Category Archives: Schools

TPY Presents a Cabaret “Things We Found in the Fire”

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Sue

Theatre Palisades Youth (TPY) was invited to present a cabaret Things We Lost in the Fire at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at Harvard-Westlake School Rugby Auditorium,3700 Coldwater Canyon Studio City, CA 91604 The show will highlight the incredible talent of … Continue reading →

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No school? No home? No robots? No problem.

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Sue

Marquez Charter School fourth and fifth graders lost nearly everything when the January 7 Palisades Fire Destroyed homes. On January 8, the school burned.  The students had been working on a robotic machine “Hole in One” since the beginning of … Continue reading →

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Pali “South” Full of Positive Energy

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Sue

Having last been in the Sears building, in the basement, when I was looking for a dishwasher, I remembered a dark interior with an escalator in the middle of the store. When it was announced that would be the temporary … Continue reading →

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PaliHi Returns to School . . .at Sears

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Sue

By HENRY KAMER Almost 2,500 Palisades Charter High School students flooded into the renovated Sears Building in Santa Monica on April 22. After three months of online school due to the devastating Palisades Fire, students had an actual campus. The … Continue reading →

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Revere Continues to Help Parents with “Fire” Photos

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Sue

Paul Revere Middle School Head Counselor Brett Shibata has been trying to  help public school parents at Marquez and Palisades Elementary retrieve school photos of their children that may have been lost in the Palisades Fires. YEARBOOKS: We need Marquez and … Continue reading →

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PaliHi Band Will Perform at the Hollywood Bowl

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Sue

By CHAZ PLAGER After a life-changing disaster, you tend to focus on the big stuff first. Where am I going to go to school? What about my house? What about my friend’s house? Only after all of those worries have … Continue reading →

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LAUSD Explain Next Steps to Replace Buildings at 3 Schools

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Sue

Three schools were affected in the Palisades Fire: Marquez, Palisades Elementary and Palisades Charter High School. At the March 27 Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting LAUSD’s Division of School Operations Dr. Debra Bryant, who is overseeing all things “fire recovery,” … Continue reading →

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“Legally Blonde,” Legally Fun, Opens Friday

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Sue

The saying “the show must go on” regardless of what happens, takes on a new meaning when Palisades Charter High School Spring musical, Legally Blonde, opens Thursday, March 27. The school’s award-winning cast had been slated to start rehearsing the … Continue reading →

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School Photographs Lost in the Fire

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Sue

A reader wanted to know now they could replace lost elementary/middle/high school photos from the local schools in Pacific Palisades. Brett Shibata, head counselor at Paul Revere Middle School sent the following letter, which may be helpful to some families: … Continue reading →

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Palisades High School’s Friday Night Live Returns March 14

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Sue

Although the Palisades High School drama teacher Nancy Fracchiolla lost her long-time Palisades home on the Alphabet Streets where she raised two children during the Palisades Fire, it was only the start of the losses. Palisades High School closed when … Continue reading →

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