Peninsula Bridge 
Rolando Victoria 
7/20/16

In the final week of the Peninsula Bridge program I can now see very clearly how the work that we as a group of interested staff have helped to prevent summer learning loss, all while providing a fun and safe environment for underprivileged children to learn. Over the course of the past month I was able to teach children who are in a similar position as I was as a child, unable to receive a quality education compared to the better school districts that are in neighboring areas. I was also able to see their progression of learning, and how I was actually making a difference. After comparing the students' initial test scores and the final test scores, it was very clear that most of the students had improved greatly in all of their classes and it was impressive that they were able to learn things that are supposed to be taught at the next grade level. Being able to see the actual improvement and make it tangible through comparison was one of the best feelings I have had during the program because it allowed me to feel proud that my work actually helped. As my final week of Peninsula Bridge is wrappin