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Back To School Larchmont Chronicle • 2015

Local students return to school for the 2015/16 year.

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A new co-ed sports league in town for 4th to 6th graders.

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Mom determined to find the right sport for daughter

By Vanessa Herman Like most Hancock Park parents, I have spent countless hours sitting on bleachers in local parks and gymnasiums watching my child swing a racket or bat or try to get a ball in a hoop or net. Simone, who is now 11 years old and in 5th grade at St. James’ School, has tried numerous activities including tennis, softball, basketball, gymnastics, swimming and soccer, and while she enjoyed making friends with the other girls she met, none of the sports captured her attention beyond a season or two.

I am a strong believer in the benefits of sports for girls, including camaraderie, selfconfidence and physical fitness, and was determined not to give up on helping Simone find a sport she could love.

A year ago, an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s travel show “No Reservations” introduced me to the martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and as I saw the women rolling around with each other on a mat, I had an inkling that this might be just the thing for my daughter.

World champion While the show was still on, I did a quick Yelp search and was amazed to find that just blocks from my house, right in Hancock Park, is the Jiu

A CULINARY TRAVEL SHOW introduced Simone’s mom to the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

A recent Saturday, Simone was given permission by Cobrinha to enter her first Jiu Jitsu competition, and we were thrilled when she earned first place and won a gold medal. While her victory was certainly heady stuff for her family, I am most excited by the hard work and focus that got her there. I am also so pleased that we continued to look beyond the typical sports for girls and found a gem hidden in our own back yard!

I am writing not as an advertisement for the studio or for my daughter’s success, but I find it interesting that a world-class athlete chose to open shop in our neighborhood; this is proof that exploring our neighborhood can lead to incredible finds; and that children can benefit from looking beyond the usual suspects of soccer and basketball.

Vanessa and Joseph Herman live on Rossmore Ave. and are the proud parents of Simone.

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Jitsu studio of a six-time world champion, Cobrinha. Within a few days, Simone was in a kimono and was having the time of her life with the other girls and boys in her class, many of whom drive from deep in the Valley just to train with Cobrinha.

“I’ve finally found my thing!” she proudly announced after just a week.

Cover page photos, clockwise from top left: MARYMOUNT girls hit the field for soccer practice.

PILGRIM students perform the xylophone in music class.

ST. JAMES' students in the auditorium for the first day back to school.

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ALL-STAR girls team 14U takes third place at state competition.

Wilshire Girls capture bronze It has been a truly historic season for the Wilshire Girls Softball 14U all-star team.

Not only were they one of two Wilshire teams to qualify for state competition by making

it to the championship game at districts—for the first time in the league’s history—they ended up taking home the bronze!

Next up for the ladies of 14U are Regionals. Good luck!

Wilshire Huskies start season Practices have begun for the Wilshire Huskies 39th football and cheer season for kids 8 to 14 years old.

According to Wilshire Youth Athletic Club president, Al Ferguson, the Huskies will play five teams this season.

Football practices take place Monday through Friday, 6 to 8 p.m. at Rancho Cienega

Recreation Center.

All home games are played at Fairfax High School, 7850 Melrose Ave., on Saturdays and Sundays. The team will compete with other self-supporting clubs in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.

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Co-ed sports league comes to Hollywood, Wilshire

By Billy Taylor hensive and in-depth enrich There is a new sports league ment program using soccer coming this fall to participat- as a vehicle to teach not only ing schools in Hollywood and athletic skills but socialization Wilshire. and communication skills."

The league is for boys and It was from this idea that girls in 4th to 6th grades, with JMG SoccerWise was born. a designated sport for each For Wong, what happens season of the 2015/16 school on the field is as important as year. Soccer season runs from what happens off the field. the beginning of school un- “We use all situations as a til Dec. 15. Basketball season lesson for our kids. We create runs from Jan. 18 to Mar. 8. safe spaces with boundaries so And volleyball season runs children can thrive and work from April 12 to May 23. through fears and the array The co-ed league is man- of emotions they will experiaged by JMG SoccerWise, a ence.” family-owned business found- Wong says his team emed by Matthew Wong, who says braces every tear, smile, frushe is “extremely excited” to be tration and angry word becreating a local interscholastic cause: “we know it leads to an league. opportunity to positively shap In 2005, Wong—who has ing the lives of our children.” played soccer since he was The league will require all five—began students to play teaching for "We use all situations as at least half the a franchise a lesson for our kids." game, with prothat catered fessional and to children semi-pro coachages 3 to 8 years old, but felt es on hand for instruction. there were lost opportunities "Our coaches don't just tell them the definition of respect, for development.

