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Assistance League^® of Los Altos - A local nonprofit run by volunteers. Our mission is to improve the lives of people through our community programs. We collaborate with San Miguel to design programs that enable all students to meet the social, multicultural, and technological challenges of the twenty-first century. We provide books, school supplies, Spanish library books supporting the school's Juntos Spanish English Dual Immersion program, PE equipment, food pantry snacks, and annual 5th-grade off-campus science camp scholarships.

Playworks – Provides a Playworks coach for the school.  The coach facilitates class game time for all classrooms, teaches students new games at recess, opens a before-school recess time, teaches students conflict resolution skills, coaches 4^th and 5^th graders to be junior coaches, and coaches after-school sports for 4^th and 5th-grade students.

CHAC, Community Health Awareness Council – Provides counseling interns to the campus for individual and group therapy, and also hosts social groups for student skill building.  Students receive services during the school day, approximately 1x a week for 

First 5 – Family Resource Center (FRC) – Relocated to Columbia Middle School, the FRC provides free programming to parents and their children.  Art enrichment activities for children.  Information on community resources.  Application assistant for Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, and Healthy Kids insurance programs for kids.  Developmental screenings for children under 6 years of age.  Parent workshops and seminars for parents (preschool and K readiness, nutrition/health/wellness, Positive Parenting Program (Triple P), Parent Leadership (Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors), Child language and literacy development (SEEDS). https://www.first5kids.org/what-we-fund/family-strengthening-initiative/family-resource-center/columbia-frc/  

Project Cornerstone – Asset Builders Champion (ABC) Program – Volunteers read selected books and lead discussions and activities about respect, tolerance, honesty, peaceful conflict resolution, taking a stand against bullying, etc.

Fremont High School National Honor Society – Volunteers support after-school social events, help restock the library, and provide tutoring during KLAS.

Sunnyvale Public Safety – Neighborhood Resource Officer (NRO) comes onto campus regularly to build positive relations with students.  NRO, EMTs, and Fire do presentations to classrooms and contribute during safety drills.   

Sunnyvale Challenge Team – Creates a network of organizations and resources in Sunnyvale with a focus on supporting students and families. 

Sunnyvale Wrestling Club – Coming soon - Provides an after-school wrestling club for 3^rd-5^th graders for 8 weeks.  No charge to families.

Euphrat Art Museum – Provides an after-school art program for students on Tuesday after school dismisses.  No charge to families.

KLAS – Kids Learning After School – An after-school program for students in 2^nd-5^th grade.  Components include homework support, active play, and enrichment activities like Lego builds.  A small fee associated.

Safe Routes to Schools – San Miguel hosted the Santa Clara County Kick-Off in October 2014.  Provides education and incentives for students and families to safely walk and roll to school.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation – PAMF – 5210 – Provides education to parents on 5210 – 5 fruits and vegetables a day, 2 hours or less of screen time, 1 hour of active play, 0 sugary drinks.  Hosts a “Strong Start” eating program to help parents learn to cook healthily at home.   No cost to families, sign up at the front office.

Starting Arts – Students rotate through a wheel of arts over the course of the school year.  They attend a Starting Arts class 1x a week for 30 minutes most of the school year.  Arts include visual art, music, theater, and dance.  Students also learn choir songs with their grade level in 6-week time periods and each grade level has an evening performance 1x a year.

Columbia Middle School (CMS) – Coordination around supporting families with children at both schools.  5th-grade students visit and tour CMS at the end of the year.  5th-grade students also participate in academic assessments to support course selection at the middle school.

San Jose State University – Collaborative for Teaching and Reaching the Whole Child – Student teachers are placed with our teachers on-site, known as collaborating teachers.  Collaborating teachers receive professional development on Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and integrating SEL within the classroom and content.

Santa Clara University – Student teachers are placed with our teachers on-site.

Stanford University – Student teachers are placed with our Juntos teachers on site.

Sunnyvale Community Services – Support services to families around housing, food services, and school supplies.  Provides backpacks and shoe vouchers for students in need.  The weekend food program provides a bag of non-perishable items for families in need that are picked up at KLAS.

College Day – Provides materials to families about the process of applying for and funding college.  Schedules a field trip for 5^th graders to visit a college campus.  Past visits include Stanford University and Foothill College.

Kids Club – New Hope International Church – Provides a Christian after-school program for K-3^rd students on Fridays until 2:15 pm.  No cost to families.

Columbia Neighborhood Center – Provides programs for families off-site.  Examples include School break camps, Festival of Lights tickets and transportation, La Posadas.  Small or no fee to families.

YMCA  - spring break camp