10/16/2026
Kindergarten teachers assume that every parent understands that drop off and pickup times are rigid, that only specific people can pick up your child after school, that it is important to send a coat with your child for recess in winter, and how homework works.
But parents from cultures with non-linear perceptions of time, had warmer weather, and operated with less paperwork simply aren’t familiar with these cultural customs and systems. Many rules like this go unspoken, and even if they are vocalized, complex English may make the rules difficult or impossible to understand.
By recreating the educational systems under which these parents will operate and explaining the many cultural expectations clearly (one of our employees even speaks the language that many of our parents speak), we equip parents and their children to thrive in American school.
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