2012 annual report - Mi Escuelita Preschool

Mi Escuelita Preschool
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
BETHANY
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BUCKNER
•
COCKRELL HILL
•
CROSSOVER
•
DESTINY
•
ST. MATTHEW’S
2012 Board of Directors
Letter From The Directors
Mark Guckian, Board Chair
Brinker International
Webster’s Dictionary defines impact as having a direct effect on something. As we celebrate thirty-five years of providing
English language intervention and early childhood education to the children of Dallas, we are happy to say that Mi Escuelita has
impacted the lives of thousands of children in the Metroplex.
Ricardo Barrenechea, Vice-Chair
Frito Lay
Aracely Rios, CPA, Treasurer
Weaver, LLP
Paul Musgrave, Secretary
Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Dora Cortinas
Community Volunteer
Manuel Diaz
Diaz Law Firm
Ivonne Reyes-Flaherty
CBS Radio
Marcia Hinojosa
Community Volunteer
Kubica Guevera-Koo
Kimberly-Clark
Rafael Lizardi
Texas Instruments
Aldo Quevedo
The Richards Group /RichardsLERMA
Rene Resendiz
Parent Representative
The 2012 school year was one of growth and success for Mi Escuelita. For the first time since the recession hit in 2007, Mi
Escuelita classrooms were filled to capacity. Our focus on Kindergarten Readiness and individually working with each and
every child led to the highest assessment scores the organization has ever known. On the Learning Accomplishment Profile
(LAP-3) our children were scoring over 60% in all areas, which indicated they were ready for Kindergarten. Of note, the small
scholars of Mi Escuelita averaged a 70% on English language development and a 65% in the math and science arena. That’s
not bad at all considering the testing was all done in English, our children’s second language. However, one of the assessment
results we are most proud of is their social and emotional development which measured a 90%. The Mi Escuelita children have
learned how to learn and that is the best tool we could ever hope to give them.
On an administrative note, our support team grew stronger each day, focusing on the impact our work would have on the
children we are blessed to serve. The 2012 Cena de la Mariposa earned over $300,000 for our scholarship fund and allowed us
to keep our tuition rates affordable for struggling families. The impact of a stronger infrastructure also allowed us to nurture
strong collaborations with other agencies that will allow us to grow and help more children.
Also we are proud to be partnering with the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP/DFW) to open three new preschool
classrooms in their new Destiny Elementary School in South Dallas. Also, in an exciting new partnership with our friends at
MyChildren’s Primary Care Clinics, Mi Escuelita is the first school in Texas to participate in a pilot program that will bring world
class health care to our young students –right on our Cockrell Hill and Buckner campuses.
2012/13 was an impactful year at Mi Escuelita and as we enter the 2013/14 academic year we can’t help but be thankful for the
blessings we have received. We thank our wonderful teachers who created an environment filled with encouragement and an
excitement for learning; our program staff that spent each day ensuring that the needs of the children and families were met
and most of all, our dedicated volunteers. Whether you were a regular visitor to our classroom or just dropped by to help on
a special project, we appreciate you. If you financially supported Mi Escuelita, we could not have survived without you. And if
you were one of our many prayer warriors, we not only need but we covet your prayers.
We have had a strong impact on our children and community this year and you have had an incredibly strong impact on us.
Thank you for helping us help our children and may God continue to bless you.
Roberto Siewczynski
PanaVista – Alliance Data Systems
Luis Veras
ITL Mgmt. / Pizza Hut Franchisee
Lisa Vines
Ernst & Young
Gayle Nave
Executive Director
Mark Guckian
Board Chair
Failing to invest sufficiently in quality early child care and education shortchanges taxpayers
because the return on investment is greater than many other economic development options.
Impacting Generations - Mi Escuelita Alumni
The impact we have in our students lives is what separates Mi Escuelita
Preschool from other preschools in our community. Our students come
back to visit, volunteer and work with us and they let us know how Mi
Escuelita impacted their lives. Amy Torres and Linnetth Alonzo are our
wonderful interns working with us this summer through the Mayor’s Intern
Fellows program and Sonia Macias is our 2013 Mi Escuelita Preschool
scholarship winner.
