GOALS:
Xinachtli is a program dedicated to promote higher education and empower students to develop holistically, build critical thinking skills and build leadership skills.
The goals of Xinachtli are to:
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- promote education and raise consciousness
- increase number of disadvantaged students attending
higher education
- promote holistic development through self determination
and critical thinking
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Philosophy:
MEChA de UCLA (Moviemiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztl?n) created Xinachtli not only to increase the number of educationally disadvantaged students attending higher education.
 Particularly the University of California system, but also to develop a comprehensive program that encourages students' academic growth and holistic student development. Xinachtli is a Nahuatl word (the language of the Mexica/Maya) that means germinating seed, and at the precise moment when the seed bursts, it is neither a seed nor a plant, but infinite possibilities.
According to the Mexica(Aztec People), this is the time of true learning. In essence, human learning is Xinachtli and hence we choose that name as it embodies our vision of education.
What is Xinachtli??
Xinachtli is a student-initiated and student-run project.
Xinachtli has worked with both UC eligible and non-UC eligible educationally underrepresented students at Venice High from spring 1998, at Santa Monica since winter 2000, in the Pico Neighborhood Youth and Family Center since winter 2002 and in the Fall of 2004 we expanded our services to Hawthorne and Leuzinger High School.
SERVICES:
Xinachtli consists of three service components:
Peer Advising:
Component provides one on one peer advising sessions between youth and a UCLA mentor.
 In these sessions we discuss a variety of topics including student academic and career goals, classes or personal, community and cultural issues. These sessions are intended to challenge the student to thing more critically about themselves and their environment. It places a great emphasis on academic preparation, college prep as well as personal development, ultimately developing the students self-stem, self-reliance and self determination.
Tutoring/Academic Performance component:
Provides tutoring services for any subject area and seeks to develop student academic performance through workshops, activities, and homework assistance. This component seeks to increase student problem solving ability and critical thinking skills.
Student and Community Empowerment:
Seeks to get students to apply their education and life skills to positively develop their community.
 This is done by promoting the student's knowledge of self, community and culture.
This component provides workshops and fieldtrips and helps develop youth leadership skills and community service projects.
Sites & Times:
Venice High School
Tuesday and Thursday
3:15pm - 5:15pm
Santa Monica High School
Tuesday and Thursday
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Pico Youth and Family Center
Wednesday
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Hawthorne High School
Tuesday and Thursday
3:30pm - 5:30pm
West Adams Preparatory High School
Tuesday & Thursdays
3:30pm - 5:30pm
MEChA Xinachtli Contact Info:
Student Activities Center
220 Westwood Plaza
Suite 106
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310.825.8894
Fax: 310.206.3175
Email: MECHA.Xinachtli@gmail.com
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