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School of Leadership and Public Service (LPS)

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Pathway Description

Leadership and Public Service Students experience four years of integrated academics focused on the Public Service industry. In addition to completing  A-G courses, students take a three year course sequence of classes teaching the skills and addressing the issues that surround the Public Service industry, specifically Legal Services. These courses include: Foundations of Law,  and starting in their Junior and Senior years: Criminal Justice in the 21st Century, and Journey for Justice in America: American Government and Public Service. Working with their academic classes and larger community, students are expected to practice their skills outside the classroom with internships, jobs, and volunteer opportunities.

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Entrance Criteria

  • Any interested student is encouraged to apply to the pathway.

Pathway Vision: LPS students will be advocates for justice, aspiring to serve the community and become ethical problem solvers.

Pathway Mission: To develop socially conscious contributors to the community who partner to create meaningful change through experiences in public service and leadership.

 

Sample Schedule

Grade 9

  • Foundations of Law
  • English 1-2 or English 1-2 Accelerated
  • Algebra 1 or Geometry Accelerated
  • Biology: The Living Earth
  • World Language 1-2
  • Visual or Performing Art
  • PE/Marching Band/Sport

Grade 10

  • Modern World History or AP World History: Modern
  • English 3-4 or AP Seminar
  • Geometry or Algebra 2 Accelerated
  • Chemistry in the Earth System or Chemistry Honors
  • World Language 3-4
  • PE/Marching Band/Sport
  • Elective

 

Grade 11

  • Mock Trial
  • U.S. History or AP U.S. History
  • English 5-6 or AP English Language
  • Algebra 2 or AP Pre Calculus or Functions/Statistics/Trigonometry
  • Academic or Athletic Elective 2 recommended

 

Grade 12

  • Journey for Justice in America: American Government and Public Service
  • Government Accelerated and Economics or AP Government and AP Economics
  • Literature and Communications or
  • AP English Literature
  • Functions/Statistics/Trigonometry or Intro to Data Science or AP Statistics or AP Calculus
  • Academic or Athletic Elective 2-3 recommended

 

 

LPS KNOWS THE LAWS 

LPS HAS NO FLAWS

Leadership and Public Service CTE Classes

LPS Pathway

Work-Based Learning

  • Mock Trial
  • Mock Interviews
  • Guest Speakers (attorneys and law enforcement and community non-profits)

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For More Information

Contact Joel Jelinowicz
(562) 433-0481 ext. 6850

Nondiscrimination Statement: The Long Beach Unified School District prohibits unlawful discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), intimidation, or bullying, targeted at any student or employee by anyone, based on the student or employees actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy and related conditions, parental status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

For questions or complaints, contact Equity Compliance Officer: Steve Rockenbach, Director of Employee Relations and Ethics, 1515 Hughes Way, Long Beach, CA 90815, 562-997-8220, srockenbach@lbschools.net and Title IX Coordinator: Kimberly Dalton, Director of Human Resource Services, 1515 Hughes Way, Long Beach, CA 90815, 562-997-8108, kdalton@lbschools.net and 504 Coordinator: Jenny R. Acosta, Program Administrator, 2221 Argonne Ave, LB 90815, 562-986-6870, JRAcosta@lbschools.net.