Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today that California students made significant progress in the second year of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) online tests, with the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards increasing at every grade and in every student group. Nearly half the students tested met or exceeded standards in English language arts, and nearly four in ten met or exceeded standards in mathematics ....
CORA-a short film written and directed by SMC student Kevin Maxwell-won Best Short Film at the 2016 Prague Independent Film Festival (PIFF). The winners of the first edition of the four-day festival-which took place in Prague, the Czech Republic-were announced on August 18. The film festival accepted 291 submissions from professional filmmakers from all over the world, and only 33 were selected by an international jury. While most of the films were Czech Republic premieres, films from USA, the U...
Brandy Young, a second-grade teacher in Godley Independent School District just outside Dallas-Fort Worth, sent home a letter to parents promising that she will not assign homework to students this year. Her letter has been shared more than 100,000 times on Facebook in one week, indicating that this is indeed a national issue. "After much research this summer, I am trying something new," Mrs. Young wrote. "Homework will only consist of work that your student did not finish during the school day....
A public school in California who'd directed an LA Deputy Sheriff to call on a seven-year-old boy to cease his sharing of religious literature has officially backed down on their restrictive attitude toward the bible. The Desert Rose Elementary school in Palmdale had wanted the child to stop handing out bible verses and stories at school and even outside the school gate. The deputy told the family that "someone might be offended." The issue began with the child sharing notes that his mother,...
Two followup notes to our story last week entitled "Outsider Named as New Samohi Principal." One is we received a very nice note from a parent of a Cincinnati area pupil, who spoke well of Dr. Antonio Shelton, named as Samohi's new school principal. She writes: " Our loss is your gain and we are so saddened to be losing Dr. Shelton," she says. "I am SURE he will do great things for your very large, diverse school district. Our kids thoroughly enjoy him! By the way, Mason, Ohio is a suburb in...
I am writing to shed light on my family's experience in Santa Monica. When we moved to Southern California two years ago, we specifically chose Santa Monica for many reasons - the schools had a good reputation, the community was known for being welcoming and accepting, it was walkable, it was a convenient commute to my job (under 40 minutes for LA) and the proximity to the beach was amazing. We moved into the Grant Elementary School area in Sunset Park. Grant was a phenomenal experience for my s...
As college campuses across the country begin fall enrollment, the increasing problem of homeless students is causing a flurry of concern. One university in Georgia decided to do something about it. With the help of a donation of $25,000 from the Kennesaw-based Beacon Foundation Charitable Trust, Kennesaw state has dedicated an apartment on campus for temporary housing of homeless students. The students are allowed to stay up to 14 days, and the university's Campus Awareness, Resource, &...
A contentious law that passed this summer eliminated both personal and religious exemptions from vaccinations in California schools, and 145 Sacramento children missed all or part of their first day of the school year on Tuesday because of it. Many of the children returned later on after their parents provided proper paperwork. Two clinics were open and available on school properties for parents wishing to vaccinate that day. The district says it is working to reach the other unvaccinated...
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education approved the appointment of Antonio M. Shelton, Ed.D., as the new principal of Santa Monica High School at the August 10, 2016 regular meeting. Dr. Shelton comes to SMMUSD from Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he served as principal since 2011. Indian Hill High School is ranked in the Top 100 schools in America by Newsweek and has earned a gold star ranking by US News and World Report. However, it is much less...
Editor's Note: No one knows why, but both Samohi Principal Eva Mayoral and SMMUSD Superintendent Sandra Lyons mysteriously, suddenly quit in June. Mayoral indicated she had to take care of her sick, adult son in another State. Sandra Lyons said something vague about other opportunities. To tell you the move was political would tell you nothing, since pretty much everything in Santa Monica is political. And pretty much every position at SMMUSD pays really well, so you have to be pretty motivated...
Santa Monica, CA (July 11, 2016) – The Milken Scholars, a joint initiative of the Milken Institute and the Milken Family Foundation, has selected 15 exceptional Los Angeles-area high school seniors as 2016 Milken Scholars. The Scholars were chosen based on academic performance, community service, leadership and their ability to persevere in the face of challenges. "We're honored to welcome these exceptional students to the Scholars family," said Mike Milken, who cofounded the program with his wi...
A Christian group which was denied use of facilities at Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) today prevailed in a federal lawsuit that requires the school to ensure religious group have equal access going forward. Plaintiff's filed a Federal Complaint after CEF sought equal access to the school district's facilities for its after school Christian charter education programs. The school district wanted to charge rent, which CEF could not pay, forcing it to shut down its after-school...
Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Sandra Lyon quit lat March, and Thursday, Eva Mayoral resigned after 3 years as principal. In an e mail to the community, Mayoral said she is leaving the State of California to live closer to family. “I can tell you unequivocally that I have never been fonder of any group of students, parents or staff,” she wrote. “It is this love that has made my life joyful, and this decision excruciating. But you are not my only love. My son and h...
