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Pupil Services Student Recovery Day
Friday September 23, 2011 is Student Recovery Day!
In support of Student Recovery Day, KLCS will debut A Student’s Life on Friday, September 23. A Student’s Life is an original program series produced by KLCS through the Renew LA Grant. This series is part of the Pupil Services Attendance Awareness Campaign featuring LAUSD students who have overcome struggles and obstacles to their education, some who have been truant or have dropped out, and have either graduated or are well on their way towards graduating. The first episode features Alina, a pregnant minor who attended City of Angels Independent Studies School, as well as Debra Duardo who was a dropout, returned to school, and is now the LAUSD Pupil Services Director.
Below are the air dates and times for the first episode.
September 23, 2011 (Student Recovery Day)
6:30 am
9:30 am
12:30 pm
4:30 pm
11:30 pm
Please see local listings for future broadcasts. For a preview of the first episode in its entirety, just go to www.klcs.org. We hope that you will enjoy A Student’s Life series on KLCS.
Pupil Services launches Kindergarten and 9th grade Pilot program
LAUSD GradVan- 4/21/2011
The LAUSD has a new tool in its outreach efforts to engage students, parents and the community in
student success. The shuttle bus was donated by the Southern California Air Quality Management
District and runs on clean compressed natural gas (CNG). The “Grad Van” is wrapped with
eye-catching graphics and furnished with donations from our America’s Promise partners. The Grad
Van was unveiled at the LAUSD Parent Summit on April 30th.
The “Grad Van” will be staffed by on-duty PSA Counselors and will serve as a mobile data and
information center to assist parents and students district-wide with:
• Enrollment and Registration Support
• Graduation Information, including credits earned, A-G Requirements
• Educational Options
• Attendance history
• Linking families with resources that increase student success
The van will be scheduled for appearances at LAUSD and community events. The Grad Van provides a unique means of providing support and information to families across the district that face logistical barriers in accessing school and community resources.
We would like to especially thank Rick Boull’t and the Transporation Branch and Rene Gonzalez and Debra Duardo of Student Services for the support given to make the van a reality.
LAUSD has hired 17 counselors to launch a dropout prevention and recovery program. - 02/01/2011
The Los Angeles Unified School District was awarded the federally funded High School Graduation Initiative (HSGI) program grant on October 1, 2010. The grant will fund the implementation of the Diploma Project, a dropout prevention and re-entry program aimed at improving graduation rates of LAUSD students. The Diploma Project will fund Graduation Promotion Counselors in six identified comprehensive high schools and 6 selected corresponding feeder middle schools. The identified schools that will receive support and services through the grant funding are:
High Schools Middle Schools
San Fernando Pacoima
Dorsey Audubon
Belmont Liechty
Huntington Park Gage
Fremont Bethune
Gardena Peary
Additionally, the program will fund 5 Re-entry Graduation Promotion Counselors focused on supporting students that have already left the selected comprehensive high schools.
Juvenile Intervention and Prevention Program #12 begins!
The Juvenile Intervention and Prevention Program (JIPP) targets at-risk students in Local District 4 using a comprehensive and collaborative systems approach aligned with the Superintendent's strategic plan for high priority schools. JIPP aims to instill a positive change in students' behavior, academic performance, family interaction and coping skills by addressing student needs and enabling them to experience success in the following areas: educational settings, family relationships, community
JIPP uses a focused and holistic systemic approach, where all aspects of a child are identified, treated and supported. Interventions target four main areas of need:
Psycho-Social-Emotional. Students participate in a researched-based psycho-social-emotional interactive software program, Ripple Effects, which is utilized by LAUSD to develop individual treatment plans for students as an alternative to suspension. The software teaches a broad repertoire of social, emotional, and behavioral skills. JIPP students also receive clinical services from graduate interns to support their process.
Academic. Students receive academic intervention in English Language Arts and Math using an Extended Learning Academy model. Academic intervention classes have a student-teacher ratio of 25:1 and are assessed using pre and post-tests. In addition, JIPP school-based counselors monitor students' attendance, grades, and behavior.
Bio-Behavioral. LAPD officers conduct a strict, military-style physical training program called Boot Camp. The officers also supervise students as they participate in work crews to remove community graffiti and complete community beautification projects.
Family Support. Parents of participating JIPP students attend a parenting class designed to empower them to make changes in their parenting techniques. The goals of the classes are to provide parents with additional parenting skills and tools while teaching them new parenting strategies. Parents are encouraged to support their children throughout the rigorous activities of the JIPP program. Parents are provided information on how to identify drug use and gang involvement as well as information on supporting their children academically.
http://www.jipp-la.org/index.php
City of Angels Virtual Academy (COAVA)
LAUSD offers high school classes…ONLINE
LAUSD offers Classes…ONLINE
City of Angels Virtual Academy (COAVA) is the LAUSD online school. A joint venture between Los Angeles Unified School District’s City of Angels School, the Office of Instruction, the Office of Educational Technology, and the Beyond the Bell Branch (for summer school, after and before school programs), COAVA launched this summer with a summer school program for high school credit recovery and this Fall for 9th and 10th grade with a planned expansion to include 9th-12th grade, as well as students in elementary and middle school.
City of Angels Virtual Academy Hotline: (213) 745-1106
http://coava.lausd.net
LAUSD ANNOUNCES FIVE YEAR $11.3 MILLION GRANT TO COMBAT DROPPING OUT
5 Year Grant Awarded to LAUSD for Dropout Prevention.
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced today receipt of a Federal High School Graduation Incentive Grant in the amount of $11.3 million for five years. The purpose of the grant is to support strategies for school dropout prevention and to recover students who have quit middle or high school.
“In this District, we want every student to stay in school and succeed academically,” said Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines. “We also encourage dropouts to return and get the help or support they need to attend school and excel.”
The District anticipates serving at least 26,000 students over the five-year life of the grant.
“This is a great opportunity for the school district to intervene early in a student’s middle and high school career so that we can eliminate or reduce those barriers that affect students’ ability to be college and career-ready,” said Rene Gonzalez, Assistant Superintendent for Student Health and Human Services.
Dropout rates at schools selected for participation must top the State average. In addition, District educators examined two additional factors:
? 9th grade retention rates
? School attendance rates
Based on these data, the following LAUSD schools have been chosen to participate:
High schools- Belmont, Gardena, Fremont, Huntington Park, San Fernando and Dorsey
Middle schools- Liechty, Peary, Bethune, Gage, Pacoima, Audubon
Some of the strategies implemented will include a strong emphasis on the use of the District’s My Data Tool, a computer system that generates information for counselors and can easily and readily identify students with risk factors that contribute to dropping out. In addition, this grant will fund additional counselor support at both the middle and high school with a specific focus on students who display early indicators of school failure. Identified students will have the opportunity to participate in a Summer Bridge Program and receive targeted academic and behavioral support as they make the transition to high school.
The District has tapped into its vast resources of community partnerships for this five year grant. The following community partners have agreed to provide mentoring, tutoring and after school activities.
Partners who have agreed to sign memorandums of understanding are: United Way of Greater Los Angeles, City Year, City of Los Angeles Community Development Department, and the Alliance for Better Community and the Los Angeles City Attorney Office.
