ACLC Lead Facilitator Report David Hoopes

ACLC Lead Facilitator Report – David Hoopes

CLCS / ACLC Board of Directors

June 2017

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Report Summary:

·  Hiring update

·  Facilities-related video

·  Enrolment Data

·  Graduation Reminder

·  Learner Led Conferences at ACLC

·  College Acceptances at ACLC

·  Senior Project information

·  CCEF and PAC update

·  Cardboard Boat Races

·  The ACLC Production of Lion King – Congratulations!

·  Diversity Day update

·  Discipline Data

Hiring update:

·  Math Facilitator: hired – Jesse Pabico – Comes to us from Bishop O’dowd. Jesse will be facilitating primarily high school courses and has four years of experience.

·  Physics and math Facilitator: Hired – Ron Qian – After Ron’s demonstration lesson we knew he was the right fit for our school. He comes to us from Union City.

·  Spanish Facilitator: Hired – Bryanna Fenton – Comes to us from New Orleans where she taught in a private school. Bryanna and her partner are moving here together

·  ELA Facilitator: Hired - Lorely Smith - Comes to us from Nea. She is exceptionally strong and will be a great fit to our middle school team.

·  Middle School Science Facilitator: Hired - Beth Cutright – Beth comes to us from a local private school (Beacon) that is closing. She is experienced and a perfect fit for our school.

·  High School History Facilitator: Hired Pricilla Rodriguez – Pricilla comes to us from Watsonville High where she did her student teaching. This is the perfect next step for her. She has taught both World History and Economics.

·  Lead Facilitator: Hired – Jeremy Goodreau – Jeremy will be our new Lead Facilitator. He comes to us from a private boarding school in Texas where a was head of the middle school.

Facilities-related video

A final update here as we have posted the final version of your facilities-related video up on YouTube. You cansee it hereand forward as you wish. We would like to highlight that the school remains strong but we need more space. This video does that.

Also: Two senior project videos about ACLC. One is short and funny. The other is longer and was a learners attempt to share what he sees as some of our best assets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu9BkNBhXJE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOb1w3vdAcE

2017-18 ACLC Enrollment Data

Mark you Calendars for Graduation and the 8th Grade Promotion

a.  ACLC High School Graduation - June 13th @ 2:00pm

b.  ACLC 8th Grade Promotion - June 15th @ 6:00pm

LLC’s

This year's Spring LLCs will be held on June 7, June 12, and June 14. Learners will be assigned to one of the following sessions:

·  Wednesday, June 7: 2:10 to 3pm or 3:10 to 4pm

·  Monday, June 12: 1:30 to 2:30pm or 2:40 to 3:40pm

·  Wednesday, June 14: 1:30 to 2:30pm or 2:40 to 3:40pm

The prompt is:

Please read all of the instructions carefully so that you know exactly what you need BRING and what you need to WRITE in preparation for your LLC. For this Learner-Led conference you will focus on work you accomplished this year and your community involvement.

·  1) Bring two artifacts (pieces of work) from different subject areas. Write a two-paragraph (minimum 5-7 sentences per paragraph) reflection for each piece of work that you will present at your LLC. Your reflection should address the following:

·  a) What strengths does the work show about you as a learner?

·  b) What challenges did you experience in creating this work?

·  2) Write a one to two-paragraph reflection describing what you have done this past year to contribute to the ACLC community and what your goals are for next year. (Possible examples of this might be: Did you help, or assist a learner and/or a facilitator? How did you participate in school improvement?)

Please come prepared to the conference with your artifacts and the reflections about these two topics.

ACLC College Acceptance: This has been an exciting year with acceptances from many different colleges. Join me in celebrating the hard work from our amazing learners! 82% of our senior class has been accepted to a four-year collage. 100% have post-secondary ambitions that include Junior college, trade school or the military.

UC:

Berkeley 7

Davis 4

Irvine 5

LA 1

Merced 6

Riverside 2

San Diego 6

Santa Barbara 4

Santa Cruz 11

CSU:

Maritime 1,Pomona 1, San Luis Obispo 4, Channel Islands 3, Chico 2, East Bay 3, Long Beach 2, Los Angeles 1, Monterey Bay 5, Northridge 1, Sacramento 1, San Diego 2, San Francisco 8, San Jose 4, Sonoma 1

Privates and out of states:

Mount Holyoke college, Goucher college, Albright college, University of Washington – Seattle, University of Washington-Bothell, University of Washington-Tacoma, University of New England, George Washington University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Dominican University, University of San Francisco, University of Puget Sound 2, St. Mary's College of California, Oregon state, Temple, University of Delaware, Emory, Fordham 2, Montana State University, Southern Oregon University 2, Sarah Lawrence College, Lewis and Clark 2, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Macalester, Becknell, Davidson, Whitman, Willamette 4, University of Oregon, University of Portland 2, Evergreen State College, Mills College, College of the Atlantic, Old Dominion, American University, Morgan State University, Clark Atlanta University, Jackson State University, Southern University A&M College, Lincoln University, Norfolk State University, Fayetteville State University, Savannah State University, South Carolina State University, Philander Smith College, Livingstone College, North Carolina State University

Senior Project Night:

Take a minute to enjoy a few of the senior Projects. These learners worked very hard to complete the projects. It is also part of the graduation requirement at ACLC. Very few of the Board members are familiar with these projects and it would be beneficial for any Board member to attend an ACLC senior project night in the future. The evening was split into three classrooms. Lynn Kameny, Danny Bradac and I facilitated the evening. Each room was full of parents, learners and community members who sponsored projects.