We are extremely proud of Sonia, Amy and Linnetth’s accomplishments.
We are honored to know that they still feel a connection with Mi Escuelita
Preschool. We wish them the very best as they continue to pursue their
goals and dreams to become outstanding young women.
Sonia Macias credits Mi Escuelita Preschool with helping her discover her
love for reading, teaching her the alphabet, how to write her name and
most importantly how to be independent. Today, Sonia has graduated
high school and is attending the University of North Texas. She plans to
pursue a career in civil engineering and become one of the few successful
women in this male dominated industry. She is proud to say that she will
be the first person in her family to graduate from college.
Amy Torres is currently a senior at William’s Preparatory. Her relationship
with Mi Escuelita Preschool began when she was 2 1/2 year’s old. She
remembers being very attached to her mom and being away from her
was a little scary. Amy states the first thing she learned at Mi Escuelita
was how to be independent and her teachers helped her realize that it is
okay to be away from mommy for a little while. She states Mi Escuelita
impacted her education at such an early age by increasing her reading
ability a great deal. After graduating from high school, Amy plans to
attend college to pursue a career in Marine Biology.
Sonia Macias, 2013 Mi Escuelita
Scholarship Winner
Linnetth Alonzo is a junior at Moises E. Molina High School. She
remembers on her first day at Mi Escuelita there were a lot of children
crying for their parents, but she marched right into the classroom and
took a seat. She also remembers during one Christmas she won a huge
Christmas stocking that included the stuffed animal “Bashful the Bear”,
which she still has the bear today. At Mi Escuelita she not only learned her
alphabet and how to write her name, she also learned how to be creative
and confident. After graduating from high school, Linnetth plans to attend
a state university to pursue a career in Culinary Arts.
Linnetth Alonzo (left) and Amy Torres (right) during their internship at Mi Escuelita Preschool
Quality early education is as essential for a productive 21st century
workforce as roads or the internet; investing in it grows the economy.
Mi Escuelita Preschool /
Knowledge is Power Program
(KIPP- DFW) Collaboration
Mi Escuelita is partnering with KIPP - Knowledge is Power
Program, a national network of free, open-enrollment,
college-preparatory public charter schools dedicated to
preparing students in underserved communities for success
in college and life. KIPP currently operates 125 schools
in 20 states and the District of Columbia and serves over
41,000 students. In the fall of 2013 KIPP opened their first
elementary school in the DFW area – KIPP Destiny, which
includes Pre-K classrooms. The mission of KIPP is to provide
underserved children in our community with a free, rigorous,
high quality education that offers the knowledge, skills and
character traits necessary to thrive in school, college and the
competitive world beyond.
Mi Escuelita Preschool’s expansion into the KIPP organization
will occur over two years. During the initial year of 2013/14,
three new Pre-K classrooms will be opened to serve 60
children. In 2014/15, one classroom serving 20 additional
children will be added along with a playground expansion.
KIPP’s plan is to open five additional elementary schools
in the Dallas area over the next 10-15 years, allowing Mi
Escuelita Preschool the opportunity to also expand its
Pre-K services to more children. Mi Escuelita will operate
the daily preschool program. The two organizations will
work together to advertise the new school, raise awareness,
recruit, register and enroll students. They will also coordinate
teacher training, in-service and professional development.
90 percent of children’s brain growth takes place before they enter kindergarten.
Telemedicine Project- A Texas First
In an exciting new partnership with our friends at MyChildren’s Primary Care Clinics,
Mi Escuelita is the first school in Texas to participate in a pilot program that will bring
world class health care to our young students –right on our campuses. Beginning
in our 2013 fall semester, and made possible through the wonders of technology
known as telemedicine, doctors and nurses can remotely “see” our students through
interactive video, audio and other electronic media while they are in our school nurse’s
office.
