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List of Hispanic Churches/Spanish Services [by alphabetical order] Annunciation Church Iglesia de la Anunciacin 1754 Norton Street Rochester, NY 14609 Sbados: 4:15 p.m. Domingos: 10:30 a.m. First Spanish Baptist Church 1401 Dewey Ave. Rochester NY 14613 (585)254-6290 First Spanish Church (The Nazarene) 99 Stonewood Ave. Rochester NY 14616 (585)288-6410 www.nazarene.org First Unitarian Church of Rochester NY 220 Winton RD. Rochester NY 14610 (585)271-9070 www.rochesterunitarian. org Iglesia Cristiana Eden 835 North St Rochester NY 14621 Pastor Hilario Rodriguez 585-737-5814 Iglesia de Cristo Misionera 1492 Clifford Ave. Rochester NY 14609 (584)288-2730 Iglesia Evangelica Discipulos de Jesucristo 8 Ernst St. Roc NY 14621 (585) 467-2179 Pastor: Rev. Juan Dvila Services: Domingos 10:00 am y Jueves 7:00 pm Web site: www.pichny.org Facebook: Discipulos de JesuCristo Iglesia La Luz del Mundo 200 Child St. Rochester NY (585)235-7680 www.lotvc.org Iglesia Metodista Unida Emmanuel 925 Joesph Ave Rochester NY 14605 (585)467-2455 Iglesia Pentecostal Cristiana Misionera,Inc. 519-523 North Street, Rochester, NY 14605 (585)325-6670/ (585)503-1118 Iglesia Santidad Pentecostal 939 N. Clinton Ave. Rochester NY 14621 Ministerios Ciudad de Refugio 1167 St. Paul St. Rochester NY 14621 (585)454-2330 www.cdrny.org Our Lady of the Americas Church Iglesia Nuestra Seora de las Amricas 864 East Main Street Rochester, NY 14605 Domingos: 9:00 a.m. y 10:30 a.m. Parish Office/Saint Michael Church Oficina Parroquial 124 Evergreen Street Tel. 585-325-4041 Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. website: www.sfxcrochester.org Primera Iglesia Pentecostal 159 Alexander St. Rochester NY 14607 (585)454-6848 River Citychurch 875 E. Main Street @ The Auditorium Center Rochester NY 14605 Pastor: David Valle (585)305-2093 Website: www.rccroc.com www.facebook.com/rivercitychurchny Rochester Christian Church Ministries 3177 Lyell Rd. Rochester NY 14606 (585)247-4444 www.rccm.org Spanish Seventh Day Adventist 47 Oakman St. Rochester NY 14605 (585)454-2447 www.adventist.org Saint Michael Church/Iglesia San Miguel 689 North Clinton Avenue Rochester, NY 14605 Domingos: 11:30 a.m. y 4:00 p.m. St. Stanislaus Church/Latin Mass 34 St. Stanislaus St. Rochester NY 14621 (585)234-0204 www.uavoce.org
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Ethnic studies key to preserving Hispanic heritage

By John Benson Hispanic Heritage Month highlights the contributions of Latino Americans along with celebrating their culture. While the annual observance is important, on a larger scale such achievement and commemorations take place every day in school district and college ethnic studies programs across the country. My preference would be ethnic studies would never be necessary, Northern Arizona University Assistant Professor Politics & International Affairs Stephen A. Nuo, PhD told VOXXI. It would be integrated in the normal curriculum of any school district and particularly school districts that serve Hispanics. have a growing need as demographics change. Ethnic studies key in preserving Hispanic heritageThis notion may be However, there are pockets around cherished within the Latino community, the nation where students, due to but Nuo points out theres a larger lack of funds or a by calculated effort argument to be made regarding ethnic from district leaders, are devoid of studies programs that should end Latino ethnic studies. Such systematic the discussion about whether such ignorance infuriates Nuo. More curriculum offers any benefits to the so, the lack of such curriculum is a general public. detriment to not only Latino students but Latino culture. Nuo said the single biggest proponent in favor of Latino students learning The reason why its necessary is about their culture is a 2012 University because those curriculums dont of Arizona study, which was originally prioritize or dont integrate that commissioned by an anti-Mexicanhistory that speaks to Hispanics, American studies group. Nuo said. So were left without any discussion, dialogue, exploration of The report showed that Mexicanour past. Hispanics have been here and American studies not only helped are amongst the earliest members to students to improve and get conquer this country and explore and better results with graduation and establish colonies and cities. college entrance but it also had an improvement in subjects you wouldnt How ethnic studies affect Latino think it would, like math and science, students Nuo said.
barrier for Hispanics. If youre Hispanic and most of your family and history comes from the south Mexico and all of the cultural rituals used are based on Europeans or East Coast migration, thats really only half the story of the country. Ethnic studies and Hispanic heritage
Finally, Nuo has high hopes the notion of ethnic studies will remain a priority within the Latino community. He feels this is especially true during Hispanic Heritage Month. Its important that we recognize the contributions that all people make to this country, Nuo said.
Especially how in our country for way too long the story of Latinos has been ignored. In many times and many ways, its been purposely kept from Latinos themselves, so having Hispanic Heritage Month allows the children, our kids and even many At the most basic level, Hispanic ethnic So giving people a greater sense adults, to rediscover who we are and More and more, theres at least a studies programs allow individuals to of pride in themselves has an our contribution to the greater good of kind of awareness where this history better understand their culture, ideals, immense impact on how people learn. this country. is being ignored, Nuo said. Also, we heroes and struggles. Historically, this has been a huge Over the past three decades, Nuo feels interest in ethnic studies programs have increased as a direct result of diversifying faculty, which in turn affected the decision-making process at the local level.
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Estudio: 15% de la juventud en EEUU no hace nada

Por PHILIP ELLIOTT WASHINGTON (AP) _ Casi 6 millones de jvenes en Estados Unidos no estudian ni trabajan, segn un estudio dado a conocer el lunes. La coalicin tambin concluy que 49 estados han tenido un aumento en el nmero de familias que viven en la pobreza y 45 en el ingreso familiar medio baj el ao pasado. El poco positivo informe subraya el reto que enfrentan los jvenes ahora y pronostica que esos retos probablemente se acenten a medida que envejecen.
