Posts Tagged ‘Beyond the Classroom’
Cooling the Melt: Helping Our Students Get to Day One of Freshmen Year at College
A phenomena known as “summer melt” is a representation of the obstacles faced by many first year and first generation college students. This is why Green Dot’s educational model has built-in supports in the form of summer workshops, support groups, mentors, and outreach.
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 >>Performance Poetry Teams Write a Legacy at Ánimo Inglewood
Since 2012, Ánimo Inglewood Charter High School has developed a steady stream of poets, planting roots in the teen poetry slam community.
Read More >>Parting Wisdom from Hillcrest’s Class of 2017
This is Hillcrest’s first graduation under Green Dot’s operation of the school, making it a very special Class of 2017. At this year’s graduation ceremony, the Hillcrest valedicotiran and two salutatorians shared insight and encouragement with their classmates.
Read More >>Recalculating Trajectory: Intervention Courses Put Students Back on the Path to College
Two years ago when Destiny Middle School, Tacoma’s first charter public middle school, opened its doors, more than 80% of the students were reading below grade level. Jenni Denison’s son Isaiah was one of those students.
Read More >>Mock Interviews Prepare Green Dot Students for Future Careers
Oscar de la Hoya Ánimo High School staff partnered with professionals and business leaders across Los Angeles, including Green Dot Ambassadors, to simulate real-world interview experiences at its annual Mock Interviews event, which helps our students polish and refine skills necessary to pursue future careers.
Read More >>Community Partnerships Bring Free Vision and Health Screenings to Thousands of Students
When students experience challenges with their hearing or sight, it not only affects their ability to learn, but it also impacts their quality of life. That’s why Green Dot partnered with Vision to Learn and the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles to provide vision and health screenings for over 2,000 middle school students.
Read More >>Robotics: It’s Not All Nuts and Bolts
A feeling of camaraderie filled the room as students shared their feelings of anxiousness and pride with other students at the third annual Green Dot Robotics Competition.
Read More >>Memphis Seniors Graduate Ready For College, Leadership and Life
Green Dot leadership, educators and staff proudly celebrate the end of a successful school year as 209 students from our two high schools in Memphis walk the stage at their graduation ceremonies.
Read More >>Robinson Joins Fairley as Football Coach and Athletic Director
Green Dot is excited to welcome the new head football coach and Athletic Director at Fairley High School: Gene Robinson III.