The OPEN Daily : School Updates
Culver City Parents Hope to Form a United Front
May 17, 2012 at 6:00 pm
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A group of parents is joining together to form a united front in Culver City schools. The new United Parents of Culver City will hold its kickoff meeting Thursday, May 24. The organization is a “labor of love” designed to represent all of the schools in Culver City, said Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin, one of the [...]
West Los Angeles College Celebrates New Buildings
May 16, 2012 at 4:00 pm
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West Los Angeles College is celebrating this week with the grand opening of its new Student Services and General Classroom buildings. The grand opening, which is scheduled for this weekend, marks a milestone for the campus, said President Nabil Abu-Ghazaleh. “These are two significant, sizeable projects,” he said. “The college is finally transforming itself.” The General Classroom building [...]
UCLA May Withdraw From Westwood Volunteer Day
May 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm
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The UCLA Volunteer Center, a major participant in an annual neighborhood clean-up day, may withdraw staff support from the Westwood Organized Mega Project. The university's retreat from the event, dubbed WOMP, would be a big "womp womp," Westwood neighborhood organizations say. The Westwood Organized Mega Project, a day of volunteer service and beautification in Westwood [...]
Venice High School aka Rydell High to Host 2nd Grease Sing-A-Long
May 14, 2012 at 9:17 am
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Venice High School, which doubled as Rydell High School for the popular 1970s musical Grease, will be the site of an upcoming Grease-Sing-A-Long to benefit the school's alumni association. The free event will take place June 1 on the school's football field with gates opening at 6 p.m. and the screening beginning at dusk.
Animo Leadership Charter High School students say officials intimidated them
May 13, 2012 at 7:45 pm
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What started as an internal dust-up over a fired teacher at Animo Leadership Charter High School operated by Green Dot has blown up into a battle over freedom of speech involving the ACLU and National Lawyers Guild.
Fairfax High Schoolers Rally To Raise Money For Paralyzed Student
May 13, 2012 at 2:00 pm
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High school students are often perceived as being self-centered and cliquish. But one high school junior has got students at Fairfax High School rallying together for cause. Eighteen-year-old Jose Chojolan is shy Fairfax student who suffered an unimaginable tragedy. In January, after weeks of back pains and numbness, Jose underwent emergency surgery for a blood [...]
Performances Of ‘Rent’ To Run At Santa Monica College May 25 Through June 3
May 12, 2012 at 10:27 pm
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The Santa Monica College Theatre Arts and Music Departments will present the Broadway smash hit musical and Tony Award-winning “Rent” –- the socially relevant and moving story of the struggles of a group of young Bohemians. Performances will run May 25 through June 3 in the Theatre Arts Main Stage, located at 1900 Pico Blvd. [...]
Culver City High School Student Takes First Place in 2012 Congressional Arts Competition
May 11, 2012 at 4:00 pm
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Congratulations to Culver City High School’s Michelle Bac for talking first place honors in the 2012 Congressional Arts Competition. Bac’s submission, entitled, "A Face," was selected to be included in a special student art exhibition that will be on display in the U.S. Capitol for the next year. Congresswoman Karen Bass personally congratulated Bac on [...]
Award-Winning Photographer Features Pali High Prom
May 11, 2012 at 5:35 am
pacificpalisades.patch.com
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The Washington Post featured photos from award-winning photographer Mary Ellen Mark's latest work titled Prom. The work includes photographs of students attending the Palisades Charter High School prom in 2008. The black-and-white images will appear in her book, Prom, to be published for the 2012 prom season.
Parolee Suspect Arrested For Alleged Burglary At UCLA Dorm
May 10, 2012 at 9:34 pm
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A Los Angeles man suspected in a burglary in a residence hall on the UCLA campus in Westwood is now in custody. Timothy Bell, 41, was arrested just after midnight on Thursday when a UCLA community service officer observed him in a stairwell in another residence hall and called the UC Police Department, according to campus police. He is suspected in the May 6 theft of $20 from a room in a campus residence hall.
Hannah Carter heirs sue UC Regents over planned garden sale
May 9, 2012 at 10:44 pm
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Hannah Carter heirs sue UC Regents over planned garden sale Could this get any more embarrassing? Way to go, Chancellor. $139,000/year is too much to spend on a UCLA treasure, but clearly $750,000/year is just fine for Chianti Dan.
SMC Seeks Applicants For Citizens Bond Oversight Committee
May 5, 2012 at 11:00 am
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Santa Monica College is seeking applications for the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee, which oversees the implementation of Measures U, S and AA, the 2002, 2004 and 2008 bond measures that are funding capital improvement projects at the college. The application deadline is Friday, June 29, 2012. The vacancies are specifically for representatives of the local [...]
