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Student Success

Department Programs

The Legacy LA Student Success Department provides academic intervention, 1-on-1 mentorship, after-school academic support, and holistic support. Our programs support over 300 youth & their families by increasing college access, mental & emotional resources, scholastic retention, personal enrichment, and reducing high school dropout rates.

GRYD

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Logo of GANG REDUCTION & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT with stylized initials GRYD and project-related text. 
 Legacy Youth Overlooking Downtown Los Angeles

Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) strengthens youth/young adults, families, and communities to resist gang influence. GRYD fosters the replacement of gang influence with youth enrichment through public/private collaborations and supporting community-based prevention/intervention services. 

College Persistance

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 Legacy Students at University California Riverside

The College Persistence Program ensures the cultivation of a college-going culture, better career readiness, and the demystification of negative assumptions about higher education within our communities by celebrating milestones and positive interventions in our participants’ lives through a combination of services.

Best Buy Teen Tech Center

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Best Buy logo with the text 'Teen Tech Center' in large blue letters.
Logo of Legacy LA with the text 'Legacy LA' and a curved line connecting to a circle with yellow lines. 
Best Buy Teen Tech Center at Legacy LA

Powered by Best Buy and The Clubhouse Network, the Best Buy Teen Tech Center (BBTTC) offers STEM programming in a safe space for high school students ages 14-18 to learn, explore, and create with industry-standard technology. We prepare for the use of technology in careers through hands-on experience with digital media, robotics, virtual reality, and 3D printing to cultivate the next generation of inventors, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Students learn about Video Production, Music Production, Coding, Photography, T-shirt design, Podcasting, E-sports and much more.

Live Your Legacy

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 Live Your Legacy at Legacy LA

The Live Your Legacy program serves disconnected youth ages 16 -24 who may be involved in the justice system. Through this program, we support youth in navigating the justice system while ensuring they are in compliance with all probation and community service requirements. In addition, we assist youth in obtaining a HS diploma or GED, building career readiness skills, and connecting youth to health care services.

Middle School

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Middle School Student of Legacy LA

The Middle School Program (MSP) serves and academically supports youth from ages 10-15 from Ramona Gardens and surrounding neighborhoods. We provide services at Legacy in education advocacy, tutoring, leadership development, multicultural arts, girls’ groups, STEM education, and mindfulness practices. Through community partnerships, we can provide on-site in-class support and school lunch visits.

High School

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Legacy High School Students in Community

The High School Program (HSP) academically supports underserved high school students in Ramona Gardens and surrounding areas. Throughout their HS experience, we ensure they succeed academically, emotionally, and personally. Through providing services at Legacy in Case Management, Tutoring/Homework Assistance, Social Justice Training, College Madness, and Pathways, we are preparing students to thrive in any career or college of their dreams by implementing tools that foster self-discipline and motivation.

Tutoring

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Tutoring Session at Legacy LA

The Tutoring Program academically supports all students in need with a quiet space and a full team dedicated to their success. All students have access to dedicated tutors who specialize in various subjects. Legacy LA has multiple spaces that have active tutoring sessions around the clock so no need goes unfulfilled.

Mental Health

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Mindfulness Hike in Thousand Oaks, CA.

Established in 2021, the Legacy Mental Health Program addresses youth’s mental/emotional well-being needs through personalized individual or group therapy sessions. Each session is geared towards youth sharing and processing their life experiences and gaining coping skills to better navigate them. Our goal is to serve the youth of Ramona Gardens and the immediate area, giving them access to free services.

Life Skills

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Life Skills: Changing a Tire

Every week, students learn essential life skills such as automobile maintenance/repair, cooking, everyday dishes, laundry, ironing, and more. These lessons form life-long habits and instill self-motivation to exponentially reduce any day-to-day hardship during the transition from youth to adulthood.

Rainbow Alliance

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Rainbow Alliance Heartbreakers Pinata Event

A safe place where queer and LGBTQ students can gather to create fellowship, educating themselves about issues facing their peers in community, and create space to join together in harmony.