Downtown Value School News

On behalf of the Value Schools Board of Directors, I want to tell you about some exciting changes to our senior leadership structure that will position us to broaden and deepen the services and opportunities we provide for the families we serve. This is all very good news!

Tom has pushed through snow, slid over ice, and rerouted for fire; he’s summited the highest peaks and searched for water in the driest of deserts. He’s done all this with wind-ripped tents, trail-torn shoes, and more blisters than he can count.

Join Downtown Value School on October 27 to learn how families can apply for a California EBT card.

At long last we can bring you tangible evidence of all your efforts to create a campus worthy of the phenomenal Everest Value School community.

Recognizing students need more than basic language and math to be prepared for careers and life, board members Jeff Garcia, Vince Gonzales and Grant Cambridge reprised their “Financial Literacy” course for the fourth year.

At long last we can bring you tangible evidence of all your efforts to create a campus worthy of the phenomenal Everest Value School community.

On May 25, over 1,600 students at Value Schools participated in a Read-a-Thon to support those in need.

Each year since 2015 Value Schools celebrates the Jerry Awards. The award is named for our founder, Dr. Jerome Porath, who founded Value Schools in 2000.

Get ready to celebrate the up and coming, BIGGER and BETTER Everest Value School by breaking ground and taking pictures where Everest’s new home will stand!

"This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will also allow us to conduct independent travel to our birthplace to conduct ethnographic research on our family origins and connect to our roots."