Bessie Carmichael School PreK-8 Filipino Education Center (PreK-5 Campus)

Bessie Carmichael /Filipino Education Center (BCS/FEC) CARES... Our diverse and highly skilled cadre of educators understands that a rigorous and challenging education will prepare students for future success in college and career in the 21st Century.This future success is achievable through the innovative and creative teaching of: problem-solving, creativity, critical thinking, collaborative skills, along with a digital lens. Through our emphasis on Social Emotional Supports we strive for our students to develop the social-emotional and regulation skills: character and executive function skills of initiative, compassion, empathy, flexibility, gratitude, cooperation, kindness, perseverance, humility and patience so they can have meaningful and productive lives independent of the outcomes historically predicted by race, gender and socio-economic status.

Our VISION is to foster collaboration and empathy, transform lives, and inspire change for all children, and to address the systemic issues that impede our progress.

The MISSION of Bessie Carmichael /FEC Prek-8 School is to raise levels of academic achievement for EVERY student, to address the systemic issues that cause the achievement gap for children (especially children of color and linguistically marginalized children)