Eso es casi 15% del grupo de entre 16 y 24 aos, segn la coalicin The Opportunity Nation, que prepar el informe. En los primeros lugares de la lista de los estados que apoyan a sus jvenes Otros estudios han mostrado que los estn Vermont, Minnesota y Dakota jvenes que no estudian ni trabajan del Norte. En los ltimos lugares estn pierden la oportunidad de adquirir Nevada, Mississippi y Nuevo Mxico. las destrezas que necesitarn ms tarde en la vida. Sin esas experiencias, ``El destino de esos jvenes con tienen menos probabilidades de ganar demasiada frecuencia est marcado buenos sueldos y ms probabilidades por el lugar donde viven, dijo Charlie de ser una carga econmica en sus Mangiardi, quien trabaja para Year comunidades. Up, una entidad sin fines de lucro que capacita a jvenes y los ayuda a ``No es un grupo al que podamos encontrar empleo. dar por descontado. Necesitan una oportunidad, dijo Mark Edwards, ``No tenemos escasez de jvenes director ejecutivo de la coalicin de que necesitan una oportunidad, dijo negocios, grupos de inters social, Mangiardi. analistas polticos y organizaciones sin fines de lucro dedicados a mejorar la En algunas de las ciudades ms grandes movilidad econmica. del pas, como Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Filadelfia, Nueva York, ``La tendencia es verlos como almas Los Angeles, Atlanta y Riverside, perdidas, insalvables. Pero no es as. California, hay ms de 100.000 jvenes que no estudian ni trabajan, concluy Pero cambiar esa dinmica no ser el informe de The Opportunity Nation. fcil. ``Con frecuencia les falta capital
social en la vida, dijo Mangiardi. ``Hay muchos jvenes talentosos y motivados, leales y trabajadores. Pero ocurre que no los contratan, agreg.
Po eso Year Up invierte un ao en trabajar con graduados de secundaria para ensearles cosas como programacin informtica o reparacin de equipos, conocimientos que pueden usar cuando el programa concluye. Ms de 4.500 jvenes de zonas urbanas han ``Muchas veces no queremos mirar completado el programa y 84% han las cifras porque no queremos encontrado trabajo. deprimirnos, dijo Rob Denson, presidente de la institucin de estudios Pero la situacin es mucho ms difcil Des Moines Area Community College para otros. en Iowa. En Mississippi y Virginia Occidental, Pero es una realidad incmoda que uno de cada 5 jvenes no estudia ni necesita una solucin, dijo. trabaja, y la proporcin es mayor en los
vecindarios ms antiguos. Mississippi tiene una tasa de desempleo de 8%, y Virginia Occidental aproximadamente 7%. Como la mayora de los estados, han visto caer el desempleo desde 2011, pero los investigadores sealan que el cambio puede deberse a que menos personas buscan trabajo y ms sencillamente han abandonado la idea de encontrar trabajo.
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Study: 15 percent of US youth out of school, work

WASHINGTON (AP) Almost 6 million underscores the challenges young young people are neither in school nor adults face now and foretell challenges working, according to a study released they are likely to face as they get older. Monday. A young persons community is often Thats almost 15 percent of those aged closely tied to his or her success. The 16 to 24 who have neither desk nor job, Opportunity Nation report tracked according to The Opportunity Nation 16 factors Internet access, college coalition, which wrote the report. graduation rates, income inequality and public safety among them and Other studies have shown that idle identified states that were doing well young adults are missing out on a for its young people. window to build skills they will need later in life or use the knowledge they Topping the list of supportive states acquired in college. Without those are Vermont, Minnesota and North experiences, they are less likely to Dakota. At the bottom? Nevada, command higher salaries and more Mississippi and New Mexico. likely to be an economic drain on their communities. Their destiny is too often determined by their ZIP code, said Charlie This is not a group that we can write Mangiardi, who works with Year Up, a off. They just need a chance, said nonprofit that trains young adults for Mark Edwards, executive director of careers and helps them find jobs. the coalition of businesses, advocacy groups, policy experts and nonprofit We have the supply. We dont have organizations dedicated to increasing a lack of young people who need this economic mobility. The tendency is to opportunity, Mangiardi added. see them as lost souls and see them as unsavable. They are not. Just look at some of the nations largest cities. Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Miami, But changing the dynamic is not going Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, to be easy. Atlanta and Riverside, Calif., all have more than 100,000 idle youth, the The coalition also finds that 49 states Opportunity Nation report found. have seen an increase in the number of families living in poverty and 45 states Often times they lack the social capital have seen household median incomes in life, Mangiardi said. Theres a fall in the last year. The dour report whole pool of talent that is motivated,
loyal and hardworking. They just cant schools other factors Opportunity get through an employers door, he Nation examined in its report. added. A lot of times we dont want to look Thats why Year Up spends a year at data because we dont want to be working with high school graduates depressed, said Rob Denson, president to teach them career skills such as of Des Moines Area Community College computer programming or equipment in Iowa. repair they can use when the program ends. It also includes life coaching But its an uncomfortable reality that so they can learn skills such as time needs to be addressed, he said. management. More than 4,500 young adults from urban areas have Using previous years reports from completed the program and 84 percent Opportunity Nation, Denson helped of them have found work. rally community organizations in his city to develop a pilot program to help But its a far tougher time for other students as young as 14 find summer young people. work. In Mississippi and West Virginia, 1 in 5 young people are idle higher than their older neighbors. Mississippi has an overall unemployment rate of 8 percent, while West Virginia posts about 7 percent. Like most states, they saw their unemployment rate fall since 2011, but researchers caution that shift could come from fewer residents looking for work and from more who had simply given up their search for jobs. When we got the index, it really allowed us to use it as a rallying point for all of the community-based organizations we work with to say, Look, this is what the world sees when they look at Iowa, he said.
And its not as though the challenges emerge from nowhere. Quality early If theyre not in school or at work, childhood programs help students Denson said, theyre not usually doing from poor families overcome societal something positive. hurdles, and on-time high school graduation rates often follow quality
Starting next summer, Des Moines students will be placed in paying jobs, part of a citywide collaboration to help its urban communities. It will help older adults, as well, because crime rates are expected to fall, he said.
