Lauren's House After-School and Summer Programs
East Palo Alto SDA Church, 994 Beech St, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
About
Lauren's House After-School and Summer Programs offers an Intensive Reading Program, tutoring, reading development, socioemotional learning, and life skills education. The program also includes cultural enrichment and field trips, guided community service such as feeding the homeless, and a summer program where students have ridden bikes, done educational activities, and gone on field trips to places like Stanford's campus, the movie theater, a water park, and Great America. Activities have also included riding bikes to the Friendship Bridge and the library, as well as riding bikes in circles.
• Ages: 6–17 years old
• Schedule: After-school program meets Monday–Friday in the afternoons, with options between 1:15–6:00 PM and 3:00–6:00 PM
• Price: All of our services are free.
Lauren's House After-School and Summer Programs was founded in 2009 and has celebrated its 15th anniversary. The executive director, Monique Graves, runs the after-school and summer programs and also works as a school-based mental health therapist for Los Altos School District. Socioemotional learning and counseling in the program come from a school-based mental health therapist. The program serves students from 1st to 12th grade who are low-income or qualify for free-and-reduced lunch, and most of the youth are Hispanic and come from single-parent households. Lauren's House has a volunteer-based team with 15–20 volunteers and has been empowering student success in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park, CA since 2009. The organization has worked most closely with the Ravenswood City School District and has partnered in work with Prison Fellowship Angel Tree. Lauren's House was awarded the Top-Rated Badge in 2023 by GreatNonprofits and the Platinum Seal of Transparency in 2023 by Candid GuideStar.
Parents, youth participants, volunteers, and community members have described Lauren's House as offering tutoring, life skills education, college tours, feeding the homeless, and work with Prison Fellowship Angel Tree. One parent shared that their child joined the summer program, rode bikes, did educational activities, and went on field trips to Stanford's campus, the movie theater, a water park, and Great America. Another parent reported that the program has helped their daughter improve in math and reading skills. A youth participant has described favorite memories of riding bikes to the Friendship Bridge, riding to the library, and riding bikes in circles. Volunteers and community members have described the environment as welcoming and supportive and have noted that the director shows up for students and their families. Another parent shared that their child experienced snow and learned how to ride a bike through Lauren's House.
Last updated April 4, 2026.
• Ages: 6–17 years old
• Schedule: After-school program meets Monday–Friday in the afternoons, with options between 1:15–6:00 PM and 3:00–6:00 PM
• Price: All of our services are free.
Lauren's House After-School and Summer Programs was founded in 2009 and has celebrated its 15th anniversary. The executive director, Monique Graves, runs the after-school and summer programs and also works as a school-based mental health therapist for Los Altos School District. Socioemotional learning and counseling in the program come from a school-based mental health therapist. The program serves students from 1st to 12th grade who are low-income or qualify for free-and-reduced lunch, and most of the youth are Hispanic and come from single-parent households. Lauren's House has a volunteer-based team with 15–20 volunteers and has been empowering student success in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park, CA since 2009. The organization has worked most closely with the Ravenswood City School District and has partnered in work with Prison Fellowship Angel Tree. Lauren's House was awarded the Top-Rated Badge in 2023 by GreatNonprofits and the Platinum Seal of Transparency in 2023 by Candid GuideStar.
Parents, youth participants, volunteers, and community members have described Lauren's House as offering tutoring, life skills education, college tours, feeding the homeless, and work with Prison Fellowship Angel Tree. One parent shared that their child joined the summer program, rode bikes, did educational activities, and went on field trips to Stanford's campus, the movie theater, a water park, and Great America. Another parent reported that the program has helped their daughter improve in math and reading skills. A youth participant has described favorite memories of riding bikes to the Friendship Bridge, riding to the library, and riding bikes in circles. Volunteers and community members have described the environment as welcoming and supportive and have noted that the director shows up for students and their families. Another parent shared that their child experienced snow and learned how to ride a bike through Lauren's House.
Last updated April 4, 2026.
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