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: 269
Ethnicity:
Hispanic: 96%
Black or African-American: 1%
Multiracial: 0%
Asian-American: 0%
Caucasian: 0%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0%
Not available: 2%
Free and Reduced Lunch: 87%

Key Dates 2025-2026:

First Day of School: August 12, 2025
Labor Day: September 1, 2025
Fall Break: October 14 – October 17, 2025
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: October 13, 2025
Staff PD Day (no students): October 20, 2025
Veterans Day: November 11, 2025
Harvest Break: November 24 – 28, 2025
Winter Break: December 22, 2025 – January 05, 2026
Staff PD Day (no students): January 06, 2026
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 19, 2026
Presidents’ Day: February 16, 2026
Staff PD Day (no students): March 09, 2026
Spring Break: March 27 – April 03, 2026
Staff PD Day (no students): April 06, 2026
Memorial Day: May 25, 2026
Last Day of School: June 10, 2026
Juneteenth: June 19, 2026

For Title IX & UCP, please contact Joel Ramirez, Superintendent of Culturally Responsive Leadership Development, at 323-837-9920.

LAUSD SPED WEBSITE

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.

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.

Address

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

Contact Info

Phone:: 323-249-5740
Fax:: 323-568-2017

School Officials

Marnie Kislinger

Principal Email Marnie Phone Marnie View Bio

Brianna Richards

Assistant Principal Email Brianna View Bio

Miguel Fonseca

Dean of Instruction Email Miguel Phone Miguel View Bio

Fatima Luna

Expanded Learning Site Director Email Fatima View Bio

Viridiana Beltran Martinez

Business Manager Email Viridiana View Bio

Diana Reyes

Office Assistant Email Diana View Bio

Principal’s Message

August 4, 2025

Welcome to Aspire Firestone Academy! If you are new to or considering joining our Falcon Family, we are so excited to welcome you to our community!

At Firestone, we are committed to operating within an antiracist framework and ensuring that our school is a place that is both safe and welcoming to students and families. Through flexibility and innovation, we work each day to ensure that this is lived and breathed at Firestone. Social-emotional learning is embedded in our curriculum, and we see our families as crucial partners in our students’ success. We are all in this together, as one team – parents, students, families, staff members, and the community at large.

It is also important to remember that school is not meant to be a place of stagnation but rather a place of growth and change. As we look to the future, we want to ensure that our students are equipped with the knowledge and skills to bring about true change in our world. We must be ready to have uncomfortable conversations, especially as we focus on building a culture of antiracism; this lens is central to our students’ ability to leave Aspire Firestone Academy as critical thinkers and to give power to their voices.

With appreciation,

Marnie Kislinger, Principal

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