Recruiting and Welcoming of Latino children into Catholic and non-public schools.

Recruiting and Welcoming of Latino children into Catholic

and non-public schools

Step One: Outreach/Relationship building

Build community bridgesReach out and inform new

parents

Step Two: AdmissionsProvide enrollment assistanceTrack and follow up in Spanish

Step Three: RetentionOffer family supportCelebrate culture


Understand your school neighborhood demographics

Know your community

Keep track of demographic trends

Identify growing immigrant communities


Reach out to local businesses and organizations

Create and build relationships

Work together


Speak at masses and religious education classes

Provide a constant school presence at local churches

Host coffee hour after mass

Speak to parents individually


Address reasons why families are not applying

Ask families why they do not enroll their child◦ Current◦ Interested families that do not enroll

Erase the myths surrounding public and Catholic schools

Step Two: Admissions

Get everyone involved

Everyone marketsEveryone recruitsEveryone fundraisesEveryone at the school is a teacher

Because people experience a school as a whole


Create a relationship with the family

Keep in mind how important “relationship” is to a Hispanic

family

Track and follow up in Spanish

Provide language support if necessary


Provide translated material

Work with local translation services

Translate websites

Provide translators at large events

Step Three: Retention

Promote parent involvement

Understand reasons why families are not quick to volunteer

Attack the barriers by offering options


Identify key players in your school

• Who do families communicate with when reaching out to your school?

Are they the best person for this job?

• What teachers/staff are passionate about outreach to Latinos?


Provide student support

Address ELL students early

Teachers should not assume students are already getting additional help

Provide opportunities for leadership roles


Celebrate Culture

Connect school, home and community

Erika CedroneDirector of the Catholic Schools Admissions Collaborative

Director of Hispanic Outreach

Catholic Schools Foundation260 Franklin Street suite 630 • Boston, Massachusetts 02110

[email protected]

Recruiting and Welcoming of Latino children into Catholic and non-public schools.

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