Tag: Monroe Clark Middle School
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In Adult Ed Class, Immigrant Parents Pick Up Where They Left Off
Video Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Megan Burks Students at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights rattle through multiplication tables. They’re attentive, eager to participate — not what you might expect from a middle school classroom. That’s because these students are the parents and grandparents of children attending Monroe Clark. They come to the…
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Students to Display Themes of Sustainability, Education on Monroe Clark Art Wall
Students at Monroe Clark Middle School are completing plans and raising money to paint a mural on their campus. | Photo Credit: Juan Carlos, The AjA Project By Julia Richardson The AjA Project’s PhotoCity program at Monroe Clark Middle School is in its third semester of programming. Over the past few semesters, PhotoCity students have…
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Mid-City Schools Adopt Curriculum to Encourage Street Art, Discourage Tagging
Graffiti Artist Ryan Hoppe, who goes by Hasler One, works on a collaborative mural during the Underground Art in the Underground event in the parking structure of Westfield Mission Valley Mall on March 22, 2014. The event was an initiative by the San Diego Cultural Arts Alliance, whose primary focus is to teach youth how…
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City Heights School Opens Recycling Bins to Parents
The city of San Diego’s recycling ordinance has been on the books since 2007. But some residents in the city’s dense, older neighborhoods still find it difficult to recycle at home. City Heights youth are trying to make the practice more convenient for families, and make some money along the way. | Video Credit: Brian…
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AjA Students Spearhead Recycling Initiative
By Julia Richardson Over the course of the fall semester, Monroe Clark Middle School students in The AjA Project’s PhotoCity program were busy learning about recycling and creating a brochure that outlines a new recycling initiative at the school. The students took a trip to Urban Corps to learn about California’s CRV program, which lets…