CHARLOTTEBILINGUAL

PRESCHOOL

2019 Annual Report

Dear Friend,

Thank you for your gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Thanks to you, we have opened our doors for our twentieth school year, and your significant investments have enabled us to embark on two new partnerships to increase accessibility for working families and deepen impact for children.

In this report, we share a reminder of the need for early invervention and a snapshot of your impact on our children, their families, and our institutions.

We know from an external alumni study that our children outperform their Hispanic peers in K-2nd grade.

We envision a future where all children in our community are able to enter school ready to succeed.

You make this future possible. Thank you.

Humbly,

Banu Valladares Executive Director

All children should enter school with the skills and engaged families they need to succeed.

You make it possible.

By age 5, the achievement gap is set.1

Children who enter Kindergarten behind are half as likely to read proficiently in 3rd grade.2

A third of Latinx students who do not read proficiently in 3rd grade drop out of high school.3

Birth to five

The Family Programs empower families as partners and include ESL classes, workshops, and community-building opportunities. We also offer ParentChild+, a proven home visiting program that supports the transition to pre-K and connects families to resources.

Two generations

We partner with local organizations to provide occupational therapy, speech therapy, and onsite family counseling.

Wraparound services

1. Council of Economic Advisers, The economics of early childhood investments, 2014.3. Leading on Opportunity, Leading on Opportunity Report, 2017.3. Annie E. Casey Foundation, Double jeopardy: How poverty & third grade reading skills influence high school graduation, 2012.

CltBP has a unique solution.

For children 3-5, we offer the only 5-star licensed dual language Preschool Program in the state. We also offer a weekly workshop for caregivers and their children birth to 3, Creciendo Juntos.

"CltBP prepared all my children for Kindergarten. I learned how to motivate them to read and support them at home. CltBP also helped us make friends when we were new here.

CltBP is like your first love. You never forget about it."Imelda Ibarra

Alumni Parent Class of ‘07, ‘09, ‘13

“CltBP encompasses three of Christ Episcopal Church’s four Outreach and Mission pillars: Children, Social Justice, and Poverty Prevention.

It is a privilege to partner with CltBP teachers and leaders to empower students to succeed in the classroom and beyond.”

AT CastilloChrist Church Member, Former CltBP Board Member

Move to Hickory Grove and growth to 108 children. Creciendo Juntos launch.

Founded with a $100K grant from Smart Start at Third Presbyterian Church.

First extended day programs with MECK Pre-K and first home visiting program, ParentChild+.

Looking to the future with a 5-year strategic growth plan.

15 children graduate at our first ceremony.2000 2013 Preschool Program

growth to 72 children.

Growth to 144 children. Launched Green Room integrated classroom pilot with multi-year support from Christ Church and Reemprise Fund.

1999 2015 2018

2019 2020

Looking Back on Tw enty Years of Impact

Reggio Emilia

Creative Curriculum

MECK Pre-K

With extended day comes breakfast, lunch, and a new opportunity to build community.

Manolo Betancur is a local activist and owner of Manolo’s Bakery on Central Avenue, which has now expanded into catering.

“It is not about getting your belly full, it is about eating healthier. It is not about my business, it is about our community,” says Manolo. “It is so hard to stop thinking about the beautiful faces of CltBP’s children. The first time I saw them sitting at their lunch tables with our meals, I knew we were doing the right thing in the right place.”

Manolo’s wife Leidy Milena designed the menu over several months, focusing on healthy meals that were also connected to culture and curriculum.

“She deserves all the credit, my amazing wife. She designed a menu that is unique, international, healthy, and cost-effective. We have learned that education is a process where we all play a role - and ours is to lead this food revolution.”

Manolo Betancur

Manolo’s Revolution

Our teachers are guided by Reggio Emilia, a student-centered pedagogy rooted in respect, responsibility, and community. This year, our Preschool Program Coordinator attended professional development in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Our dual language curriculum is comprehensive, research-based, and features exploration and discovery as a way of learning.

This year, we converted four of our eight half-day classrooms into extended day (6.5 hours) through partnership with MECK Pre-K, serving 72 children, our largest graduating class to date.

