In the News: EduCare Graduate Featured in Learning in Afterschool & Summer Blog – “A Youth Leader Speaks Out on Kindness and the Youth Mental Health Crisis”
Simply Wholehearted is a non-profit organization providing leadership opportunities to historically excluded students in low-income communities, creating game-changers who live, lead, and inspire. In this interview, Axel Perez, Simply Wholehearted’s founder, speaks about his vision and goals.
So Many Summer Programs!
Since this will be the first time in over a year that many of our students have had in-person instruction, we are prioritizing programs that support social and emotional health and wellbeing, providing young people with the targeted support they need to begin to thrive again.
Language in Action Raises Awareness with Spoken Word, Poetry, and Song
This past year, English-language learners improved their language skills while learning about community issues. Students from each campus chose one specific issue to focus on, resulting in a creative presentation designed to raise community awareness.
A series of virtual celebrations, held by Beyond the Bell during the last week of May 2021, gave these enterprising students a showcase to present their work to fellow students from different campuses.