The Family Education Program seeks to support immigrant and refugee parents in acquiring the tools necessary to promote their children’s academic success, while increasing their own English language proficiency and meeting personal educational goals.

Americana offers Family Education classes Mondays to Thursdays, both in the morning and evening to allow more families to benefit.

The program incorporates English language instruction with practical parenting and life skills with the goal of helping families successfully integrate into their new surroundings. Parents and their children participate in some activities together, promoting parents in their role as a child’s first teacher and improving collaboration as a family unit. While caregivers attend the adult education courses, children participate in developmentally appropriate activities, such as learning social or academic skills to increase school preparedness. These components comprise the holistic Family Education model of learning.

The four components of Family Education programs are: