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Community Schools Grant Provides Green Dot California Schools Tools for Student Achievement
Three Green Dot California Schools recently became the recipients of Community Schools Partnership Program Grants funded by the California Department of Education. Over the course of five years, Ánimo Ellen Ochoa Charter Middle School, Ánimo Compton Charter School, and Ánimo James B. Taylor Charter Middle School will be awarded over one million dollars each to expand their access to community resources to further the mission of transforming public education and creating equitable outcomes for all students.
Read More >>Green Dot CA Awarded $12.5 Million Mental Health Grant for Supportive Services
The U.S. Department of Education awarded Green Dot Public Schools California a $12.5 million grant to support the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health service providers. This five-year grant will further Green Dot California’s mission to eliminate barriers to success by expanding its mental health network.
Read More >>How We Use SEL Screeners to Uplift Student Voices
At Green Dot Public Schools California, our schools are responsible for not only the academic success of our students but for their greater well-being to prepare all students for success in college, leadership, and life. How do we create a space where students can succeed? Through social-emotional learning screenings, we improve our schools through the voices of our most significant stakeholders—our students.
Read More >>Coach G uses sports to guide MLK students to academics
When Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School’s Angela Gauthier was a young woman in her native Louisiana, she was passionate about sports and wanted to become a physical education teacher. After graduating from high school, that dream was forced to come to a pause, as it wasn’t possible at that time and she decided to…
Read More >>Thank You School Counselors for Supporting Students at Every Level
The week of February 6th Green Dot Public Schools California is taking part in celebrating National School Counseling Week. The American School Counselor Association has themed the 2023 week as “School Counselors: Helping Students Dream Big.” Across our 18 middle and high school sites, we’re showing appreciation and highlighting the work of our dedicated counselors who help prepare our students for success in college, leadership, and life.
Read More >>Green Dot Celebrates Black History Month and Black Excellence
Every February, our nation has a moment to reflect, acknowledge, and observe the countless contributions African Americans have made throughout the world during Black History Month.
Read More >>How This Alumni Teacher Makes Ánimo Leadership a Home
Sandra Estrada, an alumni teacher from Ánimo Leadership Charter High School, is committed to giving back to the Lennox community that set her up for success by creating positive classroom experiences for the next generation of leaders.
Read More >>Locke High School Students Advocate for Safer Streets along the Figueroa Corridor
Students at Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy founded activism group Justice for Peace in response to street violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and suicide occurring along the Figueroa Corridor.
Read More >>Concrete, Boards, and Life Long Lessons: How This Middle School Club Empowers Girls
At the heart of Concrete Queenz, an all-girl skateboarding club, is a community with life-long lessons on friendship, determination, and empowerment.
Read More >>Special education is a lifelong vocation for MLK MS teacher
Special education is something very close to Ms. Jennifer Ponton. The Martin Luther King Middle School teacher has been doing it for the past 26 years, bringing her experience in the matter from many places outside of Beaumont, Texas. Ms. Ponton has lived the necessities of special education students herself. Her brother and two sons…
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