Earlier this week, Dr. Joan Wicks – sixth-grade humanities teacher at Alliance Jack H. Skirball Middle School – was featured in the PBS News Hour “Brief But Spectacular” series! Throughout the segment, Dr. Wicks offers her fascinating perspective on a variety of topics, from literacy and parenting to helping Alliance scholars bounce back from learning loss resulting from the pandemic…
DetailsYesterday, our Alliance Kory Hunter STEM scholars had the incredible opportunity to step outside the classroom and into the wonders of the cosmos. They featured on Fox 11 News for a very special event – viewing the solar eclipse! Their faces lit up with awe as they witnessed this captivating scientific phenomenon unfold right before…
DetailsLast week, the California Department of Education recognized seven Alliance schools as 2024 California Distinguished Schools. Less than 4% of schools in California received the prestigious distinction, which acknowledges academic excellence and success in closing achievement gaps. The Alliance schools recognized by State Superintendent Tony Thurmond included: The Distinguished Schools honor is evidence of our…
DetailsThis month, our Alliance community came together for the tenth consecutive year to honor and celebrate the brilliance of Alliance scholars and to raise funds for the Alliance Gayle Miller Leaders of Change Scholarship Fund. Nearly 150 guests from across Los Angeles, including business, entertainment, city government, and education heard moving stories by our Leaders…
DetailsThis past weekend, Billboard Magazine’s latest issue hit the shelves, Latin Power Players, and Alliance was spotlighted as a “voice of change” in Los Angeles. Special thanks to Trustee Walter Mosley, Warner Music Group and Billboard’s Latin Power Player honorees from Warner Music Latina for amplifying the voices of our Alliance scholars and school communities.…
DetailsAlliance Collins Family College-Ready High School’s Junior State of America (JSA) chapter, recently honored as California’s Chapter of the Year, has achieved a remarkable milestone. We’re excited to announce that this exceptional group of scholars have also been named JSA National Champions, earning them a well-deserved spotlight in La Opinión! “Esta nación necesita que los…
DetailsThis week, U.S. News & World Report recognized Alliance high schools as among the best in the nation in the publication’s annual ranking of Best U.S. High Schools. Nearly 18,000 high schools across the country were ranked based on factors including students’ college readiness, state assessment proficiency, as well as the academic progress of historically underserved students,…
DetailsLast week, the Stanford University Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) named Alliance as a “gap busting” school system in the release of their 2023 report, the third installment of a series of national studies on the academic progress of students enrolled in charter schools compared with the progress of students enrolled in traditional…
DetailsLast Thursday, more than 300 members of our Alliance community came together to celebrate our Heroes Among Us. We raised a record-breaking $1.5 million for Alliance scholars and schools, including $320,000 to send Alliance seniors off to college with College Care Package scholarships! We were joined by guests from across the country, including friends from the sports, philanthropic,…
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