STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
The wraparound support services
address potential barriers to student
learning, provide development
opportunities for the student body,
and connect students with the larger
D.C. community. Services are offered in
four major languages: English, Spanish,
Amharic, and Vietnamese.
STUDENT SUCCESS
Thirty years
ago Vilma
Granados
came to the
U.S. from her
home country
of El Salvador
to escape
the brutal
civil war that
ravaged
the nation
in the mid1980s. Vilma
dreamed of going to college.
Giving back is a fundamental part of student
services and is integral to fostering a sense of
community pride. A robust volunteer program
brings together students, alumni, staff, and
community members. Thanks to community
volunteer efforts over the years, local children
have gotten shoes for school and toys for
Christmas, funds have been donated to overseas
disaster relief, local soup kitchens have had
more hands to serve those less fortunate, and
neighborhood health clinics have been able to
provide more multilingual services.
Thanks to strong partnerships and
referral agreements with more than 70
local organizations including Greater
Washington Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce, Clínica del Pueblo, Mary’s
Center, D.C. Bar Pro Bono Clinic, and the
Metropolitan Police Department’s the
school offers a wide range of services.
VILMA
GRANADOS
KEY FACTS #2
2,541 volunteer hours
SERVICES INCLUDE:
In 1984 she enrolled in English as a
Second Language (ESL) classes at the
Carlos Rosario School. She had to put
her studies aside to raise a family, but
in 2009 Vilma came back to the School
determined to finish her GED. Although
she struggled with the material and with
her own self-esteem, she didn’t give up.
donated by students and
community members to school and
community-related activities
»» Individual and group bilingual mental health
counseling
»» Health screenings and HIV testing
300 pairs of
children’s shoes
»» Safety training
»» Affordable housing workshops
collected for CentroNía, a bilingual
learning center for children, during a
student-government organized drive
»» Dental care and hearing and vision screening
»» Career counseling and job placement
This dedicated student found guidance
through the School’s student support
services. Vilma started meeting with
school advisors about her dreams of
attending college. She was connected
with a College Board representative
who helped her apply for college and
worked with school counselors to
put together scholarship application
materials. Vilma was awarded a Carlos
Rosario School scholarship, and is
now in her first semester of classes
at Montgomery College. She said,
“[The Carlos Rosario staff] were always
pushing me to keep going…I had the
idea and they gave me the tools.”
»» Childcare and health referrals
»» Life skills workshops
SCHOOL YEAR 2013-14
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
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