lead. empower. enrich. winter 2011 edition
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The Youth Policy Institute - Youth Services Department is proud to introduce it's inaugural edition of the new YS Newsletter: Lead.Empower. Enrich. The purpose of "The LEE," as it is affectionately called, is to display the talent, success, and growth of our after school programs and their students ranging across over 50 school sites. Here's to our 21st Century Kids and Rock On Education staff, students, and administrators. Enjoy.TRANSCRIPT
Lead. Empower. Enrich.Youth Services Newsletter ☆ Volume 1 ☆ Winter Issue
YS would like to congratulate Carol Aguirre of LA Leadership A c a d e m y H S f o r t h e tremendous success she has had as coordinator of the Youth Services ROE a@er-‐school program over the years! Carol is the first Site Coordinator highlighted as the Y S S i t e C o o r d i n a t o r Extraordinaire!
CharismaEc, determined, energeEc, passionate, goal driven, bubbly, proacEve and “knows how to have fun” are how the YS staff and friends d e s c r i b e Carol. Most of a l l , a l l who know Carol would agree she cares about e d u c a E n g a n d empowering s t u d e n t s and families.
Carol has parEcipated in the Y S t r a i n i n g c omm i M e e and took part in the Cash for College campaign. She serves as a wonderful role model for her students and her staff alike. She
In conjuncEon with Celebrity High, two of New Village Charter’s students had the opportunity of a lifeEme: to interview the up and coming English singer, songwriter, and music producer, Taio Cruz.
Kezia Obasi and Jennifer Cerritos shared a private interview and had an opportunity to pracEce their interview and videography skills, which both may pursue as their future career. Nonetheless, this experience was an eye-‐opener to the world of entertainment, media, and business for these two fortunate girls at New Village Charter HS.
For more details, please contact Mary Kim at [email protected].
Students Kezia Obasi and Jennifer Cerritos pose with Singer/Songwriter Taio Cruz after interviewing him.
New Village Charter High School students interview rising star
YS Site Coordinator Extraordinaire of the Quarter:
Carol Aguirre!
“Carol” pg. 2
“Lead, Empower, Enrich” Staff Committee:Mary Kim - Lead Editor and PhotographerNancy Arias - Assistant Editor and PhotographerLuis Pichardo - Layout and Design Editor and PhotographerFidel Ramirez - Guest ContributorMichael Flores - Guest Contributor
Carol Aguirre p r e p a r e s f o r Syracuse
has assembled a fabulous group of paraprofessionals and professionals who serve as her team a t LA L eade rsh i p Academy.
It is not rare for folks to find Carol conducEng tutoring sessions herself with one of her scholars while hosEng a special program on her school s i te . The s choo l ’s s taff considers her a member of the school’s senior team! Her supervisor states that she has had a high turnover rate of l ead tu to rs bu t Ca ro l ’s d e t e r m i n a E o n a n d perseverance has not kept her from establishing one of the mo s t s u c c e s s f u l a @ e r -‐school programs within YS.
Most recently, Carol was a c c e p t e d t o S y r a c u s e University’s Masters program where she is considering pursuing a degree in Public Adm in i s t raEon w i t h an emphas i s i n Non -‐P rofi t Management. This program is in the top three in the naEon.
Josh Greene, former CCECHS and ROE a@er-‐school alumnus, scored 19 points and made the clinching three-‐pointer with 24 seconds le@ for the CSUN Matadors against CSUF (CSUN-‐70 v. CSUF-‐68).
Fo rmer CCECHS and ROE scholar-athlete scores big for CSUN
Thursday, February 10, 2011:
With the sound of drums moving people, the LA Artwalk came alive along Spring Street.
With over 150 people passing by, young student-‐arEsts proudly exhibited their art with support from parents from College Ready #7 and LA Leadership Academy.
YS presents at Downtown Los Angeles Artwalk
“Carol” pg. 1
Artworks from the Urban Art classes at North Hollywood HS, LA Leadership Academy, LA Academy of the Arts & Enterprise MS and HS, College Ready Academy #7, New Castle ES, Monroe HS, Bert Corona MS, and LA InternaEonal were on display.
LAAAE MS and HS contributed most with over 40 pieces of artwork submiMed!
For more informaEon, contact N a n c y A r i a s a t [email protected].
YS Urban Art class students display artwork during LA’s Artwalk.
We proudly present his talent and hard working aMributes as a scholarly basketball player f o r C S U N o r t h r i d g e . CongratulaEons Josh Greene!
