Posts Tagged ‘Transformation’
Ping Pong Ball-Throwing Robots Get Put to the Test at Fourth Annual Competition
Students throughout the Green Dot network are learning how to meet the challenges of the future by building their own robots and testing the limits of their mechanical creations.
Read More >>Q&A: Meet Youth of the Year Award Winner Talisha Skinner
We sat down with Talisha Skinner, a senior at Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy. We spoke with her about what makes Locke special, her future, and what it means to be a Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year honoree.
Read More >>Locke Hosts the Fourth Annual Community Appreciation Day
Green Dot works to help parents realize their power and address the factors outside school boundaries that not only pose barriers to learning, but also inhibit local quality of life. This month Locke hosted its annual Community Appreciation Day, where hundreds of families, community members and local leaders visited Locke for a day of celebration and education.
Read More >>Teaching at a Transformation School with Veronica Robinson
Ánimo Phillis Wheatley science teacher Veronica Robinson shares why it’s so important to her to be teaching at a transformation school.
Read More >>Why This Artist Knew She Belonged in the Classroom
During her time at Green Dot, Stephanie Lowe, Ánimo College Preparatory Academy art teacher, has helped establish two Advanced Placement (AP) art programs and exposed students to museums and landmarks across California, and even across the world in a trip to Europe!
Read More >>Living to Serve: An Educator’s 15-Year Journey
For Nat Pickering, history teacher at Ánimo Pat Brown Charter High School, teaching isn’t just a job, it’s a calling — the thing he was destined to do. “Teaching is in my blood,” joked Pickering.
Read More >>Students Explore Their Passions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
When Green Dot summer intern and Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy junior Ja’Juan Barr expressed a strong interest in space and the solar system to Graphic Designer Ariya Dickinson and Community Engagement Coordinator Breanna Jordan during his summer internship, they wanted to help him and his peers further explore their passions.
Read More >>Why Locke is an Important Piece of the Watts Community
Locke 9th Grade Academy Assistant Principal Aleah Al-Sad shares why Alain LeRoy College Preparatory Academy is such an important part of the Watts Community.
Read More >>Shoe Design Contest Winner Tours Vans Headquarters
This summer, Locke alumni Juan Gomez spent the day at Vans Headquarters in Costa Mesa, shadowing Safir Bellali, a product designer who now heads up the Innovation efforts at Vans.
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.
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