East Palo Alto Academy

Dear East Palo Alto Academy Bulldogs and Families,

Thank you for a most wonderful 2015-2016 school year. We continue to get that much closer to our vision: All students will graduate college-ready, empowered with the skills and passion to positively impact their own lives, their community and the global society.

We want to thank the entire EPAA family for making it all possible:

• Attendance improved from 90.7% to 92.6% daily attendance

• We awarded over $500,000 in scholarships

• Over 97% of EPAA graduates are heading off to colleges such as UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, SF State, SJ State, USF, Agnes Scott, Cañada College, Foothill College and DeAnza College

• We grew our team to include more support for college with our College Success Counselor, Mr. José Rodriguez and our College Information Specialist, Mr. José Heredia

• EPAA Students contributed over 4,500 hours in community service to positively impact their own lives, their community and the global society!

Next year we will do even more to pursue our ambitious goals:

• Daily attendance will be at the same rate as students from Las Lomitas (95.8%), which would earn our school over $405 a day, and as much as $8,505 a month!

• We will increase the number of seniors going directly to universities and four years colleges with scholarships

• All students will complete their 25 hours of annual community service

• We will increase the number of students actively engaged in meaningful after school and summer internships, programs and classes

• We will see more parents actively participating on a monthly basis in workshops, meetings and special events

Important Changes for the 2016-2017 School Year:

• Wednesday mornings school begins at 8:40 A.M., by 8:45 A.M. students should be in class ready to learn. Dismissal will be at 2:10 P.M. on Wednesday only. See bell schedule attached

• Mandatory Student Lead Conferences for parents are Nov. 2^nd & March 15^th

• We welcome new Math teacher Ms. Allison Mok, Physics teacher Mr. Ken Nadeau and new Reading Specialist and Special Education Teacher Ms. Bianka Nessler. They all come with years of experience and success at their former schools. We look forward to welcoming them to EPAA

Thank you again for an outstanding school year. We look forward to 2016-2017!

• 9^th grade Summer Bridge is August 1^st-5^th

• Student Registration 9^th-12^th “Start with Success” is Aug. 10^th at 5:30P.M.

• First Day of School is Wednesday, August 17^th at 8:40 A.M.

See you soon and wishing you and yours all the best,

- Ms. Amika M. Guillaume, Principal

- Ms. Sofia Hibbs, Vice-Principal