The Mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, has closed on Monday the ‘Family Schools’ program promoted by the Seville City Council, through the Department of Education, which helps parents of Sevillian students to strengthen their education during the developmental stage.
The closing event ‘Family Meetings’, held at the Real Alcázar, brought together about 200 Sevillian families who participated in this activity, benefiting 18 educational centers in Seville. In this regard, Sanz emphasized that «we continue to make available to the people of Seville all the tools at our disposal for the benefit of their quality of life and that of the children in Seville.»
Furthermore, the Mayor wanted to highlight that «upon our arrival, in our first budget, the educational allocation that grew the most was 52% more than in the socialist era.» He added that «we have invested around 1 million euros in activities that have impacted 530 educational centers in two years, benefiting 35,833 Sevillians by promoting activities such as introducing chess in schools or launching the innovative program ‘Live Your School!’, through which we have opened 28 educational centers in Seville on weekends to their neighborhoods with a total of 11,742 participants.»
Family Schools
The ‘Family Schools’ program has offered families a space in their own educational center for meetings and participation to address and reflect on topics that concern them: communication and dialogue within the family, conflict resolution, self-esteem, boundaries and rules, school failure, etc., as well as the new challenges that families must face such as digital disconnection, emotional education, or understanding and learning about the socio-educational stage their children are going through, guided by a psychologist or educator. The program has provided families with an opportunity to share and address the not-so-easy task of educating our children and other concerns with other families. In addition to the sessions, seminars from the Health department have been offered on topics such as first aid. Furthermore, to facilitate attendance at the Family Meetings Program, a nursery – playroom service has been offered to all participating families.
For all these reasons, the Mayor concluded by stating that «families often lack emotional resources to support the development of the child. That is why we provide parents with this tool. These types of programs allow parents to be accompanied by professionals who help them in the challenging task of educating.»
The participating centers have been CPER Cruz del Campo, CEIP Al-Andalus, AMPA San Julián, CEIP Sor Ángela de la Cruz, AMPA Los Poemas of CDP Antonio Machado, CDP San José Mercedarias, AMPA La Cobaya of CEIP Jardines del Valle, AMPA Las Palmeritas of IES Beatriz de Suabia, AMPA Santa Justa of IES Isbilya, AMPA Séneca of IES Azahar, AMPA Somos Escuela of CEIP Huerta de Santa Marina, AMPA Reina Victoria of CEIP José María del Campo, AMPA La Salud of CEIP Lora Tamayo, AMPA Bartolomé Esteban Murillo of IES Murillo, AMPA Los Viveros of CEIP Juan Ramón Jiménez, AMPA el Caminante of IES Antonio Machado, AMPA Nazaret of CDP M.ª Madre de la Iglesia, AMPA El Porvenir of CEIP Joaquín Turina and AMPA Huerta de la Estrella of CEIP Pedro Garfias.
