After we brought together free lunches with literacy support last summer in a program called Lunch & Learn, we listened to families and knew we needed to offer free after school academic and enrichment programming in local parks. Throughout the fall of 2020, we offered free Pathway Pods at Walker-Branch Park in Lakewood thanks to great partnerships. We then brought Pathway Pods online over Zoom throughout the winter. Then in March 2021, Pathway Pods expanded to Columbine Park in southeast Arvada along with Walker-Branch Park in northeast Lakewood. Last week, we closed out Pathway Pods as we prepare for our summer Jefferson Success Academy at Edgewater Elementary School.

Our mission is cultivating partnerships, and without these partnerships, Pathway Pods would not have been possible. So we wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to our partners and staff that made these free, fun programs possible for students and families!

We are so thankful for our community partners who supported Pathways Pods this school year with programs for kids and families!

• Balón USA
• CSU Extension – Jeffco
• Museo de las Americas
• Jefferson County Public Library
• City of Arvada for park use
• City of Lakewood for park use
• Olga Valadez – Zumba
• Noemi Nunez – Yoga
• Tania Fonseca – Family Cooking
• Hilda Gehrke – Parent Coaching

We are also so thankful for our Pathway Pods staff!

• Rhiannon Wenning – Student Tutor Coach
• Gaby Guzman – Student Tutor Coach
• Esther Caldera – Parent Navigator
• Valeria Carrillo Caldera – Student Tutor
• Brittanny Carrillo Caldera – Student Tutor
• Ashley Coria Ramirez – Student Tutor
• Elijah Mortenson Media – Student Tutor
• Salma Moutrib – Student Tutor
• Janet Nyepan – Student Tutor
• Marissa Williamson – Student Tutor

We are so thankful for the individual donors and foundations that supported Pathway Pods!

• Community First Foundation
• Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC)
• El Pomar Foundation
• Jeffco Schools Foundation
• City of Lakewood
• City of Edgewater