This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
Everyday we aim to challenge our students to see the world from a different lens. We expose them to events, people, and ideas different from their own in order to create globally aware leaders to tomorrow's world.
Our students range in age from 16 to 21 years old who have left the traditional high school because of their lack of academic progress.
The school is located in the center of Los Angeles and the majority of our students are identified as "high poverty" students. All of our students are "at-risk" because of their credit deficiencies as many of our students arrive at our school at least 1 grade level behind. Within a semester, students who were previously viewed as failures and "written off" are not only passing their 5 core classes, but also earning additional credits. This year we had 47 students graduate who probably would not have graduated otherwise. This is because of the real world applications based curriculum we offer students. Making the curriculum relevant encourages students to participate and progress and as they succeed, they rebuild their self-confidence to realize that they are creative, innovative, and part of today's solution to tomorrow's problems.
My Project
By viewing the film, I hope that my students will be able to incorporate the lessons learned into their daily studies of why what we study is relevant and important to them and those around them. Being able to learn from others and other's experiences is something that helps us grow as human beings. After viewing the film, I plan on incorporating it into a wider unit on human rights and in particular, educational rights in the developing world.
This will improve my classroom by giving my students a broader perspective of what is taking place outside of their communities.
It will broaden their perspective of what others are doing to make a difference and that age is not a barrier to start doing something impactful on any scale.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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