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Ray Suarezs Latino Americans: Education is real issue for Hispanics

Hispanic Heritage Month is currently being celebrated on PBS NewsHour with senior correspondent Ray Suarez presenting the three-part PBS series Latino Americans. Instead of becoming an alienated, pissed off, detached and angry country within a country, these 53 million Americans have taken the punches and instead kept on pushing to continue to demonstrate that they are full Accompanying the documentary is shareholders in the American dream, Suarezs new book of the same title, Suarez said. Its just a great thing. which examines more than 500 years of Hispanic culture in North America. Today, Suarez said the story during Hispanic Heritage Month that gets the This is American history but its headlines is immigration; however, the American history in a way perhaps story thats the hot issue for Latino youve never been taught, Suarez told Americans involves education. VOXXI. Latinos have been an integral part of American history, since the first He said for too long the Hispanic days of the country. Its all our history, student has been receiving a secondwhether youre Latino or not, as long rate education. as youre American. Suarez, a Brooklyn, New York-raised While working on Latino Americans, Puerto Rican, discussed in detail the Suarez said he became inspired by the education tragedy involving Latino plight and resilience of diverse groups Americans, pointing to the fact 1 out of of Hispanics in the country. 10 Hispanics aged 25 to 64 have a fouryear degree. Whether it was Mexicans in the southwest, Cubans in South Florida, However, he points to recent changes Central Americans in Texas, and in the conversation regarding educating Dominicans and Puerto Ricans in New Latinos, which the Census Bureau York City, each group never stopped projects will represent more than 22 pushing ahead for opportunity and percent of the population in 2040. equality. America should now be on notice that actually everybody has something at stake, Suarez said. Suarez said research and data confirms Latino students, often in underOnce youre talking about a performing schools, tend to do better people thats currently one out of six at not only history but all of the other Americans, if theyre not doing well subjects if they study Hispanic heritage. in school and being trained to a very high standard so they can become Family Barriers productive and highly paid workers, this is just going to be a poorer country Looking ahead, Suarez points to the and a smaller tax base. There will be investment of the family to help kids less ability to support the largely white reach the finish line as integral for group of retirees thats breaking like future success of Latino Americans. a tidal wave on American now. This is going to be a poor country in 40 years if A lot of teachers say that they had we dont change. Its as simple as that. trouble engaging families, Suarez said. Theres often language difficulties and Change is needed for Latino students parents who werent able to get a lot of education themselves and feel they Hispanic Heritage Month provides are not welcome or not fully integrated advocates plenty of exposure into the schools and thus able to help regarding needed changes to the further their childrens education. So education system to better serve Latino schools and families have to become Americans. closer partners so when there is trouble families are on the same side of Hispanic History the teacher in getting it addressed and getting the kids help they need. One area that Hispanic leaders say needs to change is this myopic College Graduation position taken by some school districts blatantly ignoring Latino history. This Studies show more Latinos students are has an understated negative impact on enrolling in college but still lag behind students. when it comes to college graduation. contd on next page
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Ray Suarezs Latino Americans: Education is real issue for Hispanics...from previous page
in Americas colleges, Suarez said. We have to stop this terrible tendency of Latino young adults to go to forprofit colleges and not finish. So they take on debt to pay tuition and end up in the worst of all possible worlds: no credential and no acceleration that you get from having the credential that will help you earn the money to pay off the debt. Its a terrible situation, and thousands of families and Latino young College Debt adults are trapped in that cycle. Hispanic Heritage Month and future of Sure, Suarez said college debt is a Latino Americans real problem but during Hispanic Heritage Month he highlights students Suarez uses Hispanic Heritage Month not properly prepared for a post- to talk about realistic goals when it secondary education, which in turns comes to the next major steps Latino creates a financial nightmare for Latino Americans should expect in the Americans. decades to come Suarez said, Some schools where black and brown kids are disproportionately clustering have terrible graduation rates and that means either that their high school didnt prepare them for college work or the colleges are letting them down by not taking an interest in providing what they need to be able to graduate. We need to not only increase the number of diplomas were issuing but raise the rate in a way that says more kids are leaving high school ready to do the kind of work assigned to freshman Closing the high school graduation rate between Latinos and other American students is not going to happen but in the short-term narrowing can happen, Suarez said. Make sure that more of those kids who cross the stage get their name announced, have a diploma put in their hand and are ready to do postsecondary work. That helps a
greater percentage of kids who will try college, do better and eventually get a credential that will help them support their families. Source: www.voxxi.com
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Bilingual education: Why gutting it hurts us all

Hispanic Heritage Month provides the perfect opportunity to explore how bilingual education positively or negatively affect our children. Despite study after study showing that bilingual education benefits students and communities, budget cuts and xenophobia nationwide have led to many dual-language programs being cut in Florida, Texas and California. Most recently, for example, the Irving Independence School District outside of Dallas gutted its program, which for years was championed by newly retired school board member Ronda Huffstetler. Specifically upsetting for her is that students can test out of mainly Spanishspeaking classes and attend Englishonly classes as early as second grade. Furthermore, the American Psychiatric Association reports children who grow up bilingual have an enhanced ability to process sounds and therefore are more likely to pay attention in a learning situation, while a study from Northwestern University showed the same children have reduced levels of anxiety, loneliness and poor selfesteem. Limiting bilingual education adversely affects students Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences Translation, Outreach, and Education Director Sarah Roseberry Lytle told VOXXI that research clearly shows the benefits for English language learning students in bilingual-focused curriculum. She pointed out thats not always been the case, with needed myth-debunking recently taking place. student who still has a lot of needs to communicate in Spanish may prefer to be perceived as an English speaker and communicate only in English without having all of their education needs met. Educational Advancement Cornish said there is conflicting research regarding how long it takes a child to acquire another language. The general idea most people accept is a child becomes proficient socially and can communicate like other children in formal situations in about three to five years. So how does this relate to bilingual education? Academic language takes five to seven years to develop, Cornish said. There are some questions whether it takes much longer for a child to catch up with the academic English and the complex language they need in the classroom. So why thats important is during this time when they are not communicating language at the same level as their monolingual peers, theres a potential for them to be missing out on curriculum, and especially with Common Core standards that are coming out where all of our children will be judged uniformly. Spanish speaking students arent going to have the same access if all the instruction is in English. Family While immigrant or first generation parents want their children to assimilate, Cornish said hes seeing more families where children are dropping their home language. Ive had tearful conversations with parents who are saying, Im losing the ability to communicate with my child, what do I do? Cornish said. Thats kind of a hard thing to address. There are a lot of social pressures involved in that that none of us can really control. Health A recent University of Kentucky College of Medicine study has researchers believing more reserve brainpower, enhanced by being bilingual from an early age, helps protect against memory losses caused by Alzheimers and dementia. Source: www.voxxi.com
