Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Midterms and AI: How students are avoiding AI detection Midterms are just around the corner, and many students are looking to get ahead by using AI for papers, quizzes, and discussion assignments, Pangram reports. But as schools and universities get better at catching cheaters using AI on assignments, students are getting smarter at avoiding getting caught. Is AI Editing Cheating? Students may edit an AI-generated essay in an effort to fool AI detectors, introducing grammar...
No teachers and no curriculum: Is this the school of the future? Walking into Brightworks could be a shock for helicopter parents — there are no rows of desks, no hallway passes and no bells to jolt students from one class to the next, Reasons to be Cheerful reports. Instead, the K-12 school is alive with invention, autonomy and what founder Gever Tulley calls “the energy of a big multi-generational family household.” In a quiet pocket of San Francisco’s Presidio, just a short...
Financing higher education: Scholarships, grants, and financial aid As college expenses increase, financial aid has become a lifeline for most students and families. According to Experian, for the 2024-2025 school year, tuition and fees ranged from $11,610 at in-state public colleges to $43,350 at private nonprofits. When you factor in housing, meals, and supplies, the total price tag drastically increases, with some students paying as much as $62,990 a year. Scholarship...
Back to school, back to the bus. Why that yellow ride still defines childhood You didn’t need an alarm clock. You had the school bus. And its arrival was unmistakable — the low diesel growl echoing down the block, the squeal of brakes, the faint smell of exhaust mixing with morning dew. Step inside and you were hit with the same sensory cocktail every kid knows: cracked Naugahyde seats sticky in summer, rattling windows that never quite shut, and the odd mystery gum fused und...
Vouchers are booming, but lack of rural private schools that accept them means students miss out Sitting on the Kentucky border, the Christian Academy of Indiana draws students from 56 different ZIP codes in southern Indiana. Some come from as far as 30 miles away and live in counties without private schools. Families in those distant communities make the drive every day — sometimes carpooling — because they’re drawn to the school’s environment and extracurriculars, and esp...
7 scholarships students should consider applying for before 2025 ends As college costs soar, securing financial aid has become paramount for students pursuing higher education. Scholarships help reduce the burden of college costs without requiring repayment, making them essential tools for accessing quality education. For students prepping for college, starting the scholarship application process early is crucial. Many of the most competitive and generous awards have...
Losing faith: Rural, religious campuses are among the most endangered The Catholic prayer for the faithful echoed off the limestone walls and marble floor of the high-ceilinged chapel in Davenport, Iowa. It implored God to comfort the poor and the hungry. The sick and the suffering. The anxious and the afraid. Then it took an unexpected turn. “Lord, hear our prayer for St. Ambrose and Mount Mercy University,” the young voice said, “that the grace of the Holy Spirit may help...
November 14, 2023 - Tepid response by the administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has encouraged an escalating level of protests by supporters of Hamas who call openly for the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel and accuse Israelis and Jews of genocide. Hamas is the ruling party in Gaza and labeled a terrorist organization by the United States. Shortly after the October 7 brutal and deadly invasion of Israel by Hamas, MIT President Sally Kornbluth...
Update 10.25.23: "Professor Russell Rickford has requested and received approval to take a leave of absence from the university," a Cornell spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Rickford taught African American history. Video has emerged on social media of a Cornell university professor approving of Hamas' October 7th murder of 1400 Israelis. "I was exhilarated!" Professor Russell Rickford of @Cornell called Hamas terrorist attacks "exhilarating" and “energizing”. Social med...
October 13, 2023 UPDATE: The UC Santa Cruz Chancellor, Cynthia Larive, sent out a response email to those asking the university to pull out of the anti-Israel conference today in which she simultaneously claimed the university as a whole had taken no action to participate in the conference to redefine anti-Semitism and that she had to allow academic freedom to the departments who are part of the university. She claims to "know" the conference comes at a bad time, and is...
In an email sent to faculty staff and parents, the Santa Monica Malibu School District announced that $2.9 million was stolen in August 2023. All but $200,000 was recovered "thanks the efforts of quick acting District staff." the email said. It is unclear who took the money or how so much of it was able to be recovered. The District does say that "It appears that a hacked email account was used to perpetrate this fraud." The email is reprinted below. SMMUSD Provides Fraud...
Dear esteemed SMMUSD Board: I am writing in response to this request that all district parents received today regarding a consulting firm that you have hired to run a focus group of parents regarding the district’s commitment to "infusing DEI across all aspects of the district." I am writing in extreme opposition to such a plan, particularly when it involves two unions, one of which doesn't even involve teachers, and is a large national service employees union, and involves c...
Img1) Senior Christian Recendez from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity baseball team gets low to the ground to field the baseball which was hit into play by a batter from Venice High School at Santa Monica High School on Saturday March 4th 2023 when SAMOHI hosted VENICE in a non league baseball game won 2-1 improving their record to 5 wins 2 losses and 1 tie on the season. IMG2) Junior Sage Douglass from the Santa Monica High School varsity baseball team bunts the...