Affiliated with Children’s Medical Center, MyChildren’s will provide an on-site nurse for our school who is trained to use the special
electronic equipment to look at a student’s ears, eyes, nose, throat, lungs and skin. A doctor or a nurse practitioner at an off-site clinic will
be able to remotely examine our students, using the telemedicine equipment – and our students never have to leave the campus. With a
parent’s permission, MyChildren’s telemedicine program offers a range of non-emergency care for concerns ranging from simple rashes,
cuts and bruises to earaches, coughs, colds, strep throat and flu-like symptoms. Children can be screened diagnosed, treated or referred for
additional care, if needed.
We are delighted to be the first in Texas to bring this technology to a school campus –and honored to partner with MyChildren’s in this
innovative endeavor on behalf of our students and families.
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Children in quality preschool programs are less likely to repeat grades,
need special education, or get into future trouble with the law.
Y
ear of Impact
This past year we impacted the lives of over 400 children and families. After participating in our early childhood education
program, children graduating from Mi Escuelita Preschool are prepared to enter kindergarten and have a successful academic
future. As the preeminent early childhood education facility in Dallas, we strive to make a positive impact on the life of every
student and parent that attends our school by targeting four key areas that affect our children’s future success in the classroom.
English Language
Immersion
Our program successfully provides
English language intervention and
a quality early childhood education
to children who are at risk of falling
short at the first critical testing
benchmark in third grade – which
is directly tied to high school
graduation rate. Mi Escuelita’s
success is due to the continual focus
on the mission of the organization
and attaining measurable outcomes.
Program goals and objectives are
determined by the board of directors,
staff and parents and are created
with the academic and social success
of each child in mind. Mi Escuelita
measures progress annually using
tested and recognized measurement
tools.
Every dollar invested in quality early childhood education saves
taxpayers up to $13.00 in future costs.
Together We Learn
The Together We Learn (TWL) program is an
opportunity to enable parents to take an active role
in their child’s education, thus generating awareness
of the role they play as their child’s first and most
important teacher. Mi Escuelita uses a threetiered approach to implement the TWL project. We
focus on a Parent & Training Literacy component,
Children’s Literacy Component and Family Literacy
Component.
Math & Science
We continue to see positive progress the children are making in our
math and science program. In 2012 testing results indicate we are on
the right track. Our children are learning and their test scores show
the progress they are making from the beginning to the end of the
school year. The impact areas we focus on are logic & reasoning,
science knowledge & skills and mathematics knowledge & skill.
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Healthy Child Program
Mi Escuelita’s Healthy Child Program focuses on providing services
and teaching skills that will help each child improve their overall
health. As part of the program, each of the over 400 children
enrolled in our program receive preventive medical and dental
care, as well as, education on nutrition, healthy meals, and daily
exercise activities. The success of Mi Escuelita’s Healthy Child
Program is demonstrated by the improvements seen in children’s
heath at the end of the school year.
Young people who were in preschool programs are more likely to
graduate from high school, to own homes, and have longer marriages.
1,507
Individuals
and 12,375
Hours
We give a huge thank you to our volunteer
groups and individuals that give us their
time, treasure and talent to ensure that we
positively impact the children and families
that attend Mi Escuelita Preschool every
year. We appreciate their support and
dedication.
Quality preschool improves the ability of children to do well in K-12 schools,
lowering grade repetition and reducing the need for special education.
The Gift of Time
is Precious, our
Volunteers are
Priceless.
Capital One Hispanic Network
Our volunteers of the year; Capital One Hispanic Network group and mother and daughter
team Kelly Trabold and Joan Henderson have made it their mission to help our children
excel.
Capital One Hispanic Network has been volunteering with Mi Escuelita for over five years.
They lend their support to our children by orchestrating book drives, participating in
reading days and giving back days. Capital One employees have collected and delivered
books to help improve the libraries at our various sites. Many employees take time out of
their busy schedules to visit our sites and read to our children during the day. The diversity
of the readers enhances how the children learn the English language. Many of our facilities
need a little extra love and attention, like cleaning playgrounds, moving furniture, painting
and assembling homework packets. During the HHM Community Giving Back Days Capital
One employee’s work with our site managers, teachers and families to help keep things
clean and safe for our children.
