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| Mendota,
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| Success
Stories |
 Verónica
is an eight-year-old who is struggling in her studies.
María, the home visitor, has been working really
hard on spelling with Verónica. On 7-14-04 María
went to Verónica’s house for her home visit
and gave her thirty words. Verónica spelled twenty-eight
out of the thirty words correctly! This lets María
know that Verónica is doing the homework that she
leaves for her. María is very proud of Verónica
and gave her a surprise bag of goodies for doing a job
well done. Way to go Verónica! |
 María,
home visitor for Isaac, reported that
all the kindergartners at Blackstone School in Mendota,
including Isaac, had been tested. Isaac earned the highest
score out of all the children in his class. Isabelle,
Isaac’s mother, told María how proud of Isaac
she was. She thanked Bright Beginnings for working with
him because she knew that was the reason he scored so
high. Bright Beginnings’ staff created a certificate
and gave it to Isaac for doing such a great job. |
 Erica
is a four year old child that María works with
on a weekly basis. Because Erica did not know any of her
colors, María and Erica’s mother worked very
hard to teach her the names associated with the colors.
Finally, it was time for a test. Erica got all of the
answers correct! Hooray for Erica and keep up the good
work! |
Irma
has been attending ESL classes on a regular basis. She
set many goals for herself and accomplished many of them.
One goal was to learn how to fill out a job application
correctly and by herself. When Irma felt  confident,
she did go out and successfully apply for a job on her
own. Irma is currently working on filling out a blank
check correctly. In addition, she is working on her parenting
skills with the goal of making her children take responsibility
for cleaning their own rooms. Irma has attended several
workshops on positive parenting through Bright Beginnings
and says this has helped her a lot with her children.
Now when she asks them to clean their rooms they say,
“Yes, Mom, in a minute.” |
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