KIPP Comienza Community Prep in Huntington Park has been named a 2017 recipient of the prestigious National Blue Ribbon School Award by the US Department of Education. Read on for more details.
Topics: Focus on Excellence, National Blue Ribbon, KIPP Comienza, Huntington Park
KIPP Compton Community School, the first KIPP LA school in the City of Compton, will open its doors to KIPPsters in the 2018-19 school year! Hear more about the vision and mission of KCCS from founding school leader, LeAnna Majors, below.
Topics: KIPP Is Community, School Opening, Compton, KIPP Compton Community School
KIPP LA recently welcomed back our KIPPsters for the 2017-18 school year and introduced the Class of 2034 to the KIPP community! Our schools are safe, structured, nurturing, and JOYFUL. Check out the video below featuring our KIPP LA Team & Family. #feelthejoy
Topics: Positive School Culture, KIPP Is Community, School Opening
KIPP LA’s KIPP Through College (KTC) program recently hosted Career Connections, a networking event for college-aged KIPPsters to engage with business professionals in Los Angeles from a variety of fields. Read on for highlights of the event.
Topics: College and Careers, KIPP Through College, KIPP LA Alumni
More Than Ever: Highlights from the 2017 National KIPP School Summit
The KIPP School Summit is an annual gathering of the entire KIPP Team and Family from 31 regions to connect, learn, share, and celebrate with colleagues and friends across the country. Read on for more details of the summit and KIPP LA highlights of the event.
Topics: KIPP LA, Harriett Ball Award, KIPP School Summit
KIPPsters Join NFL Players at Fantasy Pro Football Camp
Over 100 KIPP LA middle school students joined Brentwood School’s NFL Fantasy Pro Football Camp in July.
Topics: KIPP Is Community, KIPP Scholar Academy, NFL, Physical Education, KIPP Campers
On June 26th, 26 KIPP LA alumni departed Los Angeles for the UC Irvine campus to participate in the fifth annual Students Who Achieve and Graduate (SWAG) retreat hosted by the KIPP Through College (KTC) program. The two-day retreat prepared students for their first year of college and beyond through workshops on social, emotional, and financial college resources, alumni leader panels, team bonding exercises, and an identity conversation. Read on for additional details and highlights of the event.
Topics: College Acceptance, College and Careers, KIPP Through College, KIPP LA Alumni
Lights, Camera, KIPPsters: Our Students Perform Live at Olvera Street
After months of rehearsal, the road to Olvera Street comes to an end with our KIPPsters from multiple South and East Los Angeles schools performing together in public for the first time.
Topics: KIPP LA Prep, KIPP Iluminar Academy, Positive School Culture, Music Education, KIPP Is Community, KIPP Philosophers Academy, KIPP Academy of Innovation, KIPP Scholar Academy
At KIPP Corazón Academy, All You Need is Revolutionary Love
KIPP LA will open its fourteenth school, KIPP Corazón Academy, in South Gate this coming 2017-18 school year for kindergarten and first grade students, eventually growing to be a K-8 school.
Topics: KIPP Is Community, Focus on Excellence, KIPP Corazón Academy, South Gate, School Opening