A Change for the Better at Northridge Middle School

Students Strive to Success Thanks to a Driven Principal and Staff
 

It’s been a long and steady road to success for the...

Making the 1960s Relevant to This Generation

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...

Belmont Students Perform with 80s Iconic Band-Foreigner

“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-...

Continuing the Road to Graduation

Americans usually favor the underdog, the rages to riches stories, the underachiever who made it big or the sports teams that came from behind to win it all. That same sentiment can also apply...

Randy Rodarte Can’t Stop the Music

This story is part of the LAUSD Journal's series entitled “Profiles in Progress,” which will focus on teachers who incorporate their own,...

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Video: HLN Interviews "Little Kids Rock" Ambassador About Music

Little Kids Rock (LKR) honorary board member Monte Pittman and LKR's ambassador Scott Burstein (a music teacher at Taft High School) were interviewed on HLN, the regional Los Angeles CNN affiliate about Little Kids Rock's impact on children in public schools and how it differs from...

Video: Teachers Flash Mob Students at Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences

All seemed normal at the Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences, when suddenly, without warning, music echoed throughout the campus, and teachers and administrators rushed to the stage at lunch and started getting down--with a series of groovy  choreographed dance moves.  It was a “...

Video: NBA Player Visits Students at 186th Street Elementary School

After several letters from the students asking JaVale to come visit them, JaVale McGee finally decides to surprise the students of 186th Street Elementary School in Gardena California. Oh what a day!   Video provided by: 186th Street Elementary School Posted: October 12, 2011

Photos: Student Recovery Day 2011

LAUSD’s annual “Student Recovery Day” is an initiative by the District to encourage students to return to school and prevent students from dropping out, whether they are “no shows,” have chronic attendance problems or left school.  With the help of the entire...

Everyone Lends a Hand on Student Recovery Day 2011

Volunteer Christina Godinez sits in the counseling office of San Fernando High School going down the list of phone numbers as she makes calls to students who have had 25 or more absences last year…when in walks a student. “I got this letter about some Student Recovery Day,” the...

Reseda Elem. Has a Great Set of Pipes

Behind a plain door at Reseda Elementary School lurks a 32-foot tall, multi-headed brass monster, which only emits a sound when manipulated by expert trainers. On occasion, the creature has graced Halloween festivities with a sonorous rendition of the theme from “Phantom of the Opera.”...

Video: 2011-2012 Teachers of the Year

KLCS interviews the 2011-2012 Teachers of the Year!    Video provided by: KLCS

Video: Getting to know Dr. John Deasy, LAUSD Superintendent

To kick off the new 2011-2012 school year, we interviewed Superintendent John Deasy as a way for students, teachers and employees to get to know our new Superintendent. What led to his work in education? What was his favorite subject to teach? What experiences has he been most proud of since being...

Photos: Schoolhouse on Mohawk Street Honors “House on Mango Street” Author Sandra Cisneros

Parents, community members, teachers and students of the Sandra Cisneros Learning Academy celebrate the opening of their school with the author herself. Cisneros is best known for her acclaimed first novel The House on Mango Street and has also written numerous short stories and poems, including:...

Schoolhouse on Mohawk Street Honors “House on Mango Street” Author Sandra Cisneros

Parents, community members and students in their yellow and green uniforms anxiously waited to meet their “superstar” in the brightly-colored multi-purpose room of the Sandra Cisneros Learning Academy. While the mariachi band strummed a playful tune, in walked the writer herself, as she...