Learning Works Charter School

Our school focuses on what works: engaging students through Rigor, Relevance and Relationships. We l Chasing includes coaching, mentoring and tutoring.

Learning Works is a laboratory for strategies that work to re-engage disenfranchised youth back into education. We believe our lessons can be transferred to other public systems, including traditional schools. We chase dropouts, re-engage them in education, and serve their needs to graduation. Our Principles: Staff and students at our school practice a set of principles that are the cornerstone an

07/01/2024

Free Summer Program. Starts Next week. If you’re interested please RSVP with Maisey Rivas

Phone:(626)564-8762
Email: [email protected]

Activities: Ceramics 🏺, Cooking 🧑🏽‍🍳,
Financial Literacy 🏦, Field Trips 🚌, and More…

04/05/2024
03/07/2024

This Friday, come enjoy ArtNight Pasadena at artWORKS, featuring an interactive music studio experience, screen printing demonstration, abstract water color painting and other artistic endeavors. It's tomorrow, March 8, from 6 – 10 p.m. at artWORKS, 2817 E. Foothill Blvd. in Pasadena. Admission is free and shuttle service is available from other ArtNight sites.

10/31/2023

Join us tomorrow night, November 1 for our first monthly fundraiser at Foothill Restaurant, as 10% of dinner proceeds will be donated to artWORKS, our joint venture with Armory Center for the Arts. In addition to the amazing food and welcoming atmosphere of the Foothill patio, the event will feature live music by Madeline Rahn and Ruben Green.

10/24/2023

These scarily adorable pumpkins are available for auction at Invest in a Dropout this Thursday! For tickets and info, please visit https://learningworks.brownpapertickets.com

10/20/2023

These gorgeous necklaces are just a few of the silent auction items you could win at our 11th annual fundraiser, Invest in a Dropout, next Thursday, Oct. 26. For tickets and more info, visit https://learningworks.brownpapertickets.com

10/17/2023

Ready to get your scary on? Join us on Thu. Oct. 26 for our 11th Annual Invest in a Dropout fundraiser. For tickets and information, please visit https://learningworks.brownpapertickets.com

10/06/2023

Join us next Friday, October 13 for ArtNight at our new artWORKS location!

10/06/2023

Join us next Friday, October 13 for ArtNight at the new artWORKS location!!

09/22/2023

You’re cordially invited to a thrilling evening in the Brault Family Garden, featuring the famous BBQ Dan, auctions, and live music. If you have not been, this is a delicious and fun event—Learning Works style! The festivities begin Thursday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. To buy tickets and get more information, please visit https://learningworks.brownpapertickets.com or call Jennifer Bailey at 626-564-2871.

09/19/2023

A huge thanks to Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church for donating much-needed back-to-school supplies for our disadvantaged students!

08/21/2023

Calling all LW alumni!! Learning Works is now enrolling students for the 2023-24 school year, and we need your help to find area youth who have encountered serious obstacles to earning their diploma!! Got a friend or family member who wants to get back to school? We help our students overcome things like legal trouble, pregnancy, homelessness, domestic violence and other traumatic experiences, and emerge on the other side with a high school diploma. Please call our registrar's office today to start the enrollment process: 626-546-2871.

Learning Works Charter School Our school focuses on what works: engaging students through Rigor, Relevance and Relationships. We l

A Pasadena Graduation Like No Other 06/30/2023

ColoradoBoulevard.net did a great article on our graduation this year! Enjoy!

A Pasadena Graduation Like No Other It was loud, very loud, and raucous. A graduation like no other, just as Mikala Rahn founder of Learning Works Charter School, promised. Fifty-nine students,

Summer News 06/13/2023

What's happening at Learning Works this summer?

Summer News Graduation at Learning Works means more to our students than to most. It's the culmination of years and years of contending with poverty, the legal system, homelessness, early pregnancy and a whole host of other impediments they've overcome to walk across that stage. Often, our students are the firs...

05/12/2023

Our Learning Works Teachers are apple-solutely awesome to the core❣️🍎 Happy Thursday of Teacher Appreciation Week! 🎉🎉🎉

05/11/2023

We love our AMAZING teachers! 💛 Happy Wednesday of Teacher Appreciation Week 🥳

05/09/2023

To our Learning Works teachers, we thank you for keeping our students on Target to graduate 🎯♥️ We appreciate you all!!! Happy Tuesday of Teacher Appreciation Week 🥳

Photos from Learning Works Charter School's post 05/09/2023

We are starting off National Teacher Appreciation Week with Starbucks cups for wonderful teachers! ☕️ Thanks a latte for all of the hard work that you all do ♥️

03/10/2023

Join us for ArtNight tonight at First United Methodist Church at 500 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena! This season's event features neo-soul/experimental jazz band, Insight, featuring Madeline Rahn. In her final year at UCLA, she has formed a band with an all-star lineup of her Jazz Studies colleagues, and the result is an infectious fusion of old-school soul and modern jazz. They will play three sets starting at 6 p.m. See you there!

03/03/2023

ArtNight is next Friday, March 10th, 2023! Join us from 6-10pm for succulent propagating, student performances, and art opportunities. Here is a picture of our succulent propagating from last year’s Spring ArtNight 🌱 Head over to for more information!

02/28/2023

ArtNight is next Friday, March 10th 2023! Join artWORKS from 6-10pm for student performances and art activities at First United Methodist Church on 500 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101.

Shuttles will be available! Head to cityofpasadena.net/artnight/shuttle-map/ for the shuttle map. And head over to for more information on ArtNight venues.

02/17/2023

Are you interested in getting free money for college? If you answered yes, then feel free to join us for a FAFSA workshop next Thursday💰Please contact Henry if you have any questions.

01/26/2023

We are seeking a full-time financial assistant at our Pasadena location! For a more detailed job description, please visit our website and click on the “Contact Us” tab. To apply, please send your resume to Sherry at [email protected]. For questions, please email Sherry or call (626)564-2871

01/25/2023

Join our team! We are seeking a full-time Chaser/Academic Coach and a full-time Childcare Support Provider at our Boyle Heights location. For more detailed job descriptions, please visit our website and click on the “Contact Us” tab. To apply to either of these positions, please send your resume to Jennifer Bailey at [email protected]. For questions, please email Jennifer or call (626)564-2871

Photos from Learning Works Charter School's post 11/18/2022

The Caltech Y Community Service and Advocacy Fair was a blast! Our CW Coordinator, Briana, went to spread the word about Learning Works Charter School and Community Works volunteer opportunities with our youth. Thank you for having us 🥳🎉 Please contact us if you are interested in volunteer opportunities with youth! A shoutout to the great organizations who were a part of this event as well such as Kim from All Saints Foster Care Project 🙌

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