One of the most highly requested resources from the students we serve are books! Access to books makes all the difference for students while developing key literacy skills and building a lifetime relationship with reading. During the month of May, BookEnds, and the entire Brentwood community, will be engaged in a community wide book drive [...]
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Jadine Laniado, Corps Member The Million Word Challenge is a community-wide literacy campaign promoting a culture of literacy at home and academic achievement at school by challenging students to read millions of words outside the classroom! The challenge seeks to help connect families and schools together around the joy of reading. Created in 2003, this [...]
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Leslie Vallarta, Corps Member ‘Twas the night after Winter Wonderland, when all through Hollenbeck Middle School not a creature was stirring, not even a City Year corps member. If you happened to walk through the spotless cafeteria, you probably wouldn’t believe that earlier that day it held more than 140 students and parents. Yet it [...]
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Take a look at this week’s media highlights from City Year LA! From around the Interwebs Laser-like Focus: The Chronicle of Philanthropy gives us an in-depth look into how City Year has shifted focus to increase targeted impact over the years. Priceless: Education & Canvas bag. Fashion blogger and volunteer Wendy Nguyen reflects on the [...]
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Jadine Laniado, Corps member Usually students are prohibited from running on the blacktop. However, this morning was an exception and corps members couldn’t help but smile as they walked out of the City Year room. Students were not running to be disruptive. They were holding books in hand, with eager eyes, asking corps members “City [...]
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By Kristopher Capello, City Year Los Angeles Training Manager City Year Los Angeles’ 2010 Basic Training Academy, four weeks of day-long trainings preparing corps members to serve as tutors, mentors, and role models in schools across Los Angeles, kicked off on August 17th. As training manager, this was a huge day for me. Taking into [...]
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