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LOS ANGELES
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SPRING/SUMMER 2014

COLLEGE PIPELINE
EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS

YOUTH UNITED
CONFERENCE

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LEGACY GEAR
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NEWSLETTER!
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THE 2013-2014 SCHOOLYEAR ISANG BAGSAK!!

Class of 2014!

Everyday in all LEGACY classrooms we begin and end each day with the
UNITY clap and close out by saying, isang bagsak! Isang bagsak is in
tagalog, a Filipino language which translates into one down! And that is
exactly how the LEGACY Youth Project finished our first full school year as
a Napa Valley program. Welcome to our 2014 Spring/Summer LEGACY
Newsletter! (continued, pg. 2)

College Pipeline
in Action!
2nd Annual
Field Trip to LA!
From Tutors to
Mentors
Youth United
Conference!
Summer Camp
From Graffiti to
the SF Giants
Family &
Community

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LEGACY 2013-14 Team, Vintage High School
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In our 2nd issue, you

will discover all the great
work our LEGACY youth
accomplished throughout
the 2014 Spring semester
such as taking our 2nd
Annual Educational Field
Trip to Los Angeles, our
first graduating class of
2014, the important high
school to college pipeline
collaboration with Napa
Valley College's Puente
Program, our first
Valley Oak High School 2013-14 Team. The
LEGACY Summer Camp and much more! The
LEGACY Youth Projects 1st year at
LEGACY Youth Project has completed its first full
Valley Oak High School
academic school year and we couldnt be more
proud of all of our youth. Our first graduating
class set the bar with 100% graduation rate and
walked the stage with their heads held up high holding their earned high school diploma. All of our
youth, from 10th grade to 12th grade brought their struggles, their commitment, their hunger, there
GANAS and their hearts each day. We say LEGACY isn't hard work, its HEART work. Join us in our
2nd issue where we dedicate it to our youth founders and graduating class of 2014!

THE LEGACY YOUTH PROJECT

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What We Do

By the #s !

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Academic Achievement
Valley Oak High Sc
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College & Career Readiness
Middle School.com
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Culturally Relevant Curriculum
Community Responsive Projects
Life Skills and Leadership Development
Parent & Family Engagement

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HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE PIPELINE

&
The Napa Valley College
PUENTE Program and the
LEGACY Youth Project have
teamed up to form a high
school to college pipeline in our
Napa Valley. PUENTE is a
California state wide program
and its mission is to increase
the number of educationally
underrepresented students in
four-year colleges and
universities.
LEGACY and Puente Youth at Napa Valley College

During the 2014 Spring

semester, the PUENTE team visited the LEGACY
classroom as guest speakers and tutors to help
our seniors apply to college. PUENTE also hosted
our LEGACY youth on a Napa Valley College tour
and during spring break the PUENTE Club and
LEGACY Youth Project took a tour of the UCLA
college campus during our annual field trip to
Los Angeles. The partnership between PUENTE
and LEGACY has created a real home-grown high
school to college pipeline for our Napa Valley.

Puente students guiding the LEGACY students in

the colleges application process.

For more information about the

NVC Puente Program
click or go to: www.napavalley.edu/
studentservices/puente
Puente students giving the NVC tour to LEGACY
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Tutoring & Mentoring Increases

Academic Performance & Educational
Success!!
A major component to the LEGACY Youth Project is our
Academic Achievement. One way we make this happen is
through the support and leadership from our Tutors/Mentors,
a.k.a Young Community Leaders. Each week the LEGACY
class is visited by 8 Napa Valley College students, 4 community
professionals and 4 Vintage High School students who all
volunteer their time to support the academic
success of our LEGACY
students.
One great
outcome to the tutoring
experience is the
relationships our
LEGACY students build
with the Young
Community Leaders,
transforming academic
support into a mentorship
relationship! With the
support of our tutors, 75%
of our students have
increased their Grade
Point Averages since joining the LEGACY Youth Project!

LEGACY youth with our

Tutors/Mentors

ACADEMIC DATA
100% Graduation Rate !
75% of LEGACY Youth increased their
Grade Point Averages since joining the
LEGACY Youth Project!
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2014 CLASS, LEAVING A LEGACY!

