Explore culture, resilience, challenges and change in a suburban Sacramento high school, where many of the students speak a language other than English.
March 8, 2018
Homelessness, immigration, hunger, income inequality. These critical issues facing California all converge at Sacramento’s Encina Preparatory High School. CapRadio’s yearlong reporting on the school is now an exhibition at the California Museum.
July 7, 2017 | Andrew Nixon
Principal Richard Judge wants to make a difference. He transferred to Encina Preparatory 6-12 High School to work with students with whom he could have the most impact.
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 30, 2017 | Andrew Nixon
Elias Blessett is looking for a bigger life. He sees education as his way there.
