Alvaro Pirir

"On a stormy day, years ago, a very wet little boy holding the hand of a frightened little girl, entered my office and asked, in Spanish, "Is this a school?" That is how I met Alvaro Pirir," remembers Meredith Hystad, Student Services Aide at San Mateo Adult School....

Leticia Navarro

A visitor to Leticia Navarro’s fourth/fifth grade class in the Fiesta Gardens Spanish/English bilingual immersion school in San Mateo, is struck by how quickly the children volunteer answers....

Ram Subedi

Ram Chandra Subedi came to the San Mateo Adult School in May 2000. He spoke little English and was very excited by the idea that, here in California, education is available to all...