The Future of Preschool Programs

Last fall, children entered CltBP with 38% of the skills needed for success in school. By the spring, they had doubled their skills to 78%.

A recent alumni study found our graduates enter Kindergarten ahead of peers and maintain consistent growth and advantage through 2nd grade.

of Preschool Program children improved their English-language skills.1

When Alejandro entered Charlotte Bilingual Preschool at age 3, he and his parents only spoke Spanish. They enrolled in the Green Room pilot, where Alejandro soon made friends with both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking children.

Alejandro’s parents were active in our Family Program and both enrolled in our English as a Second Language classes, now provided in partnership with CPCC.

This year, Alejandro is enrolled in one of our MECK Pre-K extended day classrooms. In addition to building kindergarten readiness skills, Alejandro is now bilingual, giving him long-term social, cognitive, and economic advantages.

When he enters elementary school next year, Alejandro will be able to communicate with his teachers and peers, and his parents will have the tools to advocate for him and support his education at home.

Thank you for making a bright future possible for Alejandro and hundreds of others children like him over the past twenty years.

You make it possible.

99%

of families showed confidence in their ability to support their child’s education in elementary school.3

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63% showed statistically significant social-emotional improvement.2

1. The research-based GOLD assessment is associated with our curriculum, which tracks progress in 38 kindergarten-readiness competancies across 9 domains.2. DECA-P2 is a strengths-based, norm-referenced assessment of children’s social-emotional development designed to promote resilience.3. The Family Measure includes validated scales and scales developed specifically for CltBP by UNCC’s Department of Psychology.

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Can you imagine entering Kindergarten and not speaking the same language as your teacher?

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The future includes you. Finances July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019

Every year, 3,000 Latinx children enter Kindergarten in Mecklenburg County.

Charlotte Bilingual Preschool is committed to evolving to meet the needs of our growing community, and we started this year through two new partnerships.

Our families told us that they needed extended day programs. In response, we are partnering with MECK Pre-K to lengthen the school day, deepening impact for students and increasing accessibility for working families.

This year, we are also piloting the proven ParentChild+ model to address the trend of children entering CltBP further behind each year. Serving children ages 2-4, Early Learning Specialists will support kindergarten readiness and connect families to resources in weekly visits for two years.

Our long-term objective is to scale up the CltBP model by leveraging partnerships while carefully preserving quality, cultural relevance, and sensitivity. We believe all children should enter school with the skills and engaged families they need to succeed.

We need your help to meet the need in our community.Donate today and build a brighter future.

www.bilingualpreschool.org

Revenue - $1,098,007

Expenses - $1,098,007

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Earned Revenue

Government Contracts

Foundations

Faith-based

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Individuals

Net Assets Released from Restriction

School Facilities

Programs

Marketing and Communications

Fund Development

General Administrative65%

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Thank YouThank you to the generous individuals and organizations who made a donation to CltBP for the 2018-19 school year or between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. You build a bright future.

$100,000+Smart Start of Mecklenburg County

$50,000 - $99,999Accenture and Apparo (Mission Possible Award)Anonymous FoundationCharlotte Merchants FoundationChrist Episcopal ChurchFaisonThe Merancas FoundationReemprise Fund

$25,000 - $49,999Charlotte Mecklenburg Community FoundationThe Leon Levine FoundationSisters of Mercy of NC Foundation

$10,000 - $24,999Ginter FoundationNovant HealthPNC Grow Up GreatStephen L. Cornwell Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999First Presbyterian ChurchLatorre InsuranceSpeedway Children’s Charities

$2,500 - $4,999Christ Episcopal Church Episcopal Church WomenDavis Moore CapitalFoundation For The CarolinasMcGuireWoodsMyers Park Baptist Church

Myers Park Presbyterian Church

$1,000 - $2,499Belk Associate Inclusive Latino AllianceCharlotte Country Day SchoolDuke Energy FoundationGarfinkel Immigration Law FirmMadison HomebuildersMilestone Therapy GroupNorthwood RavinPiedmont Club FoundationProvidence Day SchoolUNC Charlotte Cato College of Education

