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DESCRIPTION:Please spread the word and know that you are all invited to attend our 
 Ribbon Cutting Celebration of the Lafortune Memorial Garden this Friday at 
 11am at New School Community Day School in Watsonville. 165 Harkins Slough 
 Road. Contact Olga in the office 831.761.6140 or Bryan Love at 831.227.5982 
 for more information.\n\nNew School Unveils Louis Lafortune Memorial 
 Garden\n\nRibbon Cutting Dedication to New School’s Longtime, Stalwart, 
 Educator\n\nStudents and staff have been working hard since January of this 
 year, aided by a multitude of Watsonville community partners, putting 
 together the Louis Lafortune Memorial Garden on the New School campus. New 
 School will be hosting a ribbon cutting celebration on their campus at 11am 
 this Friday, June 2, to unveil the work they’ve done to honor the 
 longtime, stalwart, sociology teacher who passed away unexpectedly, last 
 spring.\n\nNew School’s Lead Teacher, Science Lead and now Master 
 Gardener, Bryan Love, lists Watsonville’s Environmental Science Workshop, 
 Plant Horizons, Sunrise Nurseries, K & D Landscaping and Vision Recycling 
 as partners without whom this labor of love, for his good friend and 
 mentor, Louis Lafortune, would never have gotten  into  the 
 ground.\n\n“Mr. Lafortune embodied the principles and ideals of New 
 School. We hope to continually honor the example he set by maintaining this 
 garden with the dedication, passion and idealism Mr. Lafortune brought to 
 our school each day he was here.”\n\n###\n\nMore About New School\n\nNew 
 School Community Day School was founded in 1994 to keep displaced high 
 school students off the streets of Watsonville. Students typically come to 
 New School with truancy issues, credit deficits, disciplinary records or 
 with stipulations of their probation to attend. Today, New School serves 45 
 students, that are 100% Latino/Latina, 80% English Language Learners, 90% 
 of whom come from families that qualify as low-income.\n\nMost of our 
 students are here for credit recovery. Prior to admission, they must 
 acknowledge responsibility for their mistakes and commit to changing 
 unproductive habits. Our goal is to help our youth correct behaviors so 
 that they can become more productive at school, at home, at work, and in 
 the community.\n\nNew School  \nhttps://new-pajaro-ca.schoolloop.com/ 
 \n\nNew School on 
 Facebook\nhttps://www.facebook.com/New-School-Community-Day-School-395142827252718/\n\n\nMore 
 About Community Day Schools\n\nCommunity day schools are operated by school 
 districts and county offices of education. Community day schools serve 
 mandatory and other expelled students, students referred by a School 
 Attendance Review Board, and other high-risk youths. The 360-minute minimum 
 instructional day includes academic programs that provide challenging 
 curriculum and individual attention to student learning modalities and 
 abilities. Community day school programs also focus on the development of 
 prosocial skills and student self-esteem and resiliency.\n\nCommunity day 
 schools are intended to have low student-teacher ratios. Students benefit 
 from learning support services that include school counselors and 
 psychologists, academic and vocational counselors, and pupil discipline 
 personnel. Students also receive collaborative services from county offices 
 of education, law enforcement, probation, and human services agency 
 personnel who work with at-risk youth. Community day schools are supported 
 by supplemental apportionment for community day school attendance, in 
 addition to base revenue funding.\n\nCommunity Day 
 Schools\nhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/eo/cd/\n\n\nMore Information on Louis 
 LaFortune\n\n“Louis was a teacher who was fiercely dedicated to justice. 
 He was always supportive and involved in our community work and 
 campaigns.” -Jenn Laskin\n\nIn Memory of Louis LaFortune, Compassionate 
 Peace Activist\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/17/18784150.php\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/31/18799838.php
SUMMARY:New School Unveils Louis Lafortune Memorial Garden
LOCATION:New School Community Day School \n165 Harkins Slough Road\nWatsonville, CA 
 95076
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/31/18799838.php
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