If you knock them out in the third A lot of people, even pediatricians, grade, before theyre ready, youll see used to be worried that speaking more scores sink rapidly, Huffstetler said. than one language to a child was going to confuse them, Lytle said. But we Director of Clinical Services for Bilingual know now more than ever thats not Therapies Nate Cornish told VOXXI the the case, and in fact, there may be reasoning behind limiting bilingual advantages of bilingualism. education is flawed. Benefits of bilingual education at a He said, Were finding from an glance educators perspective, kids who are Some of the benefits of bilingual in more of immersion type bilingual education can also be explained by programs tend to catch up to their exploring how Spanish-speaking English speaking peers, and at the students immersed in English language same time they seem to have greater studies only struggle: access to the curriculum because theyre receiving instruction in their Cognitive Ability native language while theyre learning In a nutshell, this involves brain English. activity and flexibility at it relates to For Spanish-speaking kids, bilingual mathematics, problem solving, logic education will help them adapt better and memory. Unprepared Latino and faster to the curriculum and the students in English-only classes can culture, and for English-speaking experience stunted cognitive ability children, it will develop cognitive growth. flexibility among many other benefits. Solving math problems is a great The fools argument against benefits of example of one way to employ your bilingual education flexibility thinking skills because you Proponents cite a mindset that have to think about different ways you bilingual education in schools with might solve a problem, in the same English speakers naturally being the way if youre growing up in a bilingual overall goal is akin to expecting a household you need to think of child to learn a musical instrument by different words, Lytle said. And if you playing sports. cant activate a word in one language, you need to think of a different way to However, theres overwhelming describe the word. research that suggests skeptics are employing the wrong analogy. Social/Emotional Through his studies, Cornish said A more apt comparison involves playing students from communities where the piano in relationship to learning Spanish is valued possess a positive violin. Once a student has grasped self-image of themselves as Spanish the pianos musical foundation, the speakers and the Spanish communities knowledge provides an easy jump to they come from. Conversely, the the basics of the violin. opposite is true in school districts ignoring bilingual education and Similarly, studies show a Spanish- Hispanic heritage. speaking student benefits from continued study of home language as When I work with individuals who it relates to becoming skilled English come from communities where speakers thus being bilingual over Spanish is seen as a less prestigious time. language and not really valued, this can cause social issues, Cornish said. A
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El Director de Desarrollo Juvenil del Departemento de Educacin de la Ciudad de Rochester Dice que 3000 Nios Fuera de la Escuela Cada Da es Inaceptable
Por Delani Weaver Hay 30.000 estudiantes actualmente matriculados en el Distrito Escolar de Ciudad de Rochester (RCSD). Cada da, hay miles de estudiantes que no van a la escuela. Aunque eso puede no parecer gran problema comparado con 30.000 estudiantes, sin embargo, cuando miras las muy bajas puntuaciones de exmenes y las tasas de graduacin del RCSD, la pregunta es cunto realmente Underwood, dijo han habido varios afecta ir a la escuela y estar en la clase estudios que muestran cmo dichos resultados, o falta de ello. el absentismo puede daar la probabilidad de que un estudiante Jerome Underwood, el director de los se grade a tiempo o no se grade. servicios a la familia y desarrollo juvenil El objetivo del distrito es tener un esta impulsando una iniciativa para promedio de asistencia diaria al 95 por que los nios vayan y se mantengan en ciento. la escuela. No es razonable pensar que todo el Es un gran problema para nosotros. El mundo va a estar ah todos los das, ao pasado, tuvimos una mejora en lo dijo Underwood. A veces no queremos que llamamos promedio de asistencia nios en la escuela porque estn diaria. Fuimos de, en 2011-2012, 87.7 enfermos y son contagiosos. Nuestra por ciento promedio asistencia diaria a meta es tener el promedio de asistencia 89.4 por ciento. Es donde terminamos el ao escolar, el ao pasado. Ahora con 30,000 estudiantes registrados, si estamos en un 89.4 porciento, eso deja a un 11 porciento fuera de la escuela, de ah es que ustedes me escuchan decir que hay 3000 nios que no vienen a la escuela todos los das. Es un numero asombroso. Es un lugar inaceptable para estar. diaria al 95 por ciento. Ahora, tenemos varias escuelas primarias por arriba de la media de 90 por ciento. La escuela secundaria esta en los 80. Es una meta muy difcil, pero estamos poniendo altas expectativas porque sabemos que es una de las cosas principales que va a ayudar a mejorar el logro estudiantil. la escuela diez por ciento o ms las probabilidades de que graduarse a tiempo bajan significativamente. Segn las investigaciones de Underwood, en el ao escolar 20122013, ms de 14.000 estudiantes faltaron 10 das o ms, justificada o injustificadamente. 7.000 estudiantes El absentismo es analizado en dos perdieron 20 das o ms. categoras. El ausentismo crnico es descrito como un estudiante que falta Es muy difcil ponerse al da. As que 10 por ciento a la escuela, justificado hay una correlacin directa entre eso o no. El absentismo grave es haber y el logro. Por eso estamos tratando perdido un 20 por ciento de la escuela, de tener a todos los estudiantes en la justificado o no. Esto no incluye las escuela, todos los das. Tenemos que vacaciones, das de clima severo o das crear la conciencia all afuera. mandatorios del distrito escolar. Underwood dijo que estos no son Hay, en promedio, 180 das escolares. slo los estudiantes de secundaria Si se ausenta 10 por ciento de 180 que representan estos altos nmeros. das son 18 das. De 10 meses del ao Es en todos los grados. Tenemos escolar, prcticamente se han perdido un nmero significativo de nuestros dos das al mes. Es ausentismo crnico. estudiantes de la escuela primaria de Si se ausenta 20 das de escuela, es Knder, primero, segundo, tercero y un mes de escuela. Si se ausenta de cuarto grado que se encuentran en esa
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poblacin. Para m, si esta en uno de esos grados que acabo de mencionar, no hay ausentismo. Hay un problema con los adultos, que no permite a nuestros alumnos venir a la escuela. Nuestras familias, por desgracia, enfrentan algunos desafos importantes por lo que sabemos. Hay problemas que estn enfrentando y estn haciendo algo, no todos, pero algunos de los adultos en el hogar estn paralizados. Abuso domstico, uso de drogas y alcohol, problemas de salud mental, encarcelamiento y falta de vivienda son solo algunos de los motivos que explican por qu tantos nios faltan todos los das de escuela, segn Underwood. l y su equipo estn tratando de conectar a las familias que estn teniendo problemas con las agencias que estn disponibles para proporcionar la ayuda que necesitan. Los adultos estn enfrentando estos problemas y tienen efecto en los nios. Si nos van a desalojar maana y estoy corriendo intentando averiguar dnde vamos a vivir, es altamente probable que mi enfoque no va a ser mandar a mis hijos a la escuela. As que lo que
Graph as of so far this year. Red = less than 90% Green = 90% - 92.9 % Yellow = 93% & above estamos haciendo con nuestra iniciativa de asistencia, estamos trabajando mucho ms cercano con varias agencias en Rochester. Agencias como Autoridad de Vivienda de Rochester, Alternativas para Mujeres Maltratadas, United Way, Liga Urbana, Accin para una Mejor Comunidad, Boys and Girls Club, Ibero y Big brother, Big Sisters. Estamos tocando puertas buscando a los chicos. Cuando las puertas se abren escuchamos una serie de cosas que son temas mayormente de adultos. Lo que queremos hacer, nosotros siendo el distrito escolar, queremos ser capaces de referir a nuestras familias a cualquier agencia con la que su historia se alinee ; de manera que podamos decir escucha, queremos enviar a Jerome a la escuela para que pueda continuar a su educacin, mientras lidiamos simultneamente con lo que se trata el problema.
