March  2026

Dear Families,

Happy Women’s History Month!  We’re grateful for all the women on our team and in our community, both students and families, who continue to work and collaborate with one another to support the growth of our youth.  We have a few announcements for this month for all of you and hope we get to see you all soon!

FAMILY/TEACHER CONFERENCES

Next week we will have minimum days every day from 3/23-3/27 in order for teachers to connect with you all about your students’ progress.  Students will be released at 1:45pm daily next week.  We will be doing academic testing this Friday and we hope to share your students’ reading and math levels as well as current progress in their classes.  Teachers will be reaching out to schedule a time to meet with you either in person, zoom, or by phone.  The end of the third quarter is on April 3rd.  These conferences are to ensure your students are making progress and are on track to pass their classes.

SPRING GATHERING

Our annual Family Spring Gathering will be on April 3, 2026 from 12pm-1:30pm.  Please come by to be in community with us with some food, beverages, music, and an Egg Hunt at 1pm.  Below is the flyer for the event.  We hope you all can make it!

BASKETBALL

Our students have had an amazing start to the basketball season with winning their first game last month.  We hope to have at least one or two more games before the season is over.  We will keep you all updated as we hear more from the other schools.

FIELDTRIP

On March 26th, students will be going on a Game Day fieldtrip with all of our NPS' from 11am-1pm.  Please look out for permission slips coming soon for more details about the event.

CAREGIVER SURVEY

It’s that time of the year again when we love to hear from you all and how we’re doing.  Every year, we ask families to take our caregiver survey to help us improve our school practices.  We gather survey results from students, caregivers, and staff to help with our annual school initiatives.  We hope you all can take the time to take this survey.  Please click the link below to access.  Once completed, we will provide you with a small gift card as a token of our appreciation.  If you prefer a paper copy, please let us know and we can send it home with the students or you can fill it out when you come on a conference day or during the Spring Family Gathering. 

GRATITUDE

Every year we’re impressed and honored to continue to collaborate with all of you on your students’ progress and growth.  Thank you all for all your continued collaboration, support, and patience as we support our youth daily.  Please feel free to reach out to any of us on our team if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Grace Alvarez

Principal/Director

(510) 362-3602

grace_alvarez@senecacenter.org

Angelica Juarez

Assistant Director of Clinical Services

(510) 999-2874

angelica_juarez@senecacenter.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