Mission (FMCI) - Hub Schools
FMCI embraces the Hub Schools approach with a focus on alignment across programs and organizational partners. The Hub approach strives for educational success and the physical, social, and emotional well-being of students, families, and the community. This is achieved through intentional partnerships with a range of community stakeholders designed to provide opportunities, optimize assets, and address the identified needs of the students, family, and community in an equitable and culturally responsive way. The Santee Community Center and Educare are key resources within this broader strategy that allow for the integration of programming across early education, elementary school, and the broader community. Together, needs are addressed comprehensively. Whenever possible, opportunities and services are embedded in the fabric of daily school life, and the landscape of the community.
Hub Schools
Key Programming
Every year, In partnership with FMSD our team at Educare FRC, Seven Trees FRC, George Shirakawa FRC, and Jason Dahl FRC conduct Welcome Orientation, Resource Fair, and ASQ -3 & ASQ: SE -2 developmental screenings this summer for the incoming Transitional Kindergarteners. Parents of the students are also offered an opportunity to enroll in evidence-based workshops. School supplies and stationery kits were provided for all participants to help little ones get a strong start to the upcoming school year.
Bridge to Kinder
Programs
Educare Family Resource Center
FIRST 5’s vision for the Family Resource Center Initiative is that families in Santa Clara County have the skills and capacity to promote their children’s development, ensure their children are ready for school, build strong family relationships, and create a connected community.
FIRST 5 has established Family Resource Centers (FRCs) throughout Santa Clara County that increase access to services and provide opportunities for parents/caregivers to become more engaged in their children’s healthy development, school readiness, and other collaborative efforts to improve their lives and the communities in which they live.
Raising a Reader – Baby and Me, Summer Book Bags, and Learning Packets
Raising a Reader, a national organization with evidence-based programming, has a mission to engage caregivers in a routine of book sharing with their children from birth through age eight to foster healthy brain development, healthy relationships, a love of reading, and the literacy skills critical for school success. FMCI partners with FIRST 5 Santa Clara County to offer two programs:
1) Baby and Me, a 10-week program for parents and children age 0-18 months that is offered four times per year.
2) Summer Book Bags and Learning Packets program, each week, children bring home a bright red book bag filled with award-winning books. Children are encouraged to share a book with a loved one each day. Every week each child brings home a different bag of books so that, on average, more than 100 high-quality books are rotated through the children’s homes over the course of a typical rotation cycle.
Summer Reading Book Bags
During the summer book club children were encouraged to participate in reading out loud with their parents or guardian. They engaged in materials related to their reading for the week. The book club provided the tools for children to increase their literacy goals while gaining self-confidence. The book club meets twice a week. In order to address summer reading loss, FMCI provides the necessary reading and practice tools to students for the summer. Books bags contain a combination of a reading log, books, and a grade-appropriate summer packet.
Parent-Child + Program
ParentChild+ focuses on Early Intervention services for children between the ages of 16 months to 3 years and prepares them for preschool/kindergarten. The program provides free educational books and toys through 30-minute bi-weekly home visits and focuses on language development, literacy skills, and healthy attachments.
Parent Cafe
In Collaboration with the department of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS) and Be Strong Families, Parent Cafe allows parents to build leadership and community through a series of 6 Cafes. Parent Cafes are a peer-to-peer learning process that promotes individuals self-reflection, builds on the Five Strengthening Families protective Factors, enhances community and fosters meaningful relationships.
Pro-Social Activities for Youth
As part of the School-Linked Services program, the pro-social workshop series serves as an academic and social development intervention program for elementary and middle school students within the Franklin-Mckinley School District. The programming includes pro-social personal development activities, homework tutoring and support, physical recreation, creative arts, leadership development, and community development projects. The goal of the program is to increase the ability to promote and support social behavior and school attendance rates, as well as support families in their connection with their school communities.
Home Visit for Youth
Home visits serve as an opportunity to further bridge the gap between the school and families. Students and their families are supported with referral services for a wide range of resources such as health coverage, rental assistance, job employment, and more.
School Link Services
Students and Families First program coordinates services with Franklin McKinley to implement neighborhood programming focused on creating a robust educational pipeline by providing case management services and pro-social skills training workshops.
