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How an El Sereno charter school fought for (and won) the right to teach in an indigenous language

How an El Sereno charter school fought for (and won) the right to teach in an indigenous language

On a main thoroughfare in East Los Angeles, there's a brightly painted public school: Anahuacalmecac International Preparatory High School, part of the Semillas school network. Semillas — Spanish for "seeds" — teaches teenagers about their indigenous roots and culture.

SemAnahuac Delegation Visits Sovereign Hopi Nation

We'd like to share with our community some photos of the amazing experiences that our students, teachers, and spiritual elder, Tata Cuaxtle, shared with our relatives from the sovereign Hopi Nation, as our SemAnahuac Delegation participates in this year's Hopi Agriculture, Farming, and Food Symposium.

LAUSD - The apartheid district

LAUSD - The apartheid district

With recent elections now behind us, a little bit of history is in order. LAUSD District 5 was created to force the LAUSD board of education to integrate, challenging decades of de facto apartheid.

Graduation Ceremonies and IB Programs Culminations 2016

Anahuacalmecac graduates honored in annual culmination ceremonies presided by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Deborah Sanchez (Chumash), Spiritual Leader Jimmy Castillo (Tongva) and indigenous leader Shannon Rivers (Akimel O-odham).

How a Los Angeles school is pioneering indigenous education – and reaching out to parents and children in one of the city’s most notorious neighbourhoods

The bright lights of Hollywood and the gold-gated mansions of Beverly Hills don't begin to tell the story of Los Angeles, USA. On the city's east side, gangs, drugs and guns are part of the daily fabric of life, but the determined group of teachers behind Semillas Community Schools are engaging the local indigenous Mexican community with a revelatory new educational approach, mixing respect for cultural traditions with a devotion to international-mindedness.

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