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Latinos in Actionhttp://www.latinosinaction.orgLia.latinosinaction@gmail.com

WHO WE ARELatinos In Action is a non-profit

organization

For more information please visit our website:www.LatinosinAction.org

www.latinosinaction.org

Latinos In Action’s vision is for each individual to reach higher active achievement within their family and community through excellent higher education.

We strive to empower our Latino Youth through Culture, Service and Excellent Education with the sole purpose of graduating from college.

Our objective is to create, design, and implement methods, strategies and programs that allow K-16 Latino students to optimally develop their linguistic, social, and cognitive skills.

Ultimately, our sole vision is to enroll Latino students in a University, and support them through graduation.

LATINOS IN ACTION How it works

For more information please visit our website:www.LatinosinAction.org

Our LIA Para-educators are not limited to mentoring only Latino elementary students, but also serve the students who are considered high-risk. To date, LIA has helped many high risk students stay away from bad influences.

Latinos in Action helps close the achievement gap by decreasing the dropout rate and increasing the number of Latino students entering college.

Latinos In Action (LIA) is a program implemented as an elective course at both the Jr. High and High school levels.

The purpose of the program is to teach bilingual students leadership skills that will encourage and inspire them to provide service to their schools and their communities, as well as to set higher educational goals for themselves.

Latinos In Action aims to identify talented bilingual students who can serve as role models and Para-educators in the local Elementary schools.

94 participating Schools from: Utah, Idaho, and Washington-15 Jr. LIA and 37 High School LIA

56LIA teachers

1700 LIA Students

3 Mentees served per student = 5100 Elementary School children served

WHERE WE ARE LIA has demonstrated remarkable academic

success with a 98% on-time high school graduation rate and an 85% college enrollment rate.

Our ultimate goal is to reach a 100% entry and college graduation rate.

Our Latinos In Action students’ overall average GPA stands at a 3.2, and we strive to increase that with time.

Latinos In Action students complete over 100 hours of community service annually, including outside service projects in their communities. www.LatinosinAction.o

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Leadership

Cognitive

Service

Literacy

Social Linguistic

Three Pillars of LIA

Our Latinos in Action Students

• Receive training in leadership, teaching methods, mentoring, job skills, and college preparation

• Assist children who are learning English as a second language in

local schools • Teach children academic skills • Help children succeed

• Model responsibility, caring, self-discipline, and hard work • Make a difference in someone's life, especially theirs!

Who Are The People Involved?

Participating LIA Schools

Alpine DistrictAmerican Fork High School Canyon View Jr. HighLakeridge Jr HighLehi High School Mountain View High SchoolOrem High School Orem Jr HighPleasant Grove High SchoolTimpanogos High SchoolWestlake High School

Box Elder School DistrictBox Elder High SchoolBear River HSBear River MS

Cache Valley DistrictSkyview High School

Canyons District

Alta High SchoolHillcrest High SchoolJordan High School Midvale Middle SchoolMT. Jordan Middle

Davis DistrictClearfield High School Layton High SchoolNorthridge High School Syracuse High SchoolCentral Davis Junior HighNorth Davis Junior High North Layton Junior High SchoolSouth Davis Junior High Sunset Junior High Fairfield JRHWoodscross High School

Jordan District Copper Hills High School

Herriman High SchoolWest Jordan High SchoolUnion MiddleWest Jordan Middle School

Granite School DistrictGranger High SchoolHunter High SchoolKearns Jr HighKearns High SchoolGranite Park Jr. High SchoolMatheson Junior High SchoolWestlake JrBrockbank JRCyprus High School

Logan District Logan High SchoolMillard School DistrictDelta High SchoolMillard High School

Nebo DistrictPayson High SchoolSpanish Fork High SchoolSpringville High SchoolDiamond Fork Jr. HighMount Nebo Jr. High Payson Jr. High SchoolMapleton Jr High

North Sanpete School DistrictNorth Sanpete High SchoolNorth Sanpete Middle School

South Sanpete School

DistrictGunnison Valley High School

Park City District Park City High SchoolTreasure Mountain Middle School Ecker Hills MiddleNorth Summit HS

Provo District Provo High SchoolTimpview High SchoolCentennial Middle SchoolDixon Middle School

Salt Lake City School DistrictEast High School

West High SchoolGlendale Middle SchoolHorizonte

Murray School DistrictMurray High School

Weber School DistrictRoy High SchoolSandridge Jr.

Tooele School DistrictTooele High SchoolStanbury Park High School

Wasatch County DistrictWasatch High SchoolRocky Mountain Middle School

Washington County School DistrictDixie High SchoolDixie Middle SchoolPine View High School Pine View Middle SchoolTonaquint Intermediate SchoolFossil Ridge IntermediateHurricane High SchoolHurricane Middle SchoolHurricane Intermediate SchoolSnow Canyon High SchoolSnow Canyon Middle SchoolDesert Hills High SchoolDesert Hills Middle SchoolSunrise Ridge IntermediateEnterprise High SchoolLava Ridge Intermediate

Jerome High School

Washington Burlington Edison High School

TexasEast Lake HS

How Are Children Being Helped

Teacher’s Testimonies

Kriss Cardenas

“Students improved their understanding of subtraction after working with Kriss.”

Mrs. Montano Timpanogos Middle

School

Nancy Gutierrez

“Carlos has had a hard time speaking English. Elva has really helped him understand what he should be doing and how to do it.”

Derek Reynolds Dixon Junior High

Cristhian Valle

“Chris has been very helpful. He has given me good ideas about how to help Fernando.”

Mrs. Lemmon Provost Elementary

School

Vanessa Lopez

“Brenda, who has only been in the U.S. a few weeks, seems to be adjusting well and turns in complete, accurate assignments.”

-Lorna Teeter -Dixon Junior High

How Do Tutors BenefitJournal Entries

What High School Students Say:

• Attitude toward others• Self concept• Strategies for learning• Parenting skills• Strategies for teaching• Life skills• Sense of community • Personal responsibility• Responsibility in the community

Carina Flores

“Once you come into this class, there is no way you can leave without building a strong friendship with the other students in the class. You learn to love and respect each person’s culture, personality, and opinions.”

Cindy Najarro

“We discovered the importance of reinforcing the children every time they took a step forward. Being positive made them feel more confident about themselves, and helped them want to keep doing a good job.”

Jessica Velez

“When I started to teach not everything worked with my student. That got me thinking that not all students learn the same. I have learned how to really teach and how my teachers feel when they try and try but sometimes it takes a while to get it.”

Juan Higuera

“I used to give up on stuff all the time because I thought learning things slower meant I was dumb, but now I think you can learn a subject bit by bit, not just in a big chunk.”

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