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I. EDUCATION

A. YOUTH

For Parents: How to get information on your students

Public High Schools East Palo Alto, Belle Haven, North Fair Oaks

Carlmont: (650) 595-0210 email iabelt@seq.org bilingual message

EPA Academy: (650) 839-8900 Choose #1 General Information bilingual

Menlo Atherton High School (650) 322-5311 ext. 50124 ask for Blanca bilingual

Sequoia High School (650) 367-9780 ext. 63110 Elvira Macias Family Center bilingual email
emacias@seq.org

TIDE High School (650) 306-1755, address 150 Jefferson, Menlo Park

Woodside High School (650) 367-9750 ask for Maricela Lopez in Guidance bilingual email
malopez@seq.org

Redwood High School (650) 298-8876, select option #1 (bilingual) or school address is 1968
Old Country Road, Redwood City 94063

Middle College (650) 306-3120 email haroy@smccd.edu

PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOLS

* East Palo Alto and Belle Haven (Ravenswood City School District)

Cesar Chavez Ravenswood School: call (650) 329-2828 and leave bilingual message giving
home telephone number and name of student or email the teacher directly (student should have
the name of the teacher and email)

• North Fair Oaks (Redwood City School District)

Garfield Community School (650) 482-2405, school address 3600 Middlefield Road, Menlo
Park 94025 Grades pre k-8

Taft Community School Elementary School (650) 482-2416, school address 903 Tenth Avenue
Redwood City 94063 Grades K-8 Total Immersion Spanish and English

Hoover Elementary School (650) 482-2408, school address 701 Charter Street, Redwood City
94063 Grades K- 8th

Kennedy Middle School (650) 482-2200, school address 2521 Goodwin Avenue, Redwood City
94061 Grades 6-8

PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

• East Palo Alto and Belle Haven (Ravenswood City School District)

Belle Haven Elementary (650) 329-2898 bilingual, school address 415 Ivy Drive, Menlo Park
94025

Costaňo School of Arts (650) 329-2888 bilingual, 2695 Fordham St., East Palo Alto 94303

Los Robles- Ronald McNair (650) 329-2888, Dual Language School (Spanish/English), school
address 2033 Pulgas Avenue East Palo Alto 94303 Grades K-5

• North Fair Oaks (Redwood City School District)

Garfield Community School (650) 482-2405 Grades Pre K-8, school address 3600 Middlefield
Road, Menlo Park 94025

Taft Community School (650) 482-2416, Grades K-8 Total Immersion Spanish and English 903
Tenth Avenue Redwood City 94063

Hoover Elementary School (650) 482-2408, Grades K-8th 701 Charter Street, Redwood City
94063

CHARTER SCHOOLS: Parents can apply to have their children attend

* East Palo Alto and Belle Haven

ASPIRE/EPA Charter School Grades 1-8 (650) 614-9100, school address 1286 Runnymede, East
Palo Alto 94303

KIPP Esperanza High School (510) 407-8694, school address 1039 Garden Street, East Palo
Alto 94303

Oxford Day High School (650) 260-3152, school address 1001 Beech Street, East Palo Alto, Ca
94303

The Primary School Grades Pre K-3rd (650) 396-2779, school address 2086 Clarke Ave, East
Palo Alto 94303

• Redwood City

Connect Community Charter School (650) 482-2426, school address 635 Oakside Avenue,
Redwood City 94063

Summit Preparatory Charter High School (650) 556-1110, school address 890 Broadway
Redwood City 94063

KIPP Excelencia Community Prep (650) 482-2428, school address 2950 Fair Oaks
Avenue, Redwood City 94063

SPECIAL EDUCATION

San Mateo County Office of Education: Serve students with special needs from kindergarten
through 22 years.

101Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, Ca 94065

Web address: www.smcoe.org

Ravenswood City School District Special Education

Yesenia Murillo (650) 329-2800 ext. 60143 bilingual English and Spanish

Sequoia School District Special Education

(650) 369-1411 ext. 22242 bilingual English and Spanish

Redwood City School District Special Education

(650) 482-2288, Leilani Huerta lhuerta@rcsdk.8.net

Online Resources from San Mateo Office of Education Special Education

  • The Council for Exceptional Children, email address exceptionalchildren.org
  • LD Online ldonline.org newsletter available in English and Spanish information on
    learning disabilities
  • Parents helping Parents php.com information in English Spanish and Vietnamese
  • Autism Speaks autismspeaks.org information on autism, virtual parents support group,
    summer programs, online events, information in Spanish, (resources, parent’s guide, etc.)

