 YPI Charter Schools Make Significant Strides on API
YPI's two charter middle schools made significant Academic Performance Index (API) growth in 2008. Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter earned an API score of 723, more than 75 points higher than the average of surrounding LAUSD middle schools in Pico Union/Westlake. Bert Corona Charter earned an API score of 642, 43 points higher than the previous year.
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 $2.5 Million For Full-Service Community Schools
YPI received one of only ten Full-Service Community Schools grants awarded nationwide by the U.S. Department of Education. Partnering with LAUSD and the Belmont Education Collaborative, YPI's Belmont Full-Service Community Schools program provides wrap-around holistic services for families -- before, during, and after school. Four elementary and middle schools are participating in the Pico Union/Westlake community: John Liechty Middle School, Gratts Elementary School, Esperanza Elementary School, and Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle School. Program Details |
Help L.A. Families in Need
Start the new year off right and make the Youth Policy Institute your first charitable contribution of 2009. Please consider a donation to YPI to help students and families at 85 program sites across Los Angeles.
Your contribution is critical to supplementing the restricted public grants that YPI receives and will directly support preschool, afterschool, college preparation, job training, adult education, and charter school programs that target the neediest families. Your donation to the Youth Policy Institute is tax deductible to the maximum amount permitted by law. Please consider giving what you can. Donate Now |
 $900,000 Grant For Preschool
240 low-income families will now be able to enroll their young children in YPI preschool programs at five new sites beginning in early 2009. These sites will join YPI's three existing preschool sites. The Youth Policy Institute received the second highest award in the State from the California Department of Education in this most recent round of funding. Program Details
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 YPI Headquarters Has Moved
The YPI office in downtown Los Angeles has moved from the 8th to the 10th floor. Our new address is 634 South Spring Street, 10th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90014. Please update your contact information.
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 Family Technology Project Graduation
On December 20th, 44 Pacoima Charter Elementary School families graduated from the Family Technology Project. Each family received a brand-new computer system for their home free of charge, including a printer and high-speed internet. Los Angeles City Councilmember Richard Alarcon delivered the keynote address. 550 families have now graduated from the Family Technology Project since 2001. Program Details
September saw the fourth annual fundraiser for FTP at the City Club in downtown Los Angeles. State Senator Alex Padilla, State Senator Gloria Romero, State Controller John Chiang, LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia, and LAUSD Board Member Yolie Flores Aguilar all attended. Private donations raised from corporations and individuals at this event allow YPI to purchase computers for families. |
 CETF Supports the Family Technology Project
The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) awarded $330,000 to the Family Technology Project over the next two years. Low-income families at four schools in L.A. will receive much needed help in bridging the digital divide, including free computer literacy training, a home computer system with high-speed broadband access free of charge, and related program support for parents and children. |
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 Mayor's Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
In partnership with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the ten schools in his Partnership for L.A. Schools, YPI is placing 14 of its AmeriCorps members at school sites to provide academic tutoring, community service projects, and parenting programs. Program Details
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 Certified Charter School
Bert Corona Charter School was one of 13 schools certified for quality by the California Charter School Association in fall 2008. Only 86 charter schools out of more than 700 across California have received this designation. Certified Charter Schools successfully complete an independent review of their academic standards, governance procedures, and fiscal integrity. The reviewing agency was Cambridge Education's Charter Program Quality Review (CPQR). More Information | |
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