PRIMARY SCHOOL
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to foster each child’s well-being as a foundation for academic and life success by drawing on the strengths of the child’s entire community, including family, educators, medical and mental health providers.
About This Cause
We are creating a new school model that fundamentally reimagines how to support the life trajectory of children most impacted by systemic poverty and racism. Our unique model brings together all of the adults in a child’s life, including parents, educators, and medical and mental health providers, starting from a very early age. Our approach has three defining characteristics: - WE START EARLY. We start working with children as young as 18 months and provide full-time school starting at age three to reach them at a critical stage in development. - WE PARTNER WITH PARENTS. We believe that when parents thrive, children thrive, so we support the wellness and growth of parents alongside the growth of their children. - WE INTEGRATE SERVICES. Our unique model unites health care and education, building a multi-disciplinary team and holistic system of care around a child’s full needs. In 2016, we opened our flagship school in East Palo Alto, California, with our first class of four year olds. We have grown to serve over 300 children and their families through a birth to three program, parent wellness program, full-day preschool, and elementary school, which will grow through eighth grade. In 2020, we opened our second site in Hayward, California. Our goal is to create a game-changing school model that can be replicated across the country. As we continue to learn and grow, we plan to share what we’ve learned and pursue policy and systems change on a local, state, and national level.