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While Para Los Niños does not have a current concern of an active exposure to COVID-19, we will be closing all charter schools and early education centers beginning March 16, 2020 through Friday April 10, 2020. The overall health risk to the general public in California remains low but the health and safety of our children, …

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Para Los Niños is thrilled to welcome Sandra Aispuro to the Board of Directors. Sandra comes to PLN with over 21 years of experience in the financial community banking industry and a passion for volunteering for organizations that support underserved communities. Her drive comes from being born and raised, herself, in a low-income minority neighborhood …

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Pictured (L-R): Sarah Figueroa, Para Los Niños COO, Drew Furedi, Para Los Niños President and CEO, Maria Salinas, UnidosUS Board Chair and President and Los Angeles-Area Chamber of Commerce CEO, and Fernando Godinez, UnidosUS Affiliate Council Chair and President and Mexican American Unity Council, Inc. CEO August 6, 2019 San Diego, CA - Saturday, August …

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Para Los Niños held their annual “Felices Fiestas” holiday family festival for over 1,000 children, youth, and adults December 15, 2018, at their Gratts Primary School location. Also in attendance were U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez, State Senator Maria Elena Durazo, and Assemblymember Miguel Santiago and multiple celebrity guests from the Para Los Niños relationship with …

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Today, while in town for her Becoming book tour, former First Lady Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the Para Los Niños Tina and Rick Caruso Early Education Center, located in Skid Row, to spend time and read with a group of four-year-old children from an underserved area of Los Angeles.  The visit was hosted …

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Para Los Niños Charter Elementary School students outperformed their peers at neighboring schools and, in some measures, the entire LAUSD district and the state of California on the 2018 Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) exam. Scoring higher than LAUSD in Math across third, fourth, and fifth grades – by three, two and nine points, respectively …

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Para Los Niños received a 21st Century Fox Community Grant of $50,000 this summer to build a partnership with our neighbor Inner City Arts—a safe sanctuary of creative inspiration for thousands of inner-city children. Through this partnership, our elementary and middle school students in grades 4th-8th gain a hands-on learning experiences in specialized studios through …

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