African folklore Digital Stories

The K.2 multi age class began work on digital stories inspired by African folklore, morality tales translated from the ages.

Community Day.Do One Thing

A huge success.

MLK art and essay contest.

AVESON students to be honored at
African American Museum!

THE DREAM@5O ART CONTEST
AWARDS CEREMONY

Monday, January 21, 2013 (MLK Day)
3:00 pm

THE CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
Exposition Park
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037

ALL-SEMIFINALIST ART EXHIBITION
AND RECEPTION TO FOLLOW

CONGRATULATIONS to the
AVESON
semi-finalists

Jonathon Stevenson - Elementary
Destiny Brown - Middle
Trey Carlisle- High

ASL Carey/Moreno get ready for COL

You are not going to want to miss this.

Mr. Gloyd explores the issue of Discrimination

written by Mr. Gloyd

Over the course semester one, students were called to action. Though they have always engaged critically and creatively, prompting my students to do something about a particular issue has always been a bit of the struggle. With the Take Action projects, students were given the opportunity to examine an issue of local or global concern. They were then charged with the task of Taking Action--engaging, or using their knowledge to help others engage with their particular issue. For some it meant raising money, for some it meant physically interacting with a group involved with the process, while for some, the presentation, the defense of their particular project in front of a live, authentic audience was enough to enact some awareness and change.

EWASTE DRIVE - Mrs. Kha's 6th grade

Mrs. Kha's 6th grade class was the first class to organize themselves around an issue of global concern and take action.

Food For Thought

Aveson School of Leaders 1st and 2nd graders had a question?  "Why do people go hunger, when there is so much food in the world?"

Their teachers, committed to global learning, helped them explore the global issue of hunger and helped them find a way to take action in their own community.

Aveson 1st and 2nd grade students partnered with Friends in Deed Pantry to make a difference.  After meeting and interviewing newly appointed Pantry Manager Tim Nistler,  Aveson students took their new perspective to local supermarkets. After the supermarket manager gave them a guided tour they were ready to act!  Armed with knowledge and about $15 per small group, students chose items from the shelves to donate to local families in need.  All told, over $350 dollars worth of groceries were purchased and donated.

The Pantry at Friends In Deed serves supplemental food to 200 low-income and homeless households each week. Without their support, many would go hungry. To contact the pantry directly, call 626-797-6072 or emailpantry@ecpac.net.

This coming Wednesday and Thursday, January 30th and 31st, between 4pm and 7pm, Aveson students will present their project to family and friends at a Celebration of Learning. 

All

102 students who participated in this project will come together to communicate their ideas and actions and make connections with their community.  

Staff and students know this is just the beginning. They are already planning project work around the issue of hunger for next semester, and as they do will continue to make our community a better place for everyone in it. As one of the students remarked as she boarded the bus for home, "I feel like I changed the world." She may well have begun to do just that.