99th Street Elementary
Our Boyle Heights Elementary School Students Learned about Balance in STEAM Club
The “I Have A Dream” Foundation – Los Angeles (IHADLA) knows the importance of STEM education, especially for young students in underserved neighborhoods. Many openings for STEM jobs are created every day, and low-income students who lack access to science education early in their school years are in danger of losing out on STEM career […]
Read MoreBlankets for Hurricane Harvey Victims
A key value the “I Have A Dream” Foundation – Los Angeles (IHADLA) instills in our students (whom we call “Dreamer scholars”) is giving back to the community. Our Dreamer scholars know the importance of helping those in need, so in response to the current national disaster caused by Hurricane Harvey, our 8th grade Watts […]
Read MoreStudent Superheroes Giving Back
When our Program 18 student Dreamer superheroes from Watts were in third grade, some of the Dreamers had a teacher named Mrs. Jones. During this time, IHADLA partnered with Girls on the Run (GOTR), which had served as a magnificent confidence builder for our female Dreamers and continues to do so to this day! Mrs. […]
Read MoreWatts Summer Program
Program 18 Dreamers from Watts enjoyed their annual summer program. The Watts Summer Program supports our Dreamer’s transition from 99St. Elementary to Animo James B. Taylor Middle School. We held the summer program at 99th St. Elementary for four weeks (June 8- July 2). Monday through Thursday academic curriculum was taught, along with enrichment activities. […]
Read MoreRedondo Beach Elks Lodge Donation of 70 Student Dictionaries
We learned that the Redondo Beach Elks Lodge #1378 has been involved in the dictionary program for more than 10 years. During that time, approximately 15,000 student dictionaries have been distributed in elementary schools, primarily to 3rd graders. We jumped at the chance for our Watts Dreamers to be the recipients of their next donation. […]
Read MoreThird Grade Dreamers in Watts Receive Donation of Backpacks and School Supplies from Local Businessman
Our third grade Dreamers in Watts recently received a generous donation of backpacks and school supplies from a new supporter of the I Have a Dream Foundation – Los Angeles. Mike Perrin, owner of Valley Photo Shop in North Hollywood, received a call from a manager of a local Costco who was looking to donate […]
Read MoreAnnie Potts Returns to 99th Street to Read to Dreamers
If there’s one thing our Dreamers love more than guests, it’s guests who come back. Enter Annie Potts, a good friend to IHADLA and a repeat Dream Speaker! Annie first visited our 3rd grade Dreamers at 99th Street Elementary in Watts last fall, when she spent the afternoon reading Rudyard Kipling’s “The Elephant’s Child” to […]
Read MoreCrossroads Students Return to 99th Street
Our 3rd grade Dreamers at 99th Street Elementary school get very excited when guests visit, and they were over the top when they heard the students from Crossroads School in Santa Monica were coming back! Approximately twenty students from Crossroads, all from the middle school boys’ and girls’ soccer teams, arrived at 2:00 pm, just […]
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