El Puente Educational Center Inc

THE PARENT PROGRAM - we continue to provide parental support at El Puente. We hold regular monthly meetings where the Academic Coordinator and the Parent Advocate discuss how their children are performing and provide guidance on creating study habits, reading at home, how to talk with your child, etc. In addition, the Academic Coordinator meets monthly with parents by grade level to go over study plans and the creation of routines at home for the children. These conferences have proven very helpful for the families in our program. They have taught the parents how to talk with their children and how to best support their children and their schoolwork. In addition, we continue partnering with Wright State Universitys Education Department to hold an upper-level college class each fall semester to provide one on one tutoring to a small group of our students.

ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES - Mental Health Navigator - cont grant from OCHLA which ran out in September 2024. Additional funding has been sought out to provide alternate options to address mental health issues. We held a one-day free training course in August on Mental Health First Aid to people with leadership roles in the Latino community in Dayton. * Since 2023 - we run Latino Wellness clinics (6 per year), eye screening/glasses vouchers program (ongoing), summer camps at Camp Kern (1 per year), Dental Hygiene clinics (6 per yr), coat distributions, and support the local Dayton Metro Library in education initiatives.