North Gresham Elementary School in partnership with Mt.Davis Elementary School in partnership with Mt.Boise-Eliot/Humboldt Elementary School in partnership with Albina Head Start.And neighborhood health clinics are partnering with schools to help meet families’ physical and behavioral health needs. Community-based organizations work with schools to organize summer bridge programs. Head Start and kindergarten teachers are teaming up to support a “warm handoff” forįamilies by aligning their communication about classroom expectations and organizing early visits to kindergarten classes. We are working with teams at three schools to develop holistic supports that help kids thrive in kindergarten. Missing school means missing out on learning, and by third grade, fewer than one in four local students of color read at grade level. And while nearly 25% of local kindergarten students are chronically absent from school, those rates are as high as 53% for some communities of color. Families of color face steep barriers integrating into systems that have historically failed to serve them well. Regardless, kids often struggle to adjust to the rhythms and expectations of a classroom.įorty-five percent of all young children in the county are children of color, yet they account for 70% of all children living in poverty. Experience in preschool can help set the stage for a successful transition, but many families don’t have access to early childhood education. The transition into kindergarten is one of the most complex and challenging steps in a child’s life.
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