EL SERENO — Middle school boys from across East Los Angeles will be headed to Cal State L.A. during the summer to learn about coding, 3-D printing, robotics and entrepreneurship as part of a program to interest minority students in technology, science and related subjects. The university will received a $400,000 grant to offer the intensive summer courses followed by ... Read More »
GLASSELL PARK — A trio of students from Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts headed to City Hall recently to present their concept for a water-wise community designed for a riverfront site near their campus. Their presentation was part of the Young Citizen Artists Project, which involves students in real-life design issues, said fourth grade teacher Anna Soffer. This ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS — The Boys Volleyball Team at Lincoln High was celebrating this week after winning a CIF L.A. City Division 4 Championship, marking a big turnaround for the team, said coach Edwin Yau. The team went from a 2-11 record last year to being ranked 2nd in the Northern League with an overall match record of 14-4, said Yau, ... Read More »
About 85 students from East L.A. Renaissance Academy came to USC this week with 10-foot-long models and 3D videos in hand to present their ideas for reimagining main streets, like Whittier and Atlantic boulevards and First Street. The ultimate goal of the ongoing Greetings From East L.A. project is to prepare ELARA students for attending the USC Price School of Public ... Read More »
Submitted by the Boyle Heights Young Adult Program The Boyle Heights Young Adult Program focuses on real world skills that are relevant to students’ pursuit of college and career readiness and serves students ages 16 to 25. The academic program emphasizes literacy across all disciplines by featuring cross-curricular units centered on issues of local and regional importance. These units give ... Read More »
EAST LOS ANGELES — The state’s new method to measure a school’s academic performance appears to be more generous than the old system in offering positive assessments of how a school is doing, reports The L.A. Times. Case in point is Brooklyn Avenue Elementary in East Los Angeles. The new California School Dashboard replaces the Academic Performance Index. Instead of API’s ... Read More »
ECHO PARK — As the the Aphasia Book Club settled into its regular Thursday afternoon meeting, it faced some language that could be offensive - in Etheridge Night’s poem, Feeling Fucked Up. But for Jeff Krol, the f-word has been a sign of recovery. Read More »
EAGLE ROCK – You remember that one kid in school who didn’t seem to have any friends? You didn’t know why he was alone, and – more to the point – you didn’t think about it. Those kids are the target of “Start With Hello,” a national program in which students at Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High School took part in earlier ... Read More »
HIGHLAND PARK -- “Let’s go to the Secret Forest!” pleaded members of the Nature Club at San Pascual STEAM Magnet Elementary. They pointed to a cropping of trees on the western side of the Highland Park campus, where tall oaks, pines and eucalyptus present a shady spot for students during recess – and a perfect place for various birds to perch. Read More »
ECHO PARK –– After studying the Middle Ages, the fourth graders in Rick Powels class at Clifford Math & Technology Magnet recently dressed up in costume and celebrated with a Medieval feast. But it turns out Powels’ students were not the first at Clifford to dress up like knights and ladies. A few days after his students’ celebration, Powels came ... Read More »
BOYLE HEIGHTS -- A full voice can be heard singing La Cucaracha, while little hands strum decorated guitars. The simple and cheerful melody played by 7-16-year-olds fills the room. Read More »
BOYLE HEIGHTS — A charter school developer is planning to open a new campus in the Plaza Del Sol shopping center as part of a $6.5 million project, according to city building permit information. Endeavor College Prep, which currently operates three schools in and near Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights, will expand into the Soto Street shopping center. The Eastsider ... Read More »
ATWATER VILLAGE — The nonprofit Taking The Reins has brought many at-risk girls from dense neighborhoods to its barns, corrals and urban farm next to the L.A. River, where the young women build confidence working with horses and learning about horticulture. Now, the group is teaming up with the Theodore Payne Foundation to show the girls the benefits of native plants ... Read More »
BOYLE HEIGHTS -- A group of mothers circle around a table at a Boyle Heights high school, but they aren’t there to talk about their children’s grades. Instead, you can find these mothers engaged in an in-depth conversation about a book, going around sharing ideas and drawing conclusions from the text. Read More »
The paths of Elysian Park were extra busy Saturday morning as more than 1,400 middle school runners raced up and over hills as part of the 2016 LA84 Run4Fun Festival. The 28th annual event, which involved a total of six races on a 1.25-mile course, marked the culmination of a 10-week program, funded by the LA84Foundation, that introduces middle-schoolers to ... Read More »
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