Chinatown Community Childrens Center

OUR MISSION IS TO PREPARE CHILDREN FOR KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND BY PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, ENSURING HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC STABILITY AND STRENGTHENING CULTURAL IDENTITY. WE FULFILL OUR MISSION BY OPERATING 2 CORE PROGRAMS THE CHILD DEVELOP & INTERVENTION PROJECT. OUR 84 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES (250 INDIVIDUALS) COMPRISE AN AT-RISK POPULATION, WITH 95% OF OUR CLIENTS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE; MANY ARE RECENT IMMIGRANTS AS WELL. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENTS ARE CHINESE-AMERICAN, OUR CLIENT POPULATION HAS GROWN DIVERSE AND NOW INCLUDES PERSONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HISPANIC, CAUCASIAN AND MIXED-RACE BACKGROUNDS. DELIVERING A BILINGUAL CURRICULUM TO A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY CONTRIBUTES TO THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE BROADER SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY. THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMTHE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS AN EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT FOSTERS READINESS FOR KINDERGARTEN. OUR GOAL IS TO ENGAGE CHILDREN AT A CRITICAL STAGE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND PROVID

ALL CHILDREN ARE ENTITLED TO A PRESCHOOL EDUCATION AS PER THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO POLICIES. CCCC HAS BEEN SUPPORTED FOR OVER TWO YEARS IN A ROW WHICH ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF OUR PROGRAM AND CREATES SUPPORT FOR ALL FOUR YEAR OLD PRESCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS YEAR, CCCC IS EXCITED TO IMPLEMENT THE INSTITUTE OF INTENTIONAL TEACHING WHICH WILL ENCOMPASS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT. THE OUTCOMES SOUGHT ARE AS FOLLOWS: CHANGING THE DYNAMICS OF INTERACTIVE TEACHING WITH CHILDREN, DEVELOPED DUAL LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, SYSTEMIC AND CONSISTENT IMPROVEMENT SOUGHT IN CHILDREN'S CRITICAL THINKING AND LEARNING AND ULTIMATELY IMPROVEMENT IN READINESS FOR KINDERGARTEN AND LIFE IN GENERAL. THIS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE AND A DELIBERATE DEEPENING OF OUR STAFF ABILITIES TO PROVIDE QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE PROMOTE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT BY PROVIDING INTERACTIVE BOOKS AND ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES TO ENGAGE LEARNING MOMENTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN LEISURE TIME.CCCC GRADUATIONOUR GRADUATING CLASS PERFORMED A CEREMONY WITH SEVERAL OF THEIR FAVORITE SONGS. THE GRADUATES PERFORMS THEIR MATRICULATION MARCH AND EVEN KEEP THEIR GRADUATION GOWNS AND CAPS AS MEMORABILIA. WE HAVE OVER 200 ATTENDEES WITH BEAMING GRANDPARENTS, ATTENTIVE SIBLINGS, PROUD PARENTS AS WELL AS DEDICATED STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. OUR JUNE GRADUATION FILED TRIP OUTSIDE OF SAN FRANCISCO IS ALSO A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CHILDREN.GRANDPARENTS IN THE CLASSROOMWE HAVE ADDED SEVERAL NEW EXPERIENCED GRANDPARENTS IN OUR DAILY ROUTINES AS THEY ADD THEIR EXPERIENCE, RICHNESS AND RESPECT IN THE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES. I CAN HEAR THE ECHO OF THE CHILDREN WELCOMING THE GRANDPARENTS AS WELL AS A CHORUS OF BYE-BYE GREETINGS TO THE PAU-PAU AND GUNGGUNGS AS THEY LEAVE THEIR SHIFT, THEY ARE A WELCOME AND APPRECIATED MATURE INTERGENERATIONAL ASSET THAT WE HAVE ADDED THIS YEAR. IN FACT IN THE NEW AMERICAN MEDIA SITE, ONE OF OUR GRANDPARENTS WAS INTERVIEWED ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND EXPECTATIONS IN OUR CENTER.