The Learning Center

The staff of TLC participated in UNITY Day by wearing orange. United as one, together we stand!

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Carolina Herrera. A Venezuelan-American fashion designer, Carolina is known for personal style and her brand of clothing. She has designed for various First Ladies of the United States, including Michelle Obama and Melania Trump.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Juan Felipe Herrera. Juan is an American poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher and activist. He was the 21st United States Poet Laureate from 2015-2017 and is a major figure in the field of Chicano poetry.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Judy Baca. Judy is an artist, activist, and professor of Chicano studies at UCLA. She is the co-founder & artistic director of Social and Public Art Resource Center in California, and the director of the mural project for the Great Wall of LA.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Sylvia Mendez. Born in California, she was the focus of the landmark desegregation case Mendez v. Westminster, ending segregation in California. She was also a nurse and a civil rights activist.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Gabriela Mistral. A Chilean-American, Gabriela was the first Hispanic person to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for her poetry. She traveled the world as an educator and writer, teaching at Vassar, Columbia College and the U. of Puerto Rico.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Dolores Huerta. Dolores worked with Cesar Chavez to form the National Farm Workers Association. Throughout her career, she advocated for workers' rights, women's rights, and Latinx rights.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Sonia Sotomayor. Sonia was the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, appointed by President Obama. Prior to that, she was a D.A. for New York County, and a US District Court judge appointed by President George H.W. Bush.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda. A Puerto-Rican American, he is a composer, actor, writer and activist, most famous for his Broadway hit Hamilton. Along with the Hispanic Federation, he raised millions to help with hurricane Maria relief in Puerto Rico.

Seventh grade Geography students wrapped up their first unit on maps and models of the earth by making 3-D globes out of papier mâché, painted them and added the continents.

8th grade students wrapped up their lesson on African and Gullah contributions to South Carolina culture by making Benne wafers, a cookie from West Africa. After mixing and baking the cookies, they shared them with classmates and teachers.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Ruben Salazar. A Mexican-American, he served in the Army, became a journalist for the Los Angeles times, and focused on the injustices in the Chicano community.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Cesar Chavez. Cesar was the son of farmworkers in Arizona, served in the US Navy, and later formed the National Farm Workers Association to fight for civil and workers' rights through peaceful resistance.

If you can be anything, be kind.
Kind is the new classy.
October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month.
Don't be a bully. And if you see something, say something.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Supporting those fighting, and honoring the survivors.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Octaviano Larrazola. A Mexican-American, Octaviano was the 4th governor of New Mexico, and later a US Senator, fighting for civil rights and equal treatment for Hispanic Americans.

It is National Principals Month! Show your principal how much you appreciate them! TLC appreciates Mr. Spencer!

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Roberto Clemente. A Puerto Rican-American, he was an MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates with 3000 base hits. He is the first Hispanic player in the MLB Hall of Fame.

Congratulations to our TLC Middle School Student of the Month: Gabriel Harris!

Congratulations to our TLC High School Student of the Month for September: Talmadge Land!