Bernardo was a student struggling in many aspects of school. During Bernardo's 6th and 7th grade school years, his GPA hovered at 2.17. Comments from his teachers on his report card included remarks such as "poor effort," "not handing in homework," and "disrupts class." He was tardy often and caused regular distractions in the classroom. Thus, Bernardo spent time in the principal's office on a regular basis. Something changed in 8th grade when Bernardo began participating in the Athletics program.
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Filiberto participated in the Early Childhood program at the United Community Center where at the very start of the year it was discovered by his instructors he was having trouble in reading. The teacher wanted to help him and the other children with their reading by exposing them to print, words and letters as much as possible. She did this by having a word wall with 1-3 high frequency words added every week. Every week the teacher reviewed the word wall with the children at least three times or even more. The children read the words as a group and as individuals. By the end of the year Filiberto was able to read about 88% of the high frequency words on his own.
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Gloria started the school year struggling in both Math and Reading. While she was always very eager to please, that usually meant her work was done quickly with many careless mistakes. Much of her work was returned to her, but she would take it home, and not really correct the mistakes, continuing to make the same errors. Gloria is shy and rarely asked for help from her teachers or her peers. Her family was very concerned about her grades, but they did not know what to do to help her improve her academics. Gloria then became a participant in the After School Achievement Program, and all that began to change.
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Julia was a hardworking woman who emigrated from Mexico 17 years ago. About five years ago, two of Julia’s daughters started noticing a change in their mom. Most notable was her growing disinterest in working as a cook, which she previously loved to do. They also saw that Julia, a very social and friendly person, began to isolate herself from her family and friends. They were confused and worried and initially thought she was having an episode of depression. However, due to family history of Alzheimer’s disease the family contacted the Alzheimer’s Association, who referred them to the Latino Geriatric Center Memory Clinic located in the UCC Adult Day Center.
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