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09/08/2025

Celebrate International Literacy Day with BASIC

08/17/2024

🌟 ¡Revive la Academia de Aprendizaje de Verano BÁSICO 2024! 🌟

¡Gracias por ser parte de un viaje increíble este verano! 📚✨ Aunque nuestra Academia de Aprendizaje de Verano BÁSICO ha concluido, los recuerdos y conocimientos adquiridos durarán toda la vida. 🌞🎓

No dudes en ver nuestro vídeo destacado para revivir los mejores momentos, talleres inspiradores y proyectos colaborativos que hicieron que este verano fuera inolvidable. 🌟 Mira aquí 🎬 https://youtu.be/wLp0aT7zU_M?si=uj8VHHXYhhQ5a2Vm

The Borrego Springs BASIC summer Learning Academy 2024 is a well-established 4-week program that ran from July 3 to August 1, 2024. Designed to empower stude...

06/06/2024

Join Us for BASIC’s College Access Workshop, pt. 1!
Date: Wednesday, June 12th, 6:00 PM
Location: Borrego Springs Community Resource Center
Attention high school seniors and their parents - Don’t miss this incredible opportunity!
BASIC is hosting a FREE College Access Workshop as part of our 3-month summer prep series.
What to Expect:
• Insights on college deadlines, requirements, and access
• Monumental resources for students
• Preventing Summer Melt and building a reliable support network with BASIC
Presented by Eddie Rivera, BASIC’s Community Outreach Director, and Francisco Ramirez, School Guidance Affiliate
Generously Sponsored By: San Diego Foundation (FAFSA/CADAA and summer melt grant)
Mark your calendars and spread the word! Let’s empower our Borrego Springs youth on their journey to higher education.
Questions? Contact Eddie at [email protected] or call (760) 238-2072. See you there!

05/22/2024

"Another Successful Circle of Art" -- Benefiting our community learners thanks to you!
Our glorious Anza Borrego Desert beautifully framed another successful BASIC Circle of Art. The 35th annual juried event showcased the creativity of 55 artists and we are so grateful for their participation and loyalty. Circle of Art is a signature fundraiser for BASIC’s scholarship program, and I am delighted to announce that BASIC will be awarding over $86,150 to both graduating seniors and continuing college students for the 2024 – 25 school year.
This event would not be possible without the help and participation of so many. I want to thank this year’s sponsors, OLAX de Borrego, Kendall’s Café and Borrego Valley Realty. Thank you to Jeff Sloan and the board of Christmas Circle for allowing BASIC to use the park as our venue. Kirk Kendall, Pedro Hernandez and Luis Hernandez hung our banner and marked our booth spaces. The artist’s booths were kept safe and secure overnight on Friday and Saturday by Jose Troncoso. The bathrooms were kept clean and stocked by Rafaela Magdalena. Victor Arias set up the tables and chairs for patrons to sit and chat or have a bite to eat from the food vendors. Water was donated by Fred and Nick Sibu of Mirage Gas.
Our beautiful banner was created by Ellen Fitzpatrick of Graphics You Can Trust. Additionally, Ellen worked with Jeanne Plekon, this year’s poster artist, to create the 2024 Circle of Art commemorative poster from Jeanne’s original oil painting entitled “Buddies”. I am thrilled to report that this year’s poster was a sell out! Thank you, Jeanne!
The following individuals donated their time to make the show a success: Tom Cassidy, Barbara Coates, Ken Collard, Martha Deichler, Sandra Delgadillo, Esmeralda Garcia, Rosemary and Richard Fausel, Joanne Ingwall, Mateo Mamea, Israel and Carmen Ochoa, Urmi Ray, Eddie Rivera, Joann Stang, Roberta and Jim Wall and Mary Watkins. A very special thank you to Russell Webb for allowing BASIC to borrow his commercial router so that our artists could process their sales without delay. Another very special thank you to Michal Rue of Borrego Valley Community Radio who MC’d our event with timely announcements and the music of Borrego’s new FM radio station 90.5 KRAM – “The Ram”!
Future scholarship recipients, students at Borrego Springs High School, were extremely helpful in passing out water, emptying trash and helping artists with set up and tear down and did so with smiles and enthusiasm. Thank you to Anahi Siqueiros, Xiomara Perez, Angela Carmona, Angie Fuerte, Javi Garcia, Evelyn Arambula, Mariana Torres, Astrid Lopez, Victor Rodarte, Brody, White, Alejandro Morales, Pedro Rodriguez, Isabella Magdalena, Angela Fregoso, Jasmile Lopez, Elena Sanchez, Yair Fuentes, Miriam Hernandez and Jonathan Garcia.
To my co chair, Nidia Meza…thank you, thank you, thank you!
Finally, thank you to the Borrego Springs community for your continued support of BASIC and its mission to provide educational opportunities for the youth of Borrego Springs from cradle to graduation. Nearly $2 million dollars has been invested in programming and scholarships over the last 35 years to help Borrego students achieve their goals and realize their dreams. To learn more about BASIC or to make a donation, please visit http://www.borregobasic.org.
Angela Cassidy
– BASIC Circle of Art Co-Chair

05/02/2024

Scholarship Opportunity for San Diego County High Schoolers

Bomberos de San Diego is excited to announce our 2024 Scholarship Award Opportunity. This year we will be awarding students with $1,000 and multiple $500 awards. Our application time frame will be from April 21st through June 10th. Can you please help share this. You can apply through the link below:

https://forms.gle/VeDHhmQF7ESVH5vY7

03/07/2024

¡¡¡La solicitud de beca BÁSICA 2024-2025 está ABIERTA!!! No pierda la oportunidad de solicitar dinero para educación.
El plazo de solicitud es del 20 de febrero al 20 de marzo de 2024.
¡¡¡APLICA YA!!!

02/17/2024

Únase a nosotros para el regreso de esta muestra de arte histórico local, ¡ahora en su 35º año! Adquiera bellas artes mientras apoya a nuestros estudiantes de Borrego Springs. Las ganancias financian becas, aprendizaje de verano y libros gratuitos. Ayudemos a hacer realidad sus sueños.

12/22/2023

12/22/2023

[BASIC] Murder Mystery Dinner & Circle of Art 2024 - https://mailchi.mp/828ae30e6d5a/basic-murder-mystery-dinner-circle-of-art-2024

10/25/2023

Come join us! Get out your flapper costumes, your tommy guns and gangster hats! Enjoy solving a murder mystery and having a great dinner in costume, all while supporting BASIC's Cradle-2-Graduation programs for Borrego's learners!

¡Ven y únete a nosotros! ¡Saca tus disfraces de flapper, tus metralletas y tus sombreros de gángster! ¡Disfruta resolviendo un misterio de as*****to y disfrutando de una gran cena disfrazado, todo mientras apoyas los programas Cradle-2-Graduation de BASIC para los estudiantes de Borrego!

10/25/2023

BASIC is hosting its third annual golf tournament benefiting Borrego Springs youth and adult learners. Your contribution, whether it be through golfing, dinner, donating an auction item, or becoming an Advertising or Corporate Sponsor, helps us with our Cradle-2-Graduation programs. Through these programs, we provide a much needed educational boost to our community - starting from the cradle with free books for our youngest learners, all the way up to graduation with scholarships and mentorships for college and vocational students. Even if you don't golf, come join us - your support is crucial to help our learners reach their potential and realize their dreams!