Posts Tagged ‘Student Stories’
Under the Same Roof Now: Reflections from a Senior on ASLA’s New Building
ASLA senior Frederick Rodulfo shares his experience of how the 2014 building fire has impacted his high school experience.
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 >>Green Dot Alumnus ‘Never Thought About College’ Now Excelling at Georgetown
Despite the rigorous college preparatory curriculum he experienced at AJR, Gomez couldn’t imagine himself in college, let alone fathom he’d be studying international politics at a top-flight school like Georgetown University.
Read More >>‘Are There Many Books in LA?’: Locke Student Recalls Her Journey to the United States
In a time of national immigration discourse framed predominantly around policy, Lily’s story reminds us to consider the human experience of leaving home.
Read More >>Watch Three Green Dot Students Along Their Road to College
In this video, we encounter three students in different grade levels — one middle school student, one recent high school graduate, and one alumni — from three different cities across the Green Dot network, all on different parts of their road to college.
Read More >>Back-to-School Advice From a Green Dot Alum
Ánimo Leadership Alumna and Green Dot University Mentor Sandra Estrada offers her back-to-school advice to current Green Dot students.
Read More >>Inglewood to Stanford: a Green Dot Alumnus Makes His Way
As he walked through the ivory columns of one of California’s most distinguished academic institution, Ánimo Inglewood Charter High School alumnus and valedictorian Jeramiah Winston asked himself, “Do I belong here?”
Read More >>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.
Read More >>Green Dot Tennessee Students Are Graduating ready for College, Leadership and Life
It’s all about the students at Green Dot schools, and our Tennessee students are thriving. “I’m going to college. It wasn’t [always] a thing that was on my mind. When Green Dot came, they really stressed it. College, leadership and life. They put it in my mind that if you want to be successful, you have to go to college,” says one Fairley High School student.
Read More >>At Destiny Middle School, Nothing Is Impossible
Class president, Josh Covarrubius, on what Destiny Middle School means to him and why it’s important for Washington State to keep his school open.
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