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¡Ayúdenos a Ayudar!    DCET/La Escuelita Needs your Support to offer our ESL, GED, Citizenship, Computer Classes as well as Spanish Literacy (Primaria y Secundaria) OUR MENTORING PROGRAM FAMA helps youth and their families to become Productive Members of Society.                 

Debes Creer En Ti (DCET), which is the Spanish acronym for Believe in Yourself, was founded in 1998 to assist the fast-growing number of Hispanic/Latino families in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. As a private, non-profit corporation established under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, DCET is dedicated to provide educational and cultural programs for the social and economic well-being of Hispanic youth and their families focusing in the areas of literacy and workforce. 

Students at our Community Learning Centers "LA ESCUELITA" in Irving, TX learn:

• ESOL (English as a Second other Language)
• GED (General Education Diploma preparation
• Computer Literacy classes in Spanish/English
• Citizenship classes
• Plazas Comunitarias (Spanish Literacy) Primaria y Secundaria
• YIC (Youth in college) - A youth Leadership Prep-College program
• FAMA (Folkloric Arts Mentoring Amigos) Ballet Folklorico, Liderazgo y Valores Familiares

OUR FUNDARISING EVENTS help support our Literacy and Cultural Programs

• Familias Fuertes en Tiempos Difíciles with Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sanchez
• FLY (Folklorico Leadership for Youth)
• CINCO DE MAYO Multicultural Festival and Health Fair
• SHAA (Silent Hero Azteca Awards)

!GRACIAS!   Thank you for helping our programs stay alive...

LEE Y SERAS Early Literacy students Luisito Rojas and Saul Gomez, learning English as a Second Language at LA ESCUELITA Grand Prairie, Community Learning Center. 

THANKS to DCET/La Escuelita,  I was able to learn how to read and write!  Maria Lara, a student of LA ESCUELITA in Irving, Texas

OUR MISSION

To provide literacy programs, workforce development programs, and other educational, cultural and mentoring initiatives for under-served low and moderate-income immigrants in its majority Hispanic/Latino youth and their families in their process of assimilation and acculturation, allowing them to become productive members of society.

OUR VISION

We see LA ESCUELITA community Learning Centers all over locally, regionally and nationally. We see a dedicated team of profesional people teaching ESL, GED, Citizenship and Computer classes as well as Spanish LIteracy educating immigrants families providing the best solutions to their needs while adjusting to the cultural and societal values in this Country.

OUR VALUES

DCET's students, Facilitators, Administrators, Board of Directors & Partners respect these values:

We Value Honesty, Integrity and Loyalty in all of our dealings. We Value being concise and precise in all suggestions and comments.  We Value constructive criticisms with a related positive solution. We Value having all members of this Corporation act with Kindness. We Value mutual Respect and Dignity. We Value to never put anybody in a different category.

Contact us:  www.dcenti.org - call us at: 214-587-1983 or, 972-871-8285 our Spanish line: 972-669-5035 - e-mail us at: ZGNlbnRpMSB8IHNiY2dsb2JhbCAhIG5ldA== 

Please help us reach our goals! 

GRACIAS POR CONTRIBUIR A LA EDUCACIÓN GRATIS

SI SE PUEDE! WE ARE REAL LEADERS OF DCET!

Help us Help! DCET/La Escuelita Needs your Support to offer our ESL, GED, Citizenship, Computer Classes as well as Spanish Literacy (Primary and Secondary) OUR MENTORING PROGRAM FAMA helps youth and their families to become Productive Members of Society.

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