Room 20 -- Facilitator Host: Danny Bradac

Senior Store / Gmo, Aitor, Gerank
Hannah Camp / Bethany, Allen, Rudi
Terra Knowledge Day / Danielle
Alameda Library Volunteering / Justin
ACLC Library Project / Fletcher
Prom / Tallulah
Yearbook / Avalon, Skylar, Griffen

Room 14 -- Facilitator Host: Lynn Kameny

Yearbook / Jessica, Jordan
Diversity Day / Liona, Lily
Senior Store / Sarah C
Flatscreen News / Brendan
Meet the Candidate / Mia
New ACLC Intro Video / Kai, Kobe
New Year Construction / Alfonso, Alex, Martin

Room 13 -- Facilitator Host: David Hoopes

Courtyard Makeover & Mural / Emily, Selah, Sara
Multicultural Night and Talent Show / Madison, Daniel, Vailea, Simone
Winter Warming Hut / Drake, Andrew
2 K Tournament / Alvin , Tyler
ACLC Carnival / Jake
Youth Group Church Curriculum / Katie
Holiday Grams / Jackie, Tina, Kristy

CCEF and PAC Update

·  Walk-a-thon: CCEF facilitated another great Walkathon! Learners did it again, and raised nearly $8,000. We also have to thank the ACLC Facilitators and Staff for their great support of the walkathon. Learners and Facilitators took on many volunteer support roles to make the day a great success.

·  4th of July Parade Float. Christine Kovach submitted a proposal to be a part of the 4th of July Parade. Please join us on the float. We are throwing Frisbees and candy along the route.

Cardboard Boat Races

·  The annual Jim Richards Cardboard Boat Races were held at the Emma Hood Swim Center at Encinal High School. The culminating project for ACLC's 8th Grade Science and Nea's 9th grade Physics classes, the Cardboard Boat Project tasks learners to use their knowledge of density, buoyancy, and other physical science topics to design and construct two-person boats made only of cardboard and small amounts of tape, glue, and paint.

For newbies, or those who need a reminder of how much fun this event is, here is a video from last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBW-Hpqrdas

Lion King

Mask making has begun was complete. Costumes are have been made. Pride Rock was built. ACLC's Lion King Jr. opened Friday night and was a huge hit. Thank you to all of the parents who gave so much time to props and supervision during the production. Also, Thank you to Lynne Boone who directed the production and coordinated the entire prop making.

DiversityDay

For those of you who do not knowwhatDiversityDayis, it is adaywhere learners can run their own classes and teach other learners skills and lessons. After all the classes listed below, we put on afeastand a raffle for the whole school.We also held a school wide Socratic Dialogue on The Brooklyn Free School. Give it a listen and respond to the questions. This will give you a flavor of our discussion. Enjoy!

Classes

1.  Intro to Ballet (Session 1)

2.  Self Defense: Setting boundaries and staying safe (Session 1)

3.  How to Move on Up!: Ft. Tom Miller From Pixar (Sessions 1, 2, 3)

4.  Making Change Through Writing (Sessions 1, 2)

5.  Sensitive Subjects; And what you don’t know, should know, and want to know

6.  Philanthropy and Politics (Sessions 1, 2)

7.  The Power of Hypnosis (Sessions 1, 2)

8.  Stand With The Disabled (Sessions 3, 4)

9.  13th Showing & Discussion #2 (COMMUNITY OASIS: Session 3&4)

10.  Fresh Off The Boat / Master of None (DAVE: Sessions 3&4)

11.  Identity Group Speak Outs (Sessions 1&2)

12.  College Applications 101

13.  Viva La Causa - Story of Cesar Chavez (Sessions 1, 2)

14.  Islamic Inspired Art (Sessions 1&2, 3&4)

15.  BBQ (Sessions 3, 4)

16.  Hoop Life AKA Basketball

17.  Life Science Interactive

18.  Social Justice

19.  Makeup (Sessions 3, 4)

20.  Becoming an Exchange Student

21.  Friendly Arguing AKA Debate

TOTAL NUMBER OF CLASSES: 21

Small Group Activity

2:15-2:20 Introduce This American Life episode & handout (learners take notes on handout during episode)

2:20-2:40 Listen to episode (I'll tell facilitators to download it to their computers; the segment we're listening to starts at 38:50): https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/424/kid-politics?act=3#play

2:40-3:25 Sit in a circle & have a Socratic Seminar, using handout questions (you can shorten this if you're going to do a survey)

[W]hat if every rule at your high school had been determined, not by teachers and administrators, but entirely by teenagers?

Jyllian Gunther visitsThe Brooklyn Free School, where there are no courses, no tests and no homework, and where the kids decide everything about how the school is run, including discipline. Jyllian isa filmmaker, working on a documentary calledGrowing Small. (16 minutes)

How is the Brooklyn Free School similar to or different from ACLC?

How do you think a school should handle students’ uses of screens at school?

How do you think a school should handle people cursing at each other?

What questions do you have about the episode you just listened to?

ACLC - Discipline Data

Expulsions: ACLC has no suspensions this school year.

Suspensions: ACLC has had 18 school suspensions this year

American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. This area includes, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: A person with origins in Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands (except the Philippine Islands).
Filipino: A person with origins in the Philippine Islands.
Hispanic or Latino: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
Black or AfricanAmerican:A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East (e.g., England, Portugal, Egypt, and Iran).
Two or More Races: A reporting designation for persons who are not Hispanic and identify themselves by more than one race.
None reported* : Students who have intentionally not reported a race or ethnicity.