Refugee Education Center’s K-12 Services

 
Project Faulu program icon, illustration of backpack with green circle in background. Refugee Education Center, West Michigan
 

Project Faulu

Project Faulu is the Refugee Education Center’s cornerstone K-8 support program for refugee students. Focusing on positive social skills and academic engagement, Project Faulu works to prepare students for success across a variety of settings, both at school and within the broader community. This after-school program is designed specifically to support students based on their unique social and academic strengths and needs. Together with volunteers and the guidance of the Refugee Education Center’s program staff, students create and learn together in a supportive and engaging environment that emphasizes language and literacy development, creativity, and inquiry.

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BRIDGES program icon. Illustration of bridge with yellow circle in background. Refugee Education Center, West Michigan
 

BRIDGES

Building Refugee Independence and Delivering Guidance for Educational Success is designed for newly resettled refugee children who have yet to enter a US classroom. We provide a safe and welcoming environment for kids to prepare for their K-12 education and relieve anxiety prior to entering a classroom. The program exposes kids to new topics, themes, and culture they will encounter in their new school. Our goal is that each participating student is prepared to start school on the right foot!

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Graduate + Grow

Graduate + Grow offers broad, individualized support for high school-aged students of refugee backgrounds. Through the program, students receive age-out support, graduation plans, mentorship, and guidance to prepare them to graduate with a traditional high school diploma and to successfully transition into a career, trade school, and/or post-secondary education.