Education

Three-year milestone finds DACA youth thriving at school and work

Administrator • June 20, 2015

Three years ago, Danna Gonzalez barely cared about graduating from high school. “Good grades weren’t my priority because I didn't think I was going to go off to college,” she says. But earlier this month, the petite, Read more -->>

The happiest reader in Homework Club

Administrator • May 18, 2015

As the sun set over Pescadero on a recent Tuesday, a dozen joyful children careened from the playground into the multi-purpose room at Pescadero Elementary School, where Puente holds its Homework Club. As they settled themselves Read more -->>

Make Día de los Niños a special day

Administrator • April 26, 2015

Día de los Niños (Children’s Day) is coming to Puente on Friday, May 1. This annual celebration of learning is among Puente’s most popular annual events. We need volunteers to help lead the children’s activities, Read more -->>

Why we give to Puente: Ana and Mike Polacek

Administrator • March 15, 2015

When Ana Polacek hears her ESL students talk about their English language slip-ups, the humiliation of a botched conversation or a forgotten vocabulary word, she encourages them to persevere. But she also recognizes their Read more -->>

Raising readers: Grant to help transform early childhood development on the South Coast

Administrator • July 8, 2014

For years, the “opportunity gap” between middle income, largely native English- speaking, and lower income, native Spanish-speaking, children has been a source of serious concern, for parents and teachers alike, in the Read more -->>

Puente summer youth interns work in the real world

Administrator • July 7, 2014

What 16-year-old wants to get up at 6 a.m. to get ready for work on a summer morning? Carina Cain, along with 32 other students enrolled in Puente’s summer youth employment program, does it four days a week. Cain, 16, Read more -->>

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