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Deb Specht

Parent Volunteer 817 East 10th Street Duluth, MN 55805 (218) 728-4920 jdpn@cpinternet.com 2011-present

Matt Hoeschen

Community Member 525 North 34th Avenue East Duluth, MN 55804 hoeschenm@gmail.com 2011 – present

Brittany Robb

GCSC Resource Director 108 East 6th Street, Duluth, MN 55805 (218) 733-2016 brittany.shanoff@hotmail.com 2009-present

Kathy Bogen

GCSC Executive Director, 108 East 6th Street, Duluth, MN 55805 (Ex-Officio) (218) 733-2016 kathybogen@msn.com 2000-present

Sharon Murphy

General Manager, Whole Foods Co-Op 610 East 4th Street Duluth, MN 55805 218.728.0884 smurphy@wholefoods.coop 2011 – present

Student Affairs, College of St. Scholastica, 1200 Kenwood Avenue, Duluth, MN 55811 Board President Affiliations: Grant Reading Partners Steering Committee, Men as Peacemakers jnewcomb@css.edu (218) 723-6552 2002 – present

Stephanie Heilig

Principal, Nettleton-Grant Elementary School, 108 East 6th Street Duluth, MN 55805 Affiliations: ISD #709 Desegregation and Integration Council stephanie.heilig@duluth.k12.mn.us (218) 733-2172 2008-present

Mona Cheslak

President, East Hillside Community Club, 1125 E. 8th Street, Duluth, MN 55805 Board Treasurer Affiliations: Planning District #6 Steering Committee, At Home in the East Hillside monajc@chartermi.net 2000 – present

Doug Bowen-Bailey

Parent, 728 East 7th Street, Duluth, MN 55805 Affiliations: Nettleton-Grant Site Council dbb@digiterp.com (218) 722-7166 2010-present

Kathy Bergen

Duluth Parks and Recreation Department Director, 12 East 4th Street, Duluth, MN 55805 kbergen@duluthmn.gov (218) 730-4300 2010-present

A Brief History

The Grant Community School Collaborative (GCSC) was formed in 1997 when representatives of five East Hillside organizations attended the first in a three-year series of workshops sponsored by MN Department of Education entitled Building Collective Community Leadership. It was the beginning of a journey into applying best practices to strengthen academic, cultural, and social assets of neighborhood youth and families. Now in its 13th year of providing innovative Out-of School-Time and Family Events, the Grant Community School Collaborative has joined with the YMCA and Men as Peacemakers to serve over 300 children and their families at the Nettleton-Grant School-Neighborhood site.

The Grant Community School Collaborative is a regional leader in the movement to create Full Service Community Schools serving children and families holistically to support academic achievement, well-being, and success in the many facets of their lives.

Our vision for youth and families of the Hillside Communities is to live in thriving, stable, and safe neighborhoods.

Our mission is to foster strong partnerships that expand opportunities for Youth Development, school, family and community involvement, promoting life-long learning, and appreciation of our diversity.

Grant Community School Collaborative