Kelly Trabold and Joan Henderson have been sharing their love of reading with the
children at Mi Escuelita every Tuesday for the past eight years. They both volunteer in the
library at the Buckner site weekly. Kelly uses her talents as a former teacher to bring stories
to life for the children and they truly enjoy listening and interacting with her. After story
time each child gets to checkout a book of their choice to take home and share with their
family. Kelly and Joan have transformed a once empty library into an impressive preschool
library by beautifying the space with dolls, posters, and stuffed animals. We appreciate
Kelly and Joan for their love and commitment to Mi Escuelita.
Kelly Trabold and Joan Henderson
“Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does
more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.” –Author Unknown
Mi Escuelita 2012
Operating Budget
Personnel
1,362,839
Finge Benefits
232,411
Travel
2,580
Equipment
3,202
Supplies
18,733
Contractual
18,402
Construction
-
Other (Rent, Utilities, etc.)
Total Federal Direct (Reimbursed) Costs
Non-Federal (Donated)
Total Federal Exp
148,928
1,787,095
508,824
2,295,919
Children who are enrolled in a quality preschool program ultimately earned up to $2,000 more per
month than those who are not.
Receipts
9%
5%
Tuition
5%
3%
Fund Raising Events
8%
15%
RECEIPTS
Tuition
Fund Raising Events
170,000 5%
178,750 5%
USDA Reimbursements
USDA Reimbursements
255,000 8%
HSGD Reimbursements
HSGD Reimbursements
1,774,320 54%
Foundation Grants
490,000 15%
Foundations Grants
Individuals & Organizations
United Way of Metropolitan
Dallas
Individuals & Organizations
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
Other Income Sources
Interest Income
54%
Total Receipts
108,750 3%
300,000 9%
14,000 .43%
1,000 .03%
3,291,820
DISBURSEMENTS
Salaries, benefits and payroll taxes
Disbursements
Program Supplies
Salaries, benefits & payroll taxes
2%
Program Supplies
2%
8%
1%
3%
1%
1%
1%
6%
31,500 1%
180,500 6%
Insurance
35,000 1%
Continuing Education for Teachers
30,500 1%
Rent, telephone & utilities
Program consulting & professional fees
38,800
1%
Insurance
Fundraising Costs
87,650
3%
Repairs and maintenance
62,000 2%
Program consulting & professional fees
74%
Rent, telephone and utilities
40,000 1%
Office Supplies
Continuing Education for Teachers
1%
Office Supplies
2,374,800 74%
Fundraising Costs
Food Program
Other costs
Total Disbursements
250,000 8%
70,650 2%
3,201,400
Repairs and maintenance
Food Program
Receipts Over/(Under) Disbursements
90,420
Other costs
93% of Kindergarten teachers agree that more children would succeed in school if
all families had access to quality pre-Kindergarten programs
T
hank You!
Your gift helps provide quality early childhood education to at risk children. By supporting Mi Escuelita you make it possible for
our children to have access to a better future. More importantly your donations change the lives of families and generations to
come.
CORPORATIONS/
CORPORATE
Albertsons LLC
Annandale Capital LLC
AT&T United Way
Employee Giving
Campaign
Austin Bank
Azteca Milling L.P.
B. B. Owen Trust
Bank Of America
Bank Of America
United Way Campaign
BDG Benefits Design
Group, Inc.
Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Texas
Buckner International
Capital One
Services, Inc.
Central Kia of
Lewisville-Carrollton
Citi
Comerica Bank
Ernst & Young LLP
Estrada Hinojosa
El Rancho
Supermercado
FedEx
First Southwest
Fluor
Frontier
Communications
Fulbright &
Jaworski L.L.P.
GE United Way
HIC Broadcast Inc.
