Los Angeles Education Corps

Congratulations to our LAEC YouthBuild grads! Kevin Cervantes Jaelyn Marie Elder Louis Hutchinson ... Kivion Iles Malik Jordan Antaijha Perez These trainees have completed the General Construction training program hours and have gained employment, or are actively pursuing positions. These deserve tremendous respect for their resilience in returning to in-person programing in the midst of a global pandemic crisis. We are proud of each of them for their abilities and strengths. LAEC YouthBuild started this cohort in January 2020 with 12 participants and we are proud of these graduates who never gave up, just kept pushing forward. Just as importantly, LAEC is grateful for exemplary efficiency and bravery of Kendra La Rose and her staff. She researched and secured PPE and other resources to keep trainees safe as they learned their trade. Simultaneously, when they were told one curriculum was not available during COVID, she shifted to another, allowing our grads to receive certifications rather than need to wait for the pandemic to end. In fact, LAEC YouthBuild is one of the few YouthBuild affiliates open for in-person training. We’re grateful to her team for going above and beyond, tirelessly, for our CTE program participants.

Click on the link in our bio to learn more about our plan for safely and physically reopening our campuses for both CBA and TEC students.

Big news! YouthBuild has rebranded! LAEC YouthBuild is thrilled to be a part of the #YouthBuildMovement as we continue #BuildingBrighterFuturesTogether! Check out our program’s new logo above. @youthbuild

#Repost @powercanow We’re closing out Latinx Hxstory Month by honoring our elders & young people who are fighting for our future! Young people then & now have always fought for justice, have always pushed for progress, and will always remind us who we are!mira! We are out in the streets, on the phones, and at the ballot box join us! #latinxheritagemonth #Vote

Starting Monday, October 19th (the beginning of Quarter 2), CBA students will take classes from Monday-Thursday at home. When LAEC initially decided to have CBA classes two days per week over Zoom, it was with the intention of transitioning to a hybrid model with students in the classroom two other days out of the week. But LA County continues to see high COVID case numbers, and we deemed it unsafe for students and teachers to return to campus this quarter. We will likely continue distance learning at least until January, if not beyond. If you are a student or parent with questions, please reach out to the principal at your school (link in bio). Thank you for your adaptability as we navigate this pandemic together.

Dear Parents and Families of College Bridge Academy, Our new school year is scheduled to start on Monday, August 24th During the past couple weeks, we have been calling parents and guardians of students in order to ask whether they would prefer that their children would be able to come in to the school for some in-person instruction with teachers or whether they would prefer that their children would do all of their schoolwork from home on the computer. So far, the results h...ave been about 50/50 (half the parents would like their children to be able to come in to school while the other half would prefer that their children do their schoolwork at home). Since that time, Governor Newsom has ordered that all schools in Los Angeles County can NOT open for in-person instruction in the fall. Therefore, unless the governor changes his mind, we will have to start school on August 24th with classes being 100% on line (in other words, all students will need to do their schoolwork at home). We are hoping that maybe by October, schools will be allowed to begin offering in-person instruction again on campus. But in the meantime, our teachers are working hard to create on line classes for the students. Instead of meeting with the students in person, teachers will hold virtual classes on the computer with students via Zoom (note: this is where everyone can see each other's faces on the computer screen and the teacher can talk with the students, show them how to do their work, and answer their questions). These Zoom classes will be happening every day and students will be required to attend. If a student is absent from their Zoom class, then it will be the same thing as being absent from school. As we get closer to August 24th, we will release a specific Zoom class schedule for each student. As stated above, this means that students will need to do their schoolwork on the computer. We understand that many households might only have one computer, but there might be 2 or 3 siblings who are all in school and who all need to be on that computer at the same time. (continued in comments)

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#Repost @calcharters Today is #Juneteenth--a day honoring the emancipation of Black Americans. We celebrate this freedom but recognize that systemic racism is still very much alive in our nation today. We must continue to speak out against injustice and racial bigotry at every turn.

