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Five Green Dot Teachers Honored as Heroes of Education
This spring Los Angeles Unified School District District 7 Board Member Dr. Richard Vladovic honored educators from over 150 schools in his district at the Heroes in Education Award Ceremony. These educators were honored for their achievements in creating opportunities for student success, and making their schools and communities a better place for the families they serve.
Nine Green Dot High Schools Rank in U.S. News & World Report’s Best
This week, the U.S. News & World Report issued its Best High Schools 2017 report. The report recognizes each of our nine independent public charter high schools as among the best across in the nation.
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In Memoriam: Labor and Education Hero Mike Garcia
This week we honor the life of labor hero Mike Garcia, a powerful leader of labor movements in the west, and a former member of the Green Dot Public Schools Board of Directors.
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How Organized Parents and Students Empower Communities
In education, poverty is still the principal indicator of quality — where working class families can ask for change, but, without power, they cannot demand it. United Parents and Students, an affiliate of Green Dot Public Schools National, is working to change that.
California’s Gold Ribbon Awarded to Three Green Dot Schools
Ánimo Inglewood and Ánimo Leadership were awarded California’s highest educational honor, a Gold Ribbon School Award. They join Ánimo Pat Brown, who received a Gold Ribbon Award in 2015.
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Adventures Outside the Classroom: Green Dot Teens Are Up to the Challenge
This spring eight teams of Green Dot students and school staff conquered a one-of-a-kind outdoor adventure that tested their endurance, strength and teamwork.
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Reimagining Rigor through the Arts at Ánimo Venice
Art is more than a series of classes at Ánimo Venice, it is a program that offers a gateway to the human experience, an opportunity for authentic learning to teach students about themselves in relationship to the world around them.
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USA Today: Mr. Trump, Don’t boost our budgets while cutting education
USA Today: “In the “skinny budget” that the White House released this month, President Trump offered $168 million in new funds for charter schools. As public charter school operators, we appreciate the proposed investment in new schools like ours.”
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And the Fifth Annual Golden Dot Award Winners Are…
The Golden Dot Awards highlighted educators and staff who demonstrate exceptional teaching, school leadership and support for our schools.
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What August Wilson, Denzel Washington and Ánimo Leadership Students Have in Common
This semester, drama students at Ánimo Leadership Charter High School were chosen by the Center Theatre Group to participate in an August Wilson residency, created to advance students’ development as scholars and artists. Wilson was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, whose work included Fences, which was adapted for the screen by Denzel Washington and nominated for four Academy Awards this year.
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Women of Color Combat Bullying in Watts
Motivated by personal experiences and hard work, Women of Color is working to make their community better by bringing awareness to the impact of bullying.
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AIR Program Cultivates Compassion in School Leadership
The leaders at Ánimo Inglewood take personal responsibility for the communities in which they work. They are sympathetic to the needs of others and put their whole hearts into every one of their tasks to support their community with a smile.
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Green Dot Ambassadors Connect Students to the Arts
Exposure to great arts institutions have the potential to change and inspire life trajectories – encouraging students, whose access is too often constrained, to aspire alongside historic artists.
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STEM Students Shoot for the Moon and Build the Robots to Get There
If science is the key to our future, we’ve learned that applied learning can unlock student passion. With renewed interest in astronomy and space exploration, who better for students to learn from than one of the world’s leading authorities on space Dr. Charles Elachi.
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How Student Government Supports Intentional Student Leadership in South LA
Student government is not taken lightly at Green Dot Schools — students are well aware that upon accepting a leadership role they will be held to a higher standard, but this only fuels their passion.
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Honoring Excellence at The Fifth Annual Golden Dot Awards
Join us Saturday evening, March 18th to celebrate Green Dot Public Schools educators and staff who are transforming the landscape of public education at the Golden Dot Awards.
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Young Men Thriving in Urban Scholars Program
At Ánimo Watts College Preparatory Academy, math teacher Damon Rutledge created the Urban Scholars program, a specialized program designed to provide African American male students the resources to thrive at school. The program is especially focused on connecting students with positive male role models in the community.
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Accelerating New Teachers in a Changing Profession
At Green Dot Public Schools, we’ve been thinking about how to support and foster passionate, dedicated, and effective teachers since our founding more than 15 years ago. It’s what’s behind our Adelante Teacher Credentialing Program.
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Young Women in STEM Reach for and Mingle with the Stars
More than ever there is a need for diverse minds whose unique backgrounds will allow America to continue to innovate and make vital scientific advancements similar to the efforts of the women in Hidden Figures.
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Facing History and Ourselves: Nurturing a Positive and Compassionate School Culture
“Our partnership with Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO) helps students understand how they and others make choices, good or bad, and how these choices affect our history,” says Ánimo Jackie Robinson Principal, Kristen Botello. The integrated FHAO curriculum fosters an ethical school culture so students can effectively build and maintain positive relationships for themselves.
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