Honeywell Hometown
Solutions
Huselton, Morgan &
Maultsby, P.C.
IBM
Interceramic Inc.
Interex Corp.
Jefferson Dental
Clinic Healthcare
Management, LLC
Kimberly-Clark
Corporation
Locke Lord LLP
Maple Avenue
Economic
Development
Corporation
McCall Parkhurst &
Horton L.L.P.
Mercury
Communications
My Children’s
Nissan North
America, Inc.
North Place
Corporation
Northwestern Mutual
Ojeda’s
Restaurant Inc.
Oncor Electric
Delivery
Pitney Bowes
Foundation
Pizza Hut of America
PrimeLending,
A PlainsCapital
Company
Sabre Holdings
Safeway Inc.
Sammons Enterprises
Stifel, Nicolaus
& Company,
Incorporated
Target
TerraCycle, Inc.
Texas Health
Resouces
Texas Industries
Riverside Cement
Texas Instruments
Incorporated
Truist
Univision Management
Company
U. S. Williams
Verizon
Communications
Wells Fargo
Perrin Foundation
Strake Foundation
Texas Instruments
Foundation
The Dallas Foundation
The Hoglund
Foundation
The P&G Fund of the
Greater Cincinnati
Foundation
The Rees-Jones
Foundation
W.P. & Bulah Luse
Foundation
FOUNDATIONS
America’s Charities
Amerigroup
Charitable Foundation
Capital For Kids
Carrie S. Orleans Trust
Communities
Foundation of Texas
Funding Factory
Gaston Episcopal
Hospital Foundation
Graham & Carolyn
Holloway Family
Foundation
Hoblitzelle Foundation
Maverick Capital
Charities LTD
McCune Losinger
Family Fund of CFT
Pepsico Foundation
Matching Gifts
Program
CHURCHES
First Presbyterian
Church
Highland Park
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Women
Preston Hollow
Presbyterian Church
The Cathedral Church
of St. Matthew
Wilshire Baptist Church
Women of Saint
Michael and All
Angels Church
ORGANIZATIONS
Center for Nonprofit
Management
NAEYC
Preston Center
Rotary Club
St. John’s
Episcopal School
St. Mark’s School
of Texas
United Way for
Southeastern
Michigan
United Way of
Metropolitan
Chicago
United Way of
Metropolitan
Dallas, Inc.
United Way of
Tarrant County
United Way of
the Midlands
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Ms. Caryl Aberle
Mr. Ed Adams
Ms. Christian Alcivar
Mr. David Armijo
Ms. Karem H. Baker
Ms. Felicia Bell
Ms. Betty Bernshausen
Mr. Craig Bergquist
Mr. Divine Boamah
Mr. Larry W. Burgess
Ms. Betsy Burks
Mr. Gil Brand
Mr. Huy Cao
Mr. Emit Carrizales
Mr. Fernando Castillo
Ms. Marcy Cathey
Ms. Ruth A. Coley
Ms. Patricia A. Coggan
Mr. Garrick S. Cosio
Children under the age of 5 are eager and capable learners.
Mr. Murray L. Covens
Ms. Julie Cravens
Mr. Mark Crouser
Ms. Katherine R. Crow
Ms. Rosemary B. Curtis
Ms. Felicia Dake
Ms. Ann Dannis
Ms. Diane Daugherty
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Ms. Valerie Davisson
Mr. Manuel Diaz
Nhan Do
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Ms. Elizabeth Farnsworth
Mr. Ray Figueroa
Mr. Dennis Flaherty
Mrs. Ivonne Reyes-Flaherty
Mr. Angel Flores
Ms. Tania Flores
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Mr. Pedro Garces
Mr. Domingo Garcia
Ms. Belinda Garza
Ms. Kimberly A.
