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  • Kempton Street Literacy Academy
  • Spring Valley, CA
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Hello, thank you for choosing to look at my page. I hope you can help my students soar! My name is Carmen Romero-Ayala and I am a fourth grade teacher at Kempton Street Literacy Academy which is located in Spring Valley, California. I am a dual language teacher in a 50/50 program. I teach both English and Spanish. I work in a Preschool through 6th grade community school with a 50/50 Dual Language Immersion strand in K-6th. Our student population is about 620+. We are 75% Latinos, 10% Black, 10% White, and the remainder a mix of Asian, Filipino, Pacific Islander or two or more races. 16% of our students have an Individualized Education Plan. 92% of our families are socioeconomically disadvantaged and we struggle with 51% chronic absenteeism. 8% of our students are proficient in Math and and 33% proficient in English Language Arts.

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Hello, thank you for choosing to look at my page. I hope you can help my students soar! My name is Carmen Romero-Ayala and I am a fourth grade teacher at Kempton Street Literacy Academy which is located in Spring Valley, California. I am a dual language teacher in a 50/50 program. I teach both English and Spanish. I work in a Preschool through 6th grade community school with a 50/50 Dual Language Immersion strand in K-6th. Our student population is about 620+. We are 75% Latinos, 10% Black, 10% White, and the remainder a mix of Asian, Filipino, Pacific Islander or two or more races. 16% of our students have an Individualized Education Plan. 92% of our families are socioeconomically disadvantaged and we struggle with 51% chronic absenteeism. 8% of our students are proficient in Math and and 33% proficient in English Language Arts.

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