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...

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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...

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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-...

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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...

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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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Welcome

Photos: The Beginning of a New Dance Movement

The dedicated members of Cleveland High School’s Urban Arts Club kicked off the 2011-12 academic by collaborating with a neighboring school. Cleveland High joined with Granada Hills High School’s Urban Arts Club, adding new members to the Facebook group, bringing the total to over 110....

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The Beginning of a New Dance Movement

The dedicated members of Cleveland High School’s Urban Arts Club kicked off the 2011-12 academic by collaborating with a neighboring school. Cleveland High joined with Granada Hills High School’s Urban Arts Club, adding new members to the Facebook group, bringing the total to over 110....

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Breanna Demail Leads the Fight For School Psychologists

After Breanna Demail, then a high school freshman, listened to one of her closest friends recount graphic, chilling stories of having been repeatedly sexually abused, she tried to help with words of consolation and hope. Although many young teen-agers would not have done as much, Demail felt later...

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Tyra Banks is ‘Model’ Guest Star at Bethune Middle School

Celebrity sightings in L.A. happen every day. You see them sipping Starbucks coffee on the West Side, shopping at exclusive boutiques, and waiting in the VIP line with their families at Disneyland. But, when you have a LIVE celebrity, successful supermodel, TV talk show host, producer of a top...

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Photos: Tyra Banks is ‘Model’ Guest Star at Bethune Middle School

Celebrity sightings in L.A. happen every day. You see them sipping Starbucks coffee on the West Side, shopping at exclusive boutiques, and waiting in the VIP line with their families at Disneyland. But, when you have a LIVE celebrity, successful supermodel, TV talk show host, producer of a top...

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Shaky Easterners Learn Earthquake Preparedness From LAUSD Master

In previous years, Bob Spears, director of emergency services at the Los Angeles Unified School District, received a polite, attentive reaction from educators in Washington and Virginia when he explained procedures to follow should an earthquake occur during school hours. Last month, however, they...

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Local LAUSD Students Learn About Their History in Los Angeles

It was just a short bus ride but a visit to the new La Plaza de Cultura y Artes opened a new understanding to the students who came from Garfield, Lincoln and Law & Leadership in Entertainment and Media Arts (LEMA) high schools. They learned that Mexicans, Mexican Americans and other Latinos...

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Strike Up the LAUSD All-District Marching Band!

Anthony L. White, director of the LAUSD’s All-District Marching Band, is pacing deliberately and staring at the ground, listening intently as the horn section rehearses “Sir Duke,” a Stevie Wonder classic on a recent Saturday afternoon at El Sereno Middle School in East L.A....

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Photos: Strike Up the LAUSD All-District Marching Band!

Anthony L. White, director of the LAUSD’s All-District Marching Band, is pacing deliberately and staring at the ground, listening intently as the horn section rehearses “Sir Duke,” a Stevie Wonder classic on a recent Saturday afternoon at El Sereno Middle School in East L.A....

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Video: San Fernando Elementary School Dedicates Auditorium in Honor of Famed Alumni

The students of San Fernando Elementary School gave a Hollywood welcome to their famous alum, comedian George Lopez, this month as they honored him for his continuous support by dedicating the school’s auditorium in his name. Come celebrate with San Fernando Elementary School!   Click...

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