Monday Message

Introducing Samantha Sada, a first grade pint-sized powerhouse! Samantha’s journey on ice began in kindergarten with the Learn to Play Hockey program, a free program sponsored by the Anaheim Ducks…

The snow day at the iLEAD OC Studio is this coming Friday, and Monday is the last day to RSVP. We look forward to seeing you there for some shivery,…

Attention, Families of Eighth Graders! One of iLEAD’s site-based charters is opening up their eighth grade trip to Washington, D.C., to all iLEAD eighth graders! If interested, please follow the…

Our January STEM Park Day was so much fun! Learners designed a snow scoop that could clear a “snow yard” (pan filled with rice). The younger learners were successful in…

Learners experienced history first-hand as they visited four fully restored historic buildings at Heritage Hill. At St. George’s Episcopal Mission, learners had the opportunity to learn about occupations in old…

Osmo is an award-winning educational iPad game system for kids that mixes digital apps with hands-on play. This game system uses the tablet’s camera to interact with real world objects…

Hello, Families! We hope you had a wonderful week back at school! Our educational facilitators continue to be hard at work planning many things for our learners and families! This…

Playing sports, volunteering, studying science and history, acting, and traveling are just a few of the many activities that sixth grade learner Aidan Hodge enjoys doing. He has read over…

We are super excited to announce our new, highly devoted and experienced iLEAD OC Studio Coordinator, Kendra Bailey, who will be planning and hosting a variety of awesome workshops for…

Barnabas Robotics offers accessible and relevant robotics products and programs that encourage innovation and promote education. They develop courses that teach real-world innovation skills to youth at a fair price. All of their…

We are excited to bring to your attention a free course that takes computing to a new level: Creative Computing. Presented free of charge by Harvard and introducing the Scratch…

Need some support teaching your child how to write? Writing is an essential skill to learn and is often a difficult one to teach. One of our vendors, Brave Writer,…

The Intern Project exposes deserving learners to dynamic careers through paid internships in companies like Fullscreen Media, Skanska, Omaze, and Kaiser Permanente! They recruit and select outstanding Los Angeles learners, place…

It’s not too late to register! Soteric Academy is excited to offer a new skateboarding class for all ages starting on Jan. 22 at our iLEAD OC campus in Costa…

Welcome Back, Families! It is hard to believe that the year is almost halfway over, and we still have many more exciting opportunities in store for you! A few items…

Heather and Hope are eighth grade twins. They are uniquely gifted and share the same passion for music, theater, and serving others. Being homeschooled, they have been given more time…

Attention Families! Please join us for our first college webinar on Jan. 11 from 7 to 8 p.m. Anne Cochran, director of iLEAD Noho and director of college and career…

Our Dec, 14 Candy Cane Calamity was an outstanding success! Learners had to carefully design packaging to protect candy canes from breaking. We tested our creations by dropping the packages on the…

A group of iLEAD families attended the wonderful Bob Baker Marionette’s “Holiday on Strings” program on Dec. 12. The Bob Baker Marionette Theater has been performing classic shows in downtown…

Our families got an up-close look at alligators, tigers, geckos, emus, snakes, lemurs, ocelots and more at America’s Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College. Part of the school’s Exotic Animal Training…

Our learners had the opportunity to visit the Wildlife Waystation, a nonprofit animal sanctuary in the Los Angeles area. We learned about the many wild animals who live at the…