School on Wheels

Our Skid Row Learning Center students love playing after they finish their homework for the day! ⚽️ Are you watching the ? Comment the flag of the team you are rooting for!

Last week, the team at Foot Locker hosted an end-of-year celebration for our students at our Skid Row Learning Center. With their help, the students had a fun-filled day to recognize their achievement in finishing the school year!
They set up games, played basketball, and gifted clothing and gear to the kids.

Thank you, Foot Locker!

Congratulations to our Skid Row Learning Center staff, who played an instrumental role in School on Wheels being named Best Host Site through College Corps UCLA!! 🥳

Our Skid Row Learning center team does an incredible job making the space welcoming to all students and volunteers.

Today is the last day to vote!

It only takes a few seconds to put one more vote in: https://www.lazyacres.com/community/envirotokens-vote-los-feliz

We need your support to help School on Wheels become an Envirotokens recipient with Lazy Acres Natural Markets!
lazyacres.com/vote
The top six vote recipients at each store location will receive donations for an entire year, beginning July 1st, and we would love to secure one of those spots.

Here’s how you can help:
• Vote! Voting is open TODAY
• Each person can vote once per day, per email address
• To vote, click here: lazyacres.com/vote
• Select the Loz Feliz store location and choose School on Wheels

Thank you for supporting us by voting!

Research demonstrates that an education that promotes social-emotional learning (SEL) has a positive impact on a wide range of outcomes, including academic performance, healthy relationships, mental wellness, and more.

🔆 This summer, our students will continue their social-emotional learning during our Summer Fun on Wheels program. We can't wait to see what they learn about themselves through activities and support.

Learn more about social-emotional learning and our summer program here:https://schoolonwheels.org/tutor-resources/social-and-emotional-learning-program/summer-fun-on-wheels/

Thank you to former board member and current president of USC, Beong-Soo Kim, for naming School on Wheels as his favorite charity/cause.

“My mom was an elementary school teacher in the LA Unified School District, and I grew up believing in the power of education to transform lives.”

LA500 2026: Beong-Soo Kim - Los Angeles Business Journal Beong-Soo Kim was named the 13th president of the University of Southern California in February, a university that includes 23 schools, more than 46,000 students, 4,700 faculty members, 500,000 alumni, and Keck Medicine of USC. Since then, Kim has launched the Open Dialogue Project to foster diverse...

This isn't just a picture of a desk, it's an example of the impact your support has on students getting the tools they need to be successful in school. Below is a note from a parent of one of our students who recently received a scholarship for school supplies.

"I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for all the support and for the amazing opportunity to participate in the scholarship program, in which my son was awarded for the second time, and because of that he was able to get a very much needed desk, chair, Chromebook, book shelves and a few other items! Can’t explain the joy to not only see the huge growth in the educational and learning aspects of my son but to also be able to enjoy the happiness in his eyes to have his own space to keep learning and taking his tutoring sessions that is why I will forever be thankful for your service and your dedication to kids like my son!"

💜 Together we can make a difference 💜

We are so grateful to be one of the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund's first 27 grantees from around the world 🌎💛

Check out the video from their celebration with Hugh Grant and see our name right next to him on stage!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYpdYlniV44/

At last week's #GlobalCitizenNOW: New York, Global Citizen Ambassador @thehughjackman took the stage to celebrate the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund's first 27 grantees—driving real impact across Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Sierra Leone, and the United States! 📚✨ ⁠ Want to be part of the next wave of change? Applications for the second cohort of FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund beneficiaries are officially open now through May 29! ⁠ ⁠ Head to the link in our bio to submit your application today.

Our Executive Director, Charles, was recently featured as a Rising Star by Central Coast Voyager. Read the interview here:

https://centralcoastvoyager.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-charles-evans-of-los-angeles/

We are always blown away by the dedication and commitment our tutors have for their students.

Selena Nguyen is not only a wonderfully dedicated volunteer tutor, but she also organized a supply drive and rallied her community to donate a beautiful collection of books for students of various ages, along with colorful school supplies.

Thank you, Selena, and all your friends, for this wonderful donation.