Name: Rica T. School: San Francisco State University Major: Hospitality Tourism Management Why are you in college? I am in college because there are many goals that I...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio, and Lilia Vega, KALW Audio Academy Fellow Last week, on Tuesday, 12/12/17, the Bay Area woke up to news that San...
Read MoreBy Marisol Medina-Cadena, Audio Academy Fellow, and Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio This week, it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Audio Academy...
Read MoreBy Bo Walsh, KALW Audio Academy Fellow, and Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio This week, it’s my pleasure to share with you the perspectives of Bo...
Read MoreBy Kyle Halle-Erby, Span Program Coordinator, San Francisco International High School; and Jose L., Freshman at City College of San Francisco Throughout this year, we...
Read MoreBy Amber Miles, KALW Audio Academy Fellow and Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio One of our eight Audio Academy fellows this year is Amber Miles. She’s...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio I’d like to share a story about some work that two of our Audio Academy fellows accomplished that really...
Read MoreIt’s present, past or future – the parent students at the ACE Learning Center/Alpha Parent Center learn progressive tenses. Present progressive: I am learning...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW News Director This has been a very difficult and emotional week. Many of us know people who have been dramatically affected by the...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio The new Audio Academy has about a month of experience, now, and already they’re starting to produce pieces for air...
Read MoreBy Kyle Halle-Erby, Lindsay Patalano, Vlada Teper It’s hard to believe we already a month into our new school year. Our ACE Learning Center is in full gear and the...
Read MoreBy Karen Martinez, Alpha Parent Center Manager It’s about capturing the moment. Parents at the Alpha Parent Center have started the year learning English… …exercising...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE Who knew that the first half hour of the Oxford Day Academy (ODA)/ACE Parent Center meeting, would be a goal setting exercise? Small...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE The world can be overwhelming at times, from hurricane havoc, to political changes and challenges, to the basics of figuring out how...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio I’ll start with a heartfelt welcome to the incoming Audio Academy class! Last week, they received a two-day...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio Just a quick update on Audio Academy doings in the last week at KALW. Cari Spivack (’17) reported a fun and...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio Just wanted to give a quick update on some new stories that KALW has aired from recent Audio Academy graduates: –...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio I was in Denver for much of this week, joining Your Call host Rose Aguilar and KALW Development Director Annette Bistrup...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio Last week was our last week with Allison Aj-Pop Perez, Eloisa Herbert, Kasey Chen, and Susanna Luo, our bright,...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio We’ve been going through some significant transitions in the KALW news department, with some beloved people moving...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio They did it! We celebrated the graduation of the Audio Academy class of 2017 with an event at the Sunnyside Conservatory...
Read MoreBy Adrian Parra, Alpha Parent Center Instructor As a way to learn and use English, here is an Alpha Parent Center ESL student presenting a PowerPoint describing her...
Read MoreBy Kyle Halle-Erby, Span Program Manager, San Francisco International High School The Latino Services Network awarded the ACE Scholarships to two San Francisco...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio The Audio Academy really brought it last week! We had our third Crosscurrents showcasing the Portola neighborhood on...
Read MoreBy Adrian Parra, Alpha Parent Center Instructor Learning correct grammer is difficult even in your native language. When learning a new language, it can be challenging,...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE The goal of ACE Learning Centers is to support the success of continuing education students in the Bay Area. That success is due to...
Read MoreAt San Francisco International High School’s ACE Learning Center, it’s recognized that continuing education is linked to job readiness. The Span Tutor...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools We’re eating treats for the winners of the ACE Poetry Contest from the Alpha Parent Center. These poets...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio It’s my pleasure to introduce you to the next Audio Academy class at KALW! Here are some quick sketches of the...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Community Radio I’ll start out with the joyful noise that KALW is in its spring membership drive. Now for a lot of stations,...
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