Rio Hondo Education Consortium

L.E.A.R.N. WORKS TO ENCOURAGE A CULTURE OF LEARNING BY SECURING AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN AREAS OF NEED.

EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH: DURING THE PANDEMIC PROGRAMMING WAS MODIFIED TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES VIA A VIRTUAL REMOTE LEARNING FORMAT, AS WELL AS IN-PERSON, AS LOCAL COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS PERMITTED. AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGES IN PROGRAM DELIVERY, WE SERVED HALF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE SERVED PRE-PANDEMIC. WE SERVED 6,970 LOW-INCOME K-12 STUDENTS ACROSS 15 PUBLIC ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND 9 HIGH SCHOOLS FOR 180 DAYS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, 20 DAYS DURING THE SUMMER THROUGH THE ASPIRE AND PREP PROGRAMS. DAILY VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING WITHIN PREP AND ASPIRE WAS ALIGNED WITH SCHOOL DAY INSTRUCTION AND INCLUDED HOMEWORK HELP, ACADEMIC TUTORING, ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, PHYSICAL FITNESS ACTIVITIES, AND VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS. AS A RESULT OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATION IN OUR EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM, 60% OF STUDENTS REPORTED THE PROGRAM HELPED THEM TO LEARN SKILLS THAT WILL HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE, WHILE 64% OF PARTICIPANTS CONFIRMED THAT THE PROGRAM EXPOSED THEM TO A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THEY CANT DO ELSEWHERE. SIMILARLY, 79% OF STUDENTS INDICATED THE EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM PROVIDED THEM WITH A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN REMOTELY, WITH 72% REPORTING THEY FELT EXPANDED LEARNING STAFF REALLY CARED ABOUT THEM AND THEIR LEARNING. COLLECTIVELY, ACCORDING TO 70% OF STUDENTS, THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THE EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM BENEFITED THEM ACADEMICALLY AS IT HELPED THEM IMPROVE THEIR BEHAVIOR IN SCHOOL. PARENTS SIMILARLY NOTICED THAT THEIR CHILDS PARTICIPATION IN THE EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM PROVIDED THEM WITH MULTIPLE BENEFITS. FOR EXAMPLE, 87% OF PARENTS REPORTED THAT THEIR CHILD RECEIVED THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT THEY NEEDED IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH LED 82% OF PARENTS TO REPORT THAT THEY FELT THEIR STUDENTS GRADES HAD IMPROVED AS A RESULT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. PARENTS FOUND ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF THEIR CHILDS PARTICIPATION, AS 88% OF PARENTS REPORTED THEIR CHILD BECAME MORE CONFIDENT IN THEIR SKILLS AND ABILITIES AS A RESULT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 77% INDICATING THAT THEIR CHILD SHOWED MORE INTEREST IN GOING TO COLLEGE. ULTIMATELY, 93% OF PARENTS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER PARENT OR STUDENT, AS 92% OF PARENTS REPORTED THEIR CHILD ENJOYED ATTENDING THE PROGRAM. STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES: DUE TO THE ON-GOING PANDEMIC, PROGRAMMING REMAINED REMOTE FOR OUR IN-CLASS STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES VIA THE LEARNING CONTINUITY PROGRAM. DESPITE THIS LIMITATION, WE PROVIDED 28,766 POINTS OF SERVICE THROUGH THE LEARNING CONTINUITY PROGRAM ACROSS THREE CONTRACTED HIGH SCHOOLS DURING THE 2020-2021 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR. THE LEARNING CONTINUITY PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO INCREASE STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT BY PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY, RIGOROUS, AND ENGAGING TUTORING WITHIN STUDENTS VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS. ON AVERAGE, WE SERVED 291 STUDENTS EACH DAY ACROSS ALL THREE CONTRACTED HIGH SCHOOLS WHEN THE LEARNING CONTINUITY PROGRAM WAS IN OPERATION BETWEEN DECEMBER 2020 - JUNE 2021. ONE BENEFIT THAT STUDENTS INDICATED EMERGED FROM THEIR PARTICIPATION IN OUR EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAMS WAS A SENSE OF BELONGING. MORE SPECIFICALLY, 70% OF STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED OUR EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAMS INDICATED THEY FELT LIKE THEY BELONGED. AS A RESULT OF THIS SENSE OF BELONGING, AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR STAFF, AN AVERAGE OF 65% OF STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED OUR EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAMS STATED THEY FELT MORE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ACADEMIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES, WHICH RESULTED IN 66% OF STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED OUR PROGRAMS INDICATING THEY FELT SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL DESPITE LEARNING REMOTELY. SIMILARLY, 93% OF PARENTS INDICATED THEY WERE SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF SUPPORT SERVICES WE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE 2020-21 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.