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Migrant Youth Advocate Program
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- Weld Re-8 School District in partnership with Centennial BOCES’ mission is to help students and families in the following areas:
- Helping Youth Improve their Academic Success
Youth Advocate Program provides:
Support for students:
- Advocate to represent migrant youth
- Academic support with classes, scholarships, and college applications
- Leadership development, trainings, and conferences
- Assistance with obtaining and transferring student educational and health records
- Help as needed to ensure equal participation in school activities and programs
- Support for families:
- Information and referrals to community agencies for food, clothing, adult education, health care, and other social service needs
- Parental Involvement Meetings
- School-Parent Liaison contact
- Support for the Migrant Education Graduation Advocate (MEGAS) & school staff:
- Training on the Migrant Education Program and teaching strategies for migrant students
- Technical assistance with identification and support of migrant students
- Coordination with Regional, State and Federal Migrant Education program to support migrant students
- The goal of the Migrant Youth Advocate Program is to help all students graduate on time from high school.
Participating Schools
- Little Trappers Preschool
- Butler Elementary
- Twombly Elementary
- Kenneth Homyak PK-8
- Fort Lupton Middle School
- Fort Lupton High School
- For more information on Centennial BOCES, please visit their website at cboces.org
