Tag: Monroe Clark Middle School

  • Monroe Clark Students Learn Photography Techniques

    By Julia Richardson Monroe Clark Middle School students have been exploring photo techniques such as repetition, rule of thirds, silhouettes and documentary photography through The AjA Project’s PhotoCity class. Students voted on their favorite photos to share with their peers and the local community. “Warrior Pose” by Angelita, age 11. “This picture shows my classmate,…

  • Monroe Clark Middle Goes Green With Campus Garden

    A new community garden at Monroe Clark already is bearing fruit…er, vegetables.| Photo Credit: Christina Chomut By Julia Richardson Haga clic aquí para leerlo en Español At first glance, photography and gardening may not appear to have much in common. But at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights, an effort aimed at having students…

  • Puppets, Marching Band Welcome City Heights Students

    Sixth graders from Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights marched with colorful flags and handmade masks to great incoming students at Rosa Parks Elementary School two blocks away, July 9, 2013. | Photo Credit: Kyla Calvert By Kyla Calvert Sixth graders holding colorfully painted flags and handmade masks waited eagerly on the athletic field…

  • School Clinics Keep Students Healthy and In Class: Teen Producers Video

    City Height’s newest school clinic at Monroe Clark middle school is helping students get quality health care. School administrators say the effort helps keep attendance levels and academic achievement high because healthy students are more likely to show up to class. That’s the case for Andrea Vizcarra, who is getting support for her high blood…

  • Tweet City Heights: Obama Grants DREAMers Deportation Relief

    By Megan Burks Executive Order Grants DREAMers Deportation Relief, Work Permits The big news this morning: President Obama announced an executive order that could spare hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation. The new policy grants temporary legal status and work permits to immigrants younger than 30 years old whom were brought to…