Childcare Academy
Childcare Academy
Childcare Academy
Childcare Coordinator:
Juliana Tapia
149 N. White Road, San Jose CA 95127
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am – 10:30 pm
Julianatapia@escuelapopular.org
Escuela Popular Childcare Academy’s mission is to stimulate the different areas of a child’s development. Its curriculum was inspired by Waldorf’s pedagogy, which uses teaching methods that seek to build a balance between the children’s intellect, imagination, and will. Waldorf’s pedagogy focuses in using art and nature to help the growth of human development. The purpose is to prepare children to reach maturity in various aspects such as, laterality, balance, coordinated movement, language, emotional stability and the ability to listen to better prepare them for the academic challenges that will come in the following stages of their lives.
Based on a deep knowledge of each child’s needs and Waldorf inspired curriculum, Escuela Popular Childcare Academy welcome each child with respect, individuality, and provide a homely atmosphere conducive to their development. As a result of this educational approach we help develop adults who are self-confident, respectful, creative, full of initiative, social sensitivity, stable emotional life, and completely capable of making new contributions to society.
Kindergarten Graduation 2023
After School Program
After School Programs
After School Programs
We are non-profit after-school program with a great homework center, enrichments, activities, and sports! Our fee is $75 for the school year, scholarships are available.
20 to 1 Student / Teacher Ratio
Our ratio is 20 to 1 from Kinder to 8th graders! The program’s policy is that each student must attend a minimum of 15 hours a week for elementary and middle school.
After school Program Schedule
We are open and closed based on EP school schedule. Our weekly program hours are Monday-Friday: 2:00pm-6:30pm.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley
Mission: To inspire and empower all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring adults.
Core Programs: Sports, Fitness and Recreation, Education & Career Development, Arts & Cultural Enrichment, Character & Leadership, Health & Life-Skills and Technology
About Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley
Founded in 1944, BGCSV is a non-profit youth development organization that offers innovative and effective afterschool and summer enrichment programs primarily for low income, at-risk Santa Clara County youth ages 6-18 years. BGCSV serves approximately 3,000 regular members at 13 Clubhouse locations in San Jose, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy. The majority of the youth we serve are living in economically depressed, high crime neighborhoods with an absence of adult role models or mentors.
Silicon Valley’s future prosperity is dependent upon growing a middle-class workforce ready to meet the global demands of a knowledge-based economy. We know that the path to building our future workforce is preparing local youth with the skills required to succeed in college and a career. We aim to help close the opportunity gap to achieve greater economic, political, and social equality among disadvantaged youth and the communities in which they live.
BGCSV takes a holistic approach to creating well-rounded, confident, and healthy youth and aims to provide programs and services that speak to all aspects of a child’s development. To achieve these goals, comprehensive curricula are provided within the following Core Enrichment Program Areas that address the academic, linguistic and cognitive growth, and emotional and social needs of youth. Core Program Areas are age and developmentally appropriate; are supportive of the diversity of children and families served, including culture and language; and are operationally efficient and effective.
About our programs
A chartered affiliate of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, BGCSV utilizes a proven youth development strategy that nurtures young people’s self-esteem by instilling in them a sense of belonging, usefulness, competence, and influence. Clubs engage youth in mentoring relationships with caring adults and offer age-appropriate and diverse programs provided by trained youth development staff, supplemented by hundreds of volunteers in these core area programs: Technology, Character & Leadership, Education & Career, Arts & Cultural Enrichment, Health & Life Skills, and Sports, Fitness & Recreation.