Manatee Elementary, A Community Partnership School held an Open House event on Thursday, August 5, 2021. Families were able to visit classrooms, meet school staff members and receive information about various community organizations. New Principal Lourdes Gonzalez spoke to families in the auditorium.
The back-to-school event featured entertainment by student musicians. Children's Home Society, Take Stock in Children, UnidosNow, Soar in 4, Early Learning Coalition and Books for Kids handed out free items such as backpacks, hand sanitizer and school supplies.
The Community Partnership model is a collaboration between the School District of Manatee County, Children’s Home Society of Florida, MCR Health and University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee to ease burdens such as hunger, poverty and illness.