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American Dream Academy (ADA)
The ADA Parent Education Program is based on curriculum developed by the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) in California, which uses an intense, one-on-one contact model to create a community in which parents and teachers collaborate to transform each child’s educational environment at home and at school.
American Dream Academy: Education
The ADA’s educational focus starts with the beginning of life, helping parents to instill the value of education within themselves and their children. Through ADA, parents are given the tools to guide their children through K-12th grades and into higher education. This type of school based intervention empowers and trains parents to become effective advocates and partners in their children’s education.
School District/ADA partnerships
Since the inception of the education program in Fall of 2006 ADA has partnered with 12 districts and worked with 41 schools within the Phoenix area. The ADA education training program services 12-15 schools per semester. Schools and districts are calling on ADA to work with them in parent education and due to a large demand ADA now has a wait list for districts wishing to bring the ADA PIQE curriculum to their schools.
Total ADA graduates October 2006 through December 2007 – 2,599
Districts served from October 2006 through December 2007
- Isaac
- Phoenix Elementary
- Wilson
- Roosevelt
- Murphy
- Tolleson Unified High School
- Mesa Public Schools
- Cartwright
- Tempe Schools
Schools/Districts with formal ADA agreements for the 2008-2009 academic year:
- Arizona Quest for Kids
- Balsz School District
- Brunson-Lee
- Cartwright School District
- CECC
- Desert Sands Elementary
- Holiday Park School
- Creighton School District
- Kennedy School
- Murphy School District
- A. Garcia School
- Phoenix Elementary School District
- Garfield Elementary
- Herrera Elementary
- Kenilworth Elementary
- Phoenix Prep Academy
- Whittier Elementary)
- Phoenix Union High School District
- Betty Fairfax High School
- Tolleson Union High School District
- (Schools to be determined)
- Tempe Schools
- McKemy
- Carminati
- Evans
- Wood
- Nevitt
- Isaac School District
- JB Sutton School
- Wilson School District
- Wilson Elementary
- Wilson Primary
Current Roster
The schools listed below are actively engaged in a PIQE curriculum program through ADA with anticipated graduation dates between February and June, 2008.
Capitol Elementary
Crockett Elementary
Arizona Quest for Kids (non profit)
Tomahawk
Peña School
Davidson Elementary
Orangedale Elementary
Atkinson School
Bethune Elementary
Starlight Park School
Shaw Elementary
Kennedy School
Graduate Breakdown
The schools listed below have successfully completed a PIQE program at their school. Graduates are parents who have attended a minimum of 4 sessions within the 9 week program.
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Fall 2006 – Program launch – 251 graduates Mitchell – 121 Mesa Junior High – 130
Spring 2007 – 648 graduates Capitol Elementary – 59 Herrera Elementary – 64 Arizona Quest for Kids (non profit) – 47 Lowell Elementary – 60 Kenilworth Elementary – 46 Greenfield Elementary – 49 Emerson Elementary – 50 Garfield Elementary – 73 Shaw Elementary – 52 Sullivan Elementary – 72 Heard Elementary – 76
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Winter 2007 – 579 graduates Phoenix Prep – 125 Bethune Elementary – 83 Whittier Elementary – 74 Wilson Elementary – 198 Valley View Elementary – 40 Nevitt Elementary – 59
Fall 2007 – 1,121 graduates Magnet Traditional Elementary – 76 Dunbar Elementary – 21 Edison Elementary – 57 Barry Elementary – 131 Smith Middle School – 115 Hamilton Elementary – 66 Westview High School – 67 La Joya High School – 114 Copper Canyon High School – 112 Tolleson High School – 151 Evans Elementary – 21 Kuban Elementary – 54 Powell Junior High School – 136 |
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What people are saying about the American Dream Academy’s Parent Involvement program utilizing the PIQE curriculum:
- “These classes taught us the importance of our children’s education, how we can plan for their future, and to become our children’s best friends. Personally, this course was vital to my life. …I found out more about financial aid, scholarships, loans, the steps to go to university, and how to motivate my children to achieve their goals.”
Ismelda Canales, parent, Tolleson High School (Tolleson Unified High School
District)
- “We have many more parents working with our staff as a result of [the ADA] PIQE [program].
Russell Sanders,
Principal, Capitol
Elementary (Phx Elem
School District)
- “We have had parents on campus asking questions and participating, which is great!”
Cindy Campton, Principal Wilson Elementary (Wilson School District)
- “We have seen an increase of parental involvement. We are very satisfied with the program.…all Isaac [District] schools need this.”
Chad Geston, Principal, Smith Middle School (Isaac School District)
- “The program has taught us about the different resources we have available and our rights to know about how our children are learning in school. Our children are excited about their future at ASU because we as parents are motivated and educated on how to get them there.”
Jill King, parent, Evans Elementary (Tempe Schools District)
- There, they talked to us about [the ADA] PIQE [program]… whose only purpose is to offer us the necessary information that will help us support our children in their education. And the final objective is for our children to graduate from the university and in turn help improve the quality of life. Believe me I have never before had in my hands such an important tool for the education of our children that PIQE offers. It is essential for our children’s education because of all the moral, emotional and financial information it provides, especially since we are families with few economic resources.”
Adolfo Baldivia, parent, Mitchell Elementary (Isaac School District)
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