IMG 4)Left Thomas Nevell from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity lacrosse team looks down at the ball getting ready to pick it up with this stick in front of Carlos Castellon from Redondo Union High School at Historic Belmar Park the home field for the Samohi Boys varsity lacrosse team in Santa Monica on Friday March 17th 2023 when Samohi hosted Redondo in a non-league lacrosse match and loss 9-2 with the loss the Samo's record falls to 3 wins and 5 losses. IMG 7)Center...
The Drowsy Chaperone transported theatergoers to the 1920's. A tale of romance with a zany cast of characters, including dancing gangsters, huge musical numbers, mistaken identity, and vaudeville style gags all set in the roaring 20's. Hailed as "the Perfect Broadway Musical" by New York Magazine, The Drowsy Chaperone has also been called "the funniest musical you've never heard of." It's shocking this hilarious show isn't more widely known. It was a winner of five Tony...
MAthletes from Santa Monica High School, are raising money to attend a competition in Torrance. Their Samohi Faculty advisor is Emily Lee Anderson. We caught up with the Mathletes conducting a bake sale on Montana Avenue. One of them explained they have to raise money because the group is considered an outside club, i.e. not part of the official SamoHi program. A mathlete is a person who competes in mathematics competitions at any level or any age. More specifically, a...
IMG 1) Jimmy Lincoln V from the St. Monica Prep High School varsity baseball team opens his glove to field a baseball. It was hit into play by a batter from the Cathedral High School at Marine Park, the home field for St. Monica's. This on Friday March 3 when St. Monica hosted Cathedral in a Camino Real baseball game which St. Monica won 2-0 to improve their record to 1 win 0 losses in league play and 3-2 overall. IMG 2) Shayne Florez from the St. Monica Prep High School...
IMG 1)Left Carter Wood from the Highland High school boys varsity baseball team fields the baseball that was thrown to him by a teammate as Kian Naini from Santa Monica High School sides into third base at Santa Monica High School on Wednesday February 22nd 2023 when Samohi boys hosted Highland in a non-league baseball game. The game was ended after 8 innings tied 2-2 which brings SAMOHI record to 2 wins 1 loss and 1 tie IMG 2)Left Erick Holman from the Highland High school...
IMG 1) Center Collin Swimmer from the Santa Monica High School boys' varsity soccer team dribbles the soccer ball down the field past left Roque Alvarez on the left and on the right Victor Kagurabadza both from Long Bach Poly High School at SAMOHI on Saturday February 19th when SAMOHI hosted Long Beach Poly in the division 2 semifinal playoff and lost 2-1 and were knocked out of the playoffs IMG2) Center Collin Swimmer from the Santa Monica High School boys' varsity soccer...
Img 1)Left Karen Garcia from the Santa Monica High School girls basketball team drives to the basketball hoop with the basketball while being chased from behind by Mikayla Oliver from Pacifica High School inside the north gym located on the campus of Santa Monica High School when SAMOHI hosted Pacifica in the first round of the Division 2AA southern section playoffs. IMG 2) Left Haven Ramirez from the Pacific High School girls basketball team puts her arms up as right Karen...
The Sant Monica Fire Dept. was reportedly responding to flooding at Roosevelt elementary school Sunday evening just after 6 pm. Source of the water is unknown; there has been no rain in Santa Monica for a week. "The call for a Flooding last night was actually at Roosevelt Elementary School and it was simply a hose bib that someone turned on," wrote Walter R. Patton of the Training Division, SMFD. "Our members were able to use a ladder to get over the fence and turn off the...
The Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District is moving its headquarters to a new location. And it's SamoHi adjacent. The building at 1717 4th Street currently houses offices for the City of Santa Monica. It was constructed on School District property in 2003. The move will take effect on Feb. 21, 2023, announced School Superintendent Mark Kelley in a press release. The move from the current location of 1651 16th St. Santa Monica will take place the week of February 13,...
IMG 1)Center Santa Monica High School varsity basketball team coach James Hecht poses with Left Joshua Hecht and Ty Vudmaska inside the North Gym located on the campus of Santa Monica High School on Thursday Febuary 2nd 2023 as Vudmaska and Hecht are both seniors and were being recongnized before the start of Samohi's game vs Culver City IMG 2)Front Center Holden Henderickson from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity basketball team dribbles the basketball while being...
IMG 2)Left Keilani Jung from the Culver City High School girls basketball team reaches out as Karen Garcia from Santa Monica High School jumps into the air for a layup attempt inside the North Gym located on the campus of Santa Monica High School on Tuesday February 2nd 2023 as Samohi hosted Culver City in a bay league basketball game and won 38-36 to end the season at 7 wins and 3 losses in league play and 18-10 overall IMG 3)Center Brielle Minor from the Santa Monica High...
Img 1)Left Karen Garcia from the Santa Monica High School girls varsity basketball team gets ready for a layup under the out stretched arm of Maile Nakati from Mira Costa High School inside the North Gym located on the campus of Santa Monica High School on January 31 2023 as Santa Monica hosted Costa in a bay league basketball game and won 47-45 improving their record to 6 wins and 3 losses in league and 17-10 overall. Img2)Left Kalaya Hudson from the Santa Monica High School...
