Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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A winter wonderland awaits at Westside Ballet of Santa Monica's 47th production of 'The Nutcracker!' It's Christmas Eve when a mysterious gift sparks a wondrous adventure. Journey to a Land of Enchantment filled with swirling snowflakes, waltzing flowers and exciting dances set to Tchaikovsky's glorious score––performed by the Santa Monica College Symphony Orchestra led by Maestro Elizabeth Stoyanovich. With over 100 dancers on stage this season, 42 will be Santa Monica res...
Nine schools in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District have won Energy Star Certification for 2018. To be certified, a building must earn an Energy Star score of 75 or higher. This indicates the building performs better than at least 75 percent of similar buildings nationwide, taking into account different operating conditions, regional weather, and other considerations. These standards are set by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA claims that Energy Star-ce...
It should be no surprise that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has a Sustainability Coordinator. This is Santa Monica (and Malibu). Of course we would employ someone to focus on sustainability (whatever that means) in the school district. What surprised me was to learn the Sustainability Coordinator had no staff. "I'm the only one," Caroline Coster, SC for the SMMUSD told me. "And I have no budget." Without dedicated funds and, perhaps, lonely, Coster applied...
How many children have begged their parents for ballet classes after seeing Clara dance with the Sugarplums in 'The Nutcracker'? In Santa Monica, some of those children may now be bringing their grandchildren. This year marks Westside Ballet's 47th year in performing the holiday classic, which draws dancers from their affiliated school (Westside Ballet School), adult dancers from the community, the company's resident professional guest artists, and welcomes NY City Ballet...
In order to change the name of a building to Michelle and Barack Obama Center for Inquiry and Exploration, the SMMUSD will have to paint over a mural of Muir Woods. Not everyone was happy that Muir Woods was being painted over. Some former hippies, now in their 60's and 70's, held a rally to celebrate the artwork, and try to convince the district not to paint over their mural. "Michelle and Barack Obama Center for Inquiry and Exploration, is the new name of the facility that...
A high school student suffered "severe and debilitating lung injuries" after swimming in the Santa Monica High School pool according to a government claim filed this month against the SMMUSD. "(name redacted) is a senior at Santa Monica High School, a member of the water polo team and an exceptionally strong swimmer. During the team's swimming and water polo meet, he suddenly was unable to breathe, and after gasping for air several times, he immediately became ill. Upon...
No people on earth excel in self flagellation better than American academics, as proven this week by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The prestigious ivy league college issued a press release saying that it had "retained the law firm Goodwin Procter to perform a thorough investigation of the facts surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's interactions with MIT." The question appears to be which particular foundations that donated money were actually connected to suicidal uber...
The experience of training in classical ballet often has a profound and lasting effect in the lives of dancers, though many ultimately pursue careers outside the dance world. That's the message behind Westside Ballet's "Dance Talks" series, which has featured a lineup of successful alumnae such as actress Jenna Elfman and Joffrey Ballet's Lucia Connolly, who have spoken to community youth about the positive impact disciplined dance training has had on their lives. The series...
With shouts of "19" echoing across the stage, the Santa Monica High School Class of 2019 flipped their tassels from right to left and exuberantly took their final steps as high school students. This was the 165th graduation ceremony at Samohi, and 670 seniors took part in this time-honored tradition. As the students strode into the Memorial Greek Theatre the crowd of over 3500 parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, and friends clapped, cheered and waved signs as the...
Despite the fact that the United Methodist Church nationally is in limbo about the LGBTQ community, the Church in Ocean Park sponsored its 8th dance for this community last Saturday night. The City of Santa Monica contributed the Carousel on the Santa Monica Pier. A balmy night, where it seemed throngs of visitors filled with the space with a multi generational/racial crowd. The LGBTQ Prom included a brief social hour followed by DJ Claudio spinning until 11 PM. It was free...
Ann Whitley taught at Roosevelt Elementary School starting 31 years ago, in 1988. This year, she retired. During that time, she team taught with several other teachers, including Angie Snow, Megan Cuevas, Martha Simmons and Carolyn Edwards. At a PTA meeting Tuesday at Roosevelt Elementary School, Ms. Whitley was presented with an Award for Excellence by the current Principal of Roosevelt, Lynda Holeva. "The team teaching we did was a departmentalized partnership where each...
Berlin (dpa) - The schoolboys who enter the red brick building of the Lauder Beth-Zion School on this chilly winter morning in Berlin are wearing winter hats and baseball caps, just like their peers at other schools in the German capital. But when the students get inside and take the hats off, they reveal that they're also wearing kippahs, the traditional Jewish skullcaps that they will wear for the rest of the school day. Rabbi Meier Daus, dressed in the traditional black and...
In addition, a parent is also obligated to teach his child how to swim, so that he may save himself should he be on a boat that sinks. - Talmud. Drowning is unfortunately the number two cause of death in 5-24 year olds and for every actual drowning death there are four near-drownings that regularly cause long-term life-altering damage. But kids who can swim love it, and an ability to swim is the a requirement for a multitude of fun activities from surfing, to sailing, to...
