ARISE High School - Granicus

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THE FOUNDERS
Welcome to ARISE High School!
We hope that everyone joining this community is as excited as we are to be a part of
this exemplary school and that you are eager to be a part of this learning adventure
with us. "Adventure" is a good word for this experience, because so much of the
ARISE High School experience will be about stretching horizons and exploring new
possibilities and opportunities.
As a school, we will push the boundaries of what people think of when they imagine
an Oakland high school with Oakland young people. In the past, this image has
included a lot of limits and negative attitudes. ARISE High School will push people's
preconceptions and demonstrate that a high school in Oakland can be a model of
success for the nation—and that our young people can truly achieve at the highest
levels, go on to college, and become leaders and movers and shakers in our world,
regardless of where they are coming from, economic, racial, or linguistic background,
learning differences, or any other ingredient.
As individual members of the school community, we will be asked to personally push
boundaries and approach learning as an adventure—in some cases quite literally if
on an Outward Bound or other wilderness course or participating in a cultural
exchange in another country. In other cases, the adventures will be close to home
and maybe more intellectual, whether participating in an internship or trying to design
and conduct a biochemistry experiment.
Explore and enjoy this journey with us!
Laura, Romeo, Emma, Edgardo, Guadalupe, Jean, Leslie, Eileen, Bronwyn and the
rest of the founders of the school (and you are now included)