Tag: charter school
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Choua Yang, Hmong Refugee and Educator, Dies at 53
Tags: charter school, coronavirus, culture, Her, Hmong, language, Minneapolis, refugee, school, YangWith her husband, she founded Prairie Seeds Academy in Minneapolis, a charter school centered on Hmong language, culture and heritage. She died of the coronavirus. Colleagues said that Choua Yang … Read Full Article
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Choua Lee Yang, founder of Hmong charter school, dies of COVID at 53
Nearly two decades ago, lifelong educator Choua Lee Yang had the ambitious idea to start a new school. In 2004, Yang and her husband, Cha Ger Yang, founded the Prairie Seeds Academy, a Hmong charter … Read Full Article
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Charter school principal dies from complications of COVID-19
The principal of a charter school in Brooklyn Park has died from complications of COVID-19. A GoFundMe page created for Choua Lee Yang, 54, says she died on Friday afternoon after a “month long battle … Read Full Article
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Brooklyn Park charter school principal dies of complications from COVID-19
The principal and founder of a charter school in Brooklyn Park has died of complications due to COVID-19. Choua Lee Yang, 53, died Friday after battling the virus for over a month, a post via a … Read Full Article
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Brooklyn Park Charter School Principal Dies of Coronavirus
The principal and founder of a Hmong cultural language charter school in Brooklyn Park has died of the coronavirus. Read Full Article
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Beloved Brooklyn Park charter school principal dies from COVID-19 complications
Tags: Brooklyn Park, charter school, community, Covid, COVID-19, diversity, leadership, Lee, school, Xiong, YangThat’s how many describe Choua Lee Yang – the CEO and principal at Prairie Seeds Academy in Brooklyn Park. “Choua is a pillar in the community,” says Tou Ger Xiong, a leadership and diversity … Read Full Article
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Brooklyn Park charter school principal dies after COVID-19 battle
The principal of a charter school in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota died Friday after a month-long battle with COVID-19. Read Full Article
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Hmong American Peace Academy Leaders Celebrate New Building
It wasn’t quite a groundbreaking, nor was it a ribbon cutting, but Thursday’s ceremony to mark the construction of a new high school for the Hmong American Peace Academy charter school had all the … Read Full Article
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Hmong High School Rises on Northwest Side
Construction is moving right along on a $30 million expansion of the Hmong American Peace Academy in the city’s Lindsay Park neighborhood on the Far Northwest Side. The charter school, founded in 2004 … Read Full Article
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Post from the Community: Greater Milwaukee Foundation honors those making a difference
After high school and college, she was hired as the first Hmong teacher by Milwaukee Public Schools. In 2004, Her-Xiong welcomed 200 students to Wisconsin’s first Hmong charter school, which she … Read Full Article
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Northwestern Mutual Foundation provides $2.1 million in grants to support education in Milwaukee
Tags: American, charter school, education, Hmong American, Lutheran, Milwaukee, peace, school, supportHmong American Peace Academy, Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School, Milwaukee Academy of Science, Milwaukee Excellence Charter School, Pathways High, Pius XI High School, St. Augustine Prepatory Academy … Read Full Article
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Borsuk: In different ways, both students and teachers are not keeping up
They were Honey Creek Elementary, German Immersion School, ALBA (a charter school), Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus (a charter school), Hmong American Peace Academy (a … Read Full Article
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Charter school growth slowing in Sacramento. What’s driving the statewide trend?
Although the school’s ethos is decidedly Asian, specifically Hmong, DeWitt, who is black, didn’t like the alternative path facing his granddaughters after canvassing schools in the area. “We found … Read Full Article
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The Asian Penguins
One such group is a computer club at a Hmong charter school in Minnesota known as the Asian Penguins. Figure 1. The Penguins Posing for a Group Shot Started by Stuart Keroff in 2012, the Asian … Read Full Article
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Digital divide? How the Asian Penguins share Linux at Minnesota charter school
Most students are Hmong (from Laos) and a minority are Karenni (from Myanmar). During the 2011-2012 school year, the school started the Asian Penguins club, the first Linux users group at a Hmong scho… Read Full Article
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Behind The Headlines: The Murder Of Kelly Dwyer
The Hmong American Peace Academy is remarkable for that reason. However, the K-12 charter school is also remarkable because of its leader and founder Chris Her-Xiong, herself an immigrant from Laos. S… Read Full Article
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‘Let’s Talk It Out’ In Milwaukee Magazine Features Conversations Between Local Leaders
Tags: American, charter school, Her, Hmong American, Laos, leader, leaders, Milwaukee, peace, schoolThe Hmong American Peace Academy is remarkable for that reason. However, the K-12 charter school is also remarkable because of its leader and founder Chris Her-Xiong, herself an immigrant from Laos. S… Read Full Article
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14 Catalytic Projects in Clark Square
10) Urban Careers Institute: 9) Hmong American Peace Academy: The MPS charter school expanded from K6 to K12 and moved to the former Morse Middle School building on the Northwest Side in 2010. Read Full Article