Giving Back Locally This Holiday … With The Monarch School
Monarch School’s mission is to serve as a place of hope and belonging to young students who need it most.
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PART ONE: AFIRA DEVRIES, PRESIDENT AND CEO, MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT
What does it take to bring light where there is darkness, provide stability amidst uncertainty, and guide growth through change? The marks of a true ChangeMaker. This week, Katie welcomes Afira DeVries, a devoted leader empowering vulnerable youth. As President and CEO of Monarch School in San Diego, Afira leads an extraordinary public school serving students impacted by homelessness.
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San Diego Padres partner with Monarch School for back-to-school shopping
Our solutions must extend beyond surface level short-term ‘fixes’ and instead focus on improving conditions by investing in permanent supportive housing.
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Monarch School educates community on unhoused youth
For decades, Monarch School has been the only K-12 school in the nation whose entire student population is unhoused. While the school had widespread community support, for the dignity of its 300 students, it often remained insular to outsiders.
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San Diego Foundation grants $2 million to help learning and social recovery
San Diego Foundation awarded $2 million in grants to 14 nonprofit partners with the intent of providing summer programming promoting post-pandemic academic and social recovery of students in the county, it was announced today.
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Promoting Resilience: Social-Emotional Learning Sustenance in the Monarch School Project
A recent study by the Jacobs Institute at the University of San Diego shows how Monarch School Project nourishes the unique social-emotional strengths of unhoused youth.
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CBS-8 Interview at the Chrysalis
CBS 8 is showing the power of art and how it’s keeping the culture alive for students at the Monarch School in Barrio Logan.
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The Monarch School Nurtures Unhoused Children in San Diego
A world of change has come to students struggling with issues related to homelessness at this San Diego school, NBC 7’s Catherine Garcia reports.
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San Diego’s Monarch School Project Students Sell 70 Art Pieces at Art San Diego
Times of San Diego September 14, 2022 Students at San Diego’s Monarch School Project sold more than 70 art pieces after partnering with Humble Design, a nonprofit interior design company in Logan Heights, at Art San Diego last week. By partnering with the nonprofit, students learned “many impactful lessons” related to interior design, art making,
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National Pizza Day- Heather Lake and Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza
Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza and Heather Lake of Fox 5 News collaborated in support of Monarch School Project. Heather Lake participated in a National Pizza Day contest making a signature pizza in partnership with Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza and won! Thanks to their generous support, we received $5,000 supporting our Garden and Nutrition Program. Our Garden and
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