To support families and students when you need us the most, the Napa County Office of Education COOL School program is offering all-day care for elementary school aged youth serving the students of the Napa Valley Unified School District.
Beginning October 26, COOL School’s current full-day care existing sites, Shearer and McPherson Elementary, will be serving “Distance Learning” students only. Not available to “Hybrid In-Person” students.
Starting Monday, November 9 COOL School will expand to a third site, offering full-day care service at Napa Valley College (NVC). Our program is currently accepting PRE-REGISTRATIONS for NVC and serving both “Distance Learning” and “Hybrid In-Person” students. Families interested in enrolling should complete our pre-registration form below.
COOL School staff delivers a program that supports and enriches students while complying with all public health COVID-19 safety protocols. Students are provided with a safe and engaging environment on a schedule that helps working families.
SUBMITTING THIS FORM DOES NOT MEAN YOUR CHILD IS SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE EXPANDED LEARNING SERVICES. Survey responses will determine need and enrollment prioritization. This survey is the first step of our waiting list and enrollment process.
Priority is given to:
- Children who are homeless or in foster care
- Children of essential workers
- Children who received a school referral
- Children from high need families
Pre-Enrollment Form ENGLISH (new window)
Pre-Inscripción de COOL School (new window)
Information for Students’ Enrolled in COOL School:
Student Drop Off & Pick-Up Video
ENGLISH: COOL School COVID-19 Parent Handbook: Phase 2
SPANISH: COOL School COVID-19 Manual de Padres: Fase 2
Our COOL School Story/Historia de COOL School
COOL School has been serving students Napa County since 2014, however, the program first initiated in Santa Rosa in 1998. Through strong collaborations with our community colleges, NVUSD, Region IV and AmeriCorps, COOL School Napa Valley has been able to provide exemplary after school program services to students and families in the Napa Valley Unified School District.
COOL School ha estado sirviendo a los estudiantes del Condado de Napa desde 2014, sin embargo, el programa se inició por primera vez en Santa Rosa en 1998. A través de colaboraciones con nuestros colegios comunitarios, NVUSD, Región IV y AmeriCorps, COOL School en Napa Valley ha podido proporcionar servicios de programa de escuela ejemplares para estudiantes y familias en el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Napa Valley.
If you need accessible versions of the documents below, please contact Yesenia Sandoval-Chavira.
- 2018-2019 NVLA Program Highlights (download) – PDF
- 2017-2018 Phillips Program Highlights (download) – PDF
- 2017-2018 Shearer Program Highlights (download) – PDF
- 2017-2018 Snow Program Highlights (download) – PDF
The goal of COOL School is to help students reach academic success. How the program achieves this is by working closely with regular school day teachers and working together to better support students in literacy and math. COOL School staff develop lessons that reinforce the students’ literacy and math fundamentals.
COOL School Academic Objective: 50% of participating students in COOL School will show a 40% increase in their fluency and math facts using a pre and post language arts and math assessment.
Overall:
- 71% of COOL School students showed improvement on District Math Assessments
- 74% of COOL School students showed improvement on District Literacy Assessments
- Parents rate the COOL School Program at 4.7 out of 5
Before & After School Program Enrollment (as of March 6, 2020)
Napa County | Number of students attending |
---|---|
Napa Valley Unified School District | |
Snow | 115 |
Shearer | 90 |
Phillips | 108 |
The Napa County Office of Education also subcontracts with Boys & Girls Clubs to run program at the following sites:
- Bel Aire Park
- McPherson
- Napa Junction
- NVLA
- Pueblo Vista
- Willow
For more information about these sites program results, please contact Yesenia Sandoval Chavira.
Parents say:
“My daughter enjoys COOL School. She is completing her homework, reading better, and having fun! She feels supported by the staff.”
My child gets lots of physical activity, which we both like. He also get to be with friends. We also both like that his homework gets done!”
“I appreciate the safe space for students to be after school for the enrichment, sports activities, and support for academics and social skills”.
“The small group setting has given the students the individualized attention they need to improve their academic and social skills. It’s awesome to see the positivity my students experience about learning!”
“The teachers at COOL school are really nice. They play games with us and help me with my homework.”
![Helping with homework](https://web.archive.org./web/20210129144343im_/https://www.napacoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/betty_homework.jpg)
![Student doing homework](https://web.archive.org./web/20210129144343im_/https://www.napacoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/student_homework.jpg)
TEACHERS
— Shearer Elementary Teacher
— Phillips Elementary Teacher
— Snow Elementary Teacher
PARENTS
— Shearer Parent
– Snow Parent
– Phillips Parent
– Phillips Parent
– Snow Parent
– Shearer Parent