Profiles
Mr. Williams received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Williams received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Johnathan Williams
Ms. Sumida received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ms. Sumida received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Irene Sumida
Dr. Rodriguez received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Rodriguez received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ref Rodriguez
Ana received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ana received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ana Ponce
Mr. Lucente received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Lucente received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Joe Lucente
Dr. Sandra Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Sandra Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Sandra Fisher
Mr. Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Gene Fisher
Dr. Chan received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Chan received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Yvonne Chan
Ms. Burton received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ms. Burton received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Judy Burton
Ms. Young received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ms. Young received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Caprice Young
Landecker received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Landecker received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Anita Landecker
Dr. Elliot received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Elliot received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Jacqueline Elliot
Yolie Flores has spent her career fighting for better opportunities for children.
Yolie Flores has spent her career fighting for better opportunities for children.
Yolie Flores
“You kind of owe it to your kids to get involved with their school and at Fenton, it came quite easily.”
“You kind of owe it to your kids to get involved with their school and at Fenton, it came quite easily.”
Donald Parker
The lack of quality choices in south LA? “It’s a crime.”
Armida and Raúl Barrera were two of the first and continue to be among the most passionate and outspoken members of Families that Can.
Armida and Raúl Barrera
Williams Pirir was born in America and his parents were born in Guatemala.
Williams’s goal is now to be the president of Guatemala and open schools in order to educate students and encourage them to learn English.
Williams Pirir
“It’s such an incredible experience to build a school from the ground up.”
“WISH Charter is a dream come true. This means more to me than anything else - that my daughter is getting a wonderful education and we’re part of a community we can believe in.”
Erika Higgins Ross
Your situation does NOT define who you are.
Your situation does NOT define who you are.
SIATech Los Angeles
What do you do to make sure students get the support they need?
What do you do to make sure students get the support they need?
PUC Schools
He was accepted to three California State University colleges.
But I knew school was preparing me for the bigger picture—college.
Rigo Estrada
She will achieve her high school diploma.
She feels strong and confident, and through hard work and persistence, she will achieve her high school diploma.
Janeth Mendoza
Dr. Olga Mohan High School is the Alliance’s highest performing school in terms of academic performance, and was the fourth highest performing in LAUSD in 2010.
Dr. Olga Mohan High School is the Alliance’s highest performing school in terms of academic performance, and was the fourth highest performing in LAUSD in 2010.
Dr. Olga Mohan High School
We are at a critical moment for education reform in Los Angeles
Far too many students in Los Angeles aren’t getting the great public education they deserve.
Dr. Jacqueline Elliott
Synergy Quantum Academy is located in South Los Angeles.
Synergy students will learn the incredible opportunities that await students who choose to study STEM subjects in college.
Synergy Quantum Academy
The students said they appreciated the family-like campus environment that Magnolia provides.
The students said they appreciated the family-like campus environment that Magnolia provides.
Magnolia Public School Alumni
He is known as a major education philanthropist and activist for the past two decades by supporting major education reform in Los Angeles.
He is known as a major education philanthropist and activist for the past two decades by supporting major education reform in Los Angeles.
Richard Riordan
She has shown above average determination.
Her personality and her actions are those of a relentless student wanting the best for her future and her community.
Teressa Zayas
Expect the best, give the best and accomplish the best.
Each Celerity School operating in 2010-11 scored in the top 15% of all California public schools according to CST performance.
Celerity Schools
All students are prepared to graduate from high school prepared for college success.
At PUC, the staff has the same high expectations for every student and all are prepared to graduate from high school prepared for college success.
Partnerships to Uplift Communities
Gabriella Charter is the highest performing public school in Echo Park.
Gabriella Charter School attributes its success to their unwavering commitment and relentless expectations that all students can and will succeed.
Gabriella Charter School
Valor Academy is committed to putting every child on a clear path to college.
Valor Academy is committed to putting every child on a clear path to college.
Valor Academy
She is proud that her school maintains the goal to help our students in the community to attend college.
She is proud that her school maintains the goal to help our students in the community to attend college.
Gabriela Chavez
She became one of the first in her family to graduate from college.
“Thanks to your generosity I became one of the first in my family to graduate from college.”
Zaida Mejia
All students will graduate from high school.
All students will graduate from high school, will be prepared and motivated for college, and will be introduced to coursework and career opportunities in International Business and Maritime Studies.
Port of Los Angeles High School
Watts Learning Center: A “Beacon of Hope” in the Neighborhood
Since opening its doors in 1997, Watts Learning Center Charter School in Los Angeles has grown to be one of the most successful schools in Los Angeles. Watts Learning Center has been referred to as a “beacon of hope” in the neighborhood.
Watts Learning Center Charter School
The program features Master Hu, a twice WuShu World Champion and former film star in tandem with a Chinese culture/language class.
The program features Master Hu, a twice WuShu World Champion and former film star in tandem with a Chinese culture/language class.
Heritage College-Ready Academy High School
Celerity Sirius is charged to serve as a laboratory of innovation.
Celerity Sirius is charged to serve as a laboratory of innovation, an incubator for new ideas that foster excellence in our public schools.
Celerity Sirius
High level engineering and technology class in a small school setting.
We are excited to be offering this high level engineering and technology class in a small school setting.
Our Community Charter School
Hamalian felt so much satisfaction with what he could do with the students.
Hamalian felt so much satisfaction with what he could do with the students.
Hrag Hamalian
He comes to class everyday with a smile and an outburst of positive energy.
He comes to class everyday with a smile and an outburst of positive energy.
Warren Cornelio
Mayor Villaraigosa has been an outstanding force in the education reform efforts in Los Angeles, a great support for advocacy efforts with his support of the Public School Choice initiative, and an advocate for school facilities under Proposition 39.
Mayor Villaraigosa has been an outstanding force in the education reform efforts in Los Angeles, a great support for advocacy efforts with his support of the Public School Choice initiative, and an advocate for school facilities under Proposition 39.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Maria is a firm believer that it takes a village to raise a child.
In May 2012, she was honored as a “Madre Campeona” (Champion Mother) by Los Angeles Unified School District Board president Monica Garcia at the 3rd Annual Guillermina Awards.
Maria Flores
Meredith is known to embody what the charter school movement is truly about.
Meredith is known to embody what the charter school movement is truly about.
Meredith Dadigan
Alliance Gertz-Ressler High School is a National Blue Ribbon School.
Alliance Gertz-Ressler is one of only two high schools in California and the only school in LAUSD to be recognized as a 2102 National Blue Ribbon School.
Alliance Gertz-Ressler High School
Rony arrived in the United States only a short time before entering high school.
Rony arrived in the United States only a short time before entering high school.
Rony Castellanos
Ninety-eight percent of POLAHS’ special needs students graduate in four years.
Ninety-eight percent of POLAHS’ special needs students graduate in four years.