Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy

Welcome to the Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy Academy landing page! We welcome all students!

Grades: TK – 5
Sponsoring District: Los Angeles Unified
CDS/Charter Numbers: CDS: #19-64733-0114884 Charter: #1551
Afterschool Program? Y

Enrollment: 320

Ethnicity:

Hispanic: 97%

Caucasian: 1%

Not Available: 2%

Free and Reduced Lunch: 95%

Key Dates

First Day of School: August 16, 2021
Labor Day: September 6, 2021
Fall Break: October 4-8, 2021
Veterans Day: November 11, 2021
Thanksgiving Break: November 22-26, 2021
Winter Break: December 20, 2021-January 10, 2022
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 17, 2022
Presidents’ Day: February 21, 2022
Spring Break: April 11-15, 2022
Memorial Day: May 30, 2022
Last Day of School: June 17, 2022

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.

Please contact your school’s Liaison for additional resources: Daisy Rivera, Counselor at Daisy.Rivera@aspirepublicschools.org or 323-583-5421.

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, 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.