On April 14, 2019 Santa Monica High School placed second in the 22nd Annual National Ocean Science Bowl Finals. The finals carried the theme "Observe the Ocean; Secure the Future" in Washington DC. The students participated in field trips and lectures with other teams from 33 states. The competition consisted of team challenge questions, buzzer segments, and science expert briefings. Team members include Teddy Berger, Ryan Chien, Ireland Neville, Donny Sanders, Derek Wen and...
3/26: At a presentation today, So Cal Edison surprised SamoHi Senior Katie Richards with a $40,000 college scholarship from Edison International to pursue STEM education. Breanna Snyder, Katie's engineering teacher, described Katie's scientific article as "excellent." When Katie is not pursuing STEM, she is editor in chief of the Santa Monica High School year book and president of the Harry Potter Club. Edison International president and CEO Pedro Pizarro lauded the senior...
My daughter Natalie Schoemann, who is a Senior at Palisades Charter High School, recently completed her Girl Scout Gold Award Project. She put together a reading program to support parenting classes at Cornerstone Church in West Los Angeles. Natalie suffers from dyslexia and reading and writing have been a struggle. As such, she felt it important to help children get a 'jump start' with reading. Generally, those who attend the parenting classes can't afford babysitting....
This Saturday February 23, 2019 Santa Monica High Schools Ocean Science Bowl Team won the 20th Annual Los Angeles Regional Competition at JPL in Pasadena. "Team members included Ireland Neville, Ryan Chien, Teddy Berger, Derek Wen, Donny Sanders, and coach Ingo Gaida. The competition consists of 4 player teams answering questions based in marine biology, physical oceanography, marine geology, and marine policy/ chemistry related topics," said Chien. "The game is in multiple ch...
(November 26, 2018) – With many prospective students, their families and communities facing hardship due to wildfires affecting the entire state, the California State University (CSU) is extending the priority application deadline for fall 2019 admission to December 15. The university previously announced a series of accommodations for applicants affected by recent wildfires, but the CSU has now extended the entire priority application window to ensure that all applicants have...
SMMUSD Schools in Malibu are closed to the end of Thanksgiving weekend due to the Fire. They will reopen on Monday, November 26th. Most of the City of Malibu is still under evacuation order, wrote District Superintendent Ben Drati on November 11th. "All four of our schools are still in the current evacuation area."http://www.smmusd.org/superintendent/DratiUpdate111418.pdf Malibu High School, Juan Cabrillo Elementary School, Point Dume Marine Science School and Webster...
A project begun in the early 2000s to construct a satellite campus for Santa Monica College in Malibu finally won all the necessary approvals for construction, roughly 18 years later. The 27,5000-square-foot project will include six classrooms and a Los Angeles County Sheriff substation. Located in the Malibu Civic Center near the Malibu Farmers Market and Pepperdine University, it has not yet been decided what classes will be offered in the new building, which is scheduled...
Santa Monica College (SMC) held a "SMC Interaction Design Grad Show," a celebration of the college's first 18 students to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Interaction Design (IXD). The event - both a showcase of students' portfolios and an industry mixer - was held on Thursday, June 7 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the SMC Center for Media and Design at 1660 Stewart St. in Santa Monica. John Modestine, creative director of Ring-the global home security company owned by Amazon-ad...
Santa Monica College's 88th commencement ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12 at Corsair Field, said the school in a press release. About 675 of the more than 4,500 students who have earned degrees and certificates are expected to take part. Like other 2 year schools, SMC has many part time students. Among the graduating students will be SMC's first baccalaureate graduates: 18 students who have earned the Bachelor of Science degree in Interaction Design. In...
Toscana Finke is a graduating senior from Culver City High School who has been dancing at Westside School of Ballet for over 12 years, three of those at the most advanced level (Level 7). She is one of the last students currently with Westside Ballet that has trained directly under founder Yvonne Mounsey. Toscana has performed 15 different roles from The Nutcracker, from an 8-year-old Blue Soldier, to her dream role, the Dew Drop Fairy. She has also performed in a wide...
The John Adams Middle School "RoboVikings" squad is among just a few Middle School robotics teams competing over the past year with students from 7th through 12th grade. For the second year in a row, the team is advancing to the LA Regional Competition this Saturday in Monrovia. "Last weekend, in Palmdale, the RoboVikings won the prestigious "Connect" Award for educating their peers, parents, teachers and the Santa Monica community about robotics, the First Tech robotics...
Santa Monica College (SMC) is pleased to announce that the SMC Speech and Debate Team won several awards at the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association (PSCFA) "Warm Up" Tournament held at El Camino College September 30-October 1. Seven of the 14 SMC students who competed won high-level awards in International Public Debate Association (IPDA) debate, in which each competitor engages in four rounds of one-on-one debate, with only 30 minutes to prepare before each...
