Education
Preschoolers & Early Childhood Education
Parents with young children 1-3 years old meet with volunteers four days per week for nine months to improve English skills, improve parenting skills, and provide a mutual support environment for each other’s families. Simultaneously, our children attend pre-kinder classes in the classroom next door to prepare them for emotional and developmental success in the American public school system.
By the time families graduate from the program, our children are prepared for kindergarten, have increased reading at home, and we have helped our children identify good and bad touch. Parents are invited to be trained as Promotoras to support future participants in the coming year.
For more information, please call (408) 278-2193 or email us.
Parenting Support
Mothers within this mutual support program serve each other as leaders in a community-based model for strengthening children’s resiliency. Working together in San José and Gilroy, we focus on attachment, executive functioning skills, and stress reduction in families with infants ages 0-3.
Mothers attend six classes based on the Program’s research-based curriculum Safe, Secure, Loved. It is a mindfulness-based, trauma-informed, community-led program, offered by Spanish speaking Promotoras. Promotoras are trained mothers who have successfully completed the six classes and are willing to teach them to other groups both virtually and in-person when it is safe to do so.
For more information, please call (408) 278-2193 or email us.
After School & Summer Education Programs
After School and Summer Academy programs bolster academic success, strengthen social and emotional health, and develop leadership skills among low-income Latino students and their families.
After School Academy
Sacred Heart’s after-school program is for students in grades K-8. Staff and volunteers work closely with children, families, and schools to create individualized work plans for each participant, achieving grade-level or higher performance.
Summer Academy
Summer Academy follows the year spent in After School Academy. Students in grades 3-6 attend this full-day summer camp, which focuses on both short and long-term academic, social, and emotional development.
For more information, please call (408) 916-5067 or email us.