Agriculture and Culinary Arts Career Tech Ed (CTE) students recently took a field trip to the Huy Fong Food Factory in Irwindale where they were able to get a behind-the-scenes look at the entire bottling and distribution process of Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce while also learning a lot about the history of the company.
Remember the guidance counselor in high school who would advise on which classes to take and how to apply to college? Due to an acute need to address the emotional needs of students, that role has evolved to become “school counselor,” and address the whole student, and their social and emotional needs, along with academic […]
What options do low-income families have if their neighborhood school is subpar? Affluent parents have many choices – they can move to a good school district or opt for a private school. If the school doesn’t have tutors, mentors or after-school activities, they can pay for those services. Less privileged families don’t have that luxury […]
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Learn4Life hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for our new City Heights Learning Center on Tuesday, January 28th Special thank you to everyone that attended this special event: Ariel Gibbs from Sen. Ben Hueso’s Office. LaShae Collins from Dr. Shirley Weber’s Office. George Soliman from San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. Tootie Thomas, Executive Director & […]
Learn4Life is excited to participate in our fifth year of National School Choice Week, the world’s largest celebration of opportunity in public education. In California alone there are more than 2,800 School Choice events happening throughout the state! January 26 kicks off National School Choice Week and it’s a good time to examine school choice […]
On Thursday, January 23, 2020, Three Learn4Life graduates were presented with a $10,000 scholarship check (split 3-ways) presented by the Lancaster Jethawks Baseball Foundation. —– From the MILB website:The JetHawks Youth Baseball League is a partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of the Antelope Valley, with title sponsorship provided by Learn4Life. The goal of the Lancaster […]
High school students at Learn4Life in Tulare and Visalia can now earn data analysis certifications through Microsoft’s Imagine Academy, thanks to a partnership between Microsoft, Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG), Jobs for California Graduates (J4CG) and Learn4Life. In-demand STEM-sector jobs such as computer science, IT infrastructure, productivity applications and data science are waiting for […]
What options do low-income families have if their neighborhood school is subpar? Affluent parents have many choices – they can move to a good school district or opt for a private school. If the school doesn’t have tutors, mentors or after-school activities, they can pay for those services. Less privileged families don’t have that luxury […]
Which social implications have the most immediate and strongest impact on a child’s development and well-being? First are the child’s family circumstances, and second is the ranking of their school. Learn4Life’s National Advisory Board Member and Director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation Dr. Lindsey Burke penned a recent commentary about […]