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Current and Former LAHSA students share their experiences at LAHSA and RFK.

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LAHSA is a small school of about 450 students in a larger complex at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools of four thousand students. As a small school you will be known by the teachers and the counselors and there is lots of personal attention. Here at LAHSA we take pride in that our kids call this place home we often refer to LAHSA as *su casa* because our kids find it safe and a learning and fun environment here at our school.  We get to know our kids personally & connect with them. Our teachers work one-on-one with them figuring out who they are as a person -- we don't just want to know at our students academically we want to know their passions, their desires, and who they want to be as they continue to grow here at our school. So basically, LAHSA gives you the opportunity to take AP classes, which are college-level classes, and these classes help increase your GPA so... (you should take some AP classes!) Ms. Macdonald is always there to show you internships or programs that may pique your interest. She will always message you personally to help you through the steps of how to apply for this, so they don't just show you something or leave you behind. My professor Googled me and she found so much on me because of LAHSA. She just found so much on me that it was insane because she told me that if anyone were to ever Google me that were a part of a corporation or a part of any huge company or business that it'd be interesting work with me. I feel like this is, this is big. This is... you get to discover what *you* want to pursue, you know, in the future. Our school is unique in that we work with professionals: the students have opportunities to take college courses, to take AP courses, as well and to integrate the Arts with other content areas. So we have a S.T.E.A.M. focus and students are able to study engineering or computer science as it relates to the arts. For design, you learn to put your ideas that are on paper into a real thing and I think that's amazing and cool, and even if you don't pursue acting or design, you learn these great things for when you're older and it's just amazing that ... these things that you learn at LAHSA stick with you until after high school There are a lot of skills that you learn from being a part of Arts: learning people stories and how to understand people and work with them; how to make presentations and do public speaking; and really how to gain self confidence so that you're able to articulate your ideas and express your opinions. But also... Every teacher at LAHSA is so welcoming and supportive they want you to do your best and to feel your best. If you're ever struggling with the material or with anything in your personal life, you can communicate it with them and tell them about it. And they will try their best to help you So... It's really easy to feel safe and at home at LAHSA. I love LAHSA, honestly... um... it's probably one of the best choices I've made in my life, but... yeah, that's what I really like about LAHSA: they help you, they prepare you for the world, they... they teach you how to get out of that comfort zone of yours. In 2017, senior year of high school at the Mark Taper Forum ... I had just performed a monologue for the August Wilson Monologue Competition. I was in my dressing room, I was in the dressing room in tears. Tears were flowing down my eyes I had lost the competition amongst 12 other talented actors and *this* moment is my favorite moment of being a LAHSA student. If it wasn't for for my teachers pushing me constantly to keep going, if it wasn't for my classmates who were, like, you know, cheering me on.  For some of my classmates to, like, keep supporting me in theatre, and telling me to keep going, I wouldn't have been in the position where I was. And it was at that very moment when I was so grateful for the High School that I went to. My name is Clara Choi and I'm currently a graduate student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where I'm getting my Masters in Arts and Education. The reason why I am here today, doing what I'm doing now is because of my experience at LAHSA. My Favorite memories from LAHSA were the moments when I was able to explore the world, take different perspectives and find my voice through theatre. And having that safe space, that supportive space, to do that was truly life-changing for me. And, so... the life goal for me right now is to bring that magical experience that I had at LAHSA to as many students as possible. So I know that you will find that supportive environment, the life-long friends, and supportive community at LAHSA, as well as your voice.

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