#Repost @cba_compton_scholars College Bridge Academy, Compton takes pride in recognizing Juneteenth. Although freedom was declared, many states refused to release the enslaved African Americans or recognize the Emancipation Proclaimation. Then there is de facto slavery which we know as sharecropping where enslaved people where "allowed" to stay on the land that they worked and knew their whole lives, if they continued to work the fields. They were paid wages but the owner deducted rent for lodging from those wages leaving this freed hardworking person with very little if anything at all to show for it. This sets the stage for a generation later, the Great Migration of Black migrates of the South to Chicago, Detroit, New York and other Northern cities. #laedcorps

LAEC partners with LA Conservation Corps by co-locating our TEC Saito South LA campus at their Main Street training facility. Students alternate between earning their high school diploma and paid job training in conservation. #Repost @lacorps CONGRATULATIONS to all our Corpsmembers who are graduating today! We are proud of you and your important accomplishments! You did it! We celebrate you and your promising future. #lacorpspower #yesyouthcan #laedcorps

#Repost @lacorps Big News Yesterday, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the #corpsact - this bill would expand opportunities for young people by... increasing the @americorps living stipend doubling the value of the #americorps education award providing job training and professional development to help Americorps alums transition to careers #laedcorps

#Repost @cadepted Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., State Superintendent Tony Thurmond will hold his weekly virtual media check-in to call attention to the myriad gaps in #mentalhealth and social-emotional support that must be addressed for students experiencing increased levels of trauma during this pandemic. It will be streamed at Facebook.com/CAEducation. Just as physical safety is a priority for schools, it is critical that the mental and emotional health of students also be... addressed. The emotional strains caused by the pandemic, combined with escalating issues of racial unrest and persistent inequities, are having a cumulative impact on the well-being of studentsespecially black and brown students who are already more likely to experience chronic trauma that impacts their academic achievement. Additionally, more students are identifying as homeless under the widespread impacts of COVID-19. See more

Honoring our @cba_compton_scholars We are so proud of you!

It is with great sadness that we share about the passing, on Wednesday, May 13th, of one of our treasured students, Jesus Escobedo. Raised in Compton, we met Jesus at age 14 when he was a student at then-Youth Opportunities High School (now College Bridge Academy - Watts). Jesus was memorable for always entering the classroom with a big contagious smile. He took a detour from his education, but found his way back to us, this time as a student at TEC Saito High School - Sou...th LA. Through our partnership with LA Conservation Corps on that campus, he also became a corpsmember and YouthBuild participant. He went on to get a paid internship with another of our partners, Artworx LA. Terry Frederickson, who was his teacher at YOHS and his principal at TEC Saito says, "I remember going to visit him when he had his exhibition. He was so proud of his work and art." At the time of his passing, Jesus was on yet another break from school - working to take care of his mother - but we always expected him to return because he remained connected to our family. We are deeply saddened that our 10-year journey with Jesus has ended tragically. He had just turned 24 on April 12th. His family says "Chewy" was "a funny, loving person ... loved by family, friends, and everyone who met him." They would appreciate your prayers as well as your assistance in laying him to rest. Please give to a gofundme (link in bio) in his name and share it with your friends and family.

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To all parents, students, staff, and partners of Los Angeles Education Corps' CBA and TEC campuses: While we may have been hoping that the closure of businesses and schools was only going to last a couple of weeks, the government has now determined that schools will remain closed through at least May 1st. So we are going to continue to work very hard on your behalf to provide you with online classes. Every teacher has now set up Google Classroom for every class, where studen...t assignments are posted and where students are to turn in your work. Teachers are also available Monday through Thursday to meet online. We are using an online tool called Zoom, which allows students to "meet" on the computer for video chat with your teachers. Students can log in every day to see and talk with your teachers in order to get extra help with your classwork. Following are CBA teachers' "office hours" where you can meet with them "face to face" in Zoom, Monday through Thursday (TEC teacher office hours will be posted next week): Math Teacher: 10 - 11 am English Teacher: 11 - 12 pm Social Studies Teacher: 12 - 1 pm Science Teacher: 1 - 2 pm Students need to call your campus and check in with your principals to get your schedules, receive passwords for your teachers' Google Classrooms, and for information on how to connect to Zoom. We hope you are looking forward to LAEC@Home! Also, if you need to pick up school packets or school meals for the week, we will be available at the school sites every Monday from 10 am - 2 pm. Please let your principal know if you need packets or food, so he can have those ready for you. Sincerely, Noel Rauda-Trout, CEO #laedcorps