Strengths

The Rio Vista Elementary School CARES is a well rounded program with strong support from our students' parents. This support occurs due to our strong tie to the community in Bay Point. Financially we are supported by grants from both state and city initiatives as well as annual fundraisers.

Challenges

In order to maintain the high quality of services being offered to our students there is an ongoing need to train and provide mentorship opportunities for the CARES staff. There is an ongoing need to find culturally diverse activities that can help to prepare students for their future.

Programs for Students and Families

Homework Help, Academic Intervention Program, ASPIRE Intervention Program, Nutrition Education and Cooking, Arts and Crafts, Gardening, and the Game Room.

Daily nutritional snack provided in partnership with Food Services Department and the USDA.

• School day teachers instruct the Intervention portion of CARES.
• Informal and formal means of communication in place to facilitate discussion between CARES staff and school day teachers.
• CARES staff complete and share bi-monthly student progress reports with classroom teachers
• Representative of CARES has weekly meetings with site principal

• Homework Help: 1 hour HW assistance and 1 1/2 hours structured enrichment or recreation.
• Intervention Program: 1 hour of academic Intervention with a Credentialed teacher in either English Language Arts and Mathematics. Student to teacher ratio is 17:1. This program is ran in congruence with the regular school day.
• ASPIRE Program: 1 hour of academic Intervention with a Credentialed teacher in English Language Arts. Student to teacher ratio is 6:1. This program has eligibility requirements, inquire within.
• Spelling Bee: Students compete in grade level spelling bees with spelling words taken from classroom spelling words.
• Sustained Silent Reading (SSR): 1/2 hour of silent reading, buddy reading, or reading aloud. Student to teacher ratio is 20:1.

• Enrichment opportunities: 1 1/2 hours structured enrichment or recreation. Enrichment programming includes arts and crafts, athletics, leadership, and the game room.
• Nutrition Education: 7 hours a week of nutrition education and physical activity promotion. Students participate in nutrition lessons, fitness cards, cooking classes and field trip to the garden.
• CARES Garden: Our two After School Gardens host daily classes in the garden serving all 14 CARES After School programs integrating nutrition, youth development and community development.
• Bay Point After School Program Sports: Ongoing sports program with the other two Elementary schools. Students participate in seasonal sports such as soccer and prison ball.
• Game Room: After School Program game room includes pool tables, table soccer, air hockey, and ping pong tables. All students visit the game room weekly for 1/2 - 1 hour total.

• Middle School Volunteers: Middle school students are qualified 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students who enjoy helping their peers learn. After homework and tutoring, volunteers participate in ongoing enrichment activities.
• Youth Development Leadership Corps (YDLC): Youth development program involving staff development in the areas of resume building, team building, and character development.
• Lifeskill Program: Students learn life skills such as respect, responsibility, cooperation, problem solving, and then learn how to integrate these skills into their lives

Who We Serve

Number of Students served: 140
Free & Reduced Lunch: 66%
English Learner: 41.3%
Special Education: 25%
Male: 50%
Female: 50%

Demographics
African American: 26%
Latino/Hispanic: 41%
Filipino: 4%
Other Asian: 6%
Pacific Islander: 3%
White: 20%

How We Serve
Staff to student ratio: 1:20
Number of credentialed staff:7-9
Number of volunteers:18
Number of CARES staff: 17
Number of subcontractors: 0

Community Partners

• City of Concord Parks and Recreation
• MDUSD
• Concord Police Department
• Center for Human Development
• Monument Community Partnership
• Wells Fargo
• CCC Sheriff's Department
• First Tee
• Center for Human Development