Evans Community School, the first of its kind in Florida, will formally open its doors at a Grand Opening\u00a0this Saturday, Oct. 13.<\/p>\n
The founding partners of\u00a0Evans Community School\u00a0\u2014 UCF’s College of Health and Public Affairs, the Children’s Home Society of Florida and Orange County Public Schools \u2014 invite you to join in the\u00a0celebration at\u00a0the community school, located at Evans High School\u00a0at 4949 Silver Star Road in the Pine Hills area of Orlando.<\/p>\n
The celebration will include a community health and resource fair with nearly 50 vendors from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0A\u00a0ribbon-cutting ceremony will\u00a0take place\u00a0from\u00a012 to 12:30 p.m, and an open house will be held from\u00a012:30 to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
Evans Community School is opening\u00a0after\u00a0nearly four years of planning by the\u00a0partner organizations. The community school will offer\u00a0an array\u00a0of academic, health care and enrichment programs and services\u00a0for Evans’ students, along with opportunities for parents to become more involved in\u00a0their children’s education and to advance\u00a0their own education and training.<\/p>\n
Research has shown that as\u00a0families grow stronger and more students succeed, opportunities for community and economic growth increase.<\/p>\n
For further information, contact Heather Lambert at heather.lambert@ucf.edu<\/a> or 407-823-2065 or Karen Guin at karen.guin@ucf.edu<\/a> at 407-823-1270.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evans Community School, the first of its kind in Florida, will formally open its doors at a Grand Opening\u00a0this Saturday, Oct. 13. The founding partners of\u00a0Evans Community School\u00a0\u2014 UCF’s College of Health and Public Affairs, the Children’s Home Society of Florida and Orange County Public Schools \u2014 invite you to join in the\u00a0celebration at\u00a0the community school, located at Evans High…","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":41851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-41836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community"],"yoast_head":"\n