Finding My Village with KIPP Northern California
Venus Robles, a KIPP Stockton mother of 4 and her three sons who attend KIPP Stockton Elementary. I have three triplet boys at KIPP Stockton elementary and I also have a daughter, Annabella, at...
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KIPPsters Take on College (& Life!)
Senior year is an exciting time, and spring is an especially buzzy season as students make decisions about their postsecondary steps. It’s both a celebratory and pivotal time—for many students, this is the first...
Surfacing Student Thinking: What KIPP’s Learning from AI in Middle School Classes
When a new tool enters a classroom, someone has to be willing to ask the hard questions: Does this actually work? For which students? Under what conditions? At KIPP Northern California, we’ve built our...
What Expanded Learning Makes Possible
Mayra Anaya, KIPP Heritage Expanded Learning Site Director If you read my birth certificate, it says I was born in Los Angeles, but the full story is richer and more complex. My family returned...
A Place to Belong: One Family’s Story at KIPP Valiant
Carmen remembers vividly what it felt like when she first began looking for a school in the Peninsula for her son, Salo, nearly a decade ago. She wasn’t searching for a place to simply...
Your story matters. The world needs to hear it
Emmanuel De La Torre, KIPP Stockton High School Ethnic Studies and History teacher I grew up in East San José, and it was a place where cultures blended beautifully! I remember seeing Hispanic, Asian,...
Understanding the Importance of Community
My name is Chloe Wong, and I’m a junior at USC studying Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing and a minor in public relations. But if we rewind a bit, it all started...
A KIPPster Finds Her Calling in Advocacy
Daisy Carmona grew up in East San José with a front-row seat to the impact of school choice. Today, she is a proud graduate of KIPP San José Collegiate and UC Riverside and works...
From KIPP Students to KIPP Employees: Our Intern Experiences
My name is Miriam Fernandez, and I’m one of the eight KIPP alumni who interned with the KIPP Regional Support Office (RSO) this summer in Oakland. Since 2013, KIPP NorCal has hosted the summer...
Navigating Through KIPP and UC Berkeley: My Story of Identity, Creativity, and Finding Community
I was born and raised in Oakland. The city life is what I was used to, but on my 10th birthday, my family and I moved to a suburban neighborhood in San Lorenzo. Moving...
From West Oakland to Capitol Hill: My Full Circle KIPP Story
My name is Sandra, and in the summer before 6th grade, my family and I moved to West Oakland. My mom and I were excited to be part of the community and enroll in...