Gershon
Mr. Steve M. Gohn
Mr. Gustavo Gonzales
Ms. Sandra E. Gomez
Ms. Jamikia N. Greene
Mr. Scott Gregory
Ms. Kim Griffith
Ms. Loretta Guckian
Mr. Mark R. Guckian
Ms. Rebecca Hanstad
Ms. Nancy C. Hardwick
Ms. Susan Hardie
Ms. Jennifer A. Hartley
Ms. Harriet M. Helmle
Ms. Flora Hernandez
Mr. Osmin Hernandez
Mr. and Mrs. Noe Hinojosa, Jr.
Ms. Frances Hudson
Ms. Ginger K. Hukill
Ms. Lori Jach
Mr. Paul Jack
Ms. Lamethia R. Jackson
Mr. Michael Jarvis
Ms. Nicole M. Jeffries
Ms. Elia C. Jimenez
Ms. Elaine K. Johnson
Ms. Ericka Johnson
Ms. Kametra D. Johnson
Ms. Di Ann Johnston
Mr. David Jones
Mr. R. Ellwood Jones
Mr. Michael Kaplin
Ms. Jamila R. Kirk
Mr. William Koch
Mr. Kenneth T. Koonce
Mr. Glenn S. Kranis
Ms. Leticia Leal
Ms. Erica Lee
Ms. Hunter Lee
Mr. George Lewis
Ms. Alma N. Livas
Mr. Rafael Lizardi
Ms. Nancy Loewe
Ms. Diana D. Lucas
Ms. Tommi Lyle
Ms. Lisa Maestas
Ms. Connie C. Mahmood
Mr. Tommy Malone
Ms. Christina Mancuso
Ms. Rosa Maria Marante
Ms. Melinda Marcus
Ms. Anita N. Martinez
Mr. Arturo J. Martinez
Ms. Priscilla Marie Martinez
Ms. Deborah L. Mason
Ms. Pamela P. Mattingly
Mr. John Mays
Mr. Jeffrey F. McCauley
Venugopal Menon
Mr.. Rudy Mejia
Mr. John A. Michel
Ms. Stephanie A. Miguez
Mr. Daniel Mueller
Mr. Juan Munoz
Mr. David M. Munson
Mr. Paul Musgrave
Ms. Beverly Murray
Ms. Gayle Nave
Mr. Ray Neff
Ms. Jan M. Newsome
Mr. Justen T. Nelsen
Ms. Pamela Nowak
Mr. Austine Okoruwa
Mr. Thomas O’malley
Ms. Melissa S. Pace
Mr. Craig Page
Ms. Lisa A. Parnell
Ms. Gricelda Parker
Mr. Gunvant Patel
Ms. Victoria Phillips
Ms. Roxanne Pittman
Ms. Diane Prager
Mr. Aldo Quevedo
Ms. Cindy Raborn
Ms. Eva M. Rabouin
Mr. Ricardo Ramirez
Ms. Dianna G. Ramos
Ms. Mary Richarte
Ms. Aracely Rios
Ms. Christina Rioux
Ms. Anita Rodriguez
Ms. Maria I. Rodriguez
Ms. Erica Rusk
Ms. Ramona Sandoval
Ms. Melynda Sausser
Mr. Stan Sewell
Mr. John F. Scovell
Mr. Charles Scurry
Mr. Roberto Siewczynski
Ms. Cynthia Smiley
Ms. Dorothy Smith
Ms. Alison Solomon
Mr. George H. Spencer
Mr. Luis Spinola
Mr. Lauren Stanley
Mr. Jason W. Starr
Ms. Kimberli R. Steinman
Ms. Pamela C. Stewart
Mr. David Streitmatter
Mrs. Carolyn Strickland
Mr. Scott G. Swofford
Ms. Rita Tapia
Mr. Ken Tarango
Ms. Carrie Thomas
Ms. Martha L. Thompson
Ms. Rhonda Tobias
Ms. Blanca Torres
Ms. Rosemary Tovar
Ms. Ailleen J. Trollinger
Ms. Christos Tsatsoulas
Ms. Yvonne Shofner
Ms. Stephanie Stafford
Mr. Emilio Valdez
Mr. Cortney Vanburen
Ms. Janet Veazey
Mr. Stephen Verdi
Mr. Lupe Valdez
Ms. Lisa Vines
Ms. Laura Walker
Mr. Max W. Wells
Mr. Royce West
Wannee Whitis
Ms. Melissa Wimbish
Ms. Connie Wilson
Ms. Terri Woodlee
Ms. Christy Zirnheld
Mr. Nicholas C. Zunis
High-quality early childhood education helps prepare young children to succeed in school and
become better citizens; they earn more, pay more taxes, and commit fewer crimes.
