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Organization Description
LA’s BEST – Better Educated Students for Tomorrow – was created in 1988 by Mayor Tom Bradley to address an alarming rise in the lack of adequate adult supervision of children during the critical hours between 3 and 6 p.m. From its inception, LA’s BEST has maintained a balance of high quality standards for education, enrichment, and recreation guided by the following value statements:
1. Nothing we do is as important as the effect it has on a child.
2. Engaging activities develop values, skills and relationships. Activities are not seen as ends in themselves, but as vehicles for creating values, building skills and solidifying peer and adult relationships. An engaging activity is one that holds children’s attention, awakens their imagination, and inspires them to want to learn more.
3. All children have equal rights to be accepted, respected and valued by others. Children are viewed as individuals to be developed, not problems to be solved.
4. Children should be involved in decision-making and program design. If children get to choose how, when, in what and with whom to be engaged, they are far more likely to enjoy themselves and behave cooperatively.
5. When we listen for understanding everyone learns — children and adults alike. We are constantly able to learn from our children as well as each other. Everyone is a learner.
(More)LA's BEST Updates
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Michaela Pereira is a KTLA news anchor and frequent volunteer for after-school education organization LA's Best. Hear how she got "hooked" on public service.
- 08.13.09
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Carla Sanger, M.Ed., President and Chief Executive Officer of LA's BEST.
- 12.29.08
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LA's BEST Blog
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LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program is raffling off the luxurious, all-new 2010 Lexus RX 450h. TICKETS ARE $250 AND ONLY 500 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD. You can feel extra lucky knowing that the fu...
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Supported Events
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- Apr. 24th, 2009
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- 06:08pm
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Please join us for a night of gambling, food and drinks in support of the LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program.
- Apr. 18th, 2009
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- 08:00pm
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Please join 2,100 kids from 140 different LA's BEST schools for an exciting Dance and Drill Team Showcase!
- May. 2nd, 2009
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- 09:00am
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The Annual Family brunch salutes the importance of family and provides an opportunity for LA's BEST to honor those in our community who support our program and enrich the lives of children.
- Jun. 7th, 2009
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- 11:00am
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A wine tasting and auction to benefit LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program.
- Oct. 16th, 2009
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- 07:30pm
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I used to be a mentor in the program. LA's Best gave me an oppurtunity to become the teacher that I am today.- 10.13.09
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