For more on Josh Greene’s performance check out the arEcle listed below on the LA Time’s website:
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Let us all thank Carol for her many contribuEons to Youth Services and for helping so many students succeed.
Good luck and keep up the great job!
Saturday, January 22, 2011:
With a quality turnout of over 200 parEcipants and 15 Starbucks volunteers, students, parents and the community learned about being healthy through a blood drive, informaEonal booths, and recreaEonal acEviEes which students from Camino Nuevo HS, New Village Charter HS, Monseñor Romero MS and Bert Corona MS hosted at their “Be Happy, Be Healthy” Community Fair.
These sites were the lucky winners of the fabled Starbucks grant. This grant allowed the schools to collaboraEvely plan an event that not only brought the community together, but also encouraged and influenced the community to lead healthy lives.
A Special “Thank You” to the following collaboraEve partners who joined us to make this event possible: Planned Parenthood, Cedar-‐Sinai Medical (hosted the blood drive), SIPA, CALLE, HOLA, Cooking MaMers (provided cooking demonstraEons for healthy snacks and treats), community health plan-‐Asian Pacific Health Service Venture, BERT Corona-‐Cesar Chavez Club (hosted Arts & Cra@s and Photo Booth), Wilson HS students (DJ-‐ed the event).
For more informaEon, please contact Nancy Arias at [email protected].
Camino Nuevo HS educates community through Starbucks-funded health fair
Bert Corona cheer team students watch a healthy cooking demonstra-tion by Cooking Matters at the Starbucks-funded health fair.
February 14, 2011:
Some of our ROE a@er-‐school students parEcipated in a ValenEne’s Day Dance to enjoy their friendships made during the a@er-‐school program.
Schools such as College Ready A c a d e m y # 7 , W a l l i s Annenberg, and LA Leadership Academy High School enjoyed celebraEng and dancing to a DJ.
College Ready Academy #7 had their first ROE a@er-‐school ValenEne’s Day Dance with balloons, a dance floor, DJ, and photo booth. A Cosmetology enrichment instructor also demonstrated her make-‐up on various students throughout the dance, and students were able to enjoy a free photo booth with a backdrop created by the ROE a@er-‐school Urban Art class.
HS Valentine’s D a y d a n c e shows “Love is in the air”
• Earth Day 2011• Friday, April 22, 2011
• Memorial Day (YPI holiday)• May 30, 2011
• CPR -‐ First Aid Cer?fica?on Training• Saturday April 2, 2011
• FIPSE Training• Saturday, April 2, 2011
• Dance-‐Cheer-‐Drill Team Compe??on• Saturday, May 7, 2011
• BOOST Conference• April 27-‐30, 2011
Upcoming Events
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Saturday, February 12, 2011:
James Monroe High School hosted their First-‐Annual Shuffle Dance CompeEEon.
Neighboring schools such as Panorama High School and Edward Roybal were invited to represent their shuffle dance teams and baMle it out unEl one team stood dominant. KIIS FM came out to DJ the event.
Over 150 students came to watch and support their schools in the shuffle dance compeEEon, where Monroe High School happily went home, taking 1st place in the compeEEon.
The Shuffle Dance CompeEEon is the beginning of a new tradiEon at Monroe High School.
For more details regarding this event, contact Alex Flores, who planned diligently to make this e v e n t p o s s i b l e , a t [email protected].
1 s t A n n u a l Shuffle Dance C o m p e t i t i o n b u i l d s o n dancing trend
In an effort to raise awareness for the HaiE Relief Fund, students of Camino Nuevo High School hosted a Soap Drive to help the vicEms of the HaiEan earthquake of 2010.
Hundreds and thousands of HaiEans are sEll dealing with the a@ermath of the earthquake, and for the month of February, 2011, Camino Nuevo HS students collected soaps in various shapes and forms reaching out to local stores, hotels and door-‐to-‐door to collect nearly 300 lbs of soap!
Kudos for creaEvity and a big applause goes to the heart of Camino Nuevo HS students.
For more informaEon on how this Soap Drive began, please contact Virginia Ruiz at [email protected].
Caminocorps Soap Drive aids in the Haitian earthquake recovery effort
Camino Nuevo HS Caminocorps students shipped new and used soap to Haitian earthquake victims along with artwork.
Camino Nuevo HS staff and stu-dents pose with Silver Lake Hotel staff with soap donation.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011:
Elementary students across mulEple sites parEcipated in celebraEng Dr. Seuss’ Birthday a n d a c k n ow l e d g e d t h e significance of reading with red-‐and-‐white Cat-‐in-‐the-‐Hat hats, funny costumes, and the enjoyment of reading Dr. Seuss’ classics.
