Kindergarten Workshop

The Readiness for School Program brought together parents who wanted to learn about the kindergarten enrollment process. Sandra Kim, coordinator of the Los Angeles Unified School District Dual Language Department, spoke to parents about what they need to know before enrolling their children in school, how the public school system operates and the kindergarten curriculum. Most parents who attended were sending their children to school for the first time, and others were recent immigrants who had no previous knowledge about the California school system. Kindergarten teacher Joanne Lee from Third Street Elementary School explained the kindergarten curriculum in detail and discussed what their children should know prior to attending kindergarten. She also encouraged parents to be active in their children’s school. Children colored and made cookies and colorful wreaths while listening to Christmas carols during the seminar.

First Annual VOVO Banquet

KAFSC introduced the VOVO program a year ago as the agency’s first marriage program. VOVO celebrated its first annual banquet at the Sky Hall in the Aroma Center located in Los Angeles’ Koreatown. Recreational Instructor Sang Ik Park led several games to encourage the attendees to mingle and get acquainted. An elegant dinner preceded the games, along with a message from the keynote speaker, Dr. Kyoon Hee Chung.

The first annual VOVO Banquet at the Sky Hall Banquet Room at the Aroma Center in Koreatown.

VOVO members are invited to attend events, monthly educational seminars and dating workshops and join a network of other single people in the Los Angeles area. If you are interested in joining VOVO, please contact KAFSC at (213) 637-9357 or jkwon@kafscla.org.

KAFSC Welcomes June Kwon!

June Kwon joined KAFSC as a program manager. She graduated from Cal State Los Angeles with a bachelor’s degree in studio art, and shares an equal love for art and helping immigrant families. She is mainly interested in preserving relationships pertinent to the health and prosperity of families, and is concerned with generational and cultural gaps in Korean immigrant families. She currently resides with her husband and two teenaged sons in Orange County.