Our school is currently providing instruction through distance learning. We are also offering limited in-person instruction using a hybrid learning model for select grades. Distance Learning Bell Schedule >>; Hybrid Learning Bell Schedule >>
Nuestra escuela actualmente brinda instrucción a distancia. También ofrecemos instrucción en persona utilizando un modelo de aprendizaje híbrido para el noveno grado. Modelo híbrido >> ; Aprendizaje a distancia>>
A Message from the Principal
Welcome to Ánimo Jefferson Charter Middle School! We are excited to provide an exceptional education to all students to prepare them for college, leadership, and life. Please make sure to visit the website weekly, as school events and updates will be made through this page. Go Bulldogs!!!
Principal
Edgar Flota
323-232-1857
Join us on campus for Coffee with the Principal meetings
Area Superintendent
Taiala Carvalho Regnier
(323) 565-1600
President & CEO, Green Dot Public Schools California
Dr. Cristina de Jesus
News & Announcements
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Latest Updates from Ánimo Jefferson
- Ánimo Jefferson Students Flourish in New Theater Club
At Ánimo Jefferson Charter Middle School, Room 106 might seem like a regular classroom, but once the final bell rings, it turns into the Jefferson Theater Club: A place where students sing to their favorite music, work on wardrobes, set up audio, rehearse, and most of all, have fun. This fall, the theater club brought nearly 30 middle schoolers into drama and theater ... read more - First Person: Growing from Middle to High School
My name is Lindsey Garcia, I am 14 years old and I graduated from middle school at Ánimo Jefferson Middle School and I am a current ninth grade (freshman) student at Ánimo Ralph Bunche High School. Starting high school was something I had always had mixed feelings about, as I was sad, happy, excited, but overall I was nervous. Starting this new chapter ... read more - Ánimo Jefferson Middle School Students Complete LA Marathon
It’s not often that a middle school student runs in a marathon, but 12 Ánimo Jefferson Charter Middle School Students upheld their school’s 10-year track record of competing in the LA Marathon through a partnership with Students Run LA, a nonprofit organization that encourages students to compete in the LA Marathon. Ánimo Jefferson teachers Carl Finer and Thomas Lo lead the partnership ... read more - Ánimo Jefferson Journalism Students Illustrate Pandemic Life in Photo Essays
While the year 2020 is not likely to be described as “picture perfect,” it did turn into a perfect picture project for our students. At Ánimo Jefferson Charter Middle School, students in Carl Finer’s investigative journalism course used their phone cameras to encapsulate their unique pandemic experiences. Several students published their in-depth and fascinating images on the Ánimo Jefferson’s student-run newspaper website, ... read more - This Student Wrote a Poem about Zoom School
The unprecedented pandemic has reshaped the classroom experience for students across the country. In the move away from physical classrooms, many students have experienced distance-learning—but few have published a competition winning poem about it. Samantha Rodriguez, an eighth grade student at Ánimo Jefferson Charter Middle School, won second place for her poem “Advice For Online School” in the annual Ánimo Voices Writing ... read more - Writing: ‘Advice for Online School’ by Samantha Rodriguez
This piece placed second for middle school writing submissions in the 2021 Ánimo Voices Writing and Art Competition, which invited students to express the reality of the challenges they or others face and/or how they or others find hope through difficult times. The competition is an opportunity to motivate, recognize, and celebrate our strong student voices through writing and art. ... read more
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Ánimo Jefferson Charter Middle School
1655 E 27th St
Los Angeles, CA 90011
Phone: (323) 232-1857
Principal: Edgar Flota