Impact on Students:

• "Increased skills and talents through enriched curricular and extracurricular experiences.

• Awareness of careers and of options for future education and work.

• Specific benefits linked to programs, services, resources, and opportunities that connect students with community." (p. 706)

Impact on Parents:

• "Knowledge and use of local resources by family and child to increase skills and talents or to obtain needed services.

• Interactions with other families in community activities.

• Awareness of school's role in the community and of community's contributions to the school." (p. 706)

Impact on Teachers:

• "Awareness of community resources to enrich curriculum and instruction.

• Openness to and skill in using mentors, business partners, community volunteers, and others to assist students and augment teaching practice.

• Knowledgeable, helpful referrals of children and families to needed services." (p. 706)

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