Posts by Jess

Two teen Afghan girls arrived to my car wearing dresses and sandals and gasped loudly when I showed them a picture of where we headed: an ice rink. Unsure of what got…

Kids arrived earlier than they do on a school day to make sure they didn’t miss the bus last Saturday morning! With the majority having never experienced watching a movie at…

Though the news can be discouraging, upsetting, and even scary at times, we are confident we have the right move at this moment: Keep showing up. Because, our kids are coming in record…

From hiring three amazing people to being awarded three new grants for the first time to witnessing our kids grow leaps and bounds on their assessments, we have had a very fulfilling (and very full!) year.…

Whether it was getting first dibs on the latest copy of Dog Man or enjoying a warm cup of hot cocoa, every student felt the love from SDRT this week! The Hello Kitty and Spider Man toys went first,…

It was an honor to be featured in this month’s San Diego Magazine. It wasn’t coincidental that the story about San Diego Refugee Tutoring was published under “Sacred Spaces.” At any given tutoring session, if you…

It was a huge fanfare that included all the turkey trimmings, the most chic photo booth trailer, three craft booths, the beloved kinetic sand station and block tower and hundreds…

While it is not rare to hear that statement from a first or second grader, it is much less likely to hear it from a high school student. And those were…

Last year was the first year that we enrolled such a large amount of preschool students in SDRT. If you have a toddler at home or remember parenting this age, you know…

One timid Afghan student who has been in the US for about two years expressed herself so clearly on Saturday. She came up to the Director and exclaimed with a…