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The Birth of a Project

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Collaborating for Cardozo: The Project

Strengthening the connection between a school and its

community is what “Collaborating for Cardozo” – AfH-DC’s latest

local initiative – is all about.

Through a collaborative effort from 21CSF, SHAPPE, AfH-DC,

Cardozo Senior High School teachers and students, parents

and

community members, a classroom at Cardozo will be

transformed into a

Parent and Community Resource Center.

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Collaborating for Cardozo: The Purpose

The purpose of the Cardozo Senior High Parent and Community

Resource Center to is address and solve three main challenges:

1. Decline in student enrollment

2. Limited parent and community involvement

3. Limited resources to reach parents for internet communication

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Collaborating for Cardozo: The Goals

Along with AfH-DC’s great design solution, we hope the Parent and Community Resource Center will:

Attract, retain and increase student enrollment Provide a place for school and community activities beyond the normal school day Improve communication with parents, community members, and organizations Expand the capacity for internet communication between the parents and the school Help Cardozo to develop a clear vision and guidelines for working with parents and

community organizations at their school.

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Collaborating for Cardozo: The Clients

21 Century School Fund (21CSF) and SHAPPE (Senior High Alliance of

Parents, Principals, and Educators) have partnered together to

identify policy and practice reforms that connect schools and

communities in order for communities to participate in making and

sustaining better schools and schools to contribute to the health and

quality of the neighborhood.

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Existing Space

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Programming Phase

How should it look?

How should it feel?

How should it function?

These questions were the

basis for us to better

understand the needs and

wants of the Cardozo parents,

teachers and students for the

new Parent and Community

Resource Center.

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Collaborating for Cardozo: The Design Questions

How do we take this existing classroom and

transform it into a warm, relaxing, inviting place to

learn, grow, mentor, seek guidance, obtain

information, receive support, communicate, and

socialize, while still maintaining functionality,

sustainability, safety, and beauty?

Not to mention, how do we create a multifunctional

Resource Center within a small existing space?

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Schematic Phase

This floor plan was a great

answer to our design questions.

It not only addressed the needs

and wants of the parents,

students, teachers, and clients,

but it also addressed the need

for a multifunctional space – by

which we created three distinct

zones: Café, General Area, and

Lounge Area.

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Design Development

FINAL Floor plan for the

NEW Cardozo Senior High

Parent and Community

Resource Center

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Design Development

What a typical day could

look like in the NEW

Cardozo Senior High

Parent and Community

Resource Center

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Design Development

ACOUSTICAL PANELS

Our biggest design

challenge?

The acoustics.

Our solution?

Sustainable acoustical

panels!

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Design Development

CEILING TREATMENTAnother solution to tackle

the acoustical challenge?

Design acoustical pods to

hang from the ceiling to

absorb sound.

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Design Development

Based on a cool design

concept, a unique logo was

created to give the NEW

Parent and Community

Resource Center some

brand awareness and

recognition.

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Implementation

Welcome to the NEW

Cardozo Senior High

Parent and Community

Resource Center!

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Collaborating for Cardozo: Implementation

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Collaborating for Cardozo

Imagine a warm, inviting place where parents can go to check their email or send an email to a teacher inquiring about their children’s progress. A place where parents can meet over a cup of coffee to discuss the joys and pains of

raising teenagers. Or to discuss with a guidance counselor their children’s options after graduating high school.

A place where parents, students, Cardozo staff and community members can attend workshops, seminars, classes, and other events to gather

information, learn a new skill or receive counseling or encouragement.

Thanks to a collaborative effort and the hard work of a dedicated AfH-DC project team, no one will ever have to imagine such a place.