Salut o Hola: Week of January 12

Bonne et heureuse année à tous!        Bueno y prospero año a todos!

Our outreach events are picking up again, so stop by and say Hi, Salut of Hola if you’re in the area.

Monday, January 12, 2009 Downtown Children’s Center 9am  We won’t actually have a table there, but I’m going to drop off the brochures in person and chat with Ms. Loretta.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Miss Celia Rocks!  5pm live music for the elementary set at  Hartford Coffee Company

Thursday, January 15, 2009 Stella Maris Child Center Parents Meeting 5pm

Friday, January 16, 2009 UMSL Child Development Center 4:30-6:30pm Parent pick-up table

Stop by and say Salut o Hola!

The next six months will be a bevy of grassroots community outreach, marketing and recruitment activities. Each week we’ll post an update of where we’ll be, so feel free to stop by and chat.

Sunday, October 26, 10am-2pm Hispanic Diversity and Career Fair

Monday, October 27, 7pm “Educational Options in the City,” panel organized by Tower Grove South Block Captains (woohoo!!) at Carpenter Library on S. Grand Blvd.

Tuesday, October 27, 7pm Fox Park Neighborhood Association meeting

Thursday, October 30, 8:30am Professional Latino Action Network (PLAN) meeting, Justine Peterson

This is going to catch like wildfire!

Yesterday I had the great fortune of meeting with Dr. Seretha Curry, the director of HeadStart for the Urban League. She and her Assistant Director were very enthusiastic about our school model and scheduled information presentations at all of their parent meetings for the month of November. As we talked more about SLLIS Dr. Curry said “You’re not going to have enough spaces for the demand!” What joy! She is the first person that I’ve met in the past two years who was so immediately convinced that parents in all demographics would flock to our schools. Ms. Denise asked if she could put her three year old on the intent to enroll list now. The more we talked about our parent engagement model Dr. Curry said “I love it!” and noted that because her families are customed to a high level of parent involvement and voice in their HeadStart experience, they would be particularly excited to be founding families whose voices were respected and solicited by the school.
“This is going to catch like wildfire.” – Seretha Curry, Ed.D

Thanks Dr. Curry!