Category Archives: Education
Pali’s Class of Summer ’64 Holds a Nostalgia-Rich Reunion
The Palisades High School Class of Summer 1964 held its 55-year reunion Sunday evening aboard the Regent Sea yacht in Marina del Rey on a spectacular full-moon night amid the stars and shimmering harbor waters. With a theme of “Remember...
Proposition 39, “Clean Energy Jobs Act,” Promised Help for Schools. Did It Succeed?
Maybe you remember voting in the November 2012 election for Proposition 39? Or maybe not. There were 13 statewide ballot propositions to consider in that election. According to a Sacramento Bee editorial in August 2015, Prop. 39’s promoters promised in...
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Rotary Club Awards $5,000 in Scholarships
To PaliHi Seniors and to Top Revere Students The Pacific Palisades Rotary Club donated about $5,000 in scholarships to Palisades High students this month. Most of the recipients attended a Thursday morning breakfast meeting held at Aldersgate Lodge to receive...
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Celebrating the Fourth of July and Unique Presidents
Who Knew that Thomas Jefferson Was a Master Gardener? Two fifth graders from Marquez, Alex Psounis and Ava Cohen, discussed President Thomas Jefferson and gardening at the Marquez Elementary Garden Festival on June 4, under the guidance of master...
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Polo Field Area Kindergarten Students Will
Be Allowed to Attend Canyon Charter School In a June 4 email from LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin’s office to Reza Akef, it was announced: “Incoming kindergarteners of families living in Area 8 will be allowed to attend Canyon...
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Law Professor Dr. Elyn Saks to Speak
Next Monday on Understanding Schizophrenia Dr. Elyn Saks wrote the “The Center Cannot Hold,” which follows her journey into, through and continuing to cope with schizophrenia. While at Oxford University, she suffered mental illness, which landed her in a mental hospital....