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Category Archives: Schools
YMCA Summer Camp Is in Full Swing in Temescal Canyon
“The kids are running around, they’re just happy to be outside,” said Oscar Rodriquez, who had been in charge of the YMCA sports program in Mid-Valley, but with the program on hiatus because of Covid-19, he came back to work...
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Online Petition Asks for Tougher Virtual Learning Standards at LAUSD
Academic and parent Maryam Qudrat started an online petition at Change.org that was sent to LAUSD President Austin Beutner, UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl and nine others. Qudrat authored the national e-learning plan for Afghanistan. At a June 10 LAUSD board...
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Viewpoint: Our Schools Need to Reopen
When I lived in New York City in my 20s, a good friend who had just moved back from California referred to the people here as “provincial,” meaning that they were unsophisticated and narrow minded. She was referring to the...
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Seven Arrows Elementary Will Resume In-Class Learning on September 3
Seven Arrows Elementary, a private kindergarten through sixth grade school on La Cruz, announced on July 11 that it will reopen classrooms on September 3. According to school media contact Fiona Farrahi, the school has developed a plan that will...
Optimist Oratorical Contest Draws 9 Contestants
Even though Covid-19 took away the live version of the Palisades Optimist Club Oratorical Contest, nine contestants competed via Zoom in early April. This year’s contest theme was “Just Image a World Without Boundaries” and each student wrote and delivered...
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Yay! The ACT and SAT Tests Are Optional! Or Are They?
Anyone who has a high school student is aware of the ACT and SAT standardized tests that are part of the college admission process. A May 2020 L.A. Times story (“UC Makes Landmark Decision to Drop ACT and SAT Requirement...
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Learn How to Make Photos Look Professional with a July Course Taught by Rick Steil
Almost everyone is snapping photos on their iPhones and posting them on social media sites, but most are not really good. This summer, residents and (nonresidents) will have a chance to learn from a professional how to take and produce...
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Optimists Award Scholarships to Six PaliHi Seniors
The Pacific Palisades Optimist Club, through its foundation, and with financial support from realtors Michael Edlen, Anthony Marguleas, Alexandra Pfeifer and Dan Urbach, was able to offer $2,000 scholarships to six graduating seniors at Palisades High. Rich Wilken, who...
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Library’s Annual Summer Writing Contest Is Underway, And Now Citywide
The Friends of the Palisades Library organization has launched its annual summer creative writing contest, which for the first time in the contest’s history is now available to students who attend school (private or public) in Los Angeles. Youth and...
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Canyon Elementary Classroom Replacement Project to Start
Residents, parents and staff of Canyon Charter Elementary School received a notice that LAUSD will begin work on the first phase of replacing Department of Housing (DOH) portable buildings on that campus. Portable buildings were brought onto LAUSD campuses in...
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