RCSD Youth Development Director Says 3300 Kids Out of School Every day is Unacceptable
y Delani Weaver probability of a student graduating on the odds of you graduating on time go time or at all. The districts goal is to down significantly. There are 30,000 students currently have average daily attendance at 95 enrolled in the Rochester City School percent. According to Underwoods research, in District (RCSD). Every day, there are the 2012-2013 school year, over 14,000 thousands of students who dont go to Its not reasonable thinking that students missed 10 days or more, school. Although that may not seem like everyones going to be there every whether excused or unexcused. 7,000 huge issue when compared to 30,000 day, Underwood said. Sometimes we students missed 20 days or more. students, however, when you look at dont want kids at school because they RCSDs terribly low exams scores and are ill and they are contagious. Our goal Its very hard to catch up. So theres graduation rates, the question is how is to have average daily attendance a direct correlation between that and much does actually going to school and at 95 percent. Right now, we have achievement. Thats why were trying being in class account for these results, several elementary schools above the to have every student in school, every or lack thereof. 90 percent average. High school is in day. We have to get the awareness out the 80s. Its a very challenging goal there. Jerome Underwood, the districts but were setting high expectations senior director for Youth Development because we know that is one of the Underwood said these are not just and Family Services is pushing an primary things thats going to aid and high school students that account for initiative to get kids in school and keep improve student achievement. these high numbers. Its across the them in school. board. We have significant numbers Absenteeism is analyzed by two of our elementary school kids from Its a big issue for us. Last year, we had categories. Chronic absenteeism kindergarten, first, second, third an improvement in what we call average is described as a student missing and fourth grade who are in that daily attendance. We went from, in 10 percent of school, excused or population. For me, if you in one of 2011-2012, 87.7 percent average daily unexcused. Severe absenteeism is those grades I just mentioned, youre attendance to 89.4 percent. Thats having missed 20 percent of school, not being truant. Theres an adult where we ended the school year, excused or unexcused. This does not issue, thats not allowing our students last year. Now with a 30,000 student include holidays, severe weather days to come to school. enrollment, if were at 89.4 percent, or district mandated school days off. that leaves 11 percent not at school, Our families, unfortunately, face thats where youll hear me say, theres Theres, on average, 180 school days. some significant challenges as far as 3000 kids who dont come to school Missing 10 percent of that 180 days is we know. There are issues that theyre every day. Its an astonishing number. 18 days. 10 months out of the school facing that are rendering some, not all, Its an unacceptable place to be. year, pretty much youve missed but some of the adults in the home two days a month. Thats chronic paralyzed. Underwood said there have been absenteeism. If you miss 20 days of several studies showing how school, thats a month of school. If you Domestic abuse, drug and alcohol absenteeism can damage the miss ten percent of school or more, abuse, mental health issues, 15 octubre - 15 noviembre 2013 - www.RochesterLaVoz.com 11 incarceration and homelessness are just a few of the reasons that account for why so many children are missing every day from school, according to Underwood. He and his team are trying to connect the families that are having problems with the agencies that are available to provide the help they need. The adults are facing these issues and it has a trickledown effect on the kids. If were getting evicted tomorrow and Im running around trying to figure out where were going to live, its a highly likely that my focus isnt going to be getting my children to school. So what were doing with our attendance initiative, we are working much closer with a lot of the agencies in Rochester. Agencies such as Rochester Housing Authority, Alternatives for Battered Women, United Way, Urban League, Action for a Better Community, Boys & Girls Club, Ibero and Big Brother, Big Sisters. Were going out knocking on doors looking for kids. When those doors open were hearing a number of things that are largely adult issues. What we want to do, we being the school district, we want to be able to refer our families to whichever agency their story aligns with so we can say listen, we want you to send little Jerome to school so he can continue to be educated, while simultaneously dealing with whatever the issue is.
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FINANCES & ME
El noviazgo y luego los cimientos de una relacin matrimonial son etapas muy importantes en la vida de un ser humano. No obstante, desde temprano hay planificar, Omayra Collazo Almodvar que proyectar y evaluar cmo ser el curso financiero de esa nueva etapa de vida conyugal. Tener dilogos abiertos sobre las finanzas desde el noviazgo nos ayudara a llevar una relacin saludable, pues el trasfondo financiero de nuestra pareja como el nuestro, tendrn un impacto significativo en las finanzas del hogar que se va a incorporar.
