Our Roots
Grounded in Research
Jamestown Community Learning Council was established after a two-year period of extensive research conducted by an Education Task Force.
The Task Force’s work made clear that interest in education and performance as a student is established very early in life. It is the outside influences of a child’s environment which affect how he or she will perform as a student even before entering school.
This research and expert knowledge formed the foundation of the Jamestown Community Learning Council.
Our history
1989-1990
Group of organizations conducts a two-year Community Needs Assessment in Jamestown.
1990
Jamestown Community Learning (JCLC) Established
1991
Parents and Children Together (PACT)
1992
Learning Is Never Complete (LINC)
1999
Teenage Education and Motherhood (TEAM)
2000
Parents Activating Children’s Education Results in Success (PACERS) UPK-4th Grade established in Jamestown School District
2009
Parents As Teachers (PAT) Approved established in Southwestern School District
2010
PAT Approved established in Frewsburg School District
2010
Community Based PAT established in southern Chautauqua County.
2015
After School Amigos (ASA) English Language Learners
2016
Educational Advocacy and Scholastic Enrichment (EASE) program established for 5th - 8th graders in Jamestown Public Schools
2017
PAT Plus Linkages Until Success established
2018
PAT Approved established in the Dunkirk and Brocton School Districts
2019
PAT Approved established in Silver Creek and Falconer School Districts
2019
JCLC wins the Losos Prize for Innovation and earns PAT Blue Ribbon Designation
2021
PAT Approved established in the Pine Valley, Fredonia, and Sherman School Districts
2022
Community Based PAT in northern Chautauqua County
2023
Healthy Families Chautauqua established