New Village Girls Academy

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New Village Girls Academy
Location
Los Angeles, California
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Type Charter
Established 2006
School district Los Angeles
Principal Dr. Andrea Purcell
Grades 9–12
Gender All girl
Website Official website

New Village Girls Academy is an all-girls, college preparatory charter school, which opened in September 2006 with grades 9 and 10. For the school year beginning in September 2007, 11th grade was added; 12th grade was added the following year. New Village’s goal is that all graduating seniors will be well prepared to either apply to a four- or two-year college; to enroll in vocational training; or to enter directly into the world of work. The school is located near Rampart and Beverly Boulevards in Los Angeles, California.

A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. Charter schools are an example of public asset privatization.

Los Angeles City in California

Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in California, the second most populous city in the United States, after New York City, and the third most populous city in North America. With an estimated population of four million, Los Angeles is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. The city is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood and the entertainment industry, and its sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles is the largest city on the West Coast of North America.

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New Village Girls Academy is the first all-girl charter school in California. The school encourages students within a girls-only setting to achieve academic success, emotional well-being, and social responsibility for self, family and community. By providing a rigorous curriculum with an individualized learning plan for each young woman, New Village Girls Academy is designed to provide a personalized educational program based on strengths, needs, interests, goals and plans for a productive future. [1]

The school provides individual counseling services and small group problem solving groups to assist young women in addressing personal and human development challenges. Through reflection in advisory, weekly group discussion, journal writing and expression in drama, art, music and dance, girls have the opportunity to foster a positive emotional well-being. New Village offers students the opportunity to participate in community service in nearby agencies. Young women can learn social responsibility by sharing, giving and volunteering in local health, senior citizen, and early education agencies. Through the David Lynch Foundation students have learned Transcendental Meditation, [2] which has helped students in their daily lives.

David Lynch Foundation organization

The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace (DLF) is a global charitable foundation with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Fairfield, Iowa. It was founded by film director and Transcendental Meditation (TM) practitioner David Lynch in 2005 to fund the teaching of TM in schools. Over the years it has expanded its focus to include other "at-risk" populations such as the homeless, U.S. military veterans, African war refugees and prison inmates.

The Transcendental Meditation technique or TM is a form of silent mantra meditation, developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The meditation practice involves the use of a mantra and is practiced for 20 minutes twice per day while sitting with one's eyes closed. It is one of the most-widely practiced, and among the most widely researched meditation techniques, with over 340 peer-reviewed studies published. Beginning in 1965, the Transcendental Meditation technique has been incorporated into schools, universities, corporations, and prison programs in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and India. In 1977, a U.S. federal district court ruled that a curriculum in TM and the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) being taught in some New Jersey schools was religious in nature and in violation of the First Amendment. However, the technique has since been included in a number of educational and social programs around the world.

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References

  1. ↑ New Village Girls Academy | Bonnie Boswell Reports | PBS , retrieved 2017-10-19
  2. ↑ "Partnerships". New Village Charter High School. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

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