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De otra parte, se debe establecer un plan sobre cmo se van a manejar futuras situaciones que podran presentarse como una herencia, indemnizacin o compensacin, si aplicara el caso. En muchas ocasiones las personas desconocen de procesos importantes como lo son los arreglos pre-nupciales y sus beneficios, orintese. Sin dejar atrs los testamentos, los cuales se pueden realizar en cualquier momento durante el matrimonio para beneficio del patrimonio tanto del viudo(a), y sus herederos. Una vez se comience una vida conyugal es recomendable mantener actualizado sus beneficiarios en caso de poseer plizas de seguros, de incapacidad o jubilacin. De esta manera ante cualquier eventualidad su familia y cnyuge tengan accesible todos los beneficios que apliquen, segn el caso. Entre otros asuntos, evaluar cmo se manejaran las cuentas bancarias de forma conjunta o individual, las tarjetas, prstamos, inversiones, ahorros u otros compromisos financieros es imprescindible. Tenga en cuenta que divulgar con su pareja esta informacin no pretende invadir su privacidad al contrario, es una forma o punto de partida para comenzar a evaluar y proyectar desde la perspectiva financiera el curso a seguir con bases solidificadas. El tema del dinero resulta ser uno de los temas en muchas ocasiones ms difciles de manejar para muchas parejas y a su vez, es una de las principales causales de divorcio. La base del matrimonio constituye confianza, sinceridad, honestidad y comunicacin, en todos los aspectos donde el financiero es uno de los principales. Tmese el tiempo con su pareja para planificar su vida conyugal y financiera con una buena comunicacin y asesora profesional, esto le ayudara a tomar buenas decisiones en el futuro.
Empecemos una relacin matrimonial con finanzas saludables

dinero, su capacidad de pago, nivel de endeudamiento, crdito, como maneja sus reservas de ahorro y contingencia. Como de igual forma, otros compromisos econmicos relacionados con pagos de manutencin, pensiones alimenticias y obligaciones como codeudor entre otros. Adems debemos conocer y dialogar sobre inversiones, fondos de retiro o jubilacin, planes de seguros, reservas, bonos y acciones que las partes tengan en custodia. Otro aspecto importante son los ingresos generados por ambos y como se manejaran los mismos en la carga del hogar; recuerde que la constitucin del hogar traer consigo otros compromisos econmicos que se sumaran a los ya existentes. Entre estos podramos mencionar la posible adquisicin de vivienda, planificacin de hijos, vacaciones, educacin continua, posible incapacidad de una de las partes, desempleo o enfermedad, Debemos conocer la forma en que entre otros. nuestra pareja administra y maneja el
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FINANCES & ME
The engagement process and setting a good foundation for your marriage relationship are important. However couples must plan and assess early for the financial course of this new stage of married life. Having open dialogue on finance from the engagement will help create healthy relationship, because the financial background of our partner, like ourselves, have a significant impact on household finances when they are incorporated. Its important to know how your partner administers and manages money, their ability to pay, their indebtedness, credit, and how they manage their savings or if they have a contingency reserve. Other financial commitments like child support, alimony or debts theyve co-signed are important. Moreover, couples should talk about investments , retirement or pension funds , insurance plans , reserves, bonds and stocks they may have . Another important aspect is how much money you both makeremember that the marriage will create other
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death. Among other things, evaluating how you handled your bank accounts, loans, investments, savings or other financial commitments together is essential. Please note that when your partner discloses this information it does mean an infringement on his/her privacy. On the contrary, it is a way to form a starting point to begin evaluating and projecting from a financial perspective the best way forward with a solidified base. The topic of money is one of the most difficult subjects for couples to handle and in turn is one of the main causes of divorce. The basis of marriage is trust, sincerity, honesty and communication in all aspects especially your finances. Take time with your partner to plan your financial married life with good communication and professional advice. This will help you make good decisions in the future.
Lets start a marriage relationship with healthy finances

financial commitments which will join existing ones. Among these we could mention the acquisition of housing, planning for children, vacations, continuing education, and other unforeseen things like unemployment or illness, among others. On the other hand, it is important to establish a plan on how you will handle future financial wind-falls like getting an inheritance, compensation or indemnification, if applicable the case. Many times couples are unaware of the legal implications of things like pre -nuptial agreements and benefits. Its also important to create a will, which can be performed at any time during the marriage for the benefit of both husband and wife and their heirs. Once you begin married life it is important to keep your beneficiaries updated on any insurance policies, disability and retirement benefits. This is important so that your family is familiar with what they need to do in the event of an unforeseen illness or
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Literary Cafe y Javier Moro con su libro: El Imperio Eres T

El intercambio cultural entre Brasil y Portugal al fusionarse gener un nuevo devenir histrico, que altero a su vez la dinmica histrica de otros pases de Europa y Amrica como Francia, Espaa, Uruguay y Argentina. El conocer la historia del acontecer en las diversas dimensiones de Amrica, nos hizo conscientes de los ingredientes de nuestra identidad y nos dio la oportunidad de conocer a la poblacin portuguesa-brasilea como a una pieza importante en el rompecabezas cultural. Los testimonios de los diferentes integrantes de El Cafecito Literario en cuanto a su conocimiento de la historia de la independencia de Brasil fueron interesantes ya que en algunos pases como Espaa y Argentina, la historia de Portugal-Brasil resulto una parte de los conocimientos bsicos de historia en sus aos escolares sin embargo en los lectores de Mxico y los Estados Unidos reportaron no haber revisado esa parte de la historia en su educacin C o n st i t u c i n elemental. de Brasil conocida como Esto nos deja ver una conceptualizacin una de las ms diferente de la realidad por parte de los liberales de su hispanos dependiendo esta del pas de poca. Muchos origen y la versin de la historia que lectores incluso se recibi en los primeros aos de a f i r m a r o n educacin. que esta C o n st i t u c i n Sin embargo libros de la talla de pudo haber El Imperio Eres T, son capaces de sido escrita por ofrecernos la posibilidad de unificar los masones, nuestros parmetros culturales aunque validada por Pedro I el primer mediante la literatura actual que emperador de Brasil, quien sin duda se expande en una gran diversidad dio especial atencin a Jos Bonifacio de pases, entre los que tambin se de Andrada e Silva, considerado el incluyen pases asiticos como China, patriarca de la independencia de Brasil. donde este libro fue premiado entre las mejores novelas extranjeras en el La novela da especial atencin a ao 2012. la vida de Pedro I de Brasil, su vida matrimonial y sus aventuras amorosas As fue como Javier Moro nos invit ilcitas. Tambin muestra como las a percatarnos de la presencia de luchas ideolgicas de aquel tiempo, los grupos masones y su influencia son y sern parte del ejercicio evolutivo en Pedro I de Brasil y IV de Portugal del presente poltico de cada pas. (1798-1834), quien implemento la
Este mes El Cafecito Literario emprendi un viaje al pasado de Brasil con la novela El Imperio Eres T de Javier Moro, escritor espaol, nacido en 1955. Esta aventura Diana Casais literaria como la denomina Javier Moro, nos llev a explorar la historia de uno de los pases con mayor diversidad racial de inmigrantes como ha ocurrido en los Estados Unidos y Canad. En esta historia novelada tuvimos la oportunidad de conocer el desarrollo de eventos como la independencia de Brasil as como parte de la historia de Portugal en la que en 1807, la familia real escapando de Napolen Bonaparte se traslad a Brasil donde permaneci por 13 aos, provocando as un cambio irreversible a la historia del mundo.
