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Pam Montana, the Kiwanis president, honored the Provisional Accelerated Learning Academy and the PAL Center. She expressed how much the PAL Center and Charter meant to her and the community. The breakfast played host to many prominent organizations throughout the Inland Empire.
Kiwanis of Greater San Bernardino are local groups of like-minded volunteers who make a difference in our community. They are friends, neighbors, and anyone who loves working together to change children’s lives. Kiwanians are part of a global network of clubs and members who partner with each other, as well as organizations whose mission aligns with their own.PAL Charter is the first and longest-operating Charter school under the San Bernardino Unified City School District.
Their tenure as a school is 25 years and counting. PCA is a Free Public Charter School serving 6-12 graders. They have two campuses in San Bernardino and are using state-of-the-art equipment to drive home their school mantra, “Education with an Individualized Approach.”
San Bernardino City Unified School District named the Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary School in her honor. The school’s mission develops college-focus, internationally-minded scholars through AVID Elementary systems, global studies, and project-based learning using research and technology.
Henry is ninety years old and is still active in the organization. She told her Board members and friends our nonprofit ‘Provisional Educational Services, Incorporated, “has been in continuous operation for 39 years-!! We incorporated it in 1984! PESI, the nonprofit, community-based organization, has continuously served thousands of people from 5 to 85 years old for four decades! WOW!”
PAL Center and Charter School is currently under the leadership of CEO, Dwaine Radden Sr. the founder of Saving Our Sons, I.E. Live Market Nite, San Bernardino Pop Warner Football and Cheerleading, and has many other accomplishments throughout the San Bernardino area. Radden showed off the Kiwanis plaque to students and staff, thanked them, and said this is for you. Without you, there is no PAL Charter Academy or PAL Center.”
The PESI organization currently has a middle and high school: a Youth Build program serving young men and women between the ages of 16-24. Their Youth Build has programs like CNA, construction, and logistics programs. PESI also has an Upward Bound program, which helps students attend a four-year university or college, as well as the Food IMPACT program that feeds the local community. PAL Charter school also has a CTE program for pharmacy tech, automotive, construction, CNA, cosmetology, and culinary coming soon. For more information, visit https://www.palcenter.org or https://palcharteracademy.org.
