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Faces of Growth
School

Why Sarai Traveled Two Hours a Day for School

July 9, 2019
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Ánimo Pat Brown Charter High School (APB) alumna Sarai Flores is one of the many students whose academic trajectories have been dramatically changed since they arrived at a Green Dot school. “I was not a very good student; I felt like school wasn’t important, but my mindset changed when I came to APB. I went from failing all my classes to getting mostly As,” reflected Flores.

Adelante

Adelante: Moving Teachers Forward Toward Their Credential

April 28, 2016
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In partnership with Loyola Marymount University, we’ve created the Green Dot Adelante Credentialing Program. The program aims to support a cohort of soon-to-be teachers as they earn their preliminary teaching credential and teach in a Green Dot Public School.

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Monday Motivation

Monday Motivation from the 2016 Golden Dot Award Winners

April 18, 2016
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We asked this year’s Golden Dot Award winners “What inspires you to work hard every day?” Read their answers.

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college culture

College Culture and Deep Dish Pizza: An Interview with Fairley High School Principal

April 14, 2016
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During their Spring Break, 22 Fairley High School students traveled to Chicago with Principal, Zach Samson, to tour local colleges. Opportunities like this help Green Dot Public Schools create and nurture a college-going culture that sets students up for success.

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Animo Inglewood students working on robot

Robot vs Robot: The Battle to Build the Best

March 24, 2016
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This year, almost 150 students are designing and building their own robots to compete against each other on Thursday, April 28th at an annual competition—hosted this year by Ánimo Pat Brown Charter High School.

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Red dots green

The Magic of Turning Red Dots to Green

March 17, 2016
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Since Green Dot’s founding 15 years ago, it has been our mission to turn red dots green. We hear from the perspective of a teacher who has seen the difference before and after Green Dot accepted leadership of Wooddale Middle School.

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OUR MISSION:

to help transform public education so all students graduate prepared for college, leadership, and life.