PACIFIC UNION EDUCATIONLATINO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Presented by:Elissa Kido

Lourdes Morales-Gudmundsson

A L C A N C E

Proyecto

The Silent Invisible Crisis

Question:

What is the “Silent Invisible Crisis” ?

The Silent Invisible Crisis

Answer:

Hispanic young people are not completing high

school.

The Silent Invisible CrisisNationally, high school graduation

rates are low for all students

Only an estimated 69% of those who enter 9th grade graduate with a regular diploma in the 12th grade.

This percentage is substantially lower for most minority groups

Particularly for males.

—http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=410936

HISPANIC

All graduation rates are for the school year 2005–06.Accessed from http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material/understanding_HSgradrates. © July 2009 by the Alliance for Excellent Education

National Graduation Cap Chart

14% Gap

Dropout Rate 16-19 year old Latinos

More than twice as high as that for Whites

Four times as high as Asians

Higher than the rate for blacks

Accessed from "Why Latinos Are Left Behind" by Joseph Berger, 2010, The New York Times: Education Life, p.16, Sunday July 25, 2010

Percent of Adults with a Bachelor’s Degree

50% of Asian Adults

31% of Non Hispanic White Adults

18% of Black Adults

13% of Hispanic Adults

Accessed From "Why Latinos Are Left Behind" by Joseph Berger, 2010, The New York Times:Education Life, p.16, Sunday July 25, 2010

What About Students in Adventist Schools?

Did you know that 85% of those graduating from academies go on to college?

Did you know that 80% of students in Adventist colleges graduate from college?

Church’s and Pastor’s Influence

According Dr. Edwin Hernández’ AVANCE research, 95% of our Latino youth are attending public schools.

Therefore, the Latino youth in our local churches are reflected in this national data.

The gatekeepers and leaders of our SDA Latino youth are the local church pastors.

As Hispanics in the Adventist community, we share a mutual responsibility to change these demographics.

Adventist LatinoCouncil

Advancing and

Nurturing

Christian

Education

Proyecto ALCANCEAlcance means “Reach” in Spanish

The members of the Pacific Union Education Latino Leadership Council are:

Ruben Escalante, Superintendent AZ Conference Ileana Espinosa, Assoc. Superintendent, Central CA Conference Martha Havens, Assoc. Director, Pacific Union Conference Elissa Kido, Director, CognitiveGenesis, LSU School of Education Lourdes Morales-Gudmundsson, Chair, LSU World Languages Mario Negrete, Assoc. Superintendent, Southern CA Conference Manuel Rodríguez, Retired Principal of Hawaiian Mission Academy Josué Rosado, Former Principal of Foothills Elementary, NCC Jorge Soria, Director, Hispanic Ministries, Pacific Union Conference Elder Arnold Trujillo, Vice President, Pacific Union Conference Ivan Weiss, Retired Superintendent AZ Conference

Vision for ALCANCEWe are committed to enhancing Christian

Education for Latino students throughout the Pacific Union Conference and NAD.

We are committed to mentoring Latino youth.

We are committed to increasing access of Latino SDA young people to SDA colleges and universities.

Therefore, impacting the growth of Latino leaders and professionals in our churches.

Mission Statement

to recruit and retain Hispanic youth in Adventist schools

to promote academic success among Hispanic students in

the context of a Christ-centered education.

The mission of ALCANCE is

So. CA Anaheim Spanish Church

Pastor Caleb Jara

Pastor’s Influence

The AVANCE research indicates that 85% Latino youth who attend SDA schools stay in the local SDA church.

Both our Latino youth and the local church benefit from SDA education.

The Pastor’s influence is the KEY to this taking place.

Proyecto ALCANCE

Necesitamos ALCANZAR a nuestra juventud.

Necesitamos ALCANZAR a la próxima generación de líderes latinos.

Esta es la razón de ser del Proyecto

ALCANCE.

Your Church

Does your church have academy age children who would like an Adventist education?

Does your church have members who support Adventist education and could be mentors to young people?

Are you as a pastor supportive of Adventist Education?

If the answer is “YES” to all of the above, then participate in ALCANCE!

Contact Information

Martha HavensPhone Number: (805) 413-7314Email Address: martha@puconline.org

Elissa KidoPhone Number: (951) 785-2972Email Address: ekido@lasierra.edu

Lourdes Morales-GudmundssonPhone Number: (951) 785-2120Email Address: lmorales@lasierra.edu