Mexican American Student Services
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Mexican American Student Services
Maria Figueroa, Ed.D.
Director
1010 E. 10th St.
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 225-6229
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Mexican American Student Services
Mexican American Student Services is a service-oriented department serving Tucson Unified School District students and monitoring student progress for success.
Mission Statement
As the Mexican American Student Services Department Staff, we advocate for students’ academic achievement and social well-being. This is achieved by collaboratively working with TUSD schools and families by offering direct and auxiliary services such as tutoring and mentoring.
Department Goals 2012-2014
- To offer tutoring services for students in 12 school sites and their feeder schools (Lindamood-Bell thinking process and mathematics).
- To establish mentoring, tutoring and community services connection and advocacy program that will increase Latino students’ attendance, academic performance and graduation rate.
- Develop Community and University partnerships for scholarships, recognition programs, and community feedback in planning and monitoring progress.
- To show an increase in standardized state AIMS exam results in reading and mathematics for Latino students.
- Develop a program to recognize students who achieve after overcoming multiple obstacles and encourage students to remain in school.
Goals Align with Superintendent's Goals:
ACHIEVEMENT – 25%
- Continue the achievement goals in reading Mathematics by improving the district passing rate at all levels on AIMS by 10%.
- Continue to reduce the number of schools labeled "D" at all levels and increase "B" and "A" schools. Reduce 75% of the "D" schools with emphasis on Double "D" schools.
- Continue to improve the overall culture & performance of turnaround schools.
STUDENT ENROLLMENT – 15%
- Increase the percentage of students who reach the number of credits to become freshmen and sophomores by 5%.
- Meet the goals identified in the Unitary Plan.
Instructional Materials Used
"Success for Teens: Real Teens Talk about Using the Slight Edge" serves as a resource in our mentoring program.
We use these two resources to tutor students for reading and mentoring.