and then you look at sophia mendoza, the student walkouts at roosevelt junior high school in '68, the tactics and the strategies that she used to pull that off were copied by the east la walkouts by professor castro in east la. so, there's a template that we've developed that we think is applicable to anywhere you want to go in terms of voter registration, civic engagement, and participating in the political process. so, for me, what i want to do, especially in the time we live in, i think we need to educate the young people about the sacrifices that many people made from way back to lay that foundation for the success we all have now. damian: yeah, you talk about the backbone of the chicano movement, that's right here. karl: yes sir, pretty much so. nannette: and we should also mention that one of the co-organizers of the roosevelt junior high school walkout in the late 60s is actually one of our board members, dr. consuelo rodriguez. so, we have people who are tied to the community and have been active, you know, a significant amount of their time, and have been working to contribut

people said despite having only a high school education, eleanor roosevelt dropped out of high school she didn't have anything beyond what we would think of as the junior year. none of the people that were running the secretariat had more than a high school education, so it was not that unusual. it's what fdr treasured for these people that have roots with blue-collar families. her father might have been an alcoholic irish governor but they really struggled to work in a department store as a sales clerk, that kind of thing. .. >> >> tommy had a fine voice and then started to show up in the opposite the morning and would say i was a line capitol hill or at a cocktail party she said that we go tell him that so more often than not fdr would say it said in in in that is how he got his influence and became the white house lobbyist darn capitol hill. he worked for the federal government already so he was already a federal employee but they did not have a lobbyist and he was in trouble to pushing this legislation going through that was the first hundred days than it got harder because the crisis was over even though there was an overwhelmingly democratic majo

. >> reporter: the middle school teacher, allison and kim agree and they teach at the roosevelt junior high and allison remembers being in the seventh grade to see her first eclipse. >> i was in the bay area and i remember it was very cool and we made the pinholes things we reflected on to the notebooks and i remember it was weird and eerie but fun at the same time. >> reporter: the middle school kids can be skeptical. >> they will ask and will i be happy that i learned this one thing. >> reporter: the eclipse offers the opportunity to provide and combine the curriculum with opportunity. >> we can use phenomenon as the way to bring in science ideas and different parts of the vocabulary. >> i just want them to explore. there's no right or wrong. they may find something and discover something i did not think of. >> reporter: at the peak of the partial eclipse all 550 students and teachers will head out to watch. >> everyone will have their glasses and get to look at the eclipse together. i have never experienced one myself so i want to see it so we should get out there with the student, and k

>>reporter: middle school teachers agree, they teach at roosevelt junior high. remembers being in seventh grade and seeing her first eclipse.>> i was in the bay area and i still remember. it was really cool. we made things that we reflected on to our notebooks. >> i remember that it was weird and eerie but it was fun.>>reporter: middle school kids can be skeptical.>> they will ask will i be happy that i learned this?>>reporter: the eclipse combines curriculum and curiosity. >> it goes hand-in-hand with the next generation of science standers as using phenomenon to bring in different ideas and thoughts.>> i want them to explore it and see what they notice. there is no right or wrong. they might find something that i did not think of. >>reporter: at the peak of the partial eclipse, all 550 students and teachers will watch.>> everyone will have glasses and get to look at the eclipse together. >> i've never experienced one myself, i want to see it. we should get out there and not going out would be weird. >>reporter: the blacktop will be filled with everyone looking