Welcome to Learning Works!

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Learning Works is a vibrant community welcoming all types of students. Our students are mostly 11th and 12th graders working toward a high school diploma. We also have a small middle school and 9th-grade program design to include some classroom instruction. Our main campus is in Pasadena with a resource center to students attending Learning Works@Homeboy Industries in Boyle Heights. We also offer a pregnant and parenting teen program with many on-site resources.  Our staff and partners operate under a set of principles. We operate with an irrational commitment to our students and their success.

Our school operates similarly to a college campus.  Students can come and go based on their own schedule and course requirements including science labs, teacher appointments, lectures, tutoring and field trips. Students are scheduled in the courses and requirements they need to reach a diploma.  Every day a Chaser-coordinated field trip leaves campus to visit museums/events related to science, social studies, careers/postsecondary and the arts.  LW@Homeboy students have separate field trips, lectures, and labs but join the main campus for and art studio time. Free lunch is served every day to all students.

The campus is alive with many activities. Programs include; Health days, Job/College Search days, and Student Council. Just down the street, artWORKS offers a wide range of visual and performing arts opportunities. We offer our students the same activities that other schools offer.  At the end of every trimester, the school holds a food event—BBQ or taco truck. Prom is held in May at Noor in Old Town Pasadena. This elegant event includes a DJ, food and prom pictures. GRAD Night is held at Magic Mountain every June for graduates. Our beautiful graduation ceremony is held each year with our students dressed in full cap and gown. We ask for financial help from our community to sponsor our student activities, and all students can participate.

Learning Works has a Student Council that all enrolled students are invited to join. Our Student Council plans all student activities, including BBQs, Prom, Grad Night and graduation. Student Council members participate in special team building events, including rope courses, fundraisers, Pasadena ArtNight and many others!