future generations.
Our experienced and dedicated staff partner with volunteers, community members and a dedicated Board of Directors in order to make today’s communities work.
Latino Network
We are a Latino-led education organization, grounded in culturally-specific practices and services, that lifts up youth and families to reach their full potential. Our work springs from the core belief in Latino community self-determination—that is, the ability of community members to participate meaningfully in the decisions that affect their lives and the lives of their families.
Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)
The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) serves the holistic needs of Oregon's immigrants, refugees and mainstream community members. As a community-based organization, we empower children, youth, families and elders from around the world to build new lives and become self-sufficient by providing more than 200 culturally and linguistically specific social services.
Our vision is to be a leader of community driven, innovative programs delivered by compassionate staff who create equitable services that empower immigrants, refugees and underserved communities.
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Supporting and empowering students from poverty-impacted
communities to thrive in school, college and career.
Our programmatic supports include early learning, K-12 academics, post-secondary success, and successful entry into career. We continuously work to expand our partnerships and relationships to provide robust support services across all points of the education continuum.
College Possible
College Possible is among the largest nonprofit college access and success organizations in the U.S. We believe that by empowering students to access higher education and thrive through college in the face of broader systemic challenges, we can truly change the world.
The college degree divide is influenced by race and income, not by talent or interest. We provide a results-driven program that helps students from diverse backgrounds get into college and persist through graduation. This programming is supported by recruiting, training and motivating recent college graduates who serve through AmeriCorps as near-peer coaches.
All Hands Raised
All Hands Raised works on the ground with school community site teams in several key work areas – engaging a team of community members (often including culturally-specific partners, school staff, and industry partners) as equals. These teams use current school-level metrics to identify root causes, test practices and drive change. Together, the team moves toward the heart of the matter, digging into social and emotional challenges and building bridges through critical transition points in students’ educational journeys. Successes and failures are shared with the entire school, across our school districts and throughout the community. The total integration of partners as equals is an essential strategy to ensure equitable changes in policies and systems – this is how we build to large-scale change.
Regional Arts & Culture Council
We connect artists and creatives to opportunity and access. An independent nonprofit organization, the Regional Arts & Culture Council supports the creative economy in greater Portland by equitably providing funding and services to artists and art organizations; managing and growing a diverse, nationally acclaimed, public art program; and developing enduring public and private partnerships. Through advocacy and engagement, we are building support for our community of artists, arts education, and arts and culture.
