The New Village Charter School is not typical of most LAUSD high schools. New Village is a tiny, all-girl’s school where many of the students are either pregnant or parents, some are in foster care, some are gang related and a majority are not used to attending school on a regular basis.
In order to keep students motivated and interested in coming to school everyday, New Village offers electives like yoga, nutrition, taekwondo, and an afro-brazilian martial art called Capoeira.
On this installment of SoCal Connected’s web-series, “Postcards from SoCal,” the web team checks out a Capoeira class at New Village Charter School for girls, in Los Angeles. The class teaches the girls more than self-defense, it teaches them about history, music and Brazilian culture.
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This is great ! Love the content, love the narration, we need more coverage like this to show that people in SoCal are actually doing something constructive to help those who want to make a better life for themselves...
Safir says: Two thumbs up !
Nicely done. Great to see!
IVE BEEN IN NEW VILLAGE FOR THE PAST 3 YARS AND I LIKE IT. ITS A NICE PLACE TO LEARN THE TEACHERS ARE NICE THEY PAY ATTENTION TO YOU WHEN YOU NEED THE AND THIS IS MY LAS YEAR.I HAVE CAPOEIRA FOR 3RD PERIOD AND I LOVE DOING CAPOERIA.. URSA HAS HELP US TRAIN FOR A KOOL WHILE I REMEMBER WHEN I USE TO GIVE HER ATTITUDE. I DIDNT LIKE HER BEFORE, BUT NOW THANKS TO HER I GOT MY NEW BELT(RAW WHITE WITH YELLOW).... YAY
IVE BEEN IN NEW VILLAGE FOR TWO YEARS ALREADY AND ITS FUN BEING IN THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU HAVE FACULTY THAT LISTEN TO YOU WHEN YOU NEED THEM.I HAVE BEEN DOING CAPOEIRA FOR TWO YEARS AND URSA IS THE BEST THANKS TO HER I HAVE MY RAW WHITE WITH YELLOW BELT......WUHOOOOOOOO