BLOGGING LIVE: WASHINGTON D.C. 2008
LLA students are thrilled to be spending this historic election week in our nation's capitol! Visit the Diverse Treasure blog for daily updates about what we are seeing, hearing and learning.
LLA students are thrilled to be spending this historic election week in our nation's capitol! Visit the Diverse Treasure blog for daily updates about what we are seeing, hearing and learning.
Welcome!
Life Learning Academy Students
Thank you for visiting the Life Learning Academy website!
Whether you are a student, a parent, an educator, a member of our support network, or simply a friend, we hope you find the site both informative and inspirational.
For the past ten years, LLA’s innovative, project-based teaching strategies have earned national recognition for their creativity and effectiveness. These unique lessons combine academic disciplines with real-world vocational skills to fully engage students. By combining subjects like Geometry and Bike Mechanics, LLA’s classes require students to become more versatile, practical, thoughtful, and effective at complex problem-solving. We are excited to offer online access to this curriculum, and encourage teachers to create new models that build on LLA’s successes.
Please return for updates about LLA's activities and achievements, and to download new lessons as they become available.
Overview
The Life Learning Academy is a San Francisco Unified School District charter school serving high-school aged youth who have been involved in the juvenile justice system, or who face challenges including serious school failure, gang involvement, poverty, abuse, and substance abuse.
The Life Learning Academy is a San Francisco Unified School District charter school serving high-school aged youth who have been involved in the juvenile justice system, or who face challenges including serious school failure, gang involvement, poverty, abuse, and substance abuse.
Mission
The Life Learning Academy is committed to creating a safe, nonviolent community for students who have not been successful in traditional school settings. LLA welcomes students into an 'extended family' which motivates everyone to give and receive support, develop responsibility and judgment, and build the academic, vocational and social skills necessary to be successful.
The Life Learning Academy is committed to creating a safe, nonviolent community for students who have not been successful in traditional school settings. LLA welcomes students into an 'extended family' which motivates everyone to give and receive support, develop responsibility and judgment, and build the academic, vocational and social skills necessary to be successful.