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Thursday, September 24, 2015 • Volume 31 • Issue 2 • chscourier.com
By Carly Berke and Daria Gershkovitch
Harris Federman
VIEWING THE VILLAGE: had the opportunity to meet with Senior Vice President of Development Larry Green (bottom left) and tour the construction site (top; bottom right) before the Grand Opening on Sept. 18.
CHS implements Forward Learning Initiative By Katelyn Bautista
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This school year, the Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) is implementing the Forward Learning Initiative into classrooms district-wide. The program aims to strengthen students’ abilities in writing, content creation, media literacy and Internet skills in a technology-rich environment. In order to do this, the district is providing students in the third, sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth grades with laptops to use both at home and at school. Over the course of the next four years, LVUSD, with the help of its Education Foundation and parent organizations, will invest two million dollars into the Forward Learning Initiative with the aims of increased academic achieve-
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ment to meet the Common Core Standards. The LVUSD Technology Committee chose the Acer TravelMate B115 laptop for this program because of its evenly balanced durability, functionality and cost-effectiveness. They also deemed the third, sixth and ninth grade to be natural times of transition and therefore appropriate times to introduce and replace new technology. With their laptops, students will participate in collaborative learning by means of media creation, collaboration, self-evaluation and online assessment tools. “In the long run the laptops are beneficial to students because it is inevitable that the more technology progresses, the more we will depend on a computer than pen and paper,” said sophomore Krystal Gilbert. Recent changes in curriculums
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and standardized testing across America--such as the Common Core Standards--encourage an increased involvement of technology in classrooms. Moreover, the evolving expectations of colleges and the workplace necessitate skills and experience in technology. As a result of these events, LVUSD is taking the opportunity to modernize its learning environment in order to better prepare its next generation of students. •
Chelsea Argue
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By Roz Rabbani
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Opinion
4 By Sydney Odman
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By Molly Yumkas and Ethan Shanfeld
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Opinion
5 By Roz Rabbani
Chelsea Argue/Photo Editor
CLUB RUSH (above): Students promote the Speech and Debate Team and the CHS Poet’s Society during Club Rush on Sept. 10-11.
By Syra Taub
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By Katelyn Bautista
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Features
6 By Sydney Odman
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Harris Federman/Photographer
By Amanda Feenberg
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The Calabasas Courier 2015-2016 Staff
By Karina Aggarwal
Adviser: Editors-in-Chief: Director of Education: Copy Editor: News Editors: Opinion Editors: Features Editors:
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Entertainment Editors:
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Design Director: Rachel Nebel/Photographer
Staff Writers:
By Molly Yumkas
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By Hannah Lederman
Dan Siman-Tov/Photographer
Entertainment
8 By Ethan Shanfeld
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NOT-SO-CHARMING: Banksy’s grimy version of Cinderella’s Castle (above) includes dilapidated spires and mud-streaked cement walls. Spread PB’s menu contains a variety of delicious snacks.
By Hannah Lederman
The Berry Berry Nuts and Bananas sandwich is a fan-favorite.
All Spread PB workers wear these hats on the job. Rockey Greenberg/Photographer
12215 Ventura Blvd., Studio City
By Cami Klein
Juice Karma’s exterior (above) shows its calm atmosphere.
The “Energize” and the “Mint Charkra” drinks are rising favorites.
22267 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302
Juice Karma’s menu offers a variety of drinks and snacks. Photos courtesy of Google Images and Rachel Nebel/Photographer
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By Roz Rabbani
“Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough.”
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-Yiddish Proverb GRACE PAPISH OPINION EDITOR By Katelyn Bautista
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By Ethan Shanfeld
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TRAGEDY: Racer Justin Wilson (above) died on the track at Ponoco on Aug. 24. Wilson’s family members (below) carry his casket at his funeral, held on Sept. 10 in England, his native country.
By Cami Klein Photos courtesy of Google Images
By Mano Baghjajian
draftkings.com
fanduel.com
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Chelsea Argue/Photo Editor
PACK LEADERS (from left to right): seniors Grant Nechak, Mitchell Levy, Josh Ryngler, Liam Bonniot and Zach Cohan. Not pictured: Max Sonnenberg By Noah Fortson
By Hannah Lederman
Chelsea Argue
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