HOLA 7th and 8th Grade Students Present "College Counts"
HOLA students attend some of the most under resourced and underperforming schools in the LAUSD. In a recent report, two of HOLA’s prominent feeder high schools were listed in the lowest 5% of California’s most underperforming schools. Less than 50% of high school students graduate on time from area high schools. Click here to view the full article.

Counselors are key for students' success
One of the best friends students can make, whether they are in middle or high school, or have moved on to a community college or a university, is their counselor or adviser. Click here to view the full article.

Obama to Nation's Students: Aim for College, and Innovate
President Obama appeared at a District of Columbia public school Wednesday and delivered a straightforward—and apolitical—message: Work hard, and set your sights on college. Your country needs your help, and your ideas. Click here to view the full article.

College and Career Club - Students Teaching Students
When Kevin Linell came to our school to make his Career and College Clubs pitch, he seemed no different than most educational consultants who visit. He did catch our attention, though, because he did two things that were really out of the ordinary. First, he said that his program offered money. You don’t dangle money in front of cash-strapped educators without seeing them salivate and pretend to be enthralled, even if they have become jaded by the promises of the next great educational program. Click here to read the full article.

Perspective: Career & College Clubs promote college readiness
Desire, community, family, education. Those simple but powerful words have shaped the lives of many successful individuals. Just ask Randall Martinez, who along with his six siblings was born and raised in the Southern California community of La Puente. Click here to read the full article.