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By: Karen Hunter Quartz, Marisa Saunders, Clémence Darriet, Becky French & Cicely Bingener This past week has been “Teacher Appreciation Week.” But after a pandemic year in which many teachers worked relentlessly to adapt and embrace online teaching, many educators don’t…

By: Samantha Hill UCLA Community School’s mission is to prepare all students to live rich and meaningful lives through a supportive community. The educators at UCLA Community School (UCLA-CS) make this mission abundantly clear with the care and passion they…

By Students Deserve Abolitionist Educators Led by Black young people across the Los Angeles Unified School District, students, teachers and parents at the UCLA Community School and Mann UCLA Community School have joined with others to call for justice. Through…

By Ung-Sang Lee and Marcus Van We at Mann UCLA Community School have always held racial justice as part of our core vision. Given the heightened awareness of police violence and the inequitable access to public goods experienced by communities…

By Ariana Dimagiba, Bella Martinez (left), and Nyslai Bolanos (right) This November students across the district and state will be submitting their college applications to California’s public universities. While this time of year is always difficult for seniors who are…

By Marisa Saunders and Karen Hunter Quartz Back to School Artwork by Miguel, Ms. Gallardo’s Den 1 Class The back-to-school challenge is enormous: re-engage students and families in learning online, during a pandemic, amid uprisings for racial justice. That’s why…

By:Nawal Salim, Patricia Rivas, Children’s InstituteBlanca Campos Montoya, Mann UCLA Community Schoolwith Marisa Saunders, UCLA Center for Community Schooling Beginning in June, a group approximately 20 rising sophomores and juniors from Mann UCLA Community School engaged in a 4-week therapeutic…

By Hector Almendarez I am a high school senior graduating from UCLA Community School (UCLA CS) located in Koreatown in Central Los Angeles. UCLA CS is what I called my home for the past seven years, being the backdrop to…

By Darlene Tieu At Mann UCLA Community School, it has been imperative that what I teach is important and relevant to our students. Why teach about the chemistry of how a candle burns when we could use chemistry to talk…

Karen Hunter Quartz & Marisa Saunders It’s an old solution to a very old problem. Attack poverty and societal inequality by creating community schools that level the playing field. Locate food distribution, health care, and other social services in the…