All Means All: How Castro Valley Adult & Career Education strengthens the community as a whole
During the economic downturn of 2008, California allowed school districts to close adult schools or reduce their funding. But one school district understood the importance of their adult school and decided not to make any cutbacks. […]
Poway Adult School Student Spotlight: Radhika Devi
Radhika Devi found a Poway Adult School brochure in a local library and made a life-changing decision for herself—to enroll. […]
Light at the End of the Tunnel: How ValleyBuild helps Central Valley residents find high-paying jobs
Finding a high-paying job without a college degree can be challenging, particularly in rural areas. In recent years, a program called ValleyBuild has aimed to rectify thi […]
Poway Adult School’s ESL Teachers Build Relationships and Pathways to Transform Students’ Lives
“It is intrinsic motivation and relationship building which enables Poway ESL teachers to create a pathway for student success,” says Jacquie Uriell, Poway’s Lead ESL Teacher. […]
Poway Adult School trains students for high-paying career and provides employers with a qualified workforce
Poway Adult School, founded in 1965, is a prominent educational institution in north inland San Diego County, annually serving more than 10,000 students and 12,000 enrollees. Poway achieves this by offering a range of academic and personal enrichment programs for adults, including ESL, Career and Technical Education, GED/High School Diploma, and numerous training and personal development courses. […]
Poway Adult School Student Spotlight: Jose Ernesto Quijada Hernandez
Jose Hernandez had been living in the United States for a few years and was having a hard time learning English on his own. Then he moved to Poway, California. […]
Time Is of the Essence in Fresno: Why skilled workers are needed now—and how a program called ValleyBuild is helping that effort
California’s Central Valley feeds the nation. The Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board is intent on ensuring the valley doesn’t see its own tables sit empty. […]
ESL Classes: How Huntington Beach Adult School helped a multilingual student advance her career
Francisca Juarez works as a shift manager at McDonald’s and to address her language barrier she was experiencing in both work life and personal life, she turned to Huntington Beach Adult School. […]
‘Grief is a Journey’: Hospice support helps loved ones work through their emotions
“There’s incredible power in sharing with a group of people who are going through similar experiences,” says Joan*. After the devastating and sudden loss of her wife of nearly 40 years, Joan’s world felt empty, and she struggled to find meaning and connection in the aftermath. For months, Joan’s grief consumed her in ways that felt deeply isolating and insurmountable. When a friend recommended that she join a grief support group at YoloCares, a nonprofit hospice in Davis, Joan discovered that sharing her story with a community of fellow grievers helped her forge a path forward. […]
Practicing Wisdom: California Hospice Network’s ethics committee provides guidance in the face of end-of-life dilemmas
While death and dying are universal, the end of each life is a unique experience—one that can be filled with gray ethical areas that challenge even the best hospice professionals to seek wisdom. To help nonprofit hospices best serve patients and their loved ones, a group of Northern California hospice agencies have launched a new and vital project: “Practicing Wisdom, the Ethics Committee of the California Hospice Network.” […]