Stories matching tag 'Manual Arts High School'
Exploring drugs and drug dealing
This is the seventh of eight write-ups from freshman students at Manual Arts High School. Some participated in weeks-long projects about animal abuse, drugs, gangs, prostitution and racism. Part of their projects included surveys they created for their communities. After they gathered information, all of the groups presented their findings at a school presentation. Two days later, each group wrote about their experiences during an Intersections: The South Los Angeles Report mentoring and writing workshop.[...]
Local high school students research ethnicity and racism
This is the sixth of eight write-ups from freshman students at Manual Arts High School. Some participated in weeks-long projects about animal abuse, drugs, gangs, prostitution and racism. Part of their projects included surveys they created for their communities. After they gathered information, all of the groups presented their findings at a school presentation. Two days later, each group wrote about their experiences during an Intersections writing workshop. [...]
Manual Arts High School students learn about gangs in their communities
This is the fifth of eight write-ups from freshman students at Manual Arts High School. Some participated in weeks-long projects about animal abuse, drugs, gangs, prostitution and racism. Part of their projects included surveys they created for their communities. After they gathered information, all of the groups presented their findings at a school presentation. Two days later, each group wrote about their experiences during an Intersections writing workshop. [...]
Exploring the meaning of violence
This is the fourth of eight write-ups from freshman students at Manual Arts High School. Some participated in weeks-long projects about animal abuse, drugs, gangs, prostitution and racism. Part of their projects included surveys they created for their communities. After they gathered information, all of the groups presented their findings at a school presentation. Two days later, each group wrote about their experiences during an Intersections writing workshop. [...]
Manual Arts High School students research impact of prostitution
This is the third of eight write-ups from freshman students at Manual Arts High School. Some participated in weeks-long projects about animal abuse, drugs, gangs, prostitution and racism. Part of their projects included surveys they created for their communities. After they gathered information, all of the groups presented their findings at a school presentation. Two days later, each group wrote about their experiences during an Intersections writing workshop. [...]
Exploring the meaning of racism
This is the second of eight write-ups from freshman students at Manual Arts High School. Some participated in weeks-long projects about animal abuse, drugs, gangs, prostitution and racism. Part of their projects included surveys they created for their communities. After they gathered information, all of the groups presented their findings at a school presentation. Two days later, each group wrote about their experiences during an Intersections writing workshop.[...]
Researching animal abuse at Manual Arts High School
This is the first of eight write-ups from freshman students at Manual Arts High School. Some participated in weeks-long projects about animal abuse, drugs, gangs, prostitution and racism. Part of their projects included surveys they created for their communities. After they gathered information, all of the groups presented their findings at a school presentation. Two days later, each group wrote about their experiences during an Intersections writing workshop. [...]
“Down for Life” explores one girl’s reality of life in a gang
"Down for Life" is screening Sunday, Oct. 24 at the University of Southern California Campus. Jessica Romero, the film's star, speaks about her experience. [...]
BREAKING: Alleged bomb threatens Manual Arts High School
[Updated:] Police responded to a possible pipe bomb found in a Manual Arts High School restroom. [...]
Manual Arts team builds robot, helps Chilean students
Manual Arts High School students are studying robotics, and they are using that knowledge to help a Chilean team. [...]
Protesters seek decreases in prison spending
A protest at Manual Arts High School urged politicians to direct prison spending elsewhere. [...]
Beyond South LA, youth explore college, activism and the Black Panthers
Several youth traveled to northern California to visit college campuses as part of the Community Coalition's youth initiative. Students wrote blogs about their road trip, including a meeting with the Black Panthers.
[...]Exploring a community’s needs, students vow to “change this place”
LA high school youth explore the impact of the recession on their education, but that's only part of the lesson.
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