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In October, the LEACY Youth Project received a very special invitation from the University of Davis, School of Education Department. More about that in a moment! What was really great is that with the support of the Napa Valley Unified School District we were able to take this opportunity to take all of our students for an all day College Tour field trip! It was quite

an eventful day. From leaving VHS at 9AM to arrival and an inspiring presentation at the UC Davis Welcome Center by Dr. Blas Guerrero. It was an engaging and inspiring presentation about college access. We then took a 2 hour tour of the campus. We did not tell the students that this was the biggest campus in California, as we did some serious walking! (continued, pg. 2)

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U.C Davis Welcome Center, welcomed us with our LEGACY logo!

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Of course a big highlight for the students was the "all you can eat" cafeteria lunch and the arcade/bowling ally before our presentation. Finally we made it to our last stop, the School of

Education. As you can recal l , the initial reason for the trip is that the LEGACY Youth P r o j e c t w a s i n v i t e d b y Professor Rebecca Rosa, lead Social Studies professor at the School of Education to present to her class titled "Cultural Diversity in

Education." Part of her course curriculum is to bring in concentric cultures within public schools that are often misunderstood or where there is limited understanding. The goal is to help pre-service teachers (graduate students earning credentials to teach in grades 6-12) gain insights on some of the

issues, problems, possible solutions faced by adolescents as culturally responsive educators. We presented to over 80 college graduate pre-

service teachers! Our panel consisted of 4 current students, 1 alum and 2 coaches. While our students were nervous, their confidence in their ability and purpose was evident while they shared their stories a n d a n s w e r e d questions from the graduate students. The rest of the LEGACY students sat in the audience to support. However, once we were done presenting, some of our other

students passed out the In Lak'ech poem (see page 4 for more info.) and facilitated an entire close out with the unity clap that we do each day in LEGACY. It was really inspiring! Each of our student panelist received a letter of recommendation from Professor Rosa with UC Davis letterhead! It was beautiful day!

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LEGACY youth presenting to future teachers at UC Davis

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OUR ALUMS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?!?! Life After High School

When our youth founders came up with the name LEGACY, they visioned what it meant to leave a legacy. An important value of the LEGACY Youth Project is to continue to support our young men and women after they have graduated high school. Today you can find our alums/class of 2014 enrolled as college students at Napa Valley College and Santa Rosa Junior College.

In addition, our founders/Class of 2014 have returned to the LEGACY

Youth Project as guest speakers for o u r c u r r e n t cohort/high school student members, s h a r i n g t h e i r experiences, what l i f e a f t e r h i g h school is like and the challenges and i m p o r t a n c e o f college life.

You can also find us having dinner, catching up and checking in with each other. We are very proud of the continued legacy that our founders a n d a l u m s a r e b u i l d i n g f o r themselves, their families and our community.

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We begin each day together by reciting In L a k e c h , a M a y a n inspired philosophy. In Lakech is central to the values and culture of the LEGACY Youth Project. It is also a key part to our academic and culturally relevant c u r r i c u l u m . O u r curriculum reflects the experiences and r e a l t i e s o f o u r s t u d e n t s . Demonstrated through evidence-based models, this type of educational experience assist our students

towards a positive cultural and academic identity, prepares our students for college and career, supports our students in developing greater self-esteem, developing positive social, emotional values and social maturity. Our curriculum is grounded in rigorous content with a focus critical thinking, inquiry, self-reflection, and problem solving while maintaining high academic and behavioral expectations. Ultimately its an experience that empowers our students towards civic engagement and becoming agents of social transformation in their community.

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Academic Achievement College & Career Readiness La Cultura Cura: Culturally Relevancy Community Responsive Projects Life Skills and Leadership Development Family Engagement

What We Do

IN LAKECHTeres miotroyo/ You are my other me.Sitehagodaoati/

If I do harm to you,Mehagodaoammismo/

I do harm to myself.Siteamoyrespeto/

If I love and respect you,Me amo y respeto yo/

I love and respect myself. * Mayan Philosophy

Using our Tezcatlipoca (self-reflection) Temple, LEGACY students gather each week to discuss their

grades, life challenges, ways they can improve and how to support each other.

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Two major components to the LEGACY Youth Project is our Academic Achievement and our La Cutlura Cura. All of our components intersect a consistent narrative. Our

La Cutlura Cura component is the key ingredient to the success of our program because its grounded in a positive, sa fe and r igorous learning environment t h a t a l l o w s f o r c u l t i v a t i n g a n d b u i l d i n g p o s i t i v e , t r u s t i n g s t u d e n t -c o a c h / t e a c h e r r e l a t i o n s h i p s . Ultimately its this positive relationship

t h a t o u r s t u d e n t s respond to the high a c a d e m i c a n d behavioral expectations

that is a core principal of our program. All of our students bring their beautiful and precious cultural knowledge and it is who they are and what they bring that defines the LEGACY Youth Project. -In Lakech.

