Category Archives: Kids/Parenting

Summer Creative Writing Contest 2023 Opens

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Sue

If your kids are bored, or even if they aren’t, give them a challenge these next two months. Write something longer than a text message. LOL The annual summer creative writing contest sponsored by the Palisades Friends of the Library … Continue reading →

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Resident’s School Ushers Student into $2 Million in Scholarships

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Sue

Colleges offered more than $2 million in merit scholarships this spring to Terrin Busby Thompson, a senior at Qualia: The School for Deeper Learning, a Calabasas school co-founded by Sunset Mesa resident Jim Hahn. Busby Thompson eventually turned down all … Continue reading →

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Ancient, Unsanitary Rec Center Playground Needs to be Replaced

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Sue

The playground at the Palisades Rec Center is close to 30 years old. The base of the playground is sand, which serves as a bathroom for feral animals, making it unsanitary and potentially unsafe. Many Palisades parents send their nannies … Continue reading →

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PPBA Playoffs Underway: Championships This Week

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Sue

(Editor’s note: Photographer Rich Schmitt takes excellent photos of all the PPBA action and offers them for sale to parents and grandparents. He then donates some of the proceeds back to PPBA. A photo might make a great Father’s Day … Continue reading →

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PaliHi Teen, Jack Schwartz, Hosts After-Prom Parties

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Sue

BY CHAZ PLAGER Six months ago, Circling the News ran a story (“Pali Teen Entrepreneur Produces My Plots, a Party App”) about up-and-coming teen entrepreneur Jack Schwartz, founder of Loonar clothing and creator of the MyPlots app. The concept was … Continue reading →

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Pacific Palisades Ballerinas Will Perform May 27

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Sue

Westside Ballet of Santa Monica presents “Masters of Movement: Ballet through the Centuries”—a richly varied program of classical, neoclassical, and contemporary works that showcase the talent of the nonprofit company’s pre-professional dancers, alumni, and guest artists. If one was not … Continue reading →

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Rob LeMond Swimming and Surfing Camp Starts June 26

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Sue

BY ALISON BURMEISTER   “Hello, this is Rob LeMond, please do not leave text messages on this number but I would like to have your voice message, so please leave it after the beep. Thank you.” *BEEP*   If you … Continue reading →

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Palisades Elementary Walkathon: Walking/Running for Health

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Sue

With a few years off for Covid, Palisades Elementary is coming back strong with plans for its annual run/walkathon on April 27.  This will be the first one held since 2019, continuing a 25-year-tradition. “The annual Pali Elementary Walk-a-Thon is … Continue reading →

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Palisades-Malibu YMCA Annual Giving Campaign Underway

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Sue

Every year, the YMCA hosts an annual campaign to raise funds to help support individuals and programs that are not covered under money from Y memberships. The Palisades Y is focused on doing good for children, teens, families and seniors. … Continue reading →

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Ann Guttenberg’s Noodle Pudding

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Sue

When Marilyn Crawford was Arnie Wishnick’s administrative assistant at the Palisades Chamber of Commerce, she was responsible for helping to organize the annual Chamber installation dinners. One year she sought recipes from celebs and other dignitaries. She told Circling the … Continue reading →

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