Para Los Niños de Highline programs for the 2025-2026 school year begin
With great satisfaction, Para Los Niños de Highline announces the start of its programs for the 2025–2026 school year, which will benefit more than 2.500 families in the community. These programs stand out for their comprehensive approach that involves the entire family. While adults participate in English or computer classes, children receive quality care and […]
Successful Closing of the 2025 Summer Program of Para Los Niños de Highline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA99rzz9WFs With great joy, we celebrated the successful closing of the 2025 Summer Camp of Para Los Niños de Highline, which brought together more than 100 children and youth from the Highline School District, from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Over the course of a month, participants enjoyed a wide variety of activities: music, art, dance, […]
Internship Graduation 2025
Spanish Below Our internship program has given 11th and 12th grade students the opportunity to work directly with mentors within our organization. Throughout the program, students visited various local nonprofit organizations, allowing them to gain a better understanding of different missions and community needs. In addition to these hands-on experiences, the interns participated in a […]
End-of-School-Year Celebrations 2024–2025 at Para Los Niños de Highline
Para Los Niños de Highline celebrated the graduations and closing ceremonies for the 2024–2025 school year with more than 250 participants. The programs Aprendamos Juntos, Jugando y Aprendiendo, Adult Computer Classes, Latinx Youth Program, and Coding stood out for the progress and achievements of their students. The celebrations highlighted the positive impact of continuing education […]
Para Los Niños Unveils New Mission Statement to Reflect Growing Impact
Para Los Niños de Highline is excited to announce the launch of our newly revised mission statement. This updated mission reflects the evolving scope of our work and our continued commitment to serving the Latin American community in King County. “The mission of Para Los Niños de Highline is to support the success of the […]
Start of Programs 2024/2025 School Year
October began and at Para los Niños we started our Programs for the 2024/2025 School Year. With a full registration and a lot of enthusiasm, more than 130 families from our Latino community of the Highline Public School District participating in the various activities that each of the programs has prepared for the children, youth […]
Internship Graduation 2024
On May 31, the graduation of the young people who participated in the Para Los Niños Internship Program took place. This program ran from February to May of this year, with a total duration of 40 hours and with the participation of 10 young people from grades 11 and 12 belonging to the Highline School […]
An exciting start to Aprendamos Juntos
Monday was an exciting day as it was the first day of our “Let’s Learn Together” program! 👨In this unique program, parents and children come together to learn. Parents are taking English classes level 1 and 2, while children in Kindergarten through 8th grade are receiving academic support🚀👩🏫👨👦👦 Together, we are building a path to […]
Gracias Seattle Times
Para los Niños de Highline quisiera extender un sincero agradecimiento al Seattle Times por su artículo reciente que destacó la importancia de la creación de un entorno de aprendizaje donde padres e hijos puedan convivir y aprender juntos. Estos son principios que son fundamentales para nuestra misión, y estamos encantados de que el Seattle Times […]
Inicio Early Giving Campaña GiveBIG 2023
Estamos emocionados de anunciar que estamos a 3 semanas de uno de nuestros mayores eventos de recaudación de fondos del año. ¡GiveBIG 2023 el 3 y 4 de mayo! ¡La donación anticipada comienza hoy! Gracias por Compartir! https://www.wagives.org/organization/plnwa Early Giving for GiveBIG 2023 Starts Today! We are excited to announce that we are 3 weeks […]
New Traditions: Sea Hawkers Latin American Club and Tres Lecheria Toy Drive
Versión en Español While many adult students wrote about customs practiced in their home countries, a few described new family holiday traditions celebrated in the United States. For several years, PLN has gathered holiday toys for participants in our programs. In the face of a pandemic that has devastated many families’ finances, it made sense […]
Nuevas Tradiciones: Sea Hawkers Latin American Club y Tres Lecheria Toy Drive.
Si bien muchos estudiantes adultos escribieron sobre las costumbres practicadas en sus países de origen, algunos describieron nuevas tradiciones festivas familiares celebradas en los Estados Unidos. Durante varios años, PLN ha reunido juguetes navideños para los participantes de nuestros programas. Frente a una pandemia que ha devastado las finanzas de muchas familias, tenía sentido continuar […]
Progress | Progreso
Versión en Español Welcome back to the virtual unveiling of our 4 new murals. We invite you to come and visit our new murals (3 of them are outside our offices and can be viewed at any time). Art is of great importance to our community and this summer we have been able to create […]
Summer 2021 Newsletter
Versión en Español Open House 2021 In July we had our first Open House followed by our second in August. Guests enjoyed a tour of our new offices, traditional appetizers, a silent auction, a resource table (with current information on our programs) with free books and prizes, and the unveiling of our 4 new murals. […]
Mil Gracias
We want to thank King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove and his commitment to the Latinx community’s advancement. We are grateful for the $50,000 grant we received to continue COVID-19 assistance for the PLN community. Queremos agradecer al Miembro del Concilio del Condado de King Dave Upthegrove y su compromiso con el avance de la comunidad […]
May 2021 Newsletter
Versión en Español PLN in the Community Awards We are excited to have earned a Community Leadership Award at the Washington Association of School Administrators 2020-2021 Region 110 Honorary Awards. Thank you to Highline Public Schools for nominating us and continuing to support us. Special thanks to our volunteers and staff who worked tirelessly during […]
March 2021 Newsletter
Versión en español Distributing kits to the community Thank you to Arcora Foundation who donated dental kits to Para Los Niños and also to our anonymous donor who donated hand sanitizers. We have been able to create kits for families thanks to those organizations that include hand sanitizers, a stress ball, face masks and dental […]
