KIPP Comienza Community Prep

Be the change. Comienza.

KIPP Comienza Community Prep is a free college-preparatory public charter elementary school that opened in the summer of 2010 in the Southeastern City of Los Angeles. KIPP Comienza is a part of the national KIPP network of 209 schools in 20 states and D.C.; it currently serves 826 students in kindergarten through seventh grade, for the 2017/2018 school year.

KIPP Comienza Community Prep is built on the belief that great schools and strong relationships transform communities. The mission of KIPP Comienza is to teach the academic skills, cultivate the character traits, provide the learning experiences, and forge the community relationships needed for our elementary students to thrive in middle school, high school, college, and life.

School Co-Leader for K-4

Hadley Huberman is the co-school leader at KIPP Comienza Community Prep. Upon joining KIPP in 2012, Ms. Huberman taught kindergarten for a year. She subsequently moved to third grade to found the grade level and become the Grade Level lead for the founding team. Ms. Huberman then moved on to become the assistant school leader at KIPP Comienza where she was responsible for managing, coaching, and developing the third and fourth grade teams. She received her M.A. in Administration and Policy in Urban Education from Loyola Marymount University and her B.A. in English Literature from The University of Washington.

School Co-Leader for 5-7

Melissa Helguera is the co-school leader of KIPP Comienza Community Prep. She began her teaching career with KIPP SoCal in 2008 as an instructional assistant at KIPP Raíces Academy, and then became the founding science teacher at Raíces. During this time, she received multiple California Congressional recognitions for her teaching efforts. In 2014, she transitioned to become a science teacher at KIPP Sol Academy and became Dean in 2017. Ms. Helguera became the Principal of Comienza Upper School in 2018. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Chicano/a Studies & Education from UCLA, a Master of Arts in Urban Education from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Master of Education in School Leadership from USC.

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ENROLLMENT

For more information on how to enroll at KIPP Comienza Community Prep, please go to this link.

RECOGNITION

- KIPP Comienza Community Prep scored an API score of 979 making it the third highest performing school in LAUSD.

- KIPP Comienza Community Prep is the #1 performing school in California out of schools serving at/above 60% English Language Learners.