This event was part of the naEonal Read Across America movement, which promotes early childhood literacy.
For more informaEon about Read Across America, contact M a r y K i m a t [email protected].
YS celebrates R e a d A c r o s s America week and Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
YS students read and share in c e l e b r a t i n g D r . S e u s s ’ birthday.
“The LEE” Quote of the Quarter
FIPSE sites have started the distribuEon of parent consent forms for parEcipaEng students and the program is currently in the process of collecEng student pre-‐assessments and gauging students’ aspiraEons.
AddiEonally, a couple of the FIPSE sites have already facilitated parent and student orientaEons and are currently working on scheduling student FIPSE acEviEes and parent FIPSE workshops in collaboraEon with Family Literacy.
FIPSE training webinars and DVDs are coming soon, and FIPSE trainings are taking place once a month.
We would like to take this Eme to thank Annenberg HS staff for always being present at all FIPSE trainings.
For more informaEon, please contact Ashley Sanders at [email protected].
Funds for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education begins in collaboration with Family Literacy
Vaughn HS (VISA), Stern MASS, LALA, CR#7, Dr. Olga, Camino Nuevo HS, Avance, LAI and Accelerated HS individually served students and parents at their respecEve Cash for College Super Saturday events thereby serving a cumulaEve total of 650 parEcipants.
ROE, in collaboraEon with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, AmeriCorps, CHIRLA, UCLA Labor Center and other partners hosted Cash for College Super Saturday FAFSA Workshops throughout Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.
Parents and students received training on financial aid, such as government loans, grants and scholarships. The informaEon provided that day was uElized to complete families’ Free ApplicaEon for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Students parEcipaEng in the workshops were eligible to receive a $1,000.00 scholarship. Recipients of the scholarship will be announced Mid-‐May.
For more informaEon, p lease contact CaE Acevedo at [email protected].
650 participants take advantage of Cash for College Super Saturdays
A total of 100 parents and students from Fredrick Douglas ES, Fenton ES, View Park ES, Vista ES and MS, Academia Semillas, Thurgood Marshall, View Park MS and Pacoima Charter ES visited the Museum of Tolerance.
During their visit, 21st Century Kids program students and parents explored the exhibit “Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves.”
The exhibit showcases the diversity within the personal histories of several noted Americans: poet, best-‐selling author, historian and educator Dr. Maya Angelou; award-‐winning actor, comedian and
100 participants experience Museum of Tolerance through Family Literacy-funded field trips
director Billy Crystal; mulEple Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall-‐of-‐Famer Carlos Santana; and NaEonal League MVP and former Manager of the four-‐Eme World Ser ies Champion New York Yankees, Joe Torre.
Their individual, disEncEve, and illuminaEng journeys examine the stories, lives and dreams of those family members whom inspired them.
The middle school families were guided through the Tolerance Center and Holocaust SecEon.
The 3-‐hour guided tour engaged families in the state-‐of-‐the-‐art interacEve exhibits that exposed the dynamics of prejudice and
discriminaEon historically and today. I n add iEon , t he parEcipants witnessed history as they journeyed through the Holocaust exhibit.
Both parents and students received a photo-‐passport card of a child whose life was changed by the Holocaust.
For both ES and MS, Spanish docents were available for each tour. The Spanish docents allowed for our families to learn about both exhibits and engage in discussion.
For more informaEon, please contact CaE Acevedo at [email protected].
As the YPI/KIS Los Angeles Basketball League comes to an end, we will see Los Angeles I n t e r n a E o n a l a n d L A Leadership Academy in the championships for the high school boys, while Accelerated Middle School and Pecan Park will play in the middle school championship.
LA InternaEonal, LA Leadership Academy HS, and Accelerated MS will all advance to the
Y P I - K I S b a s k e t b a l l l e a g u e culminates in Y P I s c h o o l s representing
Regional Boys Tournament to play against other schools in Los Angeles County.
The Girl’s Playoffs also start on March 26 where LALA and CALS w i l l s h o w d o w n a n d L A InternaEonal and Pecan will play in the semi finals. All of our girl’s teams will play in the Regional Girl’s Tournament as well. Great job ladies!!!
T h i s w i l l b e a g r e a t opportunity for our kids.
CongratulaEons! We wil l proudly represent.
For more informaEon, please contact Chris Fernandez at [email protected].
ROE boys and girls basketball teams accomplish playoff presence in tournament
The YS Griffith Park Hiking Adventures turned out to be a h u g e s u c c e s s ! B o t h elementary and middle school
H i k i n g a d v e n t u r e s create familial b o n d s a t Griffith Park
“Hiking” pg. 7
students and parents enjoyed the wonderful day amongst nature.
