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Aspire Firestone Academy

Welcome to the Aspire Firestone Academy landing page!

Grades: K – 5
Sponsoring District: Los Angeles Area
CDS/Charter Numbers: CDS: #19-64733-0122622 Charter: #1214
Afterschool Program? Y

Enrollment: 395
Ethnicity:
Hispanic: 97%
African-American: 0%
Pacific Islander: 0%
Asian-American: 0%
Caucasian: 1%
Not Available: 2%
Free and Reduced Lunch: 84%

Key Dates

First Day of School: August 13, 2019
Non-pupil teacher work day: September 16, 2019 (No students)
Fall Break: October 07-11, 2019
Thanksgiving Break: November 25-29, 2019
Non-pupil teacher work day: December 2, 2019 (No students)
Winter Break: December 23, 2019-January 10, 2020
Non-pupil teacher work day: February 10, 2020 (No students)
Non-pupil teacher work day: March 13, 2020 (No students)
Spring Break: April 6-10-2020

Non-pupil teacher work day: April 13, 2020 (No students)
Last Day of School: June 17, 2020
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 323-538-2550.

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.

Padres están invitados y se les anima a que hagan horas voluntarias en nuestra escuela.  Aunque no es requerido para ser aceptados a nuestra escuela o para continuar su inscripción futura en nuestra escuela chárter.

School Address & Contact Information

Address

8929 Kauffman Avenue,
South Gate, CA 90280, United States

Contact Info

Phone:
323-249-5740

Fax:
323-568-2017

School Officials

Principal’s Message

October 5, 2017

Dear Falcon Families,

Welcome to the 2017-18 school year!  We would like to extend a big thank you to all the families that have chosen to send their children to our school year after year, and a big welcome to our new families.  Aspire Firestone is committed to successfully developing intellectually curious, self-confident and self-reliant young people for the betterment of a future global society.  We are committed to providing a rigorous Common Core aligned academic program, Art, Music, Library, and Science classes, collaboration with family, staff, and community, in a child-centered, technology-enriched, learning environment.  We will also continue to implement Restorative Practices, and teach our scholars that conflict is addressed through dialogue.

We are excited for what the new year holds, and we look forward to working with you as partners in the education of our scholars.

Dustin Katch
Principal, Aspire Firestone Academy

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Aspire Public Schools is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. Aspire Public Schools does not allow discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality/national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification/ethnicity, age, religion, marital status/ pregnancy/ parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, medical information or association with a person or group with one of more of these actual or perceived characteristics.  The following individuals are designated as the Title IX Coordinators/Non-discrimination Compliance Officers for Aspire Public Schools in each of our regions:

Bay Area Schools – Lindsey Fuller, Regional Director of Student Services, 1001 22nd Ave,  Oakland, CA 94606, 510-434-5000, BA_TitleIX@aspirepublicschools.org
Central Valley Schools – Hugo Vazquez, Regional Director of Student Services, 3311 E. Morada Lane, Stockton, CA 95212, 209-647-3047, CV_TitleIX@aspirepublicschools.org
Los Angeles Schools – Alejandra Velez, Regional Director of Student Services, 5901 E. Slauson Avenue, Commerce, CA 90040, 323-837-9920, LA_TitleIX@aspirepublicschools.org

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