Posts Tagged ‘Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy’
‘Community Unity’ by Elizabeth Evelyn Guadalupe Amaral Ramos
‘Community Unity’ is a submission by Evelyn Guadalupe Amaral Ramos, a sophomore at Ánimo Watts College Preparatory Academy, who participated in our first Ánimo Voices Competition.
Read More >>Writing: ‘An Instructor To Bad Influences’ by Daniel Guerrero
Read the poem that won first place from all of our California high schools by Daniel Guerrero, a student at Ánimo Watts College Preparatory Academy.
Read More >>Green Dot Student Writing and Art Competition Awards Scholarship to Winners!
Our first Ánimo Voices Writing and Art Competition invited students to write about innovators, upstanders, visionaries, or rebels that have made a difference in their local or broader communities. Check out this year’s winners!
Read More >>ABC 7–Robotics program in Watts offers teens technological path to college
ABC 7 highlights a music video made by Ánimo College Preparatory Academy’s Robotics Team, created for a funding competition.
Read More >>A Field Trip to Empower Young Women of Color
This past fall, 100 young women of color from six Green Dot high schools took a trip to the University of Southern California for a day of building awareness, and discussing equity, inclusion, and empowerment.
Read More >>Why This Green Dot Alumnus Chose an HBCU
Animo Watts alumnus Alyssa Nettle knew she wanted to act, and also had a deep-seeded value for education, which is why she decided to join the celebrated theatre program at Alabama State University, one of 101 Historically Black College and Universities across the country.
Read More >>How School Spirit Affects Community Spirit
UPAS Community Engagement Coordinator Samantha Levra shares about the Ánimo Watts Charter High School Fall Carnival, and how school spirit affects community spirit.
Read More >>Former NBA Players Help Green Dot Students Kick off the School Year
To kick off the 2017-18 school year with CollegeSpring, former NBA players Jason and Jarron Collins visited the campuses of Ánimo Watts College Preparatory Academy and Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy. The brothers toured the schools and spoke to students about the importance of education and hard work.
Read More >>Cultivating Professional Habits With Our Second Generation of Green Dot Interns
Our second annual cohort of interns, made up of Green Dot juniors from seven different schools, is spending their summer working alongside our staff and in the offices of community partners to gain insight into career fields of interest and cultivate professional habits.
Read More >>Assembly member Gipson Honors Ánimo Watts Teacher
Assemblymember Mike Gipson honored Ánimo Watts teacher Lesley Quinteros for her commitment to her community and her students.
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