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Join us for a happy hour to raise funds and friends for AAMA on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m at VOICE in the Hotel ICON, 220 Main Street. Check the calendar for more details.

Join the Party & Benefit AAMA! AAMA will be selling a limited number of passes to the VIP section at the Saturday, May 3rd party. Passes allow guests to meet and mingle with Carlos Mencia and his friends. To reserve a VIP pass, which you can pick up at the door on Saturday between 5 and 6 p.m., please contact Andrea Greer by 5 p.m. this Friday, May 2, 2008. Call 713.967.6700 between 8:30 and 5:30, or email agreer@aamainc.us Payment by credit card by phone, or by cash or ...

The Bayou City Boys Club has named AAMA one of eight agencies that will benefit from their annual fundraiser.

Below you may view some snapshots from the Adelante Spelling Bee. A summary of the event can be found below: On Wednesday, September 26 the Adelante Semi-Annual Spelling Bee was held at AAMA Adelante. Over 50 participants in the beginning, 36 in the Intermediate and 29 in the Advanced category represented their classrooms to win the right to represent Adelante in the Greater Houston Adult Spelling Bee competition to be held at AAMA on November 14 at 6:30 p.m. Winners of the ...

Nuestro pre-k estara celebrando La Herencia Hispana este Miercoles 26 de Septiembre en el parquesito de nuestra escuela. Daremos principio a nuestra celebracion ala 2:00 p.m. El proposito de este evento es compartir y aprender de otras culturas; porlotanto, cada padre de familia compartira su propia cultura con todos los presents atravez de su vestuario tipicos, comida tradicionales, fotos, musica, y mas. Tendremos la representacion de muchos paises como Colombia, Venesuela, ...

Pablo Montero is a hit in Houston! Adelante con AAMA en el 16 de Septiembre, our free concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre, drew a crowd of over 6,000 on a Sunday night. Accompanied by Mariachi Sangre Mexicana, Pablo thrilled the audience with his singing, dancing, and spirit of celebration. We weren't surprised at having one of the biggest crowds the theater has seen on a Sunday night. Pablo is one of Mexico's hottest stars, recognized worldwide for his ranchero music and admired on ...

George I. Sanchez Charter High School is currenly enrolling Grades 7 - 12 for the 2007/2008 School Year beginning August 27, 2007. While the 9th grade is approaching our capacity, there are still some openings for 7th and 8th Graders as well as grades 10 -12. Please contact us soon to assure that your child receives placement. For your convenience we are making some of our application forms available for download in English and Spanish (see links below). Please go to ...

AAMA DINO prevention Program under HHS located at 204 Clifton held a summer camp for children ages 4-12, in the month of June. The children enjoyed many educational and fun activities. Many of our children in the community lack constructive use of their time in the summer break. The camp served to provide them with mentors, and supervised and constructive fun to the children of the east end community. The children enjoyed activities such as bowling, movies, museums, and Kemah, as well as many ...

In late April, 21 students and 6 parents made their maiden journey on Southwest Airlines to our nation's Capitol. Led by Social Studies Teacher Sean Haardt, the group toured the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, the White House, the U.S. Capitol and other key DC sites. As part of a history lesson, the students also visited Arlington Cemetery and the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Mt. Vernon (Washington's home) and the Antietam Civil War National Battlefield.  ...

El Dia de los Ninos is a national celebration of all children who represent the hope and dreams of their families and Communities held on April 30th. AAMA's Project DiNo is a prevention program implemented to aid in the revitalization of "grass root" community-based prevention services to neighborhood schools and communities. Project DiNo is funded by DSHS and has been in existence for over 10 years. Project DiNo has two basic goals: To increase the resiliency and protective factors for ...

ALC Construction Update The stage is set for construction of the AAMA Learning Center. The three-story facility will soon become the new home for the AAMA Administrative Offices, Adelante and George I. Sanchez Charter High School. The Learning Center will provide space for four new computer labs equipped with the latest technology, 22 new classrooms for both Sanchez High School and Adelante students as well as administrative offices for AAMA programs. At this time we are ...

AAMA's Dino Program Invites you to celebrate "Day of the Child" with us on Friday, April 27th 2007 3:30-7:00pm We will have Games, Pinatas, Prizes, and Snacks for the children Event: Dia De Los Ninos Celebration Time: 3:30-7:00 Location: 204 Clifton Program: DINO Prevention Program Contact Info: 713-926-9491

Texas Children's Hospital on Thursday, February 15, 2007 unveiled its fourth Pediatric Associate Project Medical Home. The new facility is located on the campus of the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans. Read the Houston Business Journal Article Read the Houston Chronicle Article

Dr. William Weber, professor at the College of Education - University of Houston, is an authority in educational and health programs, generously accepted to conduct an evaluation on the programs operated by AAMA. His review was based on the available information of the programs' performance and the state benchmark information. Three types of evidence were considered to be indicators of success: Program Longevity, Number of Clients Served and Achievement of Stated or Implicit Goals. We are ...

You are cordially invited to a Pearl and Jewelry Extravaganza To help support AAMA Sunday, December 3, 2006 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. 2121 Kirby Drive (The Huntington Lobby) Houston, TX 77019 AAMA is embarked on a capital campaign that will allow for the construction of a state of the art youth campus at its current Gulf Freeway location in Houston’s diverse East End. We need your help to raise funds for our much needed programs and to support this new ...

AAMA has published its Community Report and we would like to invite you to download the report to learn a little bit more about AAMA and the people we serve. Download the Community Report

AAMA's George I. Sanchez High School will celebrate its 32nd graduation on Saturday, May 27th (1:00 pm) with 114 graduates expected to "walk the stage". Many of these students probably never expected to reach this goal as some struggled to avoid dropping out, some had children in their teen years, and others experienced severe academic problems. Zayda G. graduates after six years in high school, years that have been filled with challenges that would overwhelm most people. Zayda came ...

On Saturday, April 8, 2006, George I. Sanchez (GIS) high school students as well as other high schools, including Davis, Wheatley, Reagan, and Sam Houston High Schools, participated in Project Cinderella, an event coordinated by Communities In Schools (CIS) Houston. This event achieved its goal of providing the students, graduating young women, an opportunity to obtain a new formal dress for their prom and/or senior banquets, as well as other special occasions. For this event donations ...

11th Grade Scores for 2006 were excellent as follows: TAKS Scores Englisg Language Arts 94% Math 91% Science 83% Social Studies 94% Continued test scores increases are a hallmark at Sanchez. Scores for Math and Science were up 43 points and 25 points respectively on top of amazing ...