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BY KAREN PACKER The band played, cheerleaders cheered, and a stadium full of students and staff joined in the celebration under early morning gray skies as Birmingham High School began the 2009-2010 school year August 19 with its new charter status … [Read more...]
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BY MY DAILY FIND STAFF Actress Evan Rachel Wood accepted an $86,000 grant from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on behalf of Cal State Northridge’s (CSUN) film department at a star-studded luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on … [Read more...]
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BY BJ NATHAN HEGEDUS Summer is without a question here. At noon, the day is sultry hot, rapidly approaching triple digits. A haze hangs over the nearby hills as I walk into Gail Craven's classroom at Colfax Charter Elementary School located in … [Read more...]
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BY MY DAILY FIND STAFF School's already been out for over a month, but that doesn't mean that learning has to stop altogether. In fact, says Ofra Weinberg, Director of the Huntington Learning Center of Encino, summer is the perfect time for children … [Read more...]
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BY MY DAILY FIND STAFF The Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley is the recipient of $33,000 grant from the Ahmanson Foundation, which will enable the organization to serve more youngsters at their headquarters in Canoga Park, as the grant is … [Read more...]
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BY ERIKA OBLEA After much debate, Birmingham High School will open its doors for the 2009-2010 school semester with its new charter status. Approved last Wednesday by LAUSD boardmembers, the charter status will allow the school to exercise more … [Read more...]
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BY ERIKA OBLEA With the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) facing uncertain funds from state and the federal stimulus package, transportation cuts, and increasing class sizes, San Fernando Valley parents, teachers, and principals gathered … [Read more...]
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The first-ever graduating class from North Hollywood's East Valley High School, with 190 students, matriculated on June 18 in a two-hour ceremony which included speeches from Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Member Tamar Galatzan … [Read more...]
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CHAMPS Charter High School's Spur-Flys robotics team, under the direction of teacher Nancy Aldrich, recently took home the first place prize at the Vex World Championship in Dallas, Texas. The LAUSD charter school, which is located in Van Nuys, … [Read more...]
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A video submitted by Loren Simons, a sophomore at El Camino Real High School, received the grand prize in a contest sponsored by Los Angeles Unified Board of Education Member Tamar Galatzan. Galatzan presented Simons with a $5000 check for El … [Read more...]
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