About Danbury Schools and Business Collaborative (DSABC)

Mission: To Help Danbury Public School Students Achieve Personal and Academic Success.

The Mission is Accomplished by:

• Doing school based mentoring through collaboration
• Fostering cooperation among businesses, the community, the Danbury Board of Education and the Danbury Public Schools

Statement of Values

1. Collaboration between public schools, business & the community
2. Positive role models
3. Student achievement, personal and academic
4. Self-esteem as a vehicle to academic success
5. Successful transition into post-secondary education, workforce and society
6. Life-long learning
7. Volunteerism

Agency/Program History

DSABC is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization, founded in 1990, formed as a collaborative community organization between Danbury Public Schools and local corporations. The initial purpose of the DSABC was to foster cooperation among businesses, the community and the Danbury Publics Schools to promote lifelong learning and the successful transition of youth into society and the workforce.

The organization enlisted volunteers from business and industry in programs such job shadowing, career fairs, project mentoring, with the cornerstone program being its school based mentoring program. The school based mentoring program began with 40 mentor-student matches.

Currently, DSABC’s primary program is the school based mentoring program, providing approximately 280 mentors to students in the Danbury Public Schools as well as Henry Abbott Regional Technical School. DSABC, governed by a volunteer Board , employs one full- time staff member, agency Director, Mary Arconti Gregory and one part-time assistant.  Mentors for the program are recruited primarily through area corporations/businesses and the community at large.

Who are DSABC’s Business Partners?