June 2013 Announcements From SAFF!

OUR IN-HOME/AFTER SCHOOL ACADEMIC TUTORING PROGRAM IS ACHIEVING INCREDIBLE RESULTS FOR OUR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHILDREN AND TEENS IN WASHOE COUNTY FOSTER CARE AND WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOLS WHOM WE ARE TUTORING  IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, MATH, ALGEBRA, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, SPELLING, READING, GOVERNMENT, HISTORY AND REMEDIAL EDUCATION....  
YOUR PROGRESS IS ASTONISHING... 
SO MANY OF YOU GOING!
FROM D's AND F's to A's and B's and C's and PASSING THE MANDATORY PROFICIENCY TESTS FOR GRADUATION!

THANK YOU TO OUR 25 ACADEMIC TUTORS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA'S SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS! WE HAVE SO MUCH SUCCESS BECAUSE OF YOUR
OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE KIDS WE ARE ARE SERVING! KUDOS TO THE WASHOE COUNTY SOCIAL WORKERS WHO REFER - ON A DAILY BASIS - THE CHILDREN AND TEENS NEEDING ACADEMIC TUTORING AND MENTORING. YOUR DEDICATION TOWARDS IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF THE CHILDREN AND TEENS IN FOSTER CARE IS OUTSTANDING.


Computer Giveaway, Graduations, Grant Funding & more!

Greetings!

To help our youth in their pursuits of academic success... SAFF partners with the City of Reno, Cigars Lion Club, & KNPB PBS TV to each month give FREE COMPUTERS tochildren and teens in foster homes, adoptive homes, birth parent homes, and relative placement homes. 

All that is required is that the youth and one adult 
  1. contact Joseph at [email protected] and reserve a computer,  
  2. go to PBS TV station on Saturday June 15 at 9:30 in the morning,  
  3. stay for 90 minutes to observe a demonstration on how to set up the computer and child proof it,  
  4. leave with the FREE COMPUTER. 

***Must contact Joseph [email protected] to reserve a FREE computer for June!
 


MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FOSTER CARE STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL!

17 high school students in Washoe County's Foster Care ARE  
WALKING ACROSS THE STAGES NEXT WEEK FOR THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS!  WHOA!!!!! WAY TO GO!!! Everyone is so proud of you ladies and gentlemen for your academic success!!!!!


FOSTER PARENT ADVANCED TRAINING HOURS

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If you are a foster parent needing training hours, SAFF will be offering a 4 hour training on: 

Friday June 14 from 12-4 at SAFF 1301 Cordone Avenue (upstairs in the Board Room).
  
Limited to 10 15 foster parents. Email Joseph and reserve a seat.


TUTORING DURING THE SUMMER

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Summer vacation should be a fun-filled time; however, it's not the time for our youth to take a break from the joys of learning and progressing on the path of academic success!   

SAFF's tutoring program is continuing throughout the summer! 

Our 25 tutors already have their schedules all set up with their students!  Social workers are referring new children and teens who need special help during the summer to prepare for the return of school on August 12. 


NEW GRANT FUNDING      

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SAFF is grateful for the 2 new grants being awarded for our education programs.  

Thank you UNR Center for Excellence in Disabilities!


NEVADA EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPY'S NEW RANCH

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SAFF'S honor to promote NEAT is so rewarding for the children and teens currently in foster and  adoptive homes and those who have been reunited with their birth parents.  

NEAT has a new ranch! 

A major new ranch at the University of Nevada's Equine Ranch across from the Lifestock Center and the Evelyn Mount Center.  


NEAT and SAFF WILL BE HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE real soon! 

Thank you NEAT and thank you UNR! (and thanks to the horses, too!)


NATIONAL RADIO PROGRAM! 

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SAFF'S In-Home/After School Academic Tutoring Program is receiving national attention. Joseph recently participated in a national radio interview with a station in New York City. The interview focused on the education of youth in foster care and SAFF's tutoring and remedial education program.

After the broadcast, producers called Joseph to inform him that their station registered 12. 5 MILLION LISTENERS TO THE BROADCAST!  GO TO WWW.EDUCATEFOSTERYOUTH.ORG

A second interview is scheduled for June 12 per the request of the producers.