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    From Futurians to Pharaohs, classes of the past left their mark on Lincoln High

    One of the traditions that has come and gone from  Lincoln High School was the selection of a name for every graduating class. That tradition has not been honored at the Lincoln Heights school, which opened nearly a century ago, for decades but memories of those past classes and their names can be found under [...]

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    Elysian Valley school parents follow a DIY approach to reopen library

    The reopening today of the library at Dorris Place Elementary resembled the reveal at the end of an HGTV home makeover  show, with students at the Elysian Valley school oohing and aahing as they gazed at murals of clouds hovering over book shelves and a tree, fashioned from cardboard tubes and artificial leaves, spreading its [...]

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    A new vision of Garfield High’s old auditorium now taking shape

    L.A. Unified officials on Wednesday night provided an update and final renderings of the new auditorium and main building now under construction at Garfield High in East Los Angeles.  The school’s historic auditorium was gutted in a 2007 fire that consumed its soaring, paneled ceilings, murals and chandeliers and also heavily damaged the adjacent administration [...]

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    New L.A. school district basketball league scores points by unifying students

    By Erik Luna The gym of the Roybal Learning Center near Echo Park sees plenty of basketball action. But last Friday, the Roybal gym hosted L.A. Unified’s first basketball tournament with teams composed of special education and general education students. The inaugural tournament for The Unified Basketball League is part of a pilot program intended [...]

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    Silver Lake school holds meeting over sharing campus with charter

    A proposal to open a charter school on the grounds of Micheltorena Elementary will be the focus of a community meeting on Wednesday.  The school  district earlier this month officially offered Citizens of the World Charter eight empty or underused classrooms to establish a Silver Lake school at Micheltorena Elementary. Citizens of the World, which already [...]

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    Atwater school library begins a new chapter

    After spending a few days dusting and cleaning shelves and organizing books, librarian Kimberly Ragno late last month opened the doors of the school library at Atwater Elementary  that had been closed since last fall as part of school district budget cuts. The Friends of Atwater Elementary, headed by Shelli-Anne Couch, organized a last-minute fundraiser [...]

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    Elysian Heights Elementary to hold Prospective Parent Tour

    Elysian Heights Elementary  will open its campus on Friday, Feb. 17 to parents who might be interested in enrolling their children.  “Parents will get an introduction about the school from our Principal Veronica Herrera, and a tour with either her or a current  parent volunteer,” said  an email sent by Becky Mazel with the Friends of [...]

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    City Terrace cheerleading team takes first place in national competition

    The Supernova Cheer Team, composed of girls ages 10 to 15, has been practicing at City Terrace Park in East Los Angeles. Late last month, The Supernovas traveled to Las Vegas to compete in the Jamz National Championship – one of the largest cheer competitions – and returned to East Los Angeles with a first [...]

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    Echo Park school staff and parents get an education in traffic management

    The half hour before the morning bell rings at Clifford Street School often finds the narrow, steep street that runs past the Echo Park campus into a chaotic scene, with cars, vans and trucks packing the road and kids darting between idling vehicles. It’s a common sight at Clifford and other schools as parents drop [...]

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    Echo Park Catholic school celebrates centennial

    Our Lady of Loretto School, located on Union Avenue in Echo Park, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary on Sunday, Jan. 29 with an open house.  Church Secretary Anna-Marie Steidl provides more details about the school and Sunday’s event: This year marks our 100th anniversary of education in Echo Park. We are a K-8 elementary [...]

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    Is your school prepared to share?

    The Eastsider has written about the concern and opposition generated by proposals to allow charter school operators to take over classrooms at Elysian Heights and Micheltorena Street schools. But these are from the only L.A. Unified campuses that might end up having to share space with a charter.  As part of an annual process, the [...]

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    Elysian Heights school parents seek more info on sharing campus with charter operator

    A group of Elysian Heights Elementary  concerned about a proposal to share the campus with a charter school have organized a community meeting for next week.  Elysian Heights Elementary is one of the many L.A. Unified schools – including Micheltorena Street School in Silver Lake and King Middle School in Los Feliz – that might [...]

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    Silver Lake elementary not ready to share campus with charter school

    In the five years since she arrived at Micheltorena Street School, Principal Susanna C. Furfari has seen all sorts of improvements, from a new school garden and library to growing numbers of volunteers and parents willing to support the Silver Lake elementary.  But earlier this month, Furfari learned that the school district had offered eight [...]

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    Girls basketball team runs the gauntlet through Lincoln Heights

    Perhaps the most challenging part of being a member of the Sacred Heart High School basketball team is the one-mile long journey the girls must travel to get to the Lincoln Park Recreation Center where the team practices. The  girls endure the taunts and leers from men and motorists as they  jog or walk during [...]

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    Silver Lake school to start dual language program

    Micheltorena Elementary in Silver Lake  will be starting an English-Spanish Dual Language Program later this year and is holding a meeting for interested parents on Jan. 18.  A recent Silver Lake Neighborhood Council newsletter had more details about the meeting and the school’s plans: Silver Lake parents who would like to find out about the [...]

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    Mt. Washington preschool faces a costly fix for a noisy problem

    The main classroom at La Casita Verde preschool at the base of Mount Washington is so noisy that sound levels exceed federal standards, preventing the school  from qualifying for Head Start funds.  The school, as The Eastsider reported back in September, raised funds to conduct a $5,000 acoustical analysis to study the problem. With that [...]

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