Ancora Imparo Elementary School

Mr. J. Guilln, Principal Ms. Melody Lifeson, Assistant Principal Meet Our Professional Staff:

Ms. Linda Acosta, Pre-K Mr. Fukumotto, TA 20 students Ms. Dalila Ortiz, K Ms. Vazquez, TA 20 students Mr. Geddy Lee, 1st grade Ms. Harrison, TA 20 students Ms. Paquita Barrios, 2nd grade Mr. Alto,TA 20 students Mr. Jesse Reyes, 3rd grade Mr. Gonzlez, TA 20 students Ms. Jessica Motto, 4th grade Ms. Wen, TA 20 students Ms. Carmen Lpez, 5th grade 20 students Ms. Amorosa, Special Ed Class 10 students Mr. Ramrez, TA Ms. Ramrez, TA Ms. Blackwell, TA

Ms. Veronica Lopez, Pre-K Mr. Hernndez, TA 20 students Mr. Tiburcio Pea, K Ms. Solita, TA 20 students Mr. Neil Peart, 1st grade Ms. Torres, TA 20 student Mr. Xander Caboni, 2nd grade Ms. Bassi, TA 20 students Mr. Jesse Quevedo, 3rd grade Ms. Cantorn, TA 20 students Mr. Fran Paqun, 4th grade Mr. Schneider, TA 20 students Ms. Julieta Arellano, 5th grade 20 students Mr. Paul George, Specialist Resource Teacher

Mr. Angel Flores, Pre-K Mr. Richards, TA 20 students Ms. Guadalupe Sarabia, K Mr. Prieto, TA 20 students Mr. Scott Morrison,1st grade Mr. Nodal, A 20 students Mr. Jorge Toqun, 2nd grade Mr. Alcantar, TA 20 students Ms. Jade Julissa, 3rd grade Ms. Luigi, TA 20 students Mr. Fred Gaviotta, 4th grade Ms. Jorgensen,TA 20 students Ms. Melody Solar,5th grade 20 students Ms. Sonia Sonnet, Speech Therapist

Ms. Carolina Mndez, Art/Drama Instructor Ms. Victoria Prez, Yoga Specialist/Adapted P.E. Mr. Alfaro, Computer Instructor Mr. Giorgio Pressi, School Nurse Mr. Pau Barretta, Assistant Plant Manager Ms. Dryer, Swimming Instructor PTA President: Hortencia Prez Treasurer: Yolanda Alread

Mr. Sal Hernndez, Rock Band Director Mr. Francisco Acosta, Film Instructor Mr. Froyln Cabuto, Foreign Language Instructor Ms. Diana Rangel, Dance Instructor Ms. Gloria Suave, Secretary1

Mr. Gustavo Cerati, Poetry Instructor Mr. Jiri Andretti, Orchestra Director Mr. Scott Hovda, School Psychologist Mr. Rincn, Plant Manager

Ms. Carmen Fiori, Secretary2

Mr. Waters, Swimming Instructor Ivan Chen, Tennis and Ping Pong Instructor

Ms. Rivers, Swimming Instructor Alfonso Vargas, Basketball and Soccer Coach

Ancora Imparo ES

Telephone 323) 321-2005 Fax 323) 421-2007 Web: WWW.AncoraImparo.Net

331 Rush St. Los Angeles, Ca.90031

Ancora Imparo Elementary School Our Mission is to nurture and prepare all of our students to become college ready and productive members of our community by creating critical thinkers through every academic discipline. Our goal is to empower our Community, Family and Students through Self Transformation for Social Justice. We believe in equity in opportunity and privilege for all people. Our commitment to our students is unbreakable and always focused in their familys and their communitys best interests.

430 students: 210 Boys 220 Girls Breakdown: 85 % Latin American 5% Afro-American 5% Anglo-Saxon 5% Asian School Starts at: 8:00 a.m. Ends at: 3:30 p.m.

24 Teachers 24 Teacher Assistants 14 Special Instructors 2 Plant Managers 1 psychologist 2 Secretaries 1 School Nurse Every Recess 20 minutes Lunch and Recess 40 minutes

Mascot: White Dove

Represents: Liberty and Justice for All. Uniforms: Mandatory Boys: Blue pants Shirt: White or sky blue Tie: Blue, Black or red Girls: Blue pants or Blue skirts Shirt: White or sky blue Tie: Blue, Black or red School Uniforms will be provided To all students through our School and stakeholders

7.5 hours in school 6.5 hours of instruction

Art/Music Responsibilities: Every class is given 10 Every two months our fieldtrips during the students will perform with school year to visit: their ensembles to show their 3 Museums artistic talents via Rock Band, Hollywood Bowl Poetry, Chorus, Dance, Film, Drama-Theatre, S.D. Zoo and or orchestral ensembles. Venice Beach

Book of the Month:

Each month, every classroom will receive a set of books to be given to our students for their home libraries. The book will be taught, digested, presented and instructed to expose our students to a specific author or genre.

CA Mission Huntington Library 2 Concerts at Walt Disney Hall

ncora Imparo Elementary School is an institution of learning that focuses on preparing our young learning community for the 21st century challenges through rigorous instruction in all of the disciplines according to the California Learning Standards for Public Education. Our dedicated staff is committed to the growth of our 430 students, their families and community. Every member of our school has a shared responsibility to make the best of every situation and challenge by providing learning experiences that will last a LIFE time. It is with this
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understanding that our staff is devoted to every single student in our campus. Ancora Imparo ES provides workshops on monthly basis in every classroom to the families of our students after school to support the academic progress of every student. During these workshops parents: 1. Are informed and supported by teachers with learning strategies that support the academic education of their respective children.

2. Are signed up for volunteering events in our campus in the Parent Center. 3. Are given information about upcoming events in the community to continue the ongoing involvement in the city. Our school has 2 computer laboratories with different programs from language, music, mathematics, writing, to continue the support and ongoing development in technology. It is our goal to use Blended Learning as a tool to enhance and develop lateral thinkers for the 21st century era and beyond. Every classroom has a well educated, prepared and caring teacher to instruct every student and differentiate their instruction to meet the academic needs of each student. Along with the teacher, theres a full time paraprofessional to support the learning in small group instruction. Our paraprofessionals are highly motivated future teachers. In fact, this is the main prerequisite for their hiring at Ancora Imparo ES. Services like Special Education, RSP, Speech, Nurse and Psychologist are integrated in our school governance. It is extremely important for our school that our students receive the services they need to shine and become their BEST. At Ancora Imparo ES is essential to educate our children in all areas without prejudice. For this reason, we emphasize the development in the arts as a

mechanism or instrument to sensitize every student. It is our understanding based on research and data that when students are given aesthetic experiences, their brains are working at its peak, giving the individual a sense or feeling of being truly alive. To conclude, Ancora Imparo ES is devoted to create a coherent vision of what it means to be truly educated. Our vision is to provide a foundation for building a balanced, comprehensive, and sequential curriculum for every student. We truly believe that if Ancora Imparo ES is to hold a position of leadership in the state, to compete effectively, and to provide its citizens the quality of life they desire and deserve, the Californian schools must do better in the future than they have in the past. Under this unique philosophy, Ancora Imparo ES opens its doors every single day to the public, to their staff, to its community, and most importantly, to its well deserving students.

Please come and join us and experience the Joy of Learning