2012 Annual Dinner, the Most Successful
Event in Our History
For the second year in a row Cena de la Mariposa was a huge
success, last year raising over $300,000! This is the most
money raised in our 35 year history. We owe the success to
the presenting sponsor Estrada Hinojosa and our dedicated
chairwoman Marcia Hinojosa. With a record number 480
guest, everyone had a wonderful time mingling in the VIP
reception and participating in the live auction. Dr. Elba
Garcia, County Commissioner received the Mi Escuelita Hero
Award, Ernst & Young were honored as Group Volunteers of
the Year and Bill & Elaine Johnson were honored as Individual
Volunteers of the Year. We welcomed Secretary of State
Hope Andrade, Mayor Mike Rawlings and City Councilwomen
Monica Zacarias and Delia Jasso. We were happy to have
Miss Latina US, Sasha Alonso and CBS11 Ginger Allen host the
event. We cannot thank you enough for supporting Cena de
la Mariposa. It is your commitment and dedication that made
the event a huge success.
2012 Fall Festival
Fall Festival was such a blast not
only for the children but also for the
staff and parents. Our wonderful
parents went all out! The Fall Festival
began with a wonderful presentation
of the parents bringing "Little Red
Riding Hood" to life. It was great
entertainment for the children! After
the play the children went outside to
enjoy more Fall Festival activities the
children enjoyed going to the different
Fairy Tale booths. There were "Three
Little Pig" potato shack races, the
"Seven Dwarfs" races, "Wizard of Oz"
obstacle course, "Humpy Dumpy" egg
races, pin the buttons on the "Ginger
Bread Man," and find the "Golden
Egg." All the booths where a huge
success and quite fun.
Mark Guckian,
Board Chair, Wins
2012 Leader of
the Year
We are very proud to
say our Board Chair
won the 2012 Center
for Non-Profit Dallas
Leader of the Year
award. We thank
him for his leadership
and dedication to the
children at Mi Escuelita
Preschool.
The early care and education industry is economically important—often much larger in terms of employees
and revenues than other industries that receive considerable government attention and investment.
Fire Dept at Bethany
Career Day at St Matthew’s
Presidential Elections at Cockrell HIll
2012 Classroom Activities
• A
t Cockrell Hill we celebrated Diez y Seis de Septiembre by showing the children the culture
of Mexico with the type of clothes worn, food eaten, music and dances, the flag and where
Mexico is located on the map.
• Dallas Firefighters visited the Bethany site and discussed and shared fire safety with the
children. They practiced a fire drill, learned to “Stop”, “Drop” and “Roll” when clothes are on
fire and how to call 911. They were also given the opportunity to get inside the fire truck and
sound the sirens.
• The children at St. Matthew’s learned about careers and what they wanted to be when they
grow up. On Friday they dressed up in the careers representing what they wanted to be, we
had nurses, firefighters, and police officers.
• Texas Instruments visited Buckner and put on an awesome Science Fair wowing our children.
They did several fun experiments with the children including "Goobly Gak," mixing different
liquids, how the sun can produce heat when coming through a magnifying glass and the
favorite, Mentos being adding to soda pop this mixture turns the soda pop into an erupting
volcano for a minute.
• Children at our Cockrell Hill location participated in the presidential election. The children
were very passionate about their selection, and were telling everyone in the hallway they
were voting for Obama or Romney.
Access to available and affordable choices of early childhood learning
programs helps working parents fulfill their responsibilities.
Science Fair at Buckner
Diez y Seis de Septiembre
Celebration
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