Santa Monica College (SMC) has awarded its fourth annual Chui L. Tsang Transfer Scholarship to SMC student Angel Josue Najera. The new Tsang Scholar – the first in his family to go to college – will transfer this fall to UC Berkeley as a computer engineering major, with a 4.0 GPA. Named for retired SMC President Dr. Chui L. Tsang, the scholarship will provide $15,000 a year for two years toward the completion of Najera's baccalaureate degree. SMC Superintendent/President Dr. Kathryn E. Jef...
It casts Snapchat in a whole new light. Stanford rapist 'took photograph of his victim's breasts during attack - and shared it with swim team friends who deleted it after his arrest', police believe Stanford rapist Brock Allan Turner shared a photo of his victim's breasts, by sending it to his swim teammates after the attack. This according to court papers, which indicate one of his friends deleted those photos. In a pleading entitled "Sentencing Memorandum" filed by the prosecution, the...
Los Angeles (June 6, 2016) – OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center is hosting two weekends at Camp Erin-LA this summer (June 10-12 and August 19-21) at the scenic Camp Bloomfield in Malibu. Camp Erin-LA is a weekend-long camp experience for children and teens ages 6 to 17 who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or guardian in the past 3 years. Camp is free of charge for all children and combines traditional camp activities with grief support, education, and remembrance projects. Typical f...
Santa Monica College (SMC) announced that four SMC students have been awarded the California Colleges for International Education (CCIE) Scholarship for South Korea. Marc Cuison, Alexis Erskine, Evelyn Ramos, and Tonisha Parham received the scholarships-awarded by Soonchunhyang University in South Korea-for the fall 2016 semester. A total of ten study abroad scholarships were awarded by the University through CCIE. "This is an exceptional opportunity for our students," said Kelley Brayton, SMC...
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education approved the appointment of Lissette Bravo as a new Santa Monica High School house principal at its May 19, 2016 meeting. Bravo comes to SMMUSD from Poway High School where she has been assistant principal since 2012. She is also currently the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) district director to Poway High School and two middle schools since 2013. She began her teaching career as an English teacher at Leuzinger...
Santa Monica College (SMC) student Sharon Nat has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language (CLS) Scholarship to study Punjabi this summer in Chandigarh, India. She is one of 560 students selected from more than 200 colleges and universities across the nation for the all-expenses-paid linguistic and cultural immersion program, a U.S. government effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans mastering critical foreign languages. CLS recipients like Nat will spend eight to...
If every child could get an early start by attending the most phenomenal preschool conceivable, our world would be the most magical place. Garden of Angels in Santa Monica has been a Godsend to our family. By not only offering a nurturing place for our daughter to spend her days while we work, what she has learned already before Kindergarten has far surpassed my wildest imagination. Most schools obviously teach the basics. Kids learn to share, clean up, tell time, their ABC's, reading and...
The University of Northern New Jersey fielded no sports teams, held no graduation ceremonies and had no instructors, classes or degree programs. It did have a very attractive website that promised an "exceptional" education for foreign students wishing to study in the U.S. It was a sham from beginning to end, and it was created by federal authorities, who used it to arrest 21 people on charges they conspired to help more than 1,000 foreigners fraudulently keep or obtain student or work visas...
After receiving some backlash for the way it handled the gopher crisis at Malibu High School, the SMMUSD board has adopted a stronger policy on the use of pesticides, banning the use of anticoagulants outright. The new statement makes it very difficult for the board to resort to poisons until greener methods of eradication are attempted. According to SMMUSD board member Craig Foster, this is a tremendous step in the right direction for the district. "The statement Carrie Upton and Janice Maez dr...
The Santa Monica College (SMC) student newspaper The Corsair won 12 awards – including five first-place awards – in two student journalism competitions recognizing the best of student journalism from 2015. Corsair Editor-in-Chief Nik Lucaj and Corsair News Editor Adam Thomas are finalists in the Regional 11 Mark of Excellence awards sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists in the multimedia storytelling category. Final results will be announced at the Region 11 spring conference at...
Crossroads School students Bailey, Sarah, Enzo, Chad, Amanda, and Valentina were selling baked goods on April 25 in support of United in Harmony, a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides impoverished children with hope and opportunities. United in Harmony's overnight-camp program (Camp Harmony) is designed to help children develop positive self-esteem and to thereby inspire and empower campers in their future endeavors....
The Santa Monica College student newspaper the Corsair won 18 awards – including online General Excellence and five first place awards – at the 2015 state convention of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges held at the Double Tree Hotel in Sacramento from April 9-11. Corsair Editor-in-Chief Alci Rengifo won three awards, including first place awards for both critical review and news story. Corsair Photo Editor Brandon Barsugli won two first place awards, for online photo essay and...
