ABOUT THE ARTIS

Rick Lopez , Graduated from Truckee High School in 1993. He designed this five foot by seven foot mural for our wall and painted it as a dedication to ouur program. His vision is of two doves of peace coming together.

STUDENTS QUOTES

Blanca Ramos : "I came here from San Francisco after I had my baby . I was fourteen years old. The teachers here are diffrent. They take extra time whenever I need help. Now , i'm going to graduate in one and a half years

Carmen Nevarez : "I think that it's nice yo help other schools bacause our school isn't like other schools. People don't dropout, and we don't fight. We're all here to study and graduate.

Brooke Maes : " I was in the Conversation Class , we got to know one another. And now we are friends. We go down the hall and say, "Hi," to each other . Now , I'm in Spanish II, and I can ask the Bilingual students questions. And they help me

Statistics

Honor roll for E.S.L students has gone from 0% to 39%. While the number of E.S.L. students continues to grow at an average rate of 15% per year,our "at risk" students remain at a constant <10%.>

HISTORY OF OUR PROGRAM

We were motivated to initiate this program when racial tension between Hispanics and Anglos escalated at Truckee High School . Truckee is situated in the Sierra between Sacramento , South Shore Lake Tahoe and Reno . These cities have been experiencing increasing amount of gang violence and warfare. About 10 years ago , some our students began to imitate the gangs that were being depicted in the movies. Racial problems arose immediately. Students began wearing colors , forming gangs and fighting. At this point , we made two commitments: 1) that every racial incident would be dealt with in a counseling environment with parental involvement , and 2) that we would begin a proactive approach using intercultural and intercurricular programs.

Barbara , The ESL teacher and Karen , the spanish teacher met to design a plan of combining classes on a weekly basis. They utilize cooperative learning techniques along with live-event learning philosophies to involve the students in whole language interchange. Activities include interviews , debates , games ,holiday celebrations , dances and many other projects . The commonality of these activities is that they are students-centered with an emphasis on application of language and culture rrather than memorization and rote.

La RaZA

Every monday we have a metting during lunch !!!!

La Raza II

I will be informing you day by day on all the information of the very famous club here in Truckee High School called "La Raza II". In this club we bring many cultures togethrer, and try to by united. The purpose of this club is to mke money for thr school while haveing fun and to help our senior students with scholarships.

LaRaZa-530

Truckee high school has a club call La Raza to bring together many cultures , and be united .The purpose to this club is to collect money having fun , to help our senior students with scholaships.