San Francisco, California
A cultural icon, San Francisco is a site of multicultural service opportunities. Members typically tutor, assistant teach, promote literacy, lead after-school programs, and reach out for parental involvement. One member also works with incarcerated inmates in GED training and preparation.
Site Director: Patrick McCormick
Phone: 650-394-4402
E-mail: san_francisco@ndmva.org
Mission Dolores School is an inner-city school for children in grades K-8. The students are primarily Hispanic, Asian, and African-American. Over 50% of the children are from single-parent families. One-on-one and small group tutoring activities are provided to improve the students’ academic skills. After-school enrichment programs and parental involvement in the students’ education are encouraged. NDA members’ responsibilities include tutoring students, assisting classroom teachers, and participating in after-school programs. Members may also assist with parental involvement programs. Check out their website at http://www.missiondolores.org/.
St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School is located on the southern end of San Francisco's Mission District. It offers a modified year-round schedule, which offers short, frequent breaks throughout the year, thereby helping students retain what they have learned. Our programs include computer lab and classroom computers for instruction and internet access (K-8), departmentalized instruction in grades 6-8, interscholastic athletics for grades 3-8, Choir/Dance/Drama, tutoring, counseling services, student leadership programs, and activities for parental and family involvement.
Epiphany School is a double K-8 Catholic Parochial school serving the youth of Epiphany Parish and its surrounding areas. We challenge students to achieve educational excellence withing a Catholic/Christian tradition. We believe that Catholic school education teaches to the whole child by promoting the spiritual, moral, intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development of each student through comprehensive curricular and co-curricular programs. Recognizing the innate dignity of our students, we nurture educational excellence. We believe that the School of the Epiphany is a model of Christian values and social justice. We believe that parents, as the primary educators of their children, join with the larger Epiphany community to supportively enhance the students' education. We actively engage our students to think analytically, creatively and critically, to demonstrate initiative in all learning situations, to achieve academic success, to cooperatively resolve conflicts, to build community and recognize independence with other communities, and to demonstrate Christian character in taking responsibility for actions and exercising social justice.
St. James School is a K-8 Catholic elementary school located in the Mission District of San Francisco. We serve children of families of varied cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds, attempting to help develop the gifts and talents of our students, parents, and staff alike. We challenge our students to recognize the importance of their role as future world leaders, and we strive to instill in them a strong sense of Catholic/Christian values, moral responsibility, appropriate decision making skills, and sense of self-worth. We hope to empower students to reach their full potential by trying to develop the whole child, enabling them to continually grow as positive, contributing members of society.
Fair Oaks School is a multicultural K-5 school serving the community of Redwood City. One-on-one and small group tutoring activities are provided to improve the students' academic skills. After-school enrichment programs and parental involvement in the students' education are encouraged. NDA members' responsibilities include tutoring students, assisting classroom teachers, and participating in after-school programs.
John Gill School is a multicultural art magnet K-5 school which serves the community of Redwood City. One-on-one and small group tutoring activities are provided to improve the students' academic skills. After-school enrichment programs and parental involvement in the students' education are encouraged. NDA members' responsibilities include tutoring students, assisting classroom teachers, and participating in after-school programs.
Project READ, located in Redwood City, California, is a public library program which provides tutoring, dropout prevention services, and critical thinking education for children and adults. After-school enrichment programs for children using various methods including storytelling, finger plays, and language enrichment are also provided. Other programs offered are Families for Literacy (FFL), Kids in Partnership (KIP), and training for high school tutors who teach at-risk elementary school students.
Facilitator of After-School and Familiy Literacy Programs and Activities: NDA members can participate in all Project READ programs. Their responsibilities include tutoring students and preparing for and participating in after-school programs. Members may also assist with parental involvement programs that encourage parents to participate in their children's education.
Facilitator of Literacy Programs at San Mateo County Jail: NDA members work with inmates who participate in the Project READ program at the San Mateo County Jail. Courses offered include Tutor Training, Poetry, and FATHERS (Fathers as Teachers: Helping, Encouraging, Reading, Supporting), which encourages responsible behavior by promoting literacy among the incarcerated and their families. NDA members' responsibilities include developing class plans and course outlines for the program, participating in the selection and testing of inmates, providing instruction to classes of no more than 15, and tutoring inmates on an individual basis. Members also assist the inmates in establishing positive, supportive relationships with family members and other community members, and work toward improving the educational levels of the inmates.
Check out their website at http://www.projectread-redwoodcty.org/.
Roosevelt School is a multicultural K-5 school serving the community of Redwood City. One-on-one and small group tutoring activities are provided to improve the students' academic skills. After-school enrichment programs and parental involvement in the students' education are encouraged. NDA members' responsibilities include tutoring students, assisting classroom teachers, and participating in after-school programs.
Families Forward is a multicultural family literact program that serves low-income families living in or near Redwood City. The program provides Parent Education workshops twice monthly, on-site ESL classes for adults Monday-Thursday, and a bilingual (English/Spanish) high quality licensed preschool program for 3-5 year olds. One-on-one and small group instruction by NDA members will give the students in the preschool the additional attention they need to succeed academically when they enter kindergarten.
Sequoia High School is a multicultural serving the community of Redwood City. NDA members will provide academic support, mentoring, and after-school teen activities. Detailed description coming soon!
*** NDA members must speak Spanish***
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Notre Dame Mission Volunteers - Americorps
403 Markland Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21212
Phone:(410) 532-6864 - Fax: (410) 532-2418