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Spark addresses the dropout crisis by re-engaging at-risk 7th and 8th grade students through hands-on, individualized apprenticeships. These workplace-based apprenticeships in professions each student has identified as a “dream job” are complemented by a leadership curriculum, workshops, and field trips. The Spark experience creates a powerful sense of relevance for students, while providing the skills [...]
The Learning Garden was established on the grounds of Venice High School in 2001, transforming a 60,000-square-foot plot of neglected land into a community resource. On any given day, the Learning Garden brings together high school students studying horticulture, cooking, or environmental science, Yo San University students growing traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, community members harvesting [...]
Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange (C.I.C.L.E.) promoted the bicycle as a viable, healthy, and sustainable transportation choice. Utilizing a multi-faceted approach that incorporated web-based outreach, social and recreational bicycle rides, festivals and events, and bicycle workshops, C.I.C.L.E. educated and encouraged people to begin bicycling as an active and healthy lifestyle option, a valid and [...]
Circle of Friends – The Path to Inclusion used a deceptively simple model to radically change the culture of acceptance in schools. Students with disabilities, who traditionally have not been well-integrated into school life, were provided with a small cohort of non-disabled student peers who ate lunch with them, called them regularly, and otherwise supported [...]
Food Forward has a three-part mission: to harvest locally grown food from private homes and public spaces; to fight hunger by distributing the harvest to food pantries and organizations serving those in need; and to build community by bringing together groups of volunteers to perform this work. Food that would otherwise go to waste is [...]
LA Infrastructure Academy prepared high school students for skilled trades and engineering careers. Working in partnership with the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, the school district, the Department of Water and Power, Southern California Gas Company, LA Trade Tech College, and other partners, the Academy prepared students for solid careers in a job market that was [...]
Machine Project fostered greater understanding between the worlds of art and science by providing educational resources to artists working with technology, educating and collaborating with artists to produce site-specific, non-commercial work, and promoting conversations between artists, scientists, poets, technicians, performers, and the communities of Los Angeles as a whole. With classes such as Electron Wrangling [...]