100% Graduation Rate

75% of LYP students increased their Grade Point Averages since joining the LYP

81% of LYP students have expressed that LEGACY has become a home away from home

100% of LYP students reported a lot or some impact of the program on their school attendance and 92% reported a lot or some impact on their academic achievement.

LA CULTURA CURA & ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS

10th Grader Vanessa Wright brings her legacy of her Native American

Pomo ancestry

Cultural symbols such as the Aztec Calendar guides us in critical thinking, self-reflection, positive action and transformation.

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LYP students taking time to self-reflect.

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Community Partners & Funders

This past fall the LEGACY Youth Project and Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center became community partners! Puertas Abiertas has extended their support and guidance by becoming our fiscal agent. We are forever thankful to Puertas Abiertas for their belief in our mission and look forward to a future of community building together. Please learn more about the amazing work Puertas Abiertas is doing in our Napa Valley by checking them out! For more information, visit http://puertasabiertasnapa.org/ or

call 707-224-1786.

The LYP is supported by a grant from the Strong Communities Fund, a Community Impact Fund of Napa Valley Community Foundation, as well as the Napa Fund and Freed Family Fund, Donor Advised Funds of Napa Valley Community Foundation. Support also was made by The California Wellness Foundation. For 20 years, Napa Valley Community Foundation has served as the philanthropic partner to hundreds of individuals, families, nonprofit agencies and corporations in Napa County. Thank you NVCF for the support! For more information, visit www.napavalleycf.org, or call 707.254.9565.

The LYP thanks Modern Woodmen Bank for t h e i r g e n e r o u s m a t c h i n g f u n d s donation! We had a great community bake sale were many of our students spent a day selling bake goods and promoting the LYP!

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LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY

Napa Valley Film Festival

Community Presentations

Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, author, and national Chicano community leader Luis Rodriquez visited the LYP this past Fall. Reading poetry and sharing his life story with our students gave for another inspiring visit by Luis

Rodriquez. This was Luiss second time visiting the LYP and through such time has become part of teh LYP family. The LYP students also had the opportunity to support Luis at the Napa screening of his documentary Rushing Waters, Rising Dreams, hosted by the Cameo Theater.

Poet Laureate of Los Angeles!!!

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The LYP was nominated to represent Vintage High School for this years TEDx Napa Valley Speak Off. This years TEDx Napa Valley theme was Redefining Success. After weeks of preparation, the LYP sent Jorge Navarro, Giovany Castro and Alex Villalpando to rep VHS and LYP at Napa High School where all high schools from Napa County participated. Our LYP students shared and spoke their courageous stories to a large crowd of teenagers and adults. They were courageous, authentic in their stories and honest, letting

our community know that they have truly redefined success!

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Giovanny and Alex shared the stage together as they spoke about the journey from enemies to friends. Jorge on stage speaking abut his success!

Giovanny, Alex and Jorge

prepping for the big day!

Giovanny, Alex and Jorge with LYP coaches Carlos and Omar.

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Each year we are invited to the Bring the Noise event hosted by Nationally renowned youth organization Youth

Speaks. Through the intersection of arts education and youth development p r a c t i c e s , c i v i c e n g a g e m e n t strategies, and high q u a l i t y a r t i s t i c presentation, Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change. Every year, Youth Speaks gathers the community to celebrate the ongoing life and legacy of Dr. King. It was another great, fun and inspiring field trip for our LEGACY youth. *For more information on Youth Speaks

check them out at: http://youthspeaks.org

HONORING THE LEGACY OF MLK

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LEGACY youth visiting the Mission District of San Francisco, checking out Murals, eating some food and getting ready for the Bring the Noise event!

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The LEGACY Youth Project provides a positive, healthy, safe, transformative educational experience for at promise

youth of theNapaValley. We implement a culturally responsive curriculum,providementorship,tutoring, life skills, leadership development,parent

engagement andcommunity responsive projects to ensure our youth arecollege/career ready andsuccessful in developing meaningful lives.We are committed to the success of

every youth in their positive transformation, their future andleaving a LEGACY.

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The LEGACY Youth Project was established in 2013 to support our youth towards positive transformation in their personal and educational lives. We seek your help in continuing to support our youth. We are grateful to

our partner organizations, families and community. IN COMMUNITY SPIRIT!

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