OPINION / EDITORIAL
Will Hispanics Kill the Republican Party?

Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain In my 23rd year, I met U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) at the University of Raoul Lowery Contreras Oregon. He signed my copy of his earthshaking book, CONSCIENCE Of a CONSERVATIVE. Being a Republican before I was a conservative however, I answered the call to arms of my former boss United States Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (RCA) to join the fight for the Republican 1964 Presidential nomination on the side of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. I was disappointed when the Goldwater wave overrode Governor Rockefeller for the nomination and further disappointed when Lyndon Baines Johnson overwhelmed Goldwater in November, 1964. The GOP was almost killed by the Democratic wave. with higher percentages among Puerto conceded hours before the polls closed Ricans and Dominicans than among in California, Oregon, Washington, Cubans and Mexican Americans. Will Hawaii and Alaska. that happen again? He did better in 1984. In 1988 George Most of the pundits are ultra-liberal H.W. Bush was elected President and writers/commentators of the mass carried forth the Reagan/Bush policies media. Then there is MSNBCs Chris for another 4 years. Mathews who apparently had an orgasm when Obama won in 2008 The Republican Party is not dead, (The thrill is tickling up my leg). though Democrat partisans wishfully insist that it is. Are they right? History tells us they are not. Republicans were routed in For example, the Democrat Latino 1932 but came back in 1938 when Decisions (LD) group of Hispanic they won 81 House seats and 6 new academics based at the University senators, and actually did so in 1952. of Washington has published their Republicans just missed in 1960 after 8 projections of a growing Latino years of President Eisenhower. electorate and how it feels now and will feel in the future if there is no After the Goldwater defeat, the GOP Comprehensive Immigration Reform was declared dead and buried but the (CIR). Despite the fact that it was GOP came roaring back just two years Democrats led by Harry Reid and later around the country and elected Barack Obama that torpedoed the Richard Nixon in 1968. 2006-7 Bush CIR proposal, Latino Decisions tells us that Latinos will The 1966 midterm elections were a blame Republicans even if Obama sits Republican romp just two years after on his hands and allows CIR to die. Goldwater was heavily defeated. 47 new Republican House members More importantly Latino Decisions were elected; 3 new senators, 8 new predicts growing Hispanic electorates governors including Ronald Reagan in their projections but insist on a (CA) and George Romney of Michigan static 25% of the Latino vote going and 700 new state legislators. Republican in their future scenarios. That, however, is a faulty assumption that destroys their conclusions of how Latinos will vote. They assume, wrongly, that the GOP Hispanic vote will remain at 25% despite the fact that the Hispanic Republican vote has approached 50 percent in past elections; i.e. Hispanic votes have been documented only since 1968. Their 25% is based on the Romney Hispanic vote of 2012. Belying that assumption are actual Hispanic votes cast for John McCain -- 31% and George W. is credited with 44% in 2004. No one knows how Hispanics voted in 1952 and 56 but we can guess that they voted for their Commanding General just like the rest of America did. The percentage is the key. But it is not when one uses a static 25% based on an outlier election result of 2012. We know this, since Hispanic votes have been counted and studied, each Republican that has earned 35% or more of the Hispanic vote has won the Presidency; that includes Nixon, Reagan, Bush I and Bush II. Can Republicans increase their Hispanic vote by a third more than Mitt Romney received in 2012? Fact: Hispanics hold two governorships (Brian Sandoval in Nevada, Susanna Martinez in New Mexico) and, one U.S. Senator named Marco Rubio. Do pundits and Latino Decisions think that more Hispanics wont vote Republican in 2016 if one of those three Hispanic political giants is on the Republican Presidential ticket? If they do, they are blind and/or consider Hispanics to be stupid. Contreras books are available at amazon.com
-------------------------------------Raoul Lowery Contreras (1941) was born in Mexico, raised in the USA. Former U.S. Marine, athlete, Deans List at San Diego State. Professional political consultant and California Republican Party official(1963-65)...Television news commentator, radio talk show host... published Op-Ed writer (1988 to present)... author of 7 books (as of 9-30-10).
The day after the election, pundits of Nixon was reelected by the greatest all sorts pronounced the Republican victory wave in the country since Party dead, dead forever. Franklin Roosevelt, a victory in 1972 even greater than Eisenhowers second Rest in Peace GOP, November 1964 I victory in 1956. was 23. Watergate came and the GOP stumbled Fifty years later, I am hearing the same but would have won the 1976 Election words about the Republican Party if President Gerald Ford had just being dead. More than 95%of Blacks received 10,000 more votes in Ohio. voted for Obama for racial reasons and that wont happen again. 73% or so of 1980 came and Ronald Reagans win Hispanics voted for Obama, as well, was so convincing that Jimmy Carter 16
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sus familias. Tener un lder local que realmente se preocupa por nuestros nios y sus familias, con ningn plan de irse con la prxima oferta, ha trado una estabilidad que se presta a la esperanza. La llamada a cambiar y a pensar fuera de convencionalismos, a veces parece simple, pero no es sencillo: alfabetizacin veinticuatro por siete; tiempo: asistencia, da extendido, tiempo fuera de la escuela, protegiendo el da educativo y hacer frente a la prdida de aprendizaje luizs A. perez en el verano; asociaciones: claras y entendidas, aprovechando los acadmicamente y en la vida est a recursos pblicos/privados; enfoque su alcance. Es la llegada de lderes transparente, honesto y justo en el del sector clave, reforzado por los logro del estudiante. movimientos de toda la comunidad y las iniciativas, ms reformas educativas Los movimientos y la iniciativa: existen claves y mejoras, que finalmente varias iniciativas locales moviendo podran resultar en lo que muchos de nuestra comunidad hacia el impacto nosotros hemos soado para los nios colectivo sobre el xito acadmico, de nuestra ciudad. matrcula universitaria y empleo acertado luego de la universidad. Liderazgo de servicio: Uno de los ROC el futuro ha estado ocupado ingredientes claves de esta tormenta trabajando conectando a la comunidad de esperanza es el liderazgo que con objetivos comunes basados en actualmente se est demostrando datos que abarcan de la cuna a la en los niveles ms altos del Distrito carrera. Una de sus primeras llamadas Escolar de la Ciudad de Rochester de toda la comunidad a la accin es la (RCSD por sus siglas en ingls). En todos campaa para la Lectura de Nivel de mis aos de asociacin con el RCSD Grado. La campaa es una colaboracin nunca he escuchado un mensaje ms de fundaciones, organizaciones no