Monarch School Project

Life skills:life skills are the essential skills students need to be successful in school and beyond. Life skills also promote self-sufficiency. Students at monarch are encouraged to discover their strengths, interests, and build pathways to their future. Through programs such as work-readiness, financial literacy, internships, college and career coaching, and mentorship, students develop essential skills such as perseverance, communication, and critical thinking.

Academic:monarch provides trauma-informed, student-centered instruction for our students, as well as ongoing professional development for our teachers and instructors. Most students come to monarch with significant gaps in their education. Monarch strives to provide students with rigorous, relevant, and engaging learning opportunities. Students have access to tutoring, saturday school, math and literacy specialists, technology, as well as school supplies.

The chrysalis: monarch center for the arts is a 6,000 square foot arts space in barrio logan with a dedicated 100-seat theatre, dance studio, visual art classroom, and storefront gallery. The chrysalis provides theatre, music, dance and visual arts programs for all ages in the community, including programs for 0-5 and their families. We center participant voices and influence as we are passionate about using a creative youth development model in our approach. We welcome community arts partners and organizations to rent out the space for their own community programming, expanding our network and creating mutually beneficial partnerships that serve the community.