Galing Bata

The FEC Galing Bata Program at Bessie Carmichael/Filipino Education Center (FEC) provides gabay (guidance), lingap (care) and bantay (protection) to TK-8th students during the school day, after school and summer. For the past 23 years, we’ve provided linguistically sensitive and culturally responsive programming and services to all interested Bessie/FEC students and their families primarily Filipino immigrant and Filipino American youth who are low-income, English learners, underperforming or disconnected from school, unhoused, living in transition, and/or exposed to violence, abuse, or trauma.

Please support more years of the Galing Bata Program and promote bilingual education for students in San Francisco. Maraming salamat po! Thank you very much!

After School Program

We provide after school programming from Monday-Friday from 3:30-6:00PM @ Children’s Creativity Museum.

Our current Filipino enrichments for SY Fall 2024 are: MAPEH stands for Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health (K-2nd), Soccer and Crochet Club (3rd-5th), and Exploring the Outside and Cultures (6th-8th).

School Year

Galing Bata provides a Monday-Friday, school-day service at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School/FEC, offering academic and language push-in support in Filipino WLES classes at the Elementary School and Filipino elective classes at the Middle School. Our GB staff assist Bessie/FEC K-8th grade students who need Filipino language support during their classwork. They also help students build their skills in reading, writing, and comprehension in the Filipino language.

Barkada Biyernes

A safe space and a stress free zone to chill, unwind, play games, eat lunch, learn Filipino values and be in the company of peers and Ate’s & Kuya’s. Students enrolled in Bessie Carmichael/FEC Middle School is welcome to join us! Make chika, make sama sama, and make jolly saya with us! This program was created in response to supporting the mental health needs of our Filipinx students.

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