2017 Highlights

  • Corning Union Elementary School District offered a special summer school program for 75 students in need of academic assistance.
  • Tehama County Health Services Agency served 14 teen and young pregnant or parenting mothers and their infants through twice weekly visits by trained Healthy Families America home visitors.
  • 30 kindergarten through second grade teachers participated in a three-day summer institute focused on reading and writing instruction.
  • Licensed mental health counselors served over 500 students attending schools in the Corning elementary and high school districts, which included having counselors available to work directly with students and families during the recent crisis in Rancho Tehama.
  • Tehama County Department of Education has instituted a series of trainings for early educators. • Corning High School created a new construction trades program with updated equipment.
  • Corning Union Elementary School District teachers are participating in ongoing professional development including in-classroom coaching assistance.
  • Instructional assistants are assisting with classroom teachers to implement research-based instructional strategies in K-2 classrooms
  • The City of Corning’s RESTORE program is now linking juvenile offenders with adult advocates and providing mental health and substance abuse treatment throughout Tehama County.
  • 80 high school students are participating in dual-enrollment classes co-taught by college and high school faculty for which they receive college and high school credit.