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Dear Friend,
KIPPsters big and small are back in the classroom and back in action! Week three of the regular school year is underway, and everyone is riding high on excellent results from last year -- and working hard to make this year's gains even bigger.
Read on to learn about our schools' academic achievements, a recent grant from the Quest Foundation, the many volunteer opportunities in our schools, the upcoming Choice and Commitment Awards event, and an MSNBC show featuring our KIPP cousins in Austin, Texas.
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KIPP LA Schools Achieve Outstanding Results
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Students at KIPP LA's three schools made incredible gains over the course of 2008-09 school year, according to state test scores and other standardized test results.
KIPP LA's two middle schools, KIPP LA Prep and KIPP Academy of Opportunity, earned Academic Performance Index scores of 832 and 780 respectively (on a scale of 200 to 1000). Both schools outperformed 80 percent of middle schools in Los Angeles Unified School District, with KIPP LA Prep ranking seventh among all LAUSD middle schools.
At KIPP Raíces Academy, KIPP LA's new elementary school, the inaugural class of kindergarteners showed impressive mastery of all subjects by the end of the school year, according the national SAT-10 test.
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Ninety-one percent of kindergarteners
scored at or above the national average in reading and 77 percent
scored at that level in math, compared to both kindergarteners and
first graders. Student
achievement in reading was especially impressive, given that 68 percent
of kindergarteners were classified as English Language Learners.
"We are so proud of our students' achievements over the past year," said Marcia Aaron,
executive director of KIPP LA. "These results demonstrate what
can happen when students, parents, and teachers commit to putting in
the effort necessary to enable all students to excel academically."
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Quest Foundation Awards Grant to KIPP LA
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KIPP Raíces Academy is the proud new owner of a Mac laptop cart, thanks to a generous grant from the Quest Foundation.
Teachers and students alike are thrilled to have access to a mobile computer lab -- so students, or "Achievers", can practice typing and exploring the internet, and so instructors can easily measure their students' mastery of the concepts they teach.
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| "All of us at KIPP Raíces are sincerely grateful to the Quest Foundation for enabling us to purchase these laptops," said Amber Young,
founding principal of KIPP Raíces Academy. "The laptops will give our
students many more opportunities to develop the technology skills that
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Volunteer Opportunities at KIPP LA Schools - Sign Up Today! |
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Looking for a fun and rewarding activity? Well, look no further. With the school year getting underway, KIPP LA is recruiting volunteers for a wide variety of programs at our schools.
Volunteer opportunties include: serving as a teacher's aide for KIPP LA Prep's "Go Green" Saturday School, mentoring student-lawyers in KIPP Academy of Opportunity's Mock Trial program, guest teaching during "Our Community" time at KIPP Raíces Academy, and much more.
For more information about our volunteer programs, go to www.kippla.org/volunteer or email kpeterson@kippla.org.
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Don't Forget to RSVP to the Choice & Commitment Awards |
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KIPP LA's third annual Choice & Commitment Awards are just around the corner, so don't delay -- RSVP today!
For more information about the event, click here or email kippla@mtaevents.com.
We'd also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our generous sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Ph.D. Sponsors - Marcia Aaron | Steve & Leslie Carlson | Bruce & Martha Karsh
Master's Sponsor - Blackwell Construction
Bachelor's Sponsor - GLAAACC Education Fund
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KIPPsters perform at the 2008 Choice & Commitment Awards.
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| "Academic Performance Index Scores Better, but Fall Short of State Average" Los Angeles Daily News, September 15, 2009
KIPP LA schools are highlighted as "some of the highest-performing charters" in Los Angeles.
Click here to read the article.
"About Our Children," MSNBC, September 20, 2009
Our KIPP cousin, KIPP Austin Collegiate High School, was featured as a "no excuses" public school that is helping students from underserved communities reach their potential. Click here to watch the segment.
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Forward this message to a friend | To visit a KIPP LA school: (213) 489-4461 x103
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KIPP LA Schools operates three free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public charter schools. KIPP LA's schools -- KIPP Academy of Opportunity, KIPP LA Prep, and KIPP Raíces Academy -- serve elementary and middle school students in South and East Los Angeles. As part of the national KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) network, KIPP LA schools are dedicated to preparing students in underserved communities for success in college and in life. Nationally, more than 80 percent of KIPP alumni have gone on to college.
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