“I quickly realized that chil- honesty, sportsmanship, shardren needed a more compre- ing, patience, discipline and

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Warriors baseball tryouts, Sept. 13 Kids ages six to 14 are invited to try out for the Wilshire Warriors Club baseball program on Sun., Sept. 13 at Pan Pacific Park, 7600 Beverly Blvd.

The co-ed baseball league is for kids who can play at a high level in a competitive program against tough teams from around the region. Travel around L.A. County and beyond is required.

For try-out times by age, visit wilshirewarriors.com.

Critter Club offers fun for youngsters COACH Matthew Wong shares his passion for soccer fundamentals with area youth.

courage, they role model these qualities in how they teach and interact.

“Our lead soccer coach not only played for DC United, but has a background in early childhood development,” says Wong, “and we have a former Harlem Globetrotter teaching our kids basketball.”

Participating schools in-

clude Brawerman East, Center for Early Education, Citizens of the World, Hollywood Schoolhouse, Pilgrim, St. James Episcopal and Temple Israel of Hollywood.

For information on league enrollment and schedules for the upcoming season, visit jmgsoccerwise.com or call 323-801-6391.

Children can visit live animals, enjoy story times, songs and art experiences at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History’s Critter Club.

The club, for three to fiveyear-olds and a participating adult, occurs monthly, and introduces the museum’s live animals to visitors while weaving in science topics, such as metamorphosis. The club is free with museum admission.

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Facilities unveiled for Wilshire Boulevard Temple schools

By Billy Taylor Students of Brawerman Elementary East and the Erika Glazer Early Childhood Center will find a completely renovated campus come Sept. 8, the first day of school.

The Wilshire Boulevard Temple embarked on a multiyear plan to renovate the de Toledo Family Historic School Building, originally built in 1929, and a second building built in 1962.

“Our newly renovated school buildings are nothing short of amazing,” says Gillian Feldman, principal for Brawerman.

Brawerman East After two years of construction, Feldman says the new facilities will include class-

rooms, a science lab, innovation lab, library, music room, art studio and a rooftop athletics complex.

Feldman is proud of what the school accomplished over the past four years in a temporary space, but says the process has been transformative for her both personally and professionally: “During a construction process like we have experienced, you are consistently allowed and encouraged to dream big. This put me in a very special place as an educator. I can't go on vacation or even a walk through the park without thinking how I can bring that experience back to Brawerman.”

As far as the impact the facilities will have on students,

Feldman says the science and technology experience for them will “expand significantly” in the year ahead.

“Our new specialists classrooms allow these very important areas to drive our curriculum in a more meaningful way than we could accomplish in the past.

“From a technological standpoint, we’ve taken it to another level.”

When asked how, specifically, this will improve the student experience, Feldman explains that additions like the innovation laboratory—something the school has been developing for two years—will guarantee a contemporary program unique to the school.

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Early Childhood Center Not to be outdone, the Glazer Early Childhood Center (ECC) is boasting its own list of improvements for children 18 months and older.

“We have all new classrooms and a state-of-the-art play room, which will allow us to hold new ‘Baby and Me’ classes,” says Carol Bovill, director of the ECC. “All of our students get a hot lunch with the program, and starting this fall the children will grow many of the fruits and vegetables used for lunch. It’s a farm-to-table approach that we’re taking; we are teaching about the whole child and the whole body,” says Bovill.

The ECC is accredited by the National Academy for the Education of Young Children, which Bovill says is the highest accreditation you can have

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Last year the ECC had 82 children enrolled, but Bovill says the new facilities will hold up to 200. Still time to enroll? “Absolutely,” says Bovill, “check our website.”

Tikkun olam (social justice) The new facilities were carefully considered to not only teach, but also to inspire children, according to Rabbi Steven Leder of the reform congregation.

