East Los Angeles, CA
Four second year ACE teachers serve in two schools in East Los Angeles: St. Anthony & Mother of Sorrows.
ACE East LA – Bill, Laura, Jared, and Danielle
Laura German
University of Notre Dame, 2006, History and Psychology
Mother of Sorrows School, 3rd Grade Self-contained
Jared McCauley
Duke University, 2006, English
St. Anthony Elementary School, Middle School Language Arts, Science, and Religion
Bill Leone
Boston College, 2006, History and Theology
Mother of Sorrows School, 4th Grade Self-contained
Danielle Weber
University of Notre Dame, 2006, Theology
St. Anthony Elementary School, 2nd Grade Self-contained
East LA House
What is unique about your community?
We are a self contained community, meaning that we are all in the same year of ACE, and will live together for two years. Wahoo! We live in a cozy three bedroom house complete with a kitchen, living room and two-car garage. We also have a back porch, home to our grill and garden.
Schools served in East LA
St. Anthony Catholic School
Mother of Sorrows School
Mother of Sorrows School
Brief description of East LA:
Bellflower, CA is about a 20-30 minute drive (factoring in LA traffic) from the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Our house is less than a mile from the freeway that connects us to any other major LA highway which, in turn, can take you anywhere in the city in 20 minutes. We are close to a good number and a variety of restaurants and little stores. Our actual street is a mixture of styles and people, but I think that it is safe to say that we might be the only street in LA where you can sit outside and see the neighborhood police car drive by one minute and then see the neighbors from the barn a block over riding their horses in the middle of the street the next minute. LA is pretty self-explanatory; there is basically everything here. Mountains, beaches, clubs, theatres, you name it, it’s here.
What do you like most about East LA?
The best thing about LA is the ability to do a variety of activities within a close range of our house. The freeway system is really key to getting anywhere around town using a relatively direct route. And the greatest thing is being so close to two other ACE houses. LA is the only city that has more than one ACE house and we get together all the time. It’s a great opportunity to share teaching stories and swap advice, but also to just relax with people that you don’t live with directly.
