Dreams for Our Children

The January parent meetings  looked a little different than those in the past.

At the Apopka Family Learning Center, our vision is "Empowering Children and Families through Education." 

During the January parent meetings, we asked the parents, 

"What are your hopes and dreams for your children's future?"

Every parent was given one color.
The rules were that they needed to collectively design a drawing illustrating the question without trading colors.  

 Children ate while the parents worked.

Once the artwork was completed, the groups appointed a spokesperson to explain the group's effort. 

The drawings were different in themes but similar threads sewed all of them together. The dream of a completed and well-rounded education while connected to God/Dios.

                                         

The final January parent meeting was January 29th.  The ever-creative Ms. Beatrice came up with the lovely 

idea of having families co-create the image together.

         

                  

The conclusion of the meeting tied the adult class offerings in with the vision the parents have for their children.  A parent is a child's first teacher and simply modeling the importance of education by attending a class sets a precedent for the child.