Whittier Dual Language School Network

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We totally transformed the next door Skender garden from a weed-invested jungle to a clean, ready to plant garden.

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Jamiah is on his next adventure:  working at an orphanage in Brazil. Here are photos from his good bye party in April.

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Dr. Terrence Roberts is a member of the famous Little Rock Nine. The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in the racially segregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Unfortunately, only 9 of the 150 African American students selected to attend Central High actually attended. The reason for these people [...]

Chicago’s Renaissance 2010 is a plan to close, consolidate, or  turn around schools and turn them over to private charter school operators or selective enrollment schools. Students usually are transferred from one low scoring school to another due to their original school closed.  Renaissance 2010 helps with gentrification and cultural clashes due to several people [...]

Estimada Amber, Necesito ayuda con este enorme problema que tengo. Bueno, mi mamá quiere que me vaya con mi papá el próximo año. Ella quiere que vaya a vivir con él porque ella no quiere lidiar conmigo. Ella está cansada de mí, de cómo me comporto y la actitud que tengo. No quiero ir a [...]

The Whittier Parents Committee, Women Cooperative Movement, and Pilsen Alliance have been demanding improvements for years, yet their cries seemed to fall to the deaf ears of Ron Huberman and CPS.  The three organizations after much work were able to send a list of improvements, and director of funding of CPS Patricia Taylor and a [...]