February 2021 Newsletter
Versión en español On February 4th, we invited members of our community to meet with Para Los Niños staff and learn more about the programs we offer. We connected with over 100 attendees on Zoom and held break-out sessions to get more feedback about what they would like to see. We are hoping to host more of […]
January 2021 Newsletter
Versión en español Learn more about our donor survey, how we ended 2020, and our plans for this year in our first newsletter of 2021! 2020 definitely had its ups and downs, but we ended the year on a high note and would love to hear what you think! Your feedback means a lot to […]
Toy Drive 2020
Versión en español We want to thank Tres Lecheria, Colores Spanish Immersion Pre-School, and The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic and Rainier Empire (ISCSORE) for their partnership during this year’s toy drive. This year, we were able to assist the families registered in our programs by providing toys to their children between […]
The Work We Do
Versión en español At this year’s virtual gala, Floreciendo 2020, we debuted a video showcasing the work we do in South King County to uplift the Latinx community. We want to thank Resource Media for coming out to our Burien office to film this and for providing the captions to the video so that it […]
Floreciendo 2020 – Gracias
Versión en español Thanks to your support, we were able to raise $42,839.81 during our first-ever virtual gala! This year, Para Los Niños underwent plenty of unforeseen challenges due to COVID-19 pandemic but, despite this, we pushed forward. We have continued our programs, created new ones, and have provided resources to the community.It has been a trying […]
Dia de Los Muertos 2020
Versión en español This year, Para Los Niños is proud to be celebrating Dia de Los Muertos with Burien Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services from November 1st to November 15th. During this time, ofrendas (altars) will be available for viewing throughout Downtown Burien. Every night from 6 PM to 8 PM, the ofrendas will be […]
Now Offering Computer Classes
Versión en español Para Los Niños is proud to announce that we will be offering computer classes to the community. These classes will start will cover topics depending on what each person needs. Attendees can ask any questions or concerns they have surrounding technology. Our Computer Lab assistant, Citlaly will be covering topics from how […]
Latinx Art Exhibition on display – UPDATED November 2020
Versión en español Para Los Niños is excited to have partnered with Highline Heritage Museum and the City of Burien to create the Latinx Art Exhibition. The exhibition showcases art from youth in the Highline area. The museum is not open to the public due to COVID-19 restrictions but the art will be on a […]
Summer Resource Fair 2020
Versión en español To continue the spirit of our summer programs, Descubriendo Nuestra Cultura (Discovering Our Culture) and Alrededor del Mundo (Around the World), Para Los Niños held a Summer Resource Fair for our community in front of our new office in downtown Burien. There was music, tacos, and giveaways for the whole family. This event couldn’t […]
August 2020 Newsletter
Versión en español Thank you Santos E. Collazos, Centro Rendu, and the City of Burien for your assistance during the move. A special thank you to architect Jan Noorda, whose expertise and consultation helped us create our new home. PLN Summer Resource Fair: Come meet our staff and pick up resources for the coming school year […]
Latinx Art Showcase
Versión en español Para Los Niños has partnered with the Highline Heritage Museum to give our youth an opportunity to showcase their art. Submitted works will be on display at the museum throughout the month of October.Space is limited. Please submit your art in a timely manner. Kids and youth in grades K-12 are encouraged […]
July 2020 Newsletter
Versión en español What We’ve Been Doing:We have continued our work to provide you with modified programming and resources throughout the COVID-19 crisis by working with the community to make masks, partnering with other organizations for food and mask distributions, as well as moved to a new home.Read more about our commitment to you and our community […]
PLN Adult Student Graduation
Versión en español Para Los Niños mobilizes the Latinx community of Highline by providing them with resources. One of these is offering English Language classes to help parents develop the skills and motivation for community involvement. When schools began to close in March due to the pandemic, the adult English classes moved online. Despite the […]
With gratitude!
Versión en español COVID-19 has negatively impacted everyone. It has especially hit hard the Latinx community. Some Latinos work in industries that are considered essential or jobs that cannot be done remotely. Many families have no child care services available, and due to the economic impact on business and employers, many have been laid off. […]
Latinx Youth Program
Para Los Niños, Latinx Youth Program began taking implementation fall 2019. While centered on positive growth, academic support, building community, and career exploration. The program also includes activities such as video games, arts & crafts, game nights, etc. While event dates and times reflect on the needs and wants of the Latinx students, the program remains free […]
Census 2020 Community Team
Versión en Español This past Friday, January 10th, we held the first meeting of Para Los Niños’ Community Team for the 2020 Census. This first meeting provided team members with general orientation, guidelines, and basic training. PLN’s team will provide information and education to our community about the importance of the census. You will see […]
Llegaron los Reyes Magos
Versión en Español The Three Kings celebration took place yesterday, January 6th, at our Aprendamos Juntos, Play & Learn, and Leadership Academy programs. We would like to thank our friends at Tres Lechería Cubes Baking Co. for becoming ‘Kings’ by providing the gifts for our program participants. Not only they had a chance to learn […]
2019 – Year in Review
As the year comes to an end, let’s take time to look back and see what was accomplished during this transition year at PLN.
Posada Aprendamos Juntos
On Wednesday, December 11th, Aprendamos Juntos participants enjoyed a traditional Posada to end the semester at Hilltop Elementary School. We appreciate the magnificent potluck contributions from our families. The variety of dishes truly represented the great diversity of our Latino community. We taught the children the traditional posada songs, known in Spanish as letanías. Kids […]