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It is our great pleasure to share LAYC Career Academy’s annual report for the 2020-21 school year with you. We are very proud of our school’s and students’ accomplishments during...
Imagine getting off the metro, walking seven blocks through a blistering cold DC winter, only to arrive at your desk to receive a lovely note and flowers from one of...
Isolation gowns. KN95s. Face shields. Nitrile gloves. Big, warm smiles. These are what outfitted our Medical Assistant students on LAYC Career Academy’s (Career Academy) first day back to in-person learning...
Briseyda Martinez is dressed in scrubs and carries a heavy backpack filled with medical assistant textbooks. She graduated from high school with a 3.8 GPA and currently holds a 4.0...
Linda Moore believes that all children are brilliant. She saw that in her own children, whose intelligence was doubted because of their race. She saw it in her grandson, Sunny,...
When Martin was in high school, he never felt smart. He struggled with his classes and had a hard time digesting what his teachers were saying. He lived with his...
On Monday April 19, 2021 LAYC Career Academy formally reopened after more than one year of mostly virtual operations. What is our recipe for a strong reopening? Our reopening is...
Over the past two years, Career Academy has had multiple success stories with students referred by the Career Connections program from the DC Department of Employment Services (DOES). For example,...
A young man approaches. He is impeccably dressed in business casual. He smiles, shakes your hand and gives you a business card. The card says Ivan Jones. He is a...