Samantha Valdez introduces us to the motivated teachers, inspiring students, and the young, dedicated teaching assistants of East Bakersfield High’s MOVE program.

Curator of Animals Don Richardson introduces us to the birds of prey who make the California Living Museum their home.

It’s a safety net catching high school students who have dropped out or lack the credits to graduate.  For troubled youth and their families, what’s often needed is a safe, structured environment where leadership traits are developed, life skills are taught, and academic achievement is promoted – a place like Grizzly Youth Academy at the National Guard’s training base in San Luis Obispo, where, to date, close to twenty-five hundred young lives have been changed for the better.

Director Jeff Nickell tells the story and updates the restoration progress of the Lopez-Hill House, the newest historic structure at the Kern County Museum.

Delivering targeted instruction to ensure success in the classroom and beyond – in the rich tradition of Migrant Education in Kern County – identifying needs, then providing opportunities for students to succeed.  Enriching activities designed to ensure that learning for migrant students is not interrupted by mobility.   And for many of these lessons, instruction often takes place just about anywhere.