The staff at the front table

Gertrudis opened Handprint in a ground-floor hall on Appleton Street after many years working with school-age children in Holyoke. She runs the front table at pickup, so she knows every adult on your list, and she speaks Spanish and English with families.

Anselma leads the Spanish table at homework time and the Thursday reading circle in both languages. She writes each family a note when a child needs help with something, in the language you prefer.

Graciano runs the gym games on Mondays and brings the hand drums out on Tuesdays. He counts every child each time the group moves between rooms, and he speaks Spanish and English with the children.

Lian sits at the English table at homework time and runs the art table on Wednesdays. She is bilingual and happy to switch whenever a child asks.