Photos by Martha Benedict The grounds of La Casita Verde, a Highland Park preschool housed in the historic Ziegler Estate near the Southwest Museum Goldline Station, have been transformed during the past year. As funds become available, teams  of volunteers guided by landscape designer Katharine Parra ... Read More »

Photos courtesy Blaire Lennane When some of the parents at Dorris Place Elementary asked employees at the nearby Home Depot for help reviving the school garden, they were expecting some packs of flowers or maybe bags of fertilizer. Instead, the Elysian Valley school got an entire ... Read More »

The new 1,40o-seat Garfield High auditorium is  located behind a new administration/classroom building pictured above. Photo by C.J. Salgado By C.J. Salgado Some six years after a fire destroyed the iconic auditorium at Garfield High School, a  new auditorium, classrooms and administration offices are well on ... Read More »

Photos by Michael Sandoval The second annual Los Silver Lake Soccer Tournament on Saturday proved to be a cliff hanger, with the teams representing Franklin Avenue Elementary of Los Feliz and Silver Lake’s Ivanhoe Elementary tied at the 90-minute mark. After a double overtime, Franklin emerged ... Read More »

A new principal has taken charge of Ivanhoe Elementary, the high-achieving Silver Lake school whose lofty test scores are the pride of the neighborhood and a selling point for real estate agents.  The appointment of Lynda Rescia, who was formerly the school’s academic supervisor,  as the ... Read More »

When Luther Burbank Middle School opened in the late 1920s,  the campus on the border of Garvanza and Highland Park was  hailed as “a marvel of modern architecture,” featuring a then-in-vogue pre-Columbian motif that evoked a Mayan temple. After more than 80 years, however, it’s hard ... Read More »

Children’s Playhouse, a play-based preschool in Highland Park, is planning a silent art auction on Dec. 9. The fundraiser – for grown ups only – features the work of more than thirty local artists, a reading from an anarchist-themed children’s story, plus cookies and beer. A ... Read More »

Want to shop for designer fashions and support your neighborhood school at the same time?  Ivanhoe ELementary School in Silver Lake is hosting a Multi Designer Sample sale on Friday and Saturday.  School supporter Kelly Flannagan provides more details Some of the designers include Trina Turk, ... Read More »

View Larger Map It’s been a tough week at Glenfeliz Elementary .  Many students and staff at the Atwater Village school were stunned earlier this week when they were informed that a well-liked instructor involved in an after-school enrichment program had been murdered, allegedly by her ... Read More »

View Larger Map Contributing her time and skills, Gretchen Corrales  earned a reputation as being a “talented athlete, a gifted artist, an inspiring teacher” while serving with an enrichment program at Glenfeliz Elementary in Atwater Village. On Monday, students and staff at the Atwater school were ... Read More »