Schools & Communities in Partnership (SCIP)

SCIP builds an empowered and thriving community.

Welcome to 2025-2026 in Hopkins

September 2025

Dear School & Community Partners,

As we prepare to embark on the 2025-2026 school year together, the Hopkins School District kickoff theme stands out. Growing in Community: Optimistic Innovation and Humility of Heart. I cannot think of another group who embodies this theme more fully. Thank you for committing to another year of fearless organizing, innovative collaboration, and fierce optimism for what we will achieve together.

In community,

Lindsey Leseman

 

2025-2026 SCIP Partner Goals:

This year, SCIP partners will commit to a task force and work toward making improvements toward one of six key goals in the strategic plan:

1. Strong Community Mental Health Outcomes

2. Opportunities for Diverse Career Pathway Exploration

3. Student Networking for Post-Secondary Opportunities with Strong Family Involvement

4. Food Security 

5. Childcare Access & Financial Support

6. Transportation Access 

Task forces will meet between quarterly scheduled SCIP meetings; interested in joining a task force and becoming a member of SCIP? Please contact Lindsey Leseman.

 

Schools & Communities in Partnership (SCIP) - Mission & Vision

Vision - SCIP collaborative members recognize education as a collective and lifelong journey. We are dedicated to collaboratively creating an environment where each person can flourish because we have taken care to form solutions that are of, by, and for Hopkins community members.

Mission - SCIP is a vibrant collaborative effort that leverages school-community partnerships to enhance wellness outcomes for the whole Hopkins community with particular focus on youth and families. Participating partners foster strong, trusting relationships among and between students, caregivers, school staff and leaders, and community-based partner organizations and individuals in order to build equitable supports - for everyone.

Community engagement - Members seek to holistically understand both community strengths and challenges. We actively build a deep collective understanding of trends in academic and post-secondary interests, collective and individual emotional and social well-being, community members' cultural diversity and linguistic skillsets. Then, we work to address gaps in system processes and service-delivery for an empowered and thriving community.