June  2026

Dear Families,

Happy Pride Month!  We celebrate this month by honoring our LGBTQ+ staff, students, and community members.  Our classrooms will be engaging in some door decorating in honoring LGBTQ+ history, culture, visibility, and civil rights as they engage in these conversations in their classrooms as well.  June also marks the end of our school year!  We hope you all can come and attend our end of the year celebration and ceremony.  Below are further announcements and details.

END OF YEAR CEREMONY

We will hold our high school graduation, 8th grade promotion, and student award ceremony on Wednesday, June 17th from 12 pm -1:45 pm.  We invite all families to come and join us to celebrate the end of the year and our students’ accomplishments.  There will be food, beverages, and music at the end of the ceremony.  Below is the flyer with further details. 

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Our last day of school is on Thursday, June 18th.  We like to spend the end of every school year at the Robert Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda.  At the beach, students can hang out in the water, sand, picnic tables, while also engaging in some fun activities with their peers and staff.  Any student who struggles to comply with expectations at the beach will be sent home.  Otherwise, we hope it can be a fun filled day for students to relax and honor all the hard work they achieved this past school year.

SCHOOL BREAK & ESY

We will observe a school break from June 22nd – June 26th .  ESY/Summer Session will begin on June 29th and will end on July 31st.   ESY hours are from 9 am - 1:45 pm daily.  During this summer session, students who are eligible will have the opportunity to go on a field trip every Friday.  Students who attend are able to catch up on any credits they need to earn towards graduation or even get a head start.  We believe attending ESY allows our students to continue to work on the skills they’ve built throughout the school year and hope they all choose to attend. 

GRATITUDE

This year feels like it went by so quickly!  We rely heavily on our family’s engagement with us to support our youth in making progress on their academic, social and emotional goals.  Every year we’re proud of how much our youth transform into the young adults they’re becoming.  We thank you all for continuing to be in partnership with us.  We look forward to a new school year with hopes of more engagement and collaboration.  Congratulations to a tough and rewarding school year to all of our students and families!  Below is an image of the feedback students gave us from this past school year and continue to look forward to how we make the school better. 

Feel free to reach out to any of us on our team if you have any questions about the announcements we shared. 

Thank you,

Grace Alvarez

Principal/Director

(510) 362-3602

grace_alvarez@senecacenter.org

Daniel Varela

Assistant Director of Clinical Services

(510) 570-6500

daniel_varela@senecacneter.org

Alden Hiller

Assistant Director of Transitional Services

(510) 496-9618

alden_hiller@senecacenter.org

Mark Balleza

Assistant Director of Milieu Services 

(510) 914-1630

mark_balleza@senecacenter.org

Steve Moreno

Assistant Director of Educational Services

(510) 362-4624

steve_moreno@senecacenter.org