Rabbi Leder says besides an academic curriculum, students will learn the Jewish mandate “to love our neighbors as ourselves, in one of America’s most diverse and vibrant neighborhoods.”

“Here they will grow food in their school gardens and then distribute it from our food pantry to our needy neighbors.

Here they will sing, dance and study both the ancient wisdom of our ancestors and the most innovative thinkers of modern times.

“They will be safe, happy and loving citizens of the larger world.”

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Pilgrim provides housing Help needed for Books for international students ‘n Brunch event, Sept 20

By Jonathan Lee Student intern Established in 1958, Pilgrim School is one of the few schools in Los Angeles that offers a boarding program for international students.

The program was established three years ago to provide a safe and enriching environment for 25 boarding students.

Twenty-one of these students are international. Many are from China, Russia, and Brazil.

These students traveled hundreds of miles from their homes to Pilgrim School for educational opportunities in the United States that were previously unavailable.

Additionally, English classes, bilingual teachers and counselors aid the students in acclimating to their new home.

International students stay in the Mayflower House, a dormitory adjacent to the school on S. Commonwealth Ave. The two-story building is equipped with a large common space, recreational and study areas, a dining room and a kitchen. A dorm parent lives on each floor. Breakfast and dinner are served at the Mayflower House, and lunch is served at school.

Students fly back to their families in their native countries during summer, winter and spring breaks.

For more information, visit pilgrim-school.org/boardingprogram.

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Memo to All Students Who Will be Seniors in the Fall:

The Young Musicians Foundation will perform a memorial concert honoring founder Sylvia Kunin on Sun., Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, 3663 Wilshire Blvd.

Yuga Cohler and Lawrence Foster will conduct, and Glenn Dicterow, violin, Nathaniel Rosen, cello, and Gerald Robbins, piano, will be featured soloists.

Works will include the Prelude to an “Afternoon of a Faun” and the overture to “Rosamunde.”

In 1955, Sylvia Kunin set out to create a premiere training ground for young musicians in Los Angeles.

“Her vision and steadfast dedication gave birth to the remarkable Young Musicians Foundation, which today serves more than 1,200 youth ages four to 25 through our eight, tuition-free programs,” said executive director Julia Gaskill.

For more information, visit ymf.org.

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Classes are designed for new learners and those interested in improving their skills.

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Join Big Sunday for its third annual fall book collection on Sun., Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Volunteers are needed to sort, count, package and distribute books, all while enjoying brunch together at Big Sunday headquarters on Melrose Ave. Books ‘n Brunch is the charity’s biggest book drive of the year.

Collected books are then distributed to people with limited access to reading materials.

“Last year we gave out books to a dozen non-profits,” says Robert Zaremsky, Big Sunday volunteer coordinator,

who says they collected about 8,000 books at the event.

Previous year’s recipients include Art Division, Better With Books, Boys and Girls Club of Carson, Casa of Los Angeles, Ettie Lee Youth Center, Hamilton Middle School, Project Angel Food and Welcome Home Resource Center.

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Local baseball team impresses at Cooperstown Tournament

By Chad Saul Our 12U team made the Warriors name known on a national level by placing ninth out of 104 teams in the Cooperstown tournament played at the home of Baseball's Hall of Fame, Cooperstown NY. For the Warriors team, which has been playing together for the last three years, this was the culmination of their youth baseball days.

The team traveled with a group of tight-knit players and families, with lofty goals and dreams of coming home with the crown. Of the 12 players, seven of them have played together since they were eight years old.

Pool play The Warriors started the

weeklong tournament by thrashing a strong team from Boston with a score of 11 to 3.

Center fielder and team jester, Jackson Benattar set the tone for the week by blasting three three homeruns.

Joey Light-Rake and Jake Miller each went 3 for 4 at the plate and Light-Rake pitched 3 scoreless innings, striking out 3. Kai Moran played a great left field and homered in the game.

Aidan Khare went 2 for 2 on the day and Alexander Saul hit a monstrous home run in the third and then came in to pitch a perfect sixth inning to lock down the win.

The second game of the day was against a nationally ranked team from Hawaii.

The Warriors showed signs of fatigue, allowing the Flyin’ Hawaiians to take the game 12 to 10.

Day two began with a matchup against a scrappy team from Grand Rapids, MI. Ace pitchers, Aiden Khare and Teagan Disharoon, combined for a 2-hit pitching performance that left the Michigan team dumbfounded.

