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One of the first things Deb Smith, new principal at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, noticed as she walked the campus were many students carrying cameras. Even though this generation documents with images and words the minutiae of their lives, Smith, who has worked for the Los Angeles...
It was a spring break none of them will ever forget.
In late March, a group of students from two LAUSD high schools, Bell and New Tech at Jefferson, along with Granada Hills Charter High School, spent a week in Doha, Qatar, speaking Arabic, making art, and building ties to their Qatari peers...
The campus was located two blocks from the family home, yet in 1976, Jose Huerta’s father refused to allow him to attend Garfield High School. Instead, young Huerta was sent to Cantwell, at the time an all-boys Catholic school in nearby Montebello.
Though Huerta had attended...
San Fernando High School Junior Johnny Parada is the first city wrestler to win state title.
San Fernando High School Junior Johnny Parada made history at the 2013 California Interscholastic Foundation (CIF) Championships when he defeated the number one wrestler in the state making the LAUSD...
District Employees took the spotlight at the first ever LAUSD Talent Show produced by “Beyond the Bell,” to raise funds for LAUSD after school performing arts programs.
"I was so nervous right before I got on stage but I decided to participate to support the after school...
Students Strive to Success Thanks to a Driven Principal and Staff
It’s been a long and steady road to success for the students, staff and parents at Northridge Middle School. When Dr. Deborah Wiltz was assigned to be assistant principal in 2000, the school had a reputation for...
King Middle School’s Performance Rises Sharply, Mirroring Changes in Local Area
King Middle School is located on a nondescript stretch of Fountain Avenue in Silverlake, mere blocks from Trader Joe’s, Gelson’s, numerous coffee houses, and a slew of restaurants, attracting trend...
American life in an era of protest and change before Facebook and video games
Those sick and tired of hearing about the 1960s will get no relief for the next several years.
Beginning Nov. 22nd, 2013, 50 years to the day since the assassination of President Kennedy, they can expect a...
Video Teacher Returns to High School he Attended and Disliked
Inviting alumnus Antonio Manriquez to join the faculty at Hollywood High School made about as much sense as asking former president Ronald Reagan to return to his roots in the Democratic Party.
Manriquez, now 32, had a...
“It’s like a dream come true,” exuded Elizabeth, a choir member from Belmont HS, Multi-Media Music Academy, as she described singing the chorus for 80’s rock group-Foreigner.
The Belmont Choir made up of 10 students sang back up to the 1981 smash hit, “Waiting for...
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