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Arroyo High School

Arroyo High School in El Monte typifies the openness of California public architecture with its open breezeways that welcomes students and visitors to the single level red brick buildings that house the school’s offices and classrooms. Newly renovated in 2011, the school features local vegetation and gathering spaces that reflect its name and proximity to the Rio Hondo.

The inviting nature of the school’s exterior is also true for the students, faculty and staff who have welcomed Departures Youth Voices into their journalism class for the newest installment of Departures - El Monte/South El Monte.

The Youth Voices participants are editors and writers for the school paper, the Knights Banner, and are ready to use their writing and publishing experience to highlight the pressing issues in their city. It’s exciting to work with students so eager to express their ideas and hopes for their community.

Arroyo’s commitment to empowering students with skills and attitudes that will enable them to become creative, moral, and productive members of their diverse community aligns perfectly with Youth Voices’ goal of offering students a valuable experience that helps build their confidence and skills so they may become engaged in their community and identify themselves as leaders. As citizen journalists they’ll explore their personal connections to El Monte, identify and investigate an important issue and ultimately become advocates for their community cause.

Follow their stories as they develop here and at #kcetyv on Twitter and Instagram.

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Building the Message: Teen Dating Abuse Awareness in El Monte
In El Monte CA, lean how a group of high school students used social media to talk about teen dating abuse and mental health in their community.
Student Gardner: Savanna, Mabel, Tiffany, Stephanie, and Brianna with Ms. Jennifer Swanson, Knights Garden Adviser
Tending to the School Gardens of Tomorrow: Arroyo High's Knights Garden
Students from the Knights Garden at Arroyo High School look back on the work they have accomplished during their KCETLink Youth Voices involvement.
El Monte City Council & El Monte Union High School District Visit to Knights Garden at Arroyo High School
El Monte Mayor Pro Tem Visits Arroyo High's Knights Garden
On the morning of April 30th, Arroyo Highs' school garden was visited by Mr. Bart Patel, City of El Monte's Mayor Pro Temp.
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Breaking the Stigma of Accessing Mental Health Services in the City of El Monte
KCETLink Youth Voices participant, Justin writes a personal account of his struggle with depression and why he searched for help.
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Depression: There's Nothing Wrong with Needing Help
KCETLink Youth Voices participant, Justine writes a personal account of her struggle with depression and her reasons to seek help.
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Community Interview: Timothy Castañeda, Arroyo High's Mental Health Professional
In association with their project Love is Respect El Monte, students at Arroyo High School interviewed their school Psychologist -- Timothy Castañeda. During the interview, Mr. Castañeda spoke with the student reporters about his role as a mental hea...
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Clearing a Patch: Students Get Their School Garden Going
For most students spring break marks a time of relaxation, but for a group of students at Arroyo High School in El Monte it's an opportunity to get their hands dirty in their school's new garden.
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Small Steps Towards a School Garden at Arroyo High School
Go Green AHS has been taking small steps towards making our dream come true of re-establishing an existing school garden.
Arroyo High School Students - During Love is Respect El Monte Twitter Party
Using Twitter for Social Good: Raising Awareness on the effects of Teen Dating Abuse
Today, social media plays a pivotal part in everyone's lives, but for current high school students who have grown-up in the digital information era, social media is simply part of their DNA.
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How Can a Community Garden Enhance and Bring Our Community Together?
We hope the garden can be a tool to inform and educate residents and students on the importance of community agriculture, alternative food options, and better nutrition.
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How Can Social Media Inform Students on the Effects of Teen Dating Abuse?
According to Break the Cycle, a leading national nonprofit organization working to provide comprehensive dating abuse programs exclusively to young people "Dating abuse is a pattern of abusive behaviors -- usually a series of abusive behaviors over a c...
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Meeting Bryan Slade From Amigos de los Rios
Guest speakers share valuable information with the Youth Voices students and provide them opportunities to connect different community issues to their community cause.
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