The Jefferson Transformation was launched by Green Dot in fall 2006 to radically increase student performance at Jefferson High School, traditionally LAUSD's lowest-performing high school. This project aims to re-structure the high school into a group of small, safe autonomous schools.
In fall 2006, these independent charter high schools were opened, each serving a single class of 9th graders - about 140 students. In spring of 2010, each of these schools successfully graduated that very class of 9th graders and are currently operating at full capacity, serving around 560 high school students.
Ánimo Pat Brown
Ánimo Pat Brown is named for the former Governor of California who was instrumental in building the California public university system and the state's transportation infrastructure.
Ánimo Ralph Bunche
Ánimo Ralph Bunche is named for the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner, an alumnus of Jefferson High School, UCLA, and Harvard. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for successfully negotiating armistice agreements between Israel and four neighboring Arab nations in 1949.
Ánimo Jackie Robinson
With the blessing of The Jackie Robinson Foundation, Ánimo Jackie Robinson is named for the baseball player who became the first African-American to play in the major leagues in 1947.
