The City of Manchester Health Department (MHD) has partnered with the Manchester School District to provide an experienced Community Health Worker to assist students/families experiencing homelessness with basic needs. The CHW can connect students/families to medical, dental, and vision providers; help them secure health insurance; assist them in completing applications or determining eligibility for Medicaid, WIC/Food Stamps, fuel/rental assistance, and other financial assistance; and connect
them to resources for food, clothing, housing, and other basic needs and social supports.
Central High School
MY TURN Project Complete
MY TURN Project Complete is open to anyone attending Central, West, or Memorial who is in need of an alternative way to earn their secondary credential. HiSET instructors provide a combination of in-person classes and one-on-one tutoring to prepare students to successfully complete the HiSET battery.
In addition, students in our Project Complete programs receive a variety of services to meet their individual needs including career guidance, post-secondary planning, paid work-based learning opportunities, job placement assistance, and more.
MY TURN – Diploma Plus Program – Central High School
MY TURN Diploma Plus Programs work with young people ages 14 to 21 who are at risk of dropping out of high school or need additional support to be successful. We provide a variety of services to meet the individual needs of our students including academic instruction and tutoring, college and career exploration, college and industry tours, paid and unpaid work- based learning opportunities, assistance with barrier removal, and more.
BRING IT!
Academic support and tutoring, career exploration, dance and performing arts, soccer-fitness offered on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at Hillside Middle School.
New American Youth Mentoring & Cross Cultural Leadership Programming WELCOMING CLUB (STUDENTS BECOME AMBASSADORS)
Welcoming new group of students Help them to know the teacher and where to go. Have someone to contact who can help Students who speak their language or at least translation possibilities. Someone who will check in with the student regularly.
New American Youth Mentoring & Cross Cultural Leadership Programming ADVANCED CLASS: LEADERSHIP BEYOND BOUNDARIES (LBB)
Finding your voice and building networks. Students are taught the power which can emerge when moving beyond an « Us versus Them » view to « We ». They gain active listening skills and public speaking, all necessary to respond to their leadership challenge.
New American Youth Mentoring & Cross Cultural Leadership Programming. INTRODUCTORY CLASS CROSS CULTURAL LEADERSHIP (CCL)
Take steps to build yourself up into the young leader we all know you can be. Learn about yourself, about other people, adapt skills to understand various cultural identities and build up your communication and listening skills. Learn the impact of stress on your mind and body. Learn how to deal with conflict management and how to provide and receive feedback. Lastly the team will identify a leadership challenge plan and carry out how to solve this challenge within the community.
Amoskeag Health School-Based Counseling Services
Onsite school-based behavioral health services
Manchester Health Department Dental Care Program
The City of Manchester Health Department works with the Manchester School District to bring dental care to children in need at Manchester’s elementary, middle, and high schools. Dental care is provided on a dental van at each school during school hours by a certified Public Health Dental Hygienist and, when needed, a licensed dentist. Students can also be referred to local dental offices for ongoing dental care. The program serves an average of 600 students each school year at all 21 Manchester public schools.
पहुँच एकेडेमी
Access Academy is an on-campus & remote afterschool educational program for high school students who identify with groups often underrepresented in high school & college graduation. It offers multiple Mondays and Tuesdays courses taught by college students, that provide students with skills for school success, college mentors, career exploration & high school credits. Courses include Computer Technology, Arts, and Personal Finance. In Access, students gain friendships that fuel aspirations.