WEBVTT 00:00:26.233 --> 00:00:29.026 >> Parent #1: (Speaking Spanish) 00:00:29.026 --> 00:00:30.356 >> Parent #1 (translated): I heard about the program 00:00:30.456 --> 00:00:33.226 from the daytime teachers, and I was interested. 00:00:33.226 --> 00:00:35.656 So I decided to sign my daughter up for the program. 00:00:35.906 --> 00:00:37.856 The teachers themselves gave us the information. 00:00:39.155 --> 00:00:40.926 Parent #2: (Speaking Spanish) 00:00:40.926 --> 00:00:42.776 >> Parent #2 (translated): Every Wednesday the kids bring their folders 00:00:42.776 --> 00:00:44.156 home-that's how we found 00:00:44.156 --> 00:00:45.821 out that there was an after-school program, 00:00:45.821 --> 00:00:47.576 and that they had transportation. 00:00:48.576 --> 00:00:50.336 >> Parent #3: (Speaking Spanish) 00:00:50.336 --> 00:00:51.826 >> Parent #3 (translated: We found out about the program 00:00:51.826 --> 00:00:53.986 from the daytime teachers; they tell us 00:00:53.986 --> 00:00:57.976 when the school has programs for kids who need extra help. 00:01:04.586 --> 00:01:09.386 >> Parent #4: (Speaking Spanish) 00:01:09.386 --> 00:01:11.016 >> Parent #4 (translated): I was worried that my daughter wouldn't want 00:01:11.016 --> 00:01:12.336 to stay at school for so long. 00:01:12.736 --> 00:01:14.716 That was my concern, because she's never been great 00:01:14.716 --> 00:01:16.516 at staying at school for a long time. 00:01:16.656 --> 00:01:19.976 But she adapted well; she likes the program. 00:01:20.126 --> 00:01:21.106 She doesn't want to leave when I come 00:01:21.106 --> 00:01:23.016 to pick her up at five o'clock. 00:01:23.016 --> 00:01:25.306 She doesn't want to leave because she's having 00:01:25.306 --> 00:01:27.246 such a great time doing puzzles and activities and coloring. 00:01:27.746 --> 00:01:29.506 She finishes her homework and then she plays 00:01:29.506 --> 00:01:31.306 with her classmates, and they do activities. 00:01:31.626 --> 00:01:34.276 She likes being in the program. 00:01:37.646 --> 00:01:41.216 >> Parent #1: (Speaking Spanish) 00:01:41.216 --> 00:01:42.336 >> Parent #1 (translated): Like any parent, 00:01:42.606 --> 00:01:44.076 you worry about whether the people who are 00:01:44.076 --> 00:01:45.496 with your children are qualified 00:01:45.496 --> 00:01:47.586 and how much experience they have. 00:01:52.926 --> 00:01:55.706 The school told us that the after-school teachers are 00:01:55.706 --> 00:01:59.676 qualified to work with kids and that they can help our kids. 00:02:09.216 --> 00:02:12.096 >> Parent #5: (Speaking Spanish) 00:02:12.096 --> 00:02:14.896 >> Parent #5 (translated): Well, if we have any questions we can go to see 00:02:14.896 --> 00:02:16.926 Araceli, who is involved with the program. 00:02:16.926 --> 00:02:19.496 Whatever questions or concerns we might have, 00:02:19.496 --> 00:02:22.836 she gives us the information we need. 00:02:22.836 --> 00:02:27.536 (Speaking Spanish) 00:02:27.536 --> 00:02:29.866 She gives the kids a flyer and they give it to us, 00:02:29.946 --> 00:02:33.546 or if she sees parents she gives it right to us, so we can find 00:02:33.546 --> 00:02:36.146 out if they are doing an activity or something special. 00:02:36.906 --> 00:02:39.976 She keeps us informed by giving us the flyers. 00:02:42.976 --> 00:02:47.976 >> Parent #6: (Speaking Spanish) 00:02:47.976 --> 00:02:51.536 >> Parent #6 (translated): When we pick up our kids, they give us a flyer 00:02:51.566 --> 00:02:54.386 with information about projects or programs that are going on. 00:02:54.886 --> 00:02:57.736 For example, the kids have enrichment classes; 00:02:58.076 --> 00:03:00.296 they get to choose which activity they want to do, 00:03:00.296 --> 00:03:01.846 like cooking or painting. 00:03:01.946 --> 00:03:05.446 So they tell us what activity the kids chose. 00:03:14.355 --> 00:03:22.056 >> Parent #7: (Speaking Spanish) 00:03:22.056 --> 00:03:24.966 >> Parent #7 (translated): My son likes the program a lot. 00:03:24.966 --> 00:03:27.236 In preschool they said he would need speech therapy, 00:03:27.236 --> 00:03:29.656 but now he stays after school and interacts 00:03:29.656 --> 00:03:31.916 with the other kids, and they have workshops, 00:03:32.116 --> 00:03:33.936 and he doesn't need speech therapy. 00:03:33.936 --> 00:03:36.836 He talks more now; he talks a lot. 00:03:37.796 --> 00:03:39.016 It's good for him to stay and connect 00:03:39.016 --> 00:03:40.576 with other kids in the program. 00:03:41.026 --> 00:03:43.286 It's a lot of time, but he likes it. 00:03:44.286 --> 00:03:46.376 When I come to pick him up he doesn't want to leave; 00:03:46.376 --> 00:03:49.526 he wants to stay and do his activities-reading, 00:03:49.526 --> 00:03:52.206 writing, and his homework. 00:03:56.766 --> 00:03:58.066 >> Parent #4: (Speaking Spanish) 00:03:58.066 --> 00:04:00.026 >> Parent #4 (translated): The program helps with homework, so I don't have 00:04:00.026 --> 00:04:02.686 to pick my daughter up at school and then help her 00:04:02.686 --> 00:04:04.176 with her homework after we get home. 00:04:04.256 --> 00:04:07.416 She does her homework here; she does it all by herself. 00:04:07.416 --> 00:04:09.466 She's very independent. 00:04:09.466 --> 00:04:12.126 Also, I don't need to worry about transportation. 00:04:12.126 --> 00:04:13.486 And the schedule is good. 00:04:14.556 --> 00:04:20.555 >> Parent #6: (Speaking Spanish) 00:04:20.555 --> 00:04:23.666 >> Parent #6 (translated): The program supports us-for example, 00:04:23.846 --> 00:04:26.866 I work and I don't have to run around to pick up my daughter 00:04:26.866 --> 00:04:29.616 and bring her home or drop her off somewhere else. 00:04:29.616 --> 00:04:32.436 That's one way the program supports me. 00:04:32.436 --> 00:04:34.846 And they help the kids with their homework. 00:04:35.346 --> 00:04:38.076 They also have workshops, where they teach the kids how to cook, 00:04:38.186 --> 00:04:41.676 or they do math activities to help make math easier for them. 00:04:42.096 --> 00:04:43.976 It's a big help.