The Warriors bats were thumping as leadoff hitter, Boon “Cappy” Fay went 2 for 4 with a Dinger and a single.

Alexander Saul had a big day at the plate going 2 for 3 with two RBI’s on a blast that nearly cleared the Center Field Wall. Fan Favorite, Ava Yood Howard (the only female on the team) began to heat up by

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going 2 for 2 with two singles, a walk and swiping two bags.

Warriors win 9 to 4.

The second game on day two pitted the Warriors against the NJ Renegades. The bats stayed alive to bring home the win, 15 to 9. Thanks in part to Ava Yood Howard, who led the charge with a grand slam.

Entering day three with a 3 and 1 record, the Warriors faced a 4 and 0 team from New York.

The Warriors put up 2 runs in the first when Jake Miller hit a two-out single to left with the bases loaded. Kai Moran and Jackson Benattar each reached on walks and scored on Miller’s poke.

After a patch of bad defense, the Warriors found themselves trailing, with their last chance of victory in the sixth.

Joey Light Rake and Alexander Saul had back-to-back singles. With two outs, Shawn Joo singled to center and a rally was on. Kai Moran followed with a walk and Jackson Benattar came to the plate.

Set for an epic comeback, the team was crushed to come one hit short, to lose 7 to 6.

The second game for the

day took place in the evening, as thunderclouds rolled in.

The Warriors came out slugging, putting up 12 runs in the first inning. Late in the game, and with the bases loaded, Ava Yood Howard stepped to the plate and murdered the first pitch to deep left center field; grand slam!

After rain delayed the game for about an hour, Alexander Saul took the mound and pitched a complete game giving up three runs total and earning the victory, 16 to 3.

Tournament play With Pool Play complete, each of the 104 teams were reseeded for tournament play the following day. The 4 and 2 record was good enough to earn the Warriors a triple-bye into the third round of play, in the top third of the seeds.

In the first game, Warriros drew a talented team from Wooster, M.A., also named The Warriors. In a “Win or Go Home” battle for the bragging rights of the best Warrior team, Kai Moran was the difference by going 2 for 3 at the plate and pitching a gem of a game through 5 innings, only (Please turn to page 7)

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giving up 2 runs, for the win.

Qualifying for the next game was a huge accomplishment and the Warriors came ready to play against the #2 seed in the entire tournament, The Millville Lightning. The Warriors knew they would need to have their best game of the year to win.

Down by a score of 3 to 0 early in the game, the team caught a spark when Jackson Benattar hit a single and Ava Yood Howard drew a walk.

Kenny Chung came to the plate due for a hit and delivered in spades by launching a two-strike pitch over the center field wall. Momentum was turning.

Power hitter, Aiden Khare approached the plate. Khare— accustomed to hitting in the cleanup spot—was strategically placed as the tenth hitter in the lineup. The stage was set for Khare to do what he’s done all year: hit bombs. With the game tied, Khare pounced on a fastball, driving the pill into the darkness, and sent the crowd bonkers. The Warriors took the win, 5 to 3.

Sweet 16 With only 16 teams remaining, the tournament was abuzz with talk of the Wilshire Warriors: “Who are these guys from Hollywood?”; “Did they really beat the #4 team and the #2 team?”; “Do they really have a girl on the team?”; “I heard she hit two grand slams and a solo shot?” YES, YES YES and YES. As 88 teams packed their bags to head home, the Warriors woke up to play a team from Tampa, Fl., the

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WARRIORS progressed to the "Sweet 16" in a national tournament for the first time in Cooperstown.

Bloomingdale Bombers.

With a huge crowd in the stands, Jackson Benattar smoked a homerun in the first inning and Shawn Joo demonstrated electric speed and terrific instincts by drawing a walk and preceding to steal second, third and home in the third inning.

The Bombers bats came alive as they hit two dingers and chased Kenneth Chung, who pitched an incredible game. In the fourth inning the Bombers hit back-to-back homers to take the lead— and unfortunately—the team couldn’t muster a comeback, and the game slipped away.

The Warriors played some of the best baseball of their history this year at Cooperstown.