Nick Lopez
Founder, 2nd Year
Napa Valley College

Arturo Rubio
Founder, 2nd Year
Napa Valley College

Josue Herrera
Founder, 2nd Year
Santa Barbara City College

Seniors, Founders
Graduate!!!!
When our youth
founders came up with
the name LEGACY, they
visioned what it meant to
leave a legacy. An thats
exactly what they did! All
5 Seniors graduated
Agustine Martinez
marking the first
Founder, 2nd Year
graduating LEGACY class!
Napa Valley College
In so many ways our 2014
graduating class was
special as our 1st graduating class, they
leave great memories, lessons and high
expectations to all future LEGACY youth
members. Youth founder and graduate
Arturo Rubio says, LEGACY is the
greatest thing that happen to me and I
devote my life to LEGACY and my
brothers. We are very proud of Arturo
Rubio, Nick Lopez, Josue Herrera,
Agustine Martinez and Raymomd
Arredonda. Viva class of 2014!
LEGACY

Raymond Arredonda
1st Year
Santa Barbara City College

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2ND ANNUAL LOS ANGELES !

EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP
UCLA College Tour!
The Napa Register covering the
LEGACY Field Trip

During spring break, the

LEGACY Youth Project hit the
road to Los Angeles! Our Annual
Educational Field Trip to Los
Angeles is a great opportunity
for our youth to spend a few
days visiting a college, the beach,
and a full day with our great
Napa Valley College Puente Club and LEGACY students at UCLA
friends at Homeboy Industries.
After an adventurous drive down
south, the next morning we
teamed up with the Puente Club of Napa Valley College an took the We Belong Here college tour at
the University California Los Angles. We spent the rest of the day at Venice
Beach and had some amazing street tacos in East Los Angeles for dinner. The
next day was spent at Homeboy
Industries (see next page). Our
Annual Educational Field Trip to
L.A. is a transformative experience
for our LEGACY youth.

Venice Beach!

A day at Venice Beach

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2ND ANNUAL LOS ANGELES

EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP

LEGACY with the homeboys and homegirls of Homeboy Industries

Breakfast at HomeGirls Cafe, with

LEGACY friend & Oscar Academy
Award filmmaker, Frieda Mock

LEGACY presenting & participating at

Latino Producers Action Network

Day 2 on our Los Angeles Field

Trip we spent the entire day at
Homeboy Industries. Since the
launching of the LEGACY
Youth Project in 2013 we have
forged a very special
relationship with Homeboy
Industries of Los Angeles. Like
the LEGACY Youth Project,
Homeboy Industries is
dedicated to supporting its
members toward a life of
positive transformation. Our
youth had the opportunity to
eat at Homegirl Cafe, take a
tour of Homeboy Industries
and engage in dialogue with
many of its members. Some
of our youth participated in
a live workshop. We also
participated in an art
workshop with Homeboy
Industries that was led by
Fabian Debora. He is the
Executive Director of
Latino Producers Action
Network. We are blessed to
have this amazing
relationship with Homeboy
Industries and look forward
to a continued partnership.

For more information

click or go to:
www.homeboyindustries.org

For more information

click or go to:
www.lpanproductions.org
LEGACY & Homeboy Industries at the Latino Producers Action Network
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Honors & Awards

10th Grader Giovanni Castro with VHS

principal, Mike Pearson. Geo started the
year with a 2.5 and finished with a 4.0!

Perseverance Award!

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12th Grader and LEGACY Founder Arturo Rubio

with his family and LEGACY coaches after
accepting Napas Young Man of the Year
award from the NEWS organization (Napa
Emergency Women's Services).

For more information about

the NEWS organization
click or go to:
www.napanews.org

VHS & LEGACY 11th Grader Ivan Rodriguez

with LEGACY coach Omar Salem. Ivan was
awarded the Perseverance Award from
Every Student Succeeding Awards Program
hosted by the Association of California
School Administrators. Ivan started the year
with a 2.5 and finished with a 4.0!
LEGACY

11th Graders Raul, Alexis and David receiving

awards from Vintage High School.

