Migrant Education Services

The Migrant PreK program provides Spanish instruction using the pedagogical and curriculum model of Playful Inquiry in order to achieve a more equitable preschool experience for students participating in the Migrant PreK program.

BSD Contact:

Karol Aragon, Migrant Pre-k specialist

All migrant students automatically get free school meals. They don’t need to fill out the meal application.

MEP Contact: Karen Sanchez

BSD Contact: Guidance Counselors, Community Liaisons, Cafeteria Managers

Migrant program may be able to provide basic school supplies to students as needed.

TriMet tickets- Available for high school students attending any MEP events.

Pre-K Supplies: Karol Aragon
K-12: MEP Team: Karen Sanchez, Ana Estrada, Jessica Servin, Evelyn Campos

Referral to community partners: furniture, clothing, infant supplies, food, counseling services, family therapist sessions.

Pre-K: Karol Aragon
K-12: MEP Team: Karen Sanchez, Ana Estrada, Jessica Servin, Evelyn Campos

Summer school classes to support the four migrant education program goals: school readiness, reading, math, and graduation.

Pre-K: Karol Aragon

K-8: MEP Team

9-12: Ana Estrada

24-hour accident insurance for all migrant students in the program.  This is accident insurance, not health insurance.

BSD Contact:

Jessica Servin

Variety of topics to support parents’ needs. 

Topics focused on area goals (Math, Reading, Pre-K, Graduation, Mental Health)

All grades: Evelyn Campos-Zelada

Pre-k: Karol Aragon

4-H Migrant Camp invites 6th to 8th grade migrant students. Beginning of July. Its focus is on helping youth improve academic skills, develop leadership skills, and participate in healthy physical activities.  

Evelyn Campos- Zelada- Registration

Ana Estrada- Summer contact

High school teachers help high school & middle school students with homework and other student support as needed. In person &  Zoom.

BSD contact:

Ana Estrada

Students do not pay test fees.

BSD Contact:

Your school’s test coordinator

One-day leadership conference in the spring.  Mission: “To instill in Latino(a) and migrant youth the value of education, which nurtures mind, body and spirit in order to develop a social consciousness that empowers them as leaders for social justice and civic responsibility in the greater community.”

http://www.wou.edu/ceclc/

BSD Contact:

Ana Estrada, Migrant Graduation Specialist

Develops leadership skills in Oregon's high school migrant students as well as to expose and familiarize them with the college environment to strengthen the belief that college is a reality for them.

https://camp.oregonstate.edu/omli

BSD Contact:

Ana Estrada, Migrant Graduation Specialist

A day-long gathering that brings together professionals, college, and high school students (boys) to address many of the inequities and barriers facing Latino males. Participants will connect with community leaders to reflect and build momentum to encourage more Latinos to complete a Higher Education.

https://www.mentesummit.com/

BSD Contact:

Ana Estrada, Migrant Graduation Specialist

The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) helps students or parents get their GED. This program helps migrant students their first year of college to give support and help to make it during their first year.  Chemeketa CC (Salem), Rock Creek CC (NW Portland), OSU (Corvallis), and Treasure Valley CC (Ontario) all have HEP and CAMP programs. OSU has a room and board for HEP.

BSD Contact:

Ana Estrada, Migrant Graduation Specialist

There are four College Assistance for Migrant Students Program (CAMP) in Oregon. This program helps migrant students their first year of college to give support and help to make it during their first year. Chemeketa CC (Salem), Rock Creek CC (NW Portland), OSU (Corvallis), and Treasure Valley CC (Ontario) all have HEP and CAMP programs.  

BSD Contact:

Ana Estrada, Migrant Graduation Specialist

High school teachers help high school & middle school students with homework and other student support as needed. In person &  Zoom.

BSD contact:

Ana Estrada