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What's Happening at Elev8
Teaser: Elev8 students at Dr. Rayner Browne Academy in Baltimore are playing an active in role in community advocacy.
Teaser: Incoming and current Elev8 New Mexico students at the Native American Community Academy (NACA) enjoyed a variety of exciting activities as part of the school’s Summer Enrichment Program.
Teaser: On Saturday, August 7, 2010, students representing all five Elev8 Chicago schools led a town hall on immigration reform, featuring Rep. Luis Gutierrez and over 200 other attendees.
Teaser: On Saturday, August 7, 2010, Elev8 students from Orozco Community Academy in Chicago will spearhead a town hall meeting on immigration reform.
Teaser: On June 10, Elev8 Chicago students participated in the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation annual health fair.
Teaser: Parents of students in Elev8 schools around the country recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to share their public policy priorities with federal lawmakers. For many, it was their first time in the nation’s capital, and they hit the ground running.
Teaser: At least one in five children in the U.S. go without annual dental care and most states lack policies that ensure care for low-income children, according to a study by the Pew Center on the States. But New Mexico is one state that is showing promise in dental health programs for children. Elev8 has contributed to that trend by bringing dental hygienists to hundreds of middle grade students.
Teaser: Five middle schools in Oakland, CA will soon have health centers serving students and their families. In a climate of severe budget cuts in education and health care, this represents the largest expansion of middle school health centers in the state of California. Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Tony Smith attended the celebration at United for Success Middle School. Read more >>
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Elev8 Chicago students met legislators and rallied for education funding in Springfield, IL, this spring, and spoke to State Senator Jacqueline Collins about safety and violence prevention in their community.
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Teaser: Two Elev8 schools in Baltimore were chosen to be part of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) literacy-focused Freedom Schools program this summer.
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More than 300 school and community leaders who attended the Elev8 Chicago conference in February appreciated the chance to learn from each other. They participated in “role-alike” sessions for
administrators, teachers, parents and students, and they shared valuable
how-tos on topics ranging from teachers conducting home visits to
integrating health services with after-school programs.
Teaser: When Laguna Middle School's Nurse Practicioner Sandy Gale saw that 48% of incoming 6th grade students were obese, she went to the Elev8 team for a plan. They came up with "Elev8 UR Heart," an new afterschool health program that combats children's obesity with fun.
Teaser: On behalf of Elev8 Chicago, the Federation for Community Schools is applying for an Invest in Innovation grant. Also known as "i3," this is a $650 million grant program that's designed to fund the development of path-breaking new ideas, the validation of approaches that have demonstrated promise, and the scale-up of the nation's most successful and proven education innovations.
Teaser: Generations of middle-school students have taken shop class and home economics, but few outside Ames Middle School in Logan Square have learned to repair bicycles for course credit. By the end of this school year, 500 Ames seventh- and eighth- graders will have rotated through the three- to four-week class, connected with LISC/Chicago’s Elev8 program and taught by Tony Hughes of West Town Bikes. >>
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All five Elev8 campuses in Oakland hosted free
tax
clinics for parents and community members this semester. >>
Teaser: Baltimore's public radio station, WYPR 88.1 FM, featured Elev8 Director Nicole Johnson on its daily public affairs program Midday with Dan Rodricks, on January 21st, 2010. Listen here.
Teaser: Catalyst Chicago, a newsmagazine dedicated to independent school reporting, writes that Elev8 Chicago is contributing to its neighborhood's vision of becoming a "Promise Neighborhood."
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There are 10 fewer days on the public school academic calendar in Chicago, compared to the national average. And each day students are in school, their class time is 45 minutes shorter than it is for most students around the country.
Teaser: Josefina Alvarado Mena, CEO of Safe Passages, Elev8's lead partner in
Oakland, published an editorial called "The Bill Factory" in Capitol Weekly, detailing the
innovative approaches and practices necessary to make real, positive
change in the lives of middle grade students. >>
Teaser: Albuquerque's 89.9 KUNM-FM, featured Elev8 New Mexico during its November 5th live call in show with Arcie Chapa. Listen here.
Teaser: Elev8 Baltimore celebrated its successful first semester with a week-long series of events, culminating with a press conference at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School on December 17th.
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President Obama has called for the creation of 20 Promise Neighborhoods in urban areas that have high levels of poverty and crime -- and low levels of academic achievement. Elev8 is featured in this article about the power of community-based programs to transform the educational outcomes of our nation's youth.
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When Nataline Morris registered her sixth grader for Perspectives-Calumet Middle School, she was surprised to find a brand new school health center occupying former classroom space on the building’s north side. Curious, she signed her daughter Emma up for a physical on the spot.
Teaser: On April 8, 2009, Elev8 New Mexico staff and community members celebrated a "wall-breaking" ceremony to mark the remodeling and construction at Laguna Middle School for a new Comprehensive Counseling Resource Center.
Teaser: On a winter afternoon at Ames Middle School in Logan Square, Aisha
Jean-Baptiste tells her sex education class to count off by threes.
After reviewing a list of sexual behaviors posted on the board, each
group is assigned to identify those that are either high risk, low risk
or no risk.
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