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LEGACY 2014 SUMMER CAMP

The LEGACY Youth Project launched its first Summer Camp this past summer! Our Annual Summer
Camp is a way to continue to support our youth and provide them with opportunities. This summer our
Camp focused on career development, leadership, team building and
life skill development and a
community responsive project.
Our first day was spent with
the Mariposa Program, and
CLARA/CLARO (Changing
Latina/0s to Access Resources
and Opportunities) Program.
All three programs teamed up
for the 1st Annual Youth
United Conference!
Our
programs are committed to
building Latino youth
leadership, building positive
relationships through
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each other and providing positive opportunities for our young

women and men. The youth led and
facilitated workshops and team building
activities.
On our second day our youth took a
resume workshop and built their resumes.
Our third day was spent in San Francisco.
Thanks to the support and partnership with
Bank of America Merrill Lynch of Napa and
Napa Valley Film Festival our LEGACY
youth had an opportunity to see a San
Francisco Giants
game! Some of our
youth had an

Giants Game!

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opportunity to go onto the field and

meet some of the professional
baseball players. The stadium screen
even gave a visual shout out to the
LEGACY Youth Project!
Our fourth day was a team
hike in Napa Valleys Skyline Park
and our final day of Summer Camp
was dedicated to our Community
Project Response (CPR) where our
youth engaged in graffiti removal
and helped to clean up our Napa
Valley. (pictures on next page)
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LEGACY 2014 SUMMER CAMP

Community Project!

The Napa Register covered our graffiti removal

project as part of LEGACY Summer Camp.

Skyline Hike!

LEGACY youth before and after the

graffiti removal as part of our Community
Responsive Projects.

The LEGACY Youth Project values the health of our youth. Hiking has been a great way to stay
physically active and creates opportunities for our youth to bond and create familia.
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FAMILY & COMMUNITY

Family Night!

The LEGACY Youth Project is committed to community

building and cultivating positive, healthy, collaborative and
meaningful relationships with our families and community.
This spring semester we engaged with our community in
numerous ways. Our families come first as we held two Family/
Parent nights, culminating in our annual Honoring our
Families and Students Night. In addition, we were very active
in our Napa Valley community from working with community
partner Rancho Gordo in our youth job skill development
internship program, having many visitors visit the LEGACY
headquarters, going live on local Napa TV on the N.A.P.A
Show, and much more. We are grateful for the support of our
families and community!
LEGACY youth learning job
development at local business and
community partner, Rancho Gordo.

LEGACY parent and

youth at Parent/Family
night.

Napa Register visiting LEGACY to

interview the youth and do a story.
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LEGACY on the N.A.P.A. Show with

Arty Party. Orale!
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LEADERSHIP

One of our components to the LEGACY Youth Project is

our Life Skills and Leadership Development. Our youth get
many opportunities in the class room and community to
practice and develop their leadership skills. This semester
we presented to community funders, the Napa County Youth
Violence and Gang Commission, LEGACY new membership orientation, middle school parents,
Senior graduation projects and much more. In addition, our youth are given opportunities to learn
life skills and ways that will equip them with the tools to be successful in high school and beyond.

12th Graders Arturo and Josue

rocking their Senior Projects!
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LEGACY youth presenting the LEGACY Orientation to

incoming members for the 2014-2015 school year.
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SUPPORT THE LEGACY YOUTH PROJECT

The LEGACY Youth Project was established in 2013 to support our youth towards positive
transformation in their personal and educational lives. We seek your help in continuing to
support our youth in making positive transformation in their lives. We are grateful to our
partner organizations, families and community. In community spirit. Gracias!

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Carlos Hagedorn

Omar Salem

chagedorn.legacy@gmail.com

osalem.legacy@gmail.com

707-501-8400

707-799-8092

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Our Mission
The LEGACY Youth Project !
provides a positive, healthy, safe, transformative
educational experience for at promise youth of
theNapaValley. !
We implement a culturally responsive
curriculum,providementorship,tutoring, life
skills, leadership development,parent
engagement andcommunity responsive projects
to ensure our youth arecollege/career ready
andsuccessful in developing meaningful
lives.We are committed to the success of every
youth in their positive transformation,their
future andleaving a LEGACY.

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