Value Schools Alumni to Participate in California-Mexico Dreamers Abroad Program "This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will also allow us to conduct independent travel to our birthplace to conduct ethnographic research on our family origins and connect to our roots."
Pioneers of Everest Value: Chris Medinger Chris Medinger began his Everest Value journey in a conversation with then-CEO Gerry Jacoby: “The bad news is we’re not promoting you to vice-principal. The good news is we’re asking you to start a whole new school.”
Pioneers of Everest Value: Jacqueline Gonzalez-Reyes Jacqueline Gonzalez-Reyes had a flashback when the novel coronavirus upended education in 2020. “It’s just like 2014 and we’re starting a school again! We’re building the plane in the air!”
Pioneers of Everest Value: Edgar Nguyen Edgar Nguyen thought he was meant to be a firefighter, and was just a step or two short of that destination, when by happy accident he agreed to help a friend clean out the basement at Downtown Value School.
Pioneers of Everest Value: Gaines Newborn Gaines Newborn brought the glue. Little did Gaines know 20 years ago that his work with Chris Medinger at the YMCA would translate to a charter school career.
Pioneers of Everest Value: Bobby Marquez Bobby Marquez brought the math (and more). Fresh from an education program at Loyola-Marymount and Teach For America training, Bobby was recruited ten years ago to Downtown Value School by then-principal Gerry Jacoby.
Pioneers of Everest Value: Alice Dryden Alice Dryden brought the music. With a background in music education and composition, Alice brought performance talent. More than that, she brought a keen ability to draw the music out of every child.
Aspiration for Kindness Week Chanel W., a senior at Value Schools, is relatively new to our community. Chanel came to Central City Value in 10th grade, seeking greater diversity, new opportunities, and a more academically challenging environment.
