Howard Bishop Middle School, A Community Partnership School brings together high-quality academics, health care, counseling, support, mentoring and more—all where students and their families are comfortable: in their own school.

Our partnership at Howard Bishop Middle School represents a 25-year partnership among Alachua County Public Schools, Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS), Florida Health Alachua County, Santa Fe College and the University of Florida to foster community collaboration and bring resources and opportunities to students and families around a middle school located in East Gainesville. By addressing the full range of barriers to learning — poverty, food insecurity, homelessness, health and wellness, and education quality – the CPS model strives to bring together high-quality academic support, health care, counseling, mentoring and more – right at the school, in order to embed resources within the community that it aims to serve.

UF is represented on the Howard Bishop CPS Leadership Cabinet by Linda Cottler (College of Public Health and Health Profession), Lori Dassa (College of Education) David Diehl (Family You and Community Sciences) and Andrew Telles (Office of Collaborative Initiatives).

In concert with the Office of the Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer and the Office of Collaborative Initiatives, UF has spearheaded multiple needs assessments, innovative educational programs and engagement efforts to tailor our partnership support to the needs of the students and families at Howard Bishop Middle School.

Howard Bishop CPS Materials:

• Community Partnership School Fundamental Practices
• About Community Partnership Schools
• Howard Bishop Assessment Town Hall Presentation
• Master Thesis Presentation regarding Volunteer Portal and Process