Parenting & Family

Palo Alto Adult School parent participation preschool helps children and adults form lasting community connections. For more than 65 years, we have offered a preschool program organized primarily for parent education. Parents develop a deeper understanding of early childhood development and parenting skills through adult discussion classes, formal and informal observations, and community exchanges. The school provides children and their families a nurturing play-based curriculum helping children develop in all areas including creativity, cooperation, peaceful conflict resolution, positive communication, fine and gross motor skills and kindergarten readiness. Our unique participatory structure allows parents to be involved in their children’s preschool education. All classes are state supported.

PRESCHOOL FAMILY, 4120 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD

Winter 2012 CLASS AVAILABILITY

For Winter 2012 class availability, program information and registration, please visit our website: www.psf.pausd.org or call (650) 856-0833.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS IN THE FOLLOWING CLASSES:

Newborn (0-6 mos) class
Thursday preschool (9:30–11:30 a.m.)
Thursday evening parent meeting (2x/month)

6–12 months class
Monday preschool (9:30–11 a.m.)
Tuesday evening parent meeting (2–3x/month)

www.psf.pausd.org For program information and registration, call (650) 856-0833.

PreSchool Family is a parent education/participation program, serving families with children ages birth through 5 years. Children under the age of two attend one morning per week with a parent and the parents attend two evening classes per month. Two-year-olds attend two mornings per week, three-year-olds attend three mornings per week and four-year-olds attend four mornings per week. Parents work in the classroom one morning per week regardless of the age of their child and attend two afternoon or evening parent education classes per month.

COMMUNITY BASED ENGLISH TUTORING (CBET)

• A collaboration between Barron Park Elementary School and Palo Alto Adult School.
• Parents learn English in order to help their children be successful in school
• Parents from any Palo Alto school may attend
• For more information, call (650) 324-8986

PARENT PROJECT (Offered in English or Spanish)

Instructor: Palo Alto Police Department Staff
Information: Det. Dan Pojanamat, (650) 329-2274 Registration: In-person at Palo Alto Police Department (275 Forest Ave.) or download form at www.papd.org (Click on Community Involvement)

The Palo Alto Police Department, in partnership with the Palo Alto Adult School, offers the Parent Project. This national program was created for parents with strong-willed teens. Topics addressed include: school behavior, attendance and grades; reducing arguing and conflict; understanding why teens do what they do; identifying gang involvement; music and media influences; friendships and dating; and alcohol and drug use. Cost is $120 per person or $155 couple. Class size is limited to 20. Textbook: $35. A new 12-week series will begin in January 2012.

DreamCatchers – Cultivating a Community of Leaders in Education
VOLUNTEER AS A TUTOR

For more information visit: http://www.dreamcatchersyouth.org/index.php

DreamCatchers aims to promote educational equity, by enabling low-income students to succeed academically while inspiring a future generation of leaders to become personally committed to addressing issues in education. We achieve our goal by providing an effective educational intervention to low-income middle school students while cultivating a community of undergraduate learners and leaders in issues pertaining to education.

Throughout the one-and-a-half hour tutoring sessions, students work closely with personally matched tutors who cultivate strong mentoring relationships with the students throughout the school year. Program Director Carlos Guzman states, “DreamCatchers is unique to any other tutoring program because we strive to foster an environment where our students not only seek help with their homework, but also as a program where they can turn to for mentoring, for a community, and for empowerment.”

Palo Alto Adult School is proud to be a DreamCatchers community partner.