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Eastside College Preparatory (650) 688-0850, school address 1041 Myrtle Street, East Palo Alto, Ca 94303

St. Elizabeth Seton School (650) 326-9004, school address 1095 Channing Avenue, Palo Alto, Ca 94301

OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS

  • Menlo School
  •  Sacred Heart
  •  The Peninsula School Beechwood School
  •  Phillips Brooks School
  • St. Raymond
  • Alto International School
  • Mid-peninsula High School 1340 Willow Road Menlo Park94025
  • Nativity Elementary School
  • Open Mind School
  • St Matthew’s Episcopal School
  • Synapse School
  • Trinity School

PRESCHOOLS

Izzi at Ravenswood, school address 951 O’Connor Street, East Palo Alto, Ca 94303

Creative Montessori Learning Center, school address 1421 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, Ca 94303

Head Start (Magnolia), school address 1425 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, Ca 94303

B. ADULT EDUCATION

Sequoia District Adult Education, (650) 306-8866

Literacy Plus, (650) 802-5511

Project Read, (650) 780-707, address 1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, Ca 94063

Palo Alto Adult School, (650) 329-3750, school address 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, Ca

94301

English as a Second Language, Programa de Inglés Como Segundo idioma, Ana Escobar

(650) 479-1754 email

address naescobar@seq.org

High School Equivalency/ High School Diploma Program

Request a GED transcript/Solicitar transcripción del GED,

Soledad Campos (650) 539-8471, email: scampos@seq.org,

Student Support Services Liliana Campos (650) 503-3848, email: lcampos@seq.org

Job Training (see below) Classes in ESL and offers career training to the community, (650) 330-

6429

SAN MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Cañada College: Public Community College in Redwood City.

Shuttle service from East Palo Alto to Cañada. Webpage: www.canadacollege.edu

3O active certificate programs. Financial aid available. Sample of certificate programs;

accounting, fashion design, medical assisting, computer science, youth and after school,

paralegal.

Contact: Main Switchboard: (650) 306-3100

Welcome Center (650) 306-3452, for spanish ask for Claudia or email

canadawelcomecenter@smccd.edu and send a message in English or Spanish

WEBSITE INFORMATION FOR CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS: 1. Go to

www.canadacollege.edu 2. Choose Gainful Employment Information 3. Choose Degrees,

Certifications, Transfer 4. Choose the program you are interested in learning

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COLLEGE COMPLETION PROGRAMS

For adults who have college credits and want to get their college degree, there are particular

programs helping to make that happen:

Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont is working with the San Mateo County

Community College District on an accelerated program to obtain a Bachelor or Science Degree,

starting in September 2022. For further information go to www.ndnu.edu/sbm/degreecompletion/

Working Scholars of California works with accredited non profit educational institutions to

provide a no-cost, no debt bachelor’s degree, working with six California communities. For more

information, go to www.workingscholars.org

II. JOB TRAINING

Job Train (650) 330-6429 bilingual receptionist, address 1200 O’Brien Drive, Menlo

Park Offers career training to the community.

Training in: culinary arts, carpentry, medical assistant, certified medical assistant, IT Support and

Services, building maintenance

Young Adult Services 17-24 years old

English as a Second Language Classes 8 week classes.

East Palo Alto Career Center (Job Train) (650) 384-6961, address 2100 University Avenue, East

Palo Alto, Ca 94303Services: Resume Development, Interview Practice, Online Job Readiness Workshops, Job Train

Edge: Job Placement services and Career Exploration

Trades Introduction Center, (650) 341-7711 SPONSORED BY THE SAN MATEO COUNTY

CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL Call to see if this is a good fit for you, in English and Spanish.

Community Colleges, see above for San Mateo Community College for Certificate Programs and

for ESL classes offered at Cañada College.

III. RECOVERY SERVICES

ADULTS

Free At Last, (650) 462-6999, address 1796 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, Ca 94303

Hope House Service League of San Mateo County, address 3789 Hoover Street, Redwood City,

Ca 94063

Latino Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse of San Mateo County, Alcoholism treatment

program, (650) 244-1444, address 100 Sneath Lane, San Bruno, Ca 94066

San Mateo County Health System- Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, (800) 686-0101

YOUTH

Adolescent Counseling Services, 650 424-0852, address 643 Bair Road, Redwood City, Ca

94063

ALCOVE ages 12-25

Crisis Support Resources, address 2741 Middlefield Road, Suite 102, Palo Alto, Ca 94306

Appointment 650 798-6330

IV. STARTING A BUSINESS

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, (650) 321-2193 email: rencenter.org, address 1848 Bay

Road, East Palo Alto, Ca 94303

Classes: (in English and Spanish) Start Smart, Business Prep, Women”s Empowerment, Grant

Opportunities

San Mateo County Economic Development Association: Technical Assistance

San Mateo Small Business Development Center, confidential no cost advisory assistance for

small businesses (650) 395-91301 on 1 advice

Restaurant Program offered in 5 different languages

Advising areas:

  • Start your Business,
  • Grow your Business
  • Business planning
  • Get Funded
  • Marketing
  • Financial Advising
  • Business Management
  • Restaurants
  • Technology
  • Government Contracting
  • International Trade
  • Sell your Business

Small Business Resources, City of East Palo Alto, ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us

Legal Services: Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto bilingual English and Spanish

2117-B University Avenue East Palo Alto, (650) 326-6440, address 1861 Bay Road, East Palo

Alto, Ca 94303, email: www.clsepa.org

M-F 9-5 office walk in M-F 9-1 pm English and Spanish