Latino Educational Achievement Partnership empowers Durham Children to achieve academic success by providing a high-quality, culturally affirming, dual-language preschool and on-going support through 8th Grade.
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Jingle Bell LEAP
December 7th, 2024 at 9am
Miracle League Field, Durham
Annual Report 2023-2024
Summary
Nuestra Escuelita - PreK Summary
Enrollment: 48 students (ages 3-4) engaged in a project-based bilingual curriculum; 45 completed the year.
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Kindergarten Readiness: 90% of students left with necessary skills for kindergarten, despite only 15% starting at average levels.
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Demographics: 96% identified as Latinx; 93% were Medicaid eligible.
Tutoring Expansion
One-on-One Support: Served 44 students (grades 1-7) with 26 volunteers.
New Interventions: Introduced evidence-based interventions (Learning A-Z, fluency support with Helping Education, and reading fundamentals training with Children's Literacy Project).
Teacher Development
Partnered with Durham Tech & NC Business Committee for Education to offer apprenticeships and scholarships for two preschool teachers pursuing associates degrees in early childhood education.
Recognized at the Governor's Mansion and the Smart Start conference for success in recruiting diverse educators.
Summer Camp
Offered three weeks of free/low-cost summer camp for 19 Latine students, focusing on nature-based enrichment and kindergarten readiness.
Language Justice
Collaborated with tilde Education Fund (WAVE) to enhance Language Justice practices.
Conducted workshops and interpreter training for staff and board members.
Developed interpretation and translation apprenticeships.
Fundraising
We set an ambitious goal for 2023-2024 to grow our budget to cover raising food and transportation costs and to pay a living wage to our staff. We successfully increased our revenue by 38%! One of the most important strategies to meet this goal has been to engage our school community in fundraising using culturally connected strategies. LEAP families raised over $6,000 this year!!
