Aspire Firestone Academy
Welcome to the Aspire Firestone Academy landing page!
Grades: TK – 5
Sponsoring District: Los Angeles Area
CDS/Charter Numbers: CDS: #19-64733-0122622 Charter: #1214
Afterschool Program? Y
- Enrollment: 348
- Ethnicity:
- Hispanic: 97%
- Caucasian: 1%
- Not available: 2%
- Free and Reduced Lunch: 94%
Key Dates
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
For Title IX & UCP, please contact Joel Ramirez, Superintendent of Culturally Responsive Leadership Development, at 323-837-9920.
For Special Education inquiries, please contact Ana Escalante, Regional Director of Special Education, at 323-538-2550.
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: Viviana Delgado, Counselor at Viviana.Delgado@aspirepublicschools.org or 323-249-5740.
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
- Be sure to click on the Los Angeles Region tab
- Mental Health Resources for Families, Children, and Adolescents
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
Brianna Richards
Miguel Fonseca
Erika Jimenez
Viridiana Beltran Martinez
Fatima Luna
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
- 2024-25 Media Release: Free/Reduced-Price Meal Update
- Suicide Prevention Policy
- Expanded Learning Program Plan
- Expanded Learning Program Plan (Spanish)
- EPA FY 24 Funding Allocations
- Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy
- Title IX and Sexual Harassment Policy
- School Employee Code of Conduct with Students
- Dangers of Synthetic Drugs
- 2024-25 AFA School Calendar
- 2024-25 Bell Schedule
- 2024-25 LCAP
- 2024-25 LCAP en español
- AFA Charter (2020-2025) - LAUSD Board Approved
- EPA FY 23 Funding
- Response to Hate Crimes and Bullying Policy
- Additional Special Education Brochures/Guides
- Charter School Transparency
- Charter School Complaint Form LAUSD
- Human Trafficking Prevention Resource for Families
- ESSER III Expenditure Plan
- California Department of Education Gender Equity/Title IX page
- Attachment II CCSPP Implementation Plan (Aspire Firestone Academy Charter)
- 23-24 Prop 28 Annual Report
- AFA CCSPP Application & Plan
- 2022-2023 School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
- Informe de responsabilidad escolar 2022-2023 (SARC)