Organizations

$500 - $999Tammie and Robert BeattyErskine and Crandall BowlesKimberly and Brian BrennerClaire and Allen BrownAnna CarterAT CastilloDiana Castro and Jason CarcacheCarolina and Gonzalo ChecaJamie and Stuart ChristhilfMary Beth CollinsDiana Crawford and Hugh WrigleyNicole and Justin DardaniTere and Doug EyLisa FarleyJoyce FordRobert FrazierSherard Anne and Tom GatesLisa GodwinLisa and Sherman HendersonSarah Beth Hughes and Douglas ThieCathy and Jim HunterLibby and James KelligrewRuth and Tim LeaycraftDeborah and Jud LittleErika and Len LopezAmanda LozierCyndee PattersonEllen and Tom RuffClay and Sue SamsGeorgina M. Sanz and Rick RamirezAriana Shahinfar and Darrell Klotz

Laura and Grady SmithMarjorie TateJensie and Katherine TeagueDebbie and Brad ThieBanu ValladaresSuzanne WilliamsDeb and Ken WolfsonManuel Zapata

$250 - $499Allain AndryConnie and Richard BarceloJohn BarnesBarbara BascomJama BestKelly BrooksElizabeth and Saxby ChaplinGina and Herbert CleggLaura and Gary CooperAnthony FioreJeff GaskinJay and DeDe GerhartSharon GoldmanAlexandra GregoryMergil HalsteadChristi HartAndrew HeadleyMarty HedgpethLee and Phil HendersonJan HenryPaige and Tom JamesGail Laughlin

Ashley LillyJessica and Eric MagerMichael MarsicanoZachary and Jessica McLarenLaura and Mal McLeanPablo and Susan MedinaKaren and Mark MichaelUlrike and Alex MilesTheresa MoritzDr. Jennifer MorrisonLaura and Brian MurdockCandace and Bruce NaliboffChristina and Dee O’DellSusan PaschalSunita PrzybyloBarbara ReinKathy RidgeCathy and Terry RocheOscar SaavedraCarol Sawyer and Tom HanchettJanet SingermanSuzanne and Michael SmithVanessa Shelton StolenJoanne TateAnnette and Eric TelljohannQuince Thompson and Jeff HermanCharles ThriftSarah and Larry ToppmanMelissa and Todd WalkerDenytra Whitner

Individuals$5,000+Manuel ArreseJen and Cam DyerMartha and Eric EubankOlga and Jay FaisonAdelaide Horton and John A. FraleyMandy and David RavinMary StokesErin and John StubbsClaire and John Tate

$2,500 - $4,999Nancy and Jeff GiffordKathy and Ben HillKatie and Mike JamesSue Laguna-Whang

Katie Lamont and Aditya Bhasin

$1,000 - $2,499Mary Lauren BishopElizabeth and Bob BridgesCaroline Chambre Hammock and Rob HammockMichelle CicolettiJoyce DeatonRosie and Sal ElrahalBeth and Bill GeigerJodi and Chris HummerKathy and Charlie IzardLouisa and Richard JonesMary and Joe KluttzElizabeth and Christopher Lee

Hannah Little and Seth NanaaDeborah Majewski and Dan WardAnna and Tom NelsonAmanda and Chris NittoLisa and Robert PharrPatty Avila Ramirez and Juan Carlos Escobar RiañoSally and Russell RobinsonKim and Mark RudolphAnn and Wellford TaborAustin and Allison TateRenee and Ron TownsendHolly TrotterLaura and Brian WalgerBetsy and Sandy Weathersbee

Board of DirectorsManuel ArreseBrenda Arroyo

Diana CastroGonzalo Checa

Joyce FordBill Geiger

Lisa GodwinDevonya Govan-Hunt

Mary KluttzSue Laguna-Whang

Hannah LittleFiliberto Morán

Jennifer MorrisonJohn PietschMandy Ravin

Juan Carlos Escobar RiañoBeatriz Rodriguez

Oscar SaavedraMary Stokes, Chair

Camelia TaheriClaire Tate

Douglas Thie

Thank you for enabling children and families

to dream big.

Charlotte Bilingual Preschool6300 Highland Avenue | Charlotte, NC 28215

www.bilingualpreschool.org704.535.8080