"Dare to Dream"
June 18, 2007

FOX LA News recently profiled the dynamic approach ICEF takes toward K-12 education and community development as featured in the "Dare to Dream" series.  The series highlights ICEF acadmic philosophy, parent involvement, admissions lottery, and school governance. Please click through a link to learn more.

Special Report: Dare to Dream
Welcome to View Park Prep, a charter school program that's changing South L.A.
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Dare to Dream,
The View Park Prep Charter School has fought the good fight for thirteen years in South Los Angeles. Now it's reaping the rewards, as each member of its first-ever graduating class heads off to college.
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Dare to Dream,
View Park Prep all started with Mike Piscal, a former private school teacher from New Jersey who was too stubborn to give-up when the going got tough. 
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Dare to Dream, 
Year after year, View Park Prep turns out top academic scholars and parents are an integral part of the process.
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Dare to Dream,
Meet the 2007 president, the quarterback and the valedictorian of View Park Prep... In a school where failure's not an option, these three are among the best of the best.
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Special Report: Dare to Dream: Yes I Can!
Discipline, dedication and dogged determination are the key ingredients behind a very special school in South Los Angeles.
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Dare to Dream,
In both 2004 and 2005, view park prep students had the highest test scores among African American kids. And in 2002, View Park's middle school kids tested higher than any other LAUSD students.
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Dare to Dream,
The waiting list is five thousand deep... Jean-Paul Cavalier is one of the lucky ones. After a four-year wait and a lottery, he made it into View Park Prep High School in South L.A. It's one of five charter schools credited for reinvigorating the education system in this area.
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Dare to Dream,
A woman with a passion, Sylvia Bain's calling was teaching and she gave it all she had. She was the first teacher hired to work at View Park Prep, when it was just a summer camp with only seven students.
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Dare to Dream,
He's a man with a mission, when Mike Piscal took on South L.A.; his main goal was to turn out a class of college bound kids. Here at View Park Prep, one of five charter school campuses he founded, his nickname is Buddha.
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