SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT: Learning Without Limits

​The fall school year is coming to an end, and what a fall it has been. I would like to highlight our school partnership with Learning Without Limits located in Oakland, CA. Learning Without Limits is a K-5 school in the Fruitvale neighborhood that strongly believes in the balance between constructivist learning and knowledge-based learning. The mission of Learning Without Limits is to provide rigorous, culturally relevant, and empowering education grounded in caring, leadership, achievement, and perseverance. The school is founded on the belief that caring relationships allow students to lower their affective filter, facilitating learning.

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As a partnership, our goal is to build community. The greatest example from this year took place after a tragic event. Sadly, a long-time staff member at Learning Without Limits lost their life in a tragic car accident. That individual’s family was devastated, staff were devasted, students were devasted, and the healing process is only just beginning. On the day students returned to school, our UE School Partnership Community went into full action mode, and the goal was to meet students and staff where they were to process such a horrific incident.
 
How was that accomplished?
 
By showing up. We reached out to our Light the Change community and gathered clinicians, supervisors, executive directors, and our CPO to support a campus in need. The amount of support we provided on campus reflects how our program partnership is exemplifying unconditional care. This school year we have shown up for our students, our families, and our staff on campus, in the greatest way possible, with love and understanding.
 
This event speaks to a common quote, “You can’t always control what happens, but you can control how you react."

Blog Post Written By: Davonte Wilson, Behavior Intervention Supervisor