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Virtual School: Food Services, Technology, Learning Resources
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On these days, online learning will be available to learners, but facilitators will not be holding live sessions.
Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of articles on the pillars of iLEAD’s educational philosophy and approach.
“If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires.” — Malcolm Gladwell
This week, we’re exploring the third pillar of the iLEAD acronym: the letter E, which stands for Entrepreneurial Development.
At iLEAD Antelope Valley, we encourage learners to work in teams, take risks, and learn from failure — all of which nurture the ability to innovate and ignite the entrepreneurial spirit.
Through focusing on entrepreneurial development, learners build a number of skills, including the following:
Throughout the iLEAD network, there are countless examples of iLEAD learners who have embraced the entrepreneurial spirit. Here is one that stands out:
iLEAD Exploration Learner Explores the Sweeter Side of Business
Hoops by Nana didn’t exactly start as a business, but as a way for Exploration learner Milena de Vera to provide a treat option for her sister, who suffers from celiac disease. However, developing and baking gluten-free donuts quickly developed into an entrepreneurial opportunity, growing it into a licensed, expanding business.
To continue learning and growing, Milena enrolled in a cooking class to develop her baking chops. Her consumer math course equipped her to keep accurate financial records for her business. She tests and retests multiple recipes to come up with her line of products. Last fall, Milena was asked by Williams-Sonoma to participate in a pop-up bake sale for the “No Kid Hungry” charity this fall, and she has also supported iLEAD events with her products. Her post-iLEAD plans include attending community college while she expands her business.
This is just one story that illustrates how iLEAD learners are empowered by a focus on entrepreneurial development that builds skills that influence every area of their education and creates potential career paths. At iLEAD Antelope Valley, we are constantly inspired by how we see learners put an entrepreneurial focus into action.
Next week, join us as we dive into the next pillar of the iLEAD acronym: Arts.
We are serving both breakfast and lunch free to all children 18 years old and under (whether or not they are enrolled at our site) during the window of 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Monday through Friday. We will be serving Grab-and-Go meals in the driveway outside the gate each day. All children are welcome to receive these meals regardless of their meal status. Great news! Beginning May 1, every Friday you may pick up meals for Saturday and Sunday if you are interested. Please contact the school for any questions you may have.
Please fill out this brief survey to let us know your availability for virtual meetings.
Registration is open for learners, grades 5-12, for DreamUp to Space Mission 2019-2020!
Learn more about iLEAD Student Aerospace Projects here!
Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of articles on the pillars of iLEAD Antelope Valley’s educational philosophy and approach.
“You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”
— Woodrow Wilson
This week, we’re exploring the second pillar of the iLEAD acronym: the letter L, which stands for leadership. We believe practicing leadership from a young age prepares our learners for a lifetime of listening, collaborating, and inspiring. Today’s kids are the leaders of tomorrow, so instilling principles of leadership now prepares them for the future.
At iLEAD Antelope Valley, we’ve found that focusing on whole-child education with project-based and social-emotional components creates an environment where kids can find their individual voice, collaborate as team members, and, through taking ownership of their work, develop the skills needed to be effective and trustworthy leaders.
The skills we believe are essential for kids to learn are the ones that make for effective leaders in the world:
Through iLEAD Antelope Valley’s project-based learning, there are several ways we continue to see learners develop into leaders:
Education is about much more than teaching kids how to memorize rules and facts of grammar, history, science, and math — it’s an opportunity to empower them with the tools to be leaders today and in the future.
Next week, join us as we dive into the next pillar of the iLEAD acronym: “entrepreneurial development.”
Dear Families,
Two weeks ago, we sent an email via Pathways asking all returning families to complete their re-enrollment forms for the 2020-2021 school year. This requires several steps, and we greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete this process. A huge thank-you to everyone who has completed this process already! If you haven’t yet, please read on and view the video below for more information. Please feel free to contact the office with any questions.
The “Why” of Re-enrollment
One of the primary purposes of the re-enrollment process is to ensure your child’s safety. We’ll send an email from Pathways to collect emergency contact info, including phone numbers and email addresses, as well as information about your learner’s particular health needs that we may need to be aware of. We will also request signatures for forms that must be updated yearly, such as permission for your learner to use technology, a photo release and address verification.
In July, we will be asking all families to complete the School Nutrition Programs Forms, which help us to provide lunches and receive funding for our school.
How to Use Pathways to Re-enroll
Please refer to the video below for instructions on registering online in Pathways.
Looking Forward to 2020-2021!
Thank you for your prompt attention to our upcoming requests as we complete re-enrollment for our exciting school year of 2020-2021!
The iLEAD Family Resource helpline is available to you, toll free, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Dial 833-610-0700.
On April 27, we will be sending a brief survey to gain insight into your perception of our school’s effectiveness during distance learning. We need your feedback in order to continually improve in our mission to provide high-quality learning experiences that meet the needs of our lifelong learners. Please check your email, including your spam folder, for the survey from Panorama Education.
To conduct our Family Survey, we have partnered with Panorama Education, who safeguard your privacy, keeping your responses confidential. The survey will be open through May 11 and shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for your valuable responses.
Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of articles on the pillars of iLEAD Antelope Valley’s educational philosophy and approach.
Last week, we introduced you to what’s behind the letters in “iLEAD” and what each stands for. Today, we’re taking a closer look at the first pillar of the iLEAD acronym: “i,” which represents our “international” focus.
By way of a quick recap, the letters in iLEAD stand for:
Why an international focus? Because we believe learning foreign languages and cultures makes our learners compassionate, open-minded world citizens.
Today’s learners will be leading our society in the future. We want them to become compassionate citizens who gather not simply knowledge but social-emotional skills to appreciate diversity, respect cultural differences, and collaborate with others despite differences.
In addition to facilitating the acquisition of knowledge and growth in social-emotional learning, we encourage our learners to acquire another language. People who are able to communicate in languages other than their native tongue are more confident, which leads to better performance both in their studies and their personal lives.
We agree with Gary Knell of Sesame Workshop, who said, “International education is probably the most important thing. It’s about foreign languages, it’s being able to work and travel in other countries, it’s being able to understand what other people are saying, it’s about listening, which is very important as we move forward in a much more complex world. If we’re going to fix the problems that we have in our own world…it’s going to have to be done by teaching our children through international education.”
At iLEAD Antelope Valley, we believe that when kids have a global perspective, they’re better equipped to make a positive impact in their world.
Next week, join us as we dive into the second pillar of the iLEAD acronym: “leadership.”
