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Yerena said she is the mother of two sons, ages 7 and 5, and the youngest participated in the New Hope kindergarten readiness camp. “I can see the difference between my two boys,” Yerena said. “It’s a huge difference between them. My older boy was very scared and shy and refusing to go to school. It’s totally different from my second boy. He was totally excited. He was ready to go. He has more confidence.” Yerena said her youngest son started school with more academic skills even though she works with him at home. “At school, I think he takes it more seriously,” she said. Morrison, a grandmother of a student who participated at the camp at New Hope, agreed with Yerena and said she wished her own children could have participated in a similar program when they were young. Morrison said kindergarten readiness helped her grandchild get familiar with the school and meet some of her classmates and make friends. “Therefore it lowered the anxiety level and settled her a little bit more so she’s willing to pay attention more,” Morrison said. Steiner said FSA hopes to continue the kindergarten readiness program in the coming years and learn from the initial program. “This program is currently the entry point into this long pipeline,” he said. “We promise to continue to developing programs that will build the pipeline, strengthen partnerships and make resources available to children and their families as they successfully move through their school years with early college and early career being the end goal of our work.”