The primary focus of this article is a community-based project initiated under the auspices of the Palm Beach County School District's Office of Multicultural Affairs. The students in this district represent 150 countries and 104 language groups. The nation with the highest representation among this population is Haiti. Project CASAS (Community and Schools Accelerating Students) was designed to create a community-based supportive network whose primary focus was to facilitate the adaptation and, ultimately, the academic achievement of recent immigrant students. This article examines the activities of this project over its five year duration, and its impact on the immigrant students. It also addresses as a secondary focus the specific needs and experiences of Haitian students as they emerged within the project work. It highlights the role of the community in the context of immigration and the manner in which the host community can (and should) respond to immigrants. (Contains 2 tables.)