claro, ms convincente que se centre lucrativas, estados y comunidades en su cliente clave los estudiantes y enfocados en el predicador No.1 Por primera vez en mucho tiempo, me parece, que el deseo de la comunidad de ayudar a la mayora de nuestros estudiantes de la ciudad de Rochester para tener xito del xito escolar: lectura a nivel de tercer grado. Se estn desarrollando planes de accin adicional. En 2013, Rochester ser uno de quince sitios en todo el pas que sern el anfitrin de una cumbre de la comunidad de Grad Nation. Las cumbres sirven para acelerar el progreso de los Estados Unidos para alcanzar la meta de una tasa de graduacin nacional de 90 por ciento para el ao 2020. En 100 comunidades en todo el pas, dirigentes de empresas, organizaciones civiles y sin fines de lucro, gobiernos locales, escuelas pblicas, educacin superior, fundaciones y organizaciones religiosas se unirn con los padres y jvenes para desarrollar un plan para acelerar el progreso. United Way del rea de Rochester recientemente lanz su plan para el cambio y la financiacin alineada a l, bajo el rea de enfoque preparando nios para el xito, est buscando facilitar a los estudiantes tener mayor asistencia a la escuela, mejorar el rendimiento acadmico, asistencia regular a programas fuera del tiempo de la escuela, mayor bienestar socioemocional y fsico. Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association (la asociacin de aprendizaje en el verano de gran Rochester) un modelo de grados K - 8 que se est adoptando a nivel nacional, est facilitando enriquecimiento de verano de alta calidad en los campus universitarios. En los ltimos aos han comenzado programas en la Universidad de la Rochester, MCC, Nazareth College y SUNY Geneseo, con otras instituciones de enseanza superior considerando unirse al movimiento. Mejoras y reformas educativas: reformas claves como la adopcin de una base en comn, el que los estudiantes de RCSD tengan que tomar menos exmenes, la aplicacin del estado de una evaluacin docente consistente que trae la rendicin de cuentas y el recientemente aprobado contrato de maestros con mayor autonoma de la escuela y el potencial para las escuelas dirigidas por maestros - todos apuntan a la posibilidad de mayor rendimiento acadmico. As como el movimiento de las escuelas de la comunidad puede facilitar el aprovechamiento de todo lo que viene junto con la intencin de ayudar a nuestros nios. Algunos empresarios locales estn identificando las escuelas de la comunidad de mejores prcticas y xito y las estn persuadiendo a venir a Rochester en beneficio de nuestra comunidad. Hay mucho para tener esperanzas. Involcrese... apoye estos esfuerzos. Se lo debemos a los nios de nuestra comunidad... nos lo debemos a nosotros mismos.
The Perfect Storm of Hope is Brewing

For the first time in a long time, it seems to me, that the communitys desire of assisting a majority of our City of Rochester students to be successful academically and in life is within reach. Its the coming together of key sector leaders, bolstered by communitywide movements and initiatives, plus key educational reforms and improvements, that could finally result in what so many of us have dreamed about for the children of our fair city. Servant Leadership: One of the key ingredients to this storm of hope is the leadership currently being demonstrated at the highest levels of the Rochester City School District. In all of my years of partnering with the RCSD I have never heard a clearer, more compelling message focused on their key customer students and their families. To have a local leader who genuinely cares for our kids and their families, with no agenda of leaving at the next offer, has brought a stability that lends to hope. The call to change and to think out of the box may, at times, sound simplistic, but it isnt simple: literacy twenty-four seven, time: attendance, extended day, out of school time, protecting the educational day, and addressing summer learning loss; partnerships: clear and understood, public/private leveraging resources; transparent, honest, and fair focused on student achievement. Movements and Initiative: There are several local initiatives moving our community towards collective impact on academic success, college matriculation, and successful postcollege employment. ROC the Future has been busy working at connecting the community with data-driven common goals spanning cradle to career. One of its earliest communitywide calls to action is the Campaign for Grade-level Reading. The campaign is a collaboration of foundations, nonprofits, states and communities focused on the No.1 predictor of school success: third grade reading. Additional action plans are being developed. In 2013, Rochester will be one of fifteen sites nationwide that will host a Grad Nation Community Summit. The summits are intended to hasten the United States progress towards reaching the goal of a 90 percent national graduation rate by 2020. In 100 communities across the 18 country, leaders from businesses, civic organizations, non-profits, local government, public schools, higher education, foundations and faithbased organizations will join with parents and young people to develop a blueprint to accelerate progress. The United Way of Greater Rochesters recently released Blueprint for Change, and funding aligned to it, under the focus area Preparing Kids for Success, is looking to facilitate students having increased school attendance, improved academic performance, regular attendance in out-of-schooltime programs, and increased socialemotional and physical wellness. The Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association, in a K - 8th grade model now being adopted nationwide, is facilitating high-quality summer enrichment on college campuses. In recent years programs have been started at the U of R, MCC, Nazareth College, and SUNY Geneseo, with other institutions of higher learning considering joining the movement. Educational Reforms and Improvements: Key reforms like the adoption of the common core, RCSD students having to take fewer exams, the statewide application of a consistent teacher evaluation that brings accountability, and the recently approved teacher contract with greater school autonomy and the potential for teacher-led schools - all bid well for the possibility of greater academic achievement. The move to community schools as well can facilitate taking advantage of all that is coming together with the intent of helping our children. Some local businessmen are identifying best-practice, successful charter schools and wooing them to Rochester to the benefit of our community. There is much to be hopeful about. Get involvedsupport these efforts. We owe it to the children of our communitywe owe it to ourselves.
-----------------------------Luis A. Perez is Executive Director of Horizons Student Enrichment Programs at The Harley School. Perez is a member of the Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association (GRSLA) and Adjunct Professor of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College. Perezs interests include positive youth development, mentoring children of prisoners, faith-based initiatives and prisoner re-entry. He sits on numerous boards and community organizations.
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