News & Announcements

Now, more than ever, our immigrant students and their families need support. As ICE raids have escalated in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas this week, many in our immigrant community are afraid to leave their homes. Help is needed to support them with groceries, transportation and housing during this difficult time. If you are able, please consider making a donation to our Building Hope Crisis Fund.

The safety of our students, staff, and their families is always our top priority. We want to remind all of our staff, students, and their families that immigrant students are protected by law in the state of California under AB 699. YCSC will not release information to third parties for immigration enforcement purposes, except as mandated by court order. We have compiled a page of resources to support our immigrant community, including legal resources, hotline numbers, and know your rights materials. Click the heading to view.

Is earning your high school diploma worth the time and effort? Definitely! With a diploma, you can increase your earning potential and find more job opportunities, go to college or trade school, complete an apprenticeship and get a union job, start a business, or join the military. If you had to leave high school early and are looking for a second chance to earn your diploma, YouthBuild Charter School of California can help!

Israel Banks, a senior at our Fresno site, recently completed all of her credits and will be walking across the graduation stage to receive her diploma in June. Read more about Israel and her road to graduation in our Q&A.

Click the link in the heading to check out our April Newsletter, featuring updates about YouthBuild Day, forklift training, field trips, and more!

Today (5/6/25) is National Teachers' Day and this week is Teacher Appreciation Week. We wanted to take the time to thank all of our amazing educators here at YouthBuild Charter School of California for everything they do to support our young people!

Our school's SPED Coordinator Angelique McGrue's family members lost their homes in the Eaton Fire in Altadena. She has set up a GoFundMe page to help them restore their Haitian legacy and recover from this tragedy. You can donate to it at the link in the heading above.

On Saturday, March 15th from 1:00 – 4:00pm, our partners at Antelope Valley YouthBuild will be hosting a Neighborhood Block Party at their campus, located at 38626 9th St. East in Palmdale. The event has been planned and organized by our Palmdale students as part of their Trimester 2 Community Action Project. The Neighborhood Block Party will be a day full of fun, food and community spirit, and community members and businesses throughout East Palmdale are all invited to attend.

February is CTE (Career and Technical Education) Month, and we are excited to share some fun CTE updates from across our YouthBuild Charter School of California network. We currently offer CTE in Residential and Commercial Construction and Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation (Culinary Arts), and we are planning to expand our CTE offerings to include Mechanical System Installation and Repair (HVAC/Maintenance), Machining and Forming Technologies (Advanced Manufacturing), and Design, Visual, and Media Arts Pathways. Click the heading to read more about our CTE programming.

We know that many of our students, staff and their families have been affected by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles County. If you need resources, please click the link.

On Wednesday, October 16th, 48 YPC student leaders and staff representing 9 different YouthBuild programs came together for a one day leadership retreat at TreePeople in Beverly Hills. The purpose of the retreat was to connect with the youth leadership in the YouthBuild movement.

Big news! YouthBuild’s headquarters, YouthBuild USA, is now YouthBuild Global!
As the convener, collaborator, and catalyst for the entire YouthBuild movement,
the name change affirms their service to our network as truly global. It’s an
exciting time to be a part of YouthBuild, and we will continue building brighter futures together! Check out the full press release by clicking the linked title above.

Before a young person can officially become a member of one of our partner YouthBuild programs and a student at our school, they must complete a process called Mental Toughness. Learn more about what Mental Toughness is in this article written by Assistant Principal Celine Massuger.

In this month's Senior Spotlight, we're featuring Jocelynn Reyes-Garcia, a senior at our Fresno site who is on track to graduate in December 2024. "I needed to do this for myself to prove to myself that I am capable and smart enough to graduate so I can start the next chapter of school and enroll in college," she shared. Read our full Q&A with Jocelynn by clicking the link above.

We currently looking for a part-time registrar at our Canoga Park site. Interested? Click the heading for more information and to learn how to apply.