Envision Schools of California enjoys sharing the success stories of our students that have found direction and focus in our project based learning programs. Many of our students have compelling and unique stories that bring them to our schools. After attending Envision Schools they awaken an interest in themselves that propels them forward to successful career paths.
Sha’nice Patterson
When Sha’nice Patterson started at City Arts & Technology High School in San Francisco, her mother had just died at age forty-two. She was estranged from her father, who had served time in prison and then started a new family, and was being raised by her eighty-year-old grandmother. City Arts & Tech Vice Principal Karen Bioski recalls the arrival of an “angry, frustrated girl.”
Four years later, Sha’nice Patterson is a student transformed. She has received college acceptances from three four-year universities and is awaiting word from several more. Her junior year internship at the San Francisco City Attorney’s office – the first time the office employed a high school intern – has inspired in her a serious interest in becoming an attorney. And she is, by all indications, happy, curious, and eager to learn. In large measure, Sha’nice credits her transformation to her school.
