The Clean and Green Dream: Internship experience at LACI By Erick Hernandez
Learn More about LACI on their website: Los Angeles Cleanteach Incubator and read about Erick's experience with LACI!
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Christopher's Advice for Class of 2022
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I’m Getting College Acceptances, Now What?
To the class of 2022, we are so immensely proud of you! Every single one of you were able to get through the trial and tribulations of applying to college -during pandemic! Another senior class defining newer and higher standards. Now that you are all done with college applications, you will soon be choosing a college! |
Ordinary Hope in Extraordinary Times: Tips for First-time Online College Students
Online Learning is hard! We get it. Here are some tips curated by Kimberly Travieso, a 2nd year college student at Cal State Los Angeles. |
Splash of LA -- here, there, everywhere!
Just as in 2020, Kid City Splash of LA Coordinator Angelita Sanchez went all out to provide Kid City students, siblings, and families, with a day of fun the week before starting school. Karen Villasano, with help from her sister Alejandra, put together 50 "Splash Bags" filled with water toys, snacks, and art supplies. Instagram challenges included a chalk art contest! |
Join us for Ultreya!
Everyone is welcome! Please RSVP here! We welcome gifts of any amount to recognize honorees and fellows here! And, if you would like to sponsor, please click here. More to come soon about this year's incredible honorees, and the first cohort ever of Ultreya fellows! |
WHAT DOES CTLA MEAN TO ME?
This month we celebrate one year of Community Teachers of Los Angeles! CTLA is a support system for aspiring and current teachers and educators who seek to provide a socially just, transformative, and community-centered education and led by Kid City Alumni. Alumna and intern, Kimberly Sanchez writes about what CTLA means to her and her endeavors of being a teacher! |
What it means to be a “Care For” Teacher by KC Alumna, Jeannette Guerra
Kid City Alumna and Teach For America corps member, Jeannette Guerra is a current 9th grade teacher at Manual Arts High School. Her time at Kid City began as participant of the high school and college programs. From a student at Orthopaedic Medical Magnet High school to a student at Cornell College in Iowa, she is now a teacher in her own community of South Los Angeles. She shares with us her motivations for becoming a teacher and how she approaches teaching from compassion and understanding, specifically through "care for" approach. |
#DOUBLEPELL: VIRTUAL ADVOCACY DURING THE PANDEMIC
Kid City along with SoCal Can and three LA organizations join the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) to advocate for #DoublePell! |