Community Day School Association

Programs: Launch operates nine school age programs (before & after school programs and summer learning) located onsite at nine sps elementary schools in central, southeast and west seattle (beacon hill, hawthorne, highland park, kimball, leschi, madrona, maple, montlake and sanislo). During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2018 launch operated four preschool classrooms located within three of these elementary school and a fifth preschool classroom located within rainier community center. In april 2018 we opened our miller community center annex site. Like rainier community center, our miller annex preschool is a partnership with the seattle parks and recreation department. It contains four preschool classrooms plus support space. Two of the classrooms opened in april 2018, and the other two will open in fall 2018. Our 10th preschool classroom, also a partnership with seattle parks and recreation will open at delridge community center in late 2018 or early 2019. All of launch's preschools are part of the seattle preschool program, a voter approved city of seattle project with the goal of making voluntary, high-quality preschool available and affordable to all of seattle's 3- and 4-year-old children. As part of its mission to provide equitable access to quality learning and care for children from all backgrounds including those from traditionally underserved populations, launch serves an extremely diverse constituency. For the fiscal year ended june 30, 2018, 23% of launch's children spoke a language other than english at home. 29 languages were spoken by launch families. 31% of launch families reported a household income below 80% of the median income for our area, and 25% of launch families received childcare subsidies from dshs or the city of seattle. Launch places no limit on the number of subsidized children enrolled even though the dshs reimbursement rate is considerably below regular rates. The majority of children served have parents/caregivers who need launch's programs because they are working or enrolled in an educational program. Launch is located in neighborhoods that are diverse in language, ethnicity, and culture and seeks to have staff members who reflect that diversity. As part of this effort, launch hires teachers who reflect the communities launch serves. Launch uses standardized assessment tools to measure the success of programs and to determine specific student needs. In addition to these outcome measurement tools, launch also has a data-sharing agreement with seattle public schools to access student achievement data including attendance, test scores and disciplinary reports. For the fiscal year ended june 30, 2018, launch reports that: * 78% of launch preschoolers graduated preschool with the skills necessary to enter kindergarten. * 92% of launch school-age children developed or strengthened social-emotional skills which support academic success. * 93% of parent/guardian respondents to launch's internal survey agreed that launch is a support for their family. Launch receives funding from a variety of sources including private funders such as foundations and individual donors, government fee-for-service contracts through the city of seattle families & education levy, dshs and city of seattle childcare subsidies, and private-pay tuition. Launch does not limit the number of families receiving subsidies. Launch also provides limited tuition assistance for families. Launch offers an employee compensation and benefits package above industry standard to attract and retain high quality staff. Launch also ensures best practices by collaborating with schools and other community-based organizations such as school's out washington, child care resources, and seattle-king county public health to meet the range of needs of the children launch serves. A full description of launch's programs may be found at www. Launchlearning. Org.

launch's tuition assistance program, which enables students to attend launch's program at a reduced rate, is available for students with financial need. The amount of tuition assistance available varies annually depending on launch's budget constraints and donor support. Total tuition assistance awarded in the year ended june 30, 2018 was $48,322 ($7,120 represented by restricted donations and $41,202 allocated by launch).