March 13, 2018 | Bob Moffitt | Ezra David Romero
A spokesperson for the Sacramento City Unified School District says students at all 12 high schools are planning walkout activities.
July 6, 2017
Following Capital Public Radio’s year-long documentary Year at Encina, multimedia producer Andrew Nixon and Coordinator of Community Schools at Encina Prep Barry Roth discuss the project.
June 27, 2017 | Marnette Federis
Encina High School’s Cafeteria Supervisor Deborah Luman doesn’t just dole out breakfast and lunch to students. Sometimes, she also gives out advice and hugs.
June 14, 2017 | Andrew Nixon
The first year at a new school can be challenging for students. Katie Silaj is finding out it’s the same for teachers.
June 6, 2017 | Andrew Nixon
Marteya Wright sees a bright future for herself. She just needs to graduate first.
May 11, 2017 | Andrew Nixon
Adian Al-Maliki sees wearing her hijab as a responsibility. She wants others to know what that means.
May 4, 2017 | Steve Milne
Encina Preparatory High School students may have cultural differences with alumni who attended in the 1960s and '70s when the neighborhood was more affluent. But ever year they get together to play a basketball game - the school's biggest fundraiser.
April 5, 2017
The staff and students of Encina Preparatory High School deal with extraordinary challenges on a daily basis. Through the #YearAtEncina storytelling project, they share their hopes, dreams and struggles at school and in life.
March 16, 2017 | Julia Mitric
After Encina Prep was flagged as a failing school, teachers and administrators re-designed the entire school day around a model known as Advocacy. Five years later, teachers say they see a stronger school community. But test scores remain flat.
March 3, 2017 | Andrew Nixon | Joanne Serrieh
Nineteen students make up Encina Preparatory High School’s varsity men’s soccer team. Four different languages are spoken by team members: Arabic, English, Spanish and Kinyarwanda, the language spoken in Rwanda. But, language isn't a barrier.
