Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy
Welcome to the Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy landing page!
Grades: TK – 5
Sponsoring District: Los Angeles Area
CDS/Charter Numbers: CDS: #19-10199-0109660 Charter: #694
Afterschool Program? Y
- Enrollment: 422
- Ethnicity:
- Hispanic: 97%
- Not available: 3%
- Free and Reduced Lunch: 99%
Key Dates 2024-2025:
- Independence Day: July 4, 2024
- First Day of Instruction: August 12, 2024
- Labor Day: September 2, 2024
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day: October 14, 2024
- Fall Break: October 15 – 18, 2024
- Pupil Free Day: October 21, 2024
- Veterans Day: November 11, 2024
- Thanksgiving Break: November 25 – 29, 2024
- Winter Break: December 16, 2024 – January 3, 2025
- Pupil Free Day: January 6, 2025
- Martin Luther King’s Birthday: January 20, 2025
- Presidents’ Day: February 17, 2025
- Cesar Chavez Day: March 31, 2025
- Spring Break: April 14 – 18, 2025
- Pupil Free Day: April 21, 2025
- Memorial Day: May 26, 2025
- Juneteenth: June 19, 2025
- Last Day of Instruction: June 12, 2025
- Start of Summer Break: June 20, 2025
For Title IX & UCP, please contact Dr. Alejandra Velez, Regional Director of Student Services, at 323-837-9920.
For Special Education inquiries, please contact Ana Escalante, Regional Director of Special Education, at 323-837-9920.
Mental Health and Community Resources: For additional mental health and community resources, or if you need support with accessing mental health services or other community resources, please reach out to your school’s Mental Health Counselors. You may also search for a local mental health provider or other community resources here.
Homeless/Foster Youth Liaison: Jasmine Harris, Counselor at Jasmine.Harris@aspirepublicschools.org or 323-585-1153.
Homeless, Foster Youth, Bullying & Cyberbullying Resources for families and students
For information and resources on bullying and harassment prevention, please contact your school administrator or the Regional Director of Student Services at 323-837-9920 for support.
- Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Policy
- Response to Hate Crimes and Bullying Policy
- Parent Concern Form
School and Community Resources
- Resources for Families, Children, and Adolescents
- Resources to Support Well-Being: A Community Partnership:
- Be sure to click on the Los Angeles Region tab
Additionally, in order to encourage and support stakeholder involvement, each school’s website contains the following information in both Spanish and English:
- Timely notices of board meetings and other school committee meetings that involve parents.
- Meetings held/interpreted in Spanish and English.
- Opportunities to share thoughts and opinions through email and ParentSquare, the interactive parent communication platform used by the school.
- Short summaries of issues, ideas, and decisions of school committees.
- At least two opportunities for parents to give detailed input on the Local Control Accountability Plan.
Parents are welcome and encouraged to volunteer at our school, however, parental involvement is not a requirement for acceptance to, or continued enrollment at, the charter school.
School Officials
Lupe Barba-Medina
Carlos Enriquez
Eduardo Ramirez Alvarez
Krystal Gonzalez
Patty Garcia
Alicia Mendez
Key Documents + Links
- 24-25 Student and Family Handbook (English)
- 24-25 Student and Family Handbook (Spanish)
- PowerSchool Messenger
- SchoolMessenger Parent/Guardian Update
- Keeping Parents Informed - Charter Transparency
- Aspire Wellness Policy 2024-2025
- Aspire Wellness Policy 2024-2025 (Spanish)
- National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program – Letter to Household
- Suicide Prevention Policy
- Expanded Learning Program Plan
- Expanded Learning Program Plan (Spanish)
- EPA FY 24 Funding Allocations
- Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy
- School Employee Code of Conduct with Students
- Dangers of Synthetic Drugs
- 23-24 School Calendar (English)
- 23-24 School Calendar (Spanish)
- 23-24 Bell Schedule
- 2024-25 LCAP
- 2023-24 LCAP en español
- 2022-2023 School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
- Informe de responsabilidad escolar 2022-2023 (SARC)
- 2021-2022 School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
- Informe de responsabilidad escolar 2021-2022 (SARC)
- Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Policy
- Response to Hate Crimes and Bullying Policy
- Charter School Complaint Form LACOE
- AMLA Charter (2019-2024) - LACOE Board Approved
- Human Trafficking Prevention Resource for Families
- ESSER III Expenditure Plan
- Title IX Policy for Sexual Harassment and Grievance Procedures
- California Department of Education Gender Equity/Title IX page