Both our a@er-‐school students and parents woke up Saturday mornings throughout the months of February and March to parEcipate in a curriculum-‐based recreaEonal acEvity and hike. This was an opportunity to encourage parent-‐student relaEonship building and involvement.
In conjuncEon with the Family Literacy component, YS was able to
put on a great and successful hiking adventure.
For more informaEon, please contact Chris Fernandez at [email protected].
“Hiking” pg. 6
What is going on in the YS Training Department…
• Working diligently to verify staff members need to be CPR -‐ First Aid cerEfied through CPR -‐ First Aid CerEficaEon Audit.
• C P R T r a i n i n g s b e i n g conducted once or twice a month since February in effort to cerEfy all YS staff.
• Training Dept. with Ramiro's support brought Bruno M a r c h e s i , P r o g r a m Coordinator from A@er School Network to conduct a Quality Self Assessment Tool and Quality Self Assessment Rubric Training for Youth Services AdministraEve team. Training served to understand the A@er School Network and to beMer serve students in our a@er-‐school programs.
• Training Dept. collaborated with BTOP EducaEonal Technology Dept. to bring MS Excel Trainings to Site C o o r d i n a t o r s a n d AdministraEve Team.
For more training informaEon, please contact Ulysses Curiel at [email protected].
S t u d e n t s a n d p a r e n t s participate in outdoor games
21st Century Kids families share a sunny day at Griffith Park thanks to YPI Youth Services Athletic and Family Literacy departments
Training Dept. c o n t i n u e s d e v e l o p i n g capable leaders
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Director -‐ Fidel RamirezAssistant Directors -‐ Ramiro HuertaAssistant Director -‐ Vanessa MontanoTraining Specialist -‐ Ulysses CurielEnrichment Specialist -‐ Nancy AriasSports & AthleLcs Specialist -‐ Chris Fernandez
Events & Field Trips Specialist -‐ Mary KimFIPSE Grant Manager -‐ Gabby GarciaFamily Literacy Grant Manager -‐ CaL AcevedoRegional Supervisors -‐ Monica Jimenez, Jennifer Padilla, Eddie Torres, Michael Flores, Manny Ortega, Luis A. Pichardo
Listed below are the sites who met and exceeded their minimum monthly benchmark for the month of February:
• CNCA Harvard• Fenton ES• Pacoima Charter ES• F r e d r i c k D o u g l a s s E S (Congratula+ons iPad winner!)
• ICEF Vista MS• Larchmont ES• Lou Dantzler ES• Viewpark MS• Bert Corona MS• Monsenor Romero MS• Thurgood MS• Avance HS• CR#4 HS• CR#5 HS• CATCH• LALA HS• Stern Mass HS• Vaughn HS• Newcastle ES• Parthenia ES• San Jose ES• Roybal HS• Monroe HS• Marshall HS• Wilson HS
For addiEonal aMendance updates , p lease contact V a l e n E n M e n d o z a a t [email protected].
A t t e n d a n c e increase across multiple sites i n d i c a t e s poss ib i l i ty of strong finish to program year
Tim has been a fixture in the ICEF a@er-‐school world since its incepEon. He is hard working and always goes above and beyond the call of duty. He has a passion for what he does and works hard to ensure that each day is a meaningful experience for his students.
Tim is in constant contact with his school site director. He knows the goals and vision of the school and ensures the a@er-‐school program is in line with the school's mission. He takes advantage of every opportunity, so long as it will benefit his students, such as field trips, winter camps, and Saturday-‐school sessions.
In addiEon to all that, Tim is also a leader amongst his peers. He is always willing to lend a hand or offer his assistance to any site. Tim is a true standout in the a@er school community and both ICEF and YPI are fortunate to have him.
Regional Superv isor nominated Superstar Staff: ICEF Cohort Site Coordinator, Tim Trejo
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The Youth Services administraEve staff would like to thank all of our hard-‐working site coordinators for the excellent work they provide in enabling their staff to develop the next generaEon of leaders.
If you would like to contribute to the next quarterly newsleMer, please contact either Mary Kim, Lead Editor, at [email protected] or Luis Pichardo, Layout and Design Editor, at [email protected].
Your voice may be heard in the next ediEon of “The LEE.”
A brief message from the YS Admin team and the “Lead. Empower. Enrich.” newsletter staff
Youth Services Mission Statement:Our after school programs strive to create a generation of leaders
who enrich school culture by empowering youth, engaging parents, administrators, and the community.