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Crew, Lawn Service Clean Ups, Tree Trim, Sprinklers, Handyman, etc. Lic# 100085424 Da Vinci Schools’ RISE High to Serve County’s Homeless and Foster Students By Brian Simon As the local community continues to monitor the progress of the upcoming Wiseburn High School campus (the future home of Da Vinci Communications, Da Vinci Design, and Da Vinci Science high schools) and onsite aquatics center, a major program arguably a bit under the radar will also take flight this fall. Thanks to a $10 million grant provided by XQ: The Super School Project co-led by Laurene Powell Jobs (the widow of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs), the new RISE High launched at Da Vinci Schools will provide educational opportunities for underserved homeless and foster children in the broader Los Angeles County. A major component of the program will embed school sites within multiple social service-provider locations in high-need areas across Los Angeles (with MOU agreements in process with identified partners). Additionally, a Mobile Resource Center (MRC) will travel to strategic locations to meet students who are disconnected from traditional school campuses. Stops will include areas near shelters and service providers. “Students will be able to track the location of the center via its Twitter handle, as well as on the RISE app,” explained Kari Croft, RISE High Principal. “The MRC will be equipped to serve and support students by providing meals, snacks and water; a washer and dryer; hygiene kits; tutoring and academic support; laptops, computers and Wi-Fi access; outlets to charge cell phones; and school supplies.” Da Vinci was one of just 10 schools across the country to secure grants in a competition in which 42 judges pored over nearly 700 applications comprised of various ideas to reimagine high schools. Da Vinci Schools CEO Dr. Matt Wunder didn’t think there was much of a chance to win the grant. “It’s not because I didn’t believe in the vision and the team, but because the XQ competition was so extremely competitive—and originally, only five awards were to be handed out,” he said. The impetus for RISE goes back several years when Wunder maintained a regular dialogue with Natasha Bayus, Team Leader of Volunteer Engagement, at Schools on Wheels—a nonprofit based on Downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row--that provides 1:1 afterschool tutoring and mentoring. Bayus had a counseling internship at Da Vinci Schools and related to Wunder that despite the best intentions, Schools on Wheels could not provide many of the important services these children needed to thrive both academically and personally. In 2014, a small Da Vinci team met with Schools on Wheels officials about the latter potentially becoming its own state-funded school. That team included a colleague of Los Angeles educator Croft, who was also interested in creating a school to serve at-risk students. Da Vinci offered Croft, a Master’s candidate in School Leadership at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, a fellowship in 2015/16 during which time she apprenticed with Da Vinci leadership and staff and received input from key stakeholders in education, business and homeless/foster youth providers to help shape the concept for a new charter school called RISE (which stands for Revolutionary Individualized Student Experience). “Kari wanted to apply for this grant—and along with Da Vinci’s network, we helped bring together an all-star team of educators, industry professionals, nonprofit leaders and students to design the model and write the grant,” said Wunder. “The application itself was an exceptional planning tool and responding to the questions could only accelerate and extend the school design process.” Croft pointed out the importance of the program to address the major obstacles faced by homeless and foster youth unable to obtain credit in an educational system that places a premium on seat time. “Research shows that homeless and foster youth are 87 percent more likely to leave high school before graduating,” she noted. “The traditional high school models often do not account for the unique and extensive needs of impoverished, homeless, and other types of at-risk students. We believe this mastery/competency and real world-based school will meet disconnected young people where they are and help get them to where they need to go to be successful in school, career and life. If successful, this will serve as a replicable model for other organizations to implement in other high-need counties.” Funding for RISE will be allocated over a five-year period and used in three major categories—personnel; start-up costs for technology and facilities; and wraparound items such as counseling, health and wellness, housing, and job placement. While Da Vinci will craft the academics as well as offer the academic portion of the program locally, RISE itself won’t be located on the new Wiseburn campus at 201 N. Douglas Street in El Segundo. It will co-locate with social service providers outside of Wiseburn and an MRC will cater to the needs of the most at-risk students. Currently, a small Da Vinci RISE (Da Vinci Flex) serves just under 30 students at the Del Aire Campus. The first resource center outside of Wiseburn boundaries will open this August. “We believe Da Vinci RISE can meet the needs of a variety of students, including those who need to recover credits, are highly motivated and wish to accelerate their progress toward a high school diploma and/or college degree, have medical needs, are athletes or have a wide variety of extenuating circumstances that require flexibility of schedule, or are interested in incorporating extended work experiences into their education,” said Croft. Organizers believe that targeting social service provider locations at school sites will allow students to identify a “home” base—so those students can feel empowered and see their needs prioritized. Rather than mandating traditional fixed campus school hours, RISE will provide “flex scheduling” to allow students to meet personal needs and fulfill work, familial and other responsibilities outside of schools. “Each student will work with an Education Team comprised of teachers, parents/guardians, counselors and other supports to create a Personalized Learning Plan (PLP) including a schedule that combines learning experiences in a way that best meets his/her individual needs,” said Croft. “RISE will offer an extended school day, week and year to ensure each student has the time and support of a consistent, stable environment to meet his/her individual needs. Under this system, students can also progress at their own pace.” The RISE Board of Trustees (under the helm of Da Vinci Schools Board President Chet Pipkin) consists of several prominent community and business leaders. On the academic side Croft will serve as Principal, with RISE co-founder Eric Whalen as Assistant Principal. Wunder will also play a large role, as will Wiseburn Superintendent Dr. Tom Johnstone. “Since the inception of Da Vinci Schools in 2009, both Wiseburn Unified School District and Da Vinci Schools have shared a passion for serving marginalized students who face many obstacles to receiving an excellent education,” said Johnstone. “The XQ Super School Project gives Da Vinci Schools the necessary time and resources to establish a model program that others can learn and benefit from. Wiseburn’s interests in this endeavor are in helping Da Vinci Schools to remove obstacles and barriers so the talented members of the RISE High School staff can fully dedicate their energies to serving these students. In the end, if RISE High thrives and is as successful as I know it will be, we all benefit and all of society wins!” •
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