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Program Descriptions

Regular School Year Objectives

All Migrant Students at American Union participate in Structured English Immersion classrooms, with supplemental support provided by Migrant Instructional Aide (Anna Ortiz), and Mini Corp. All Migrant Students who are designated as an English Learner are also supported by certificated classroom teachers, and EL support teacher.

Summer School Objectives

Our Migrant Summer Program involves a dual District/Migrant Summer School which includes two certificated teachers providing services to migrant students during the specified timeframe, and Mini Corp support. We also provide each of our migrant students grade P-3 through 8 with Continuous Learning Packets for the summer. Each student's progress is monitored by our Community Liaison- (Anna Ortiz) two times during the summer months. RIF books are also distributed at this time to students.

Fifteen of our migrant students are also invited to participate in Outdoor Ed program sponsored by Fresno County Office of Education.

I & R Process

Identification & Recruitment

Our district uses various strategies to identify and recruit migrant families. Some of which include developing a partnership with community members to assist with the identification a new families to our area. We also value the assistance of our current migrant families who have been very useful in informing us when new families move in. We also use such strategies as coordinating with surrounding schools to track family movement, reviewing enrollment sheets for all entering students, as well as being familiar with the areas where annual migration usually occurs.

I & R is done year round by our Migrant Liaison (Anna Ortiz), however during the summer months is when we actively recruit most of our families.

Assessment Tools

All migrant students are assessed annually using various state, and district assessments. Our Pre-K students are assessed by Regional Needs Assessments and the Brigance Assessment. Migrant students in grades K through 8 are assessed using district adopted multiple measure, STAT test results. District's writing exams, Math Criteria Reference Exams, Reading readiness Assessments and CELDT.

All data is then accumulated to determine each migrant student's needs, as well as to track student progress, in comparison to non migrant students

Click Below to View Assessment Scores for American Union Migrant Education Students:

2006 CST Assessment Scores
CAHSEE: American Union has no high schools in its district.
2006 CELDT Assessment Scores

Parent Meeting & Program Involvement

The Migrant Parents at American Union are actively evolved in the Migrant Program. Attendance at each meeting generally ranges from 75 to 95 percent participation. Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month. Dates are as follows;

• AUGUST 30, 2007
• SEPTEMBER 27, 2007
• OCTOBER 25, 2007
• NOVEMBER 29, 2007
• JANUARY 31, 2008
• FEBRUARY 28, 2008
• MARCH 27, 2008
• APRIL 17, 2008
• MAY 29, 2008

Each meeting is held at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria. The 2007/2008 officers are:

Yolanda Lopez	Luz Marravilla	Isela Manzo
Maria Arredondo	Maria Santana	Rosa Manzo
Guadalupe Rodríguez-Representative  NOT PICTURED

Health Support Services & Health Clinics

American Union Migrant Education hosts an annual health clinic. Kathleen Freeman the Migrant Health Nurse, Lilia Roybal, along with Anna Ortiz work together to ensure that all migrant student health needs are met throughout the year. We are very proud of the success and participation from our family each year.

Questions? Call (559) 268-1213

Other Programs

Migrant Students are encouraged and permitted to participate in all other school activities, such as

• sports,
• band,
• GATE,
• 4H, etc
• After School Program

Professional Development

Our current Program Manager, Ann Ortiz, is a regular attendee of the various workshops conducted by the Fresno County Office of Education for Migrant programs. We have monthly Parent Advisory Committee meetings on campus, and our students participate in conferences and workshops sponsored by Fresno County and others.

Other Information

We recognize and value our Migrant families as an essential part of the school community at American Union. We anticipate an increased success rate for our Migrant students, both academically and socially, in the years to come.