As a proud father of a player and an observer of these boys and girl over the past four years, I can truly say that I could not be more proud of the way that they not only played, but conducted themselves as young men and woman. And perhaps more importantly is the way they represented our team name and community.

If you are someone who values competitive baseball and winning as much as you value community and lasting friendship, then Warriors Baseball is for you. More information at wilshirewarriors.com.

As kids all across the country head back to class, organizers for Walk to School Day are reaching out to enlist area schools and volunteers.

The annual event is Wed., Oct. 7 at thousands of schools nation-wide. Students, parents, school personnel and other community members experience the route to school as they walk together.

The event teachings about the importance of physical activity, awareness of the fun of walking and early identification of safety concerns, program sponsors say.

School participation Walk to School Day both celebrates walking to school

and highlights activities on campus, but it requires participation.

Volunteer organizers can be a parent, program provider or community member affiliated with their local school.

The volunteer team for each school ensures that the event is safe and successful.

L.A. Dept. of Transportation will provide organizers with registration, training and promotional materials, along with other requested support of the event.

For free resources and information to help parents and school officials organize an event, visit walktoschooldayla.org.

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Although they don’t agree on which baseball team should be in the World Series, they both like dogs.

Lucas Fuhrer discovered this while interviewing Vice President Joe Biden who was in Los Angeles speaking about raising the minimum wage.

Lucas, son of Christian and Christy Fuhrer of Ridgewood Place, will be a seventh grader this month at Beverly Vista School.

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They discussed the increase in minimum wage, baseball and how the Vice President prefers dogs over cats.

Lucas said, “this was an awesome experience and it was an honor to meet the Vice President of the United States.

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Close to 10,000 students from nearby schools were recruited to help in painting and inflating 2,500 beach balls filling the lake in MacArthur Park The public arts project, Portraits of Hope, will be decorating the lake until the end of September. The goal of the Portraits of Hope undertaking is to draw attention to the lake

itself, and to make it a destination. The spheres at MacArthur Park were in the works for about seven years before finally getting approval. The balls range from four to six feet in diameter.

The original name of the area was Westlake Park, and was changed to honor World War II hero Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur.

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Transform a yard, neighborhood with TreePeople

TreePeople has volunteer opportunities for budding naturalists of all ages to plant, water and prune.

Kids 13 and under, with

COALITION for Humane Immigrant Rights stand with Lily Larsen to raise awareness for immigration reform.

Promoting social change important to area youth Lily Larsen “I learned there are myths Student intern about the homeless. People My interest in activism assume if someone is homestarted early—I was only five less it’s their fault. But the when I attended the “Day lack of affordable housing is Without Immigrants” march the main reason. There are in 2006—but I was interested many homeless with college in what it means to other stu- degrees, or veterans. Some dents my age. So I sat down worked all their life and had with Heavlynne Richard, 14, everything taken.” and Jordan Cain, 15, to inter- “Then people shame them,” view them on the topic. said Jordan, “by telling them I started by asking them to ‘just go to a shelter.’” what social issues currently “Yes! But the thing is,” says have their attention.

Heavlynne, “those shelters “Definitely are crammed! racism, femi- "Activism is important There are some nism and because it helps people who inflict LGBT issues,” recognize what is going cruelty on the says Jordan, on in the world." homeless and who is a stuthen go post dent at Los Angeles County about it on social media; but High School for the Arts. tomorrow, those bullies could "For me,” says Heavlynne, be in the same situation.” “it’s Black Lives Matter! Rac- The three of us chat for ism is prevalent, and my fam- more than 40 minutes, and I ily and I have experienced it leave feeling encouraged.

For me, activism is impordirectly.”

Heavlynne says her broth- tant because it helps people ers have complained about ra- recognize what is going on in cial profiling while they’re out the world, and makes many with friends, and her father topics public. This is our plantoo: “Why do police pull over et, and in order to make it a my dad—a security guard— better place we need to get when he did nothing wrong?” our hands dirty, whatever that she complains. means to you.

I next asked them if they Because that’s what activfelt people take their activism ism means to me: to be a part seriously, being only 14 and of the change you look for, not 15 years old. just the change you hope for.

“Well, look what happened Let’s keep making this today,” says Jordan. “We made world a better place. signs for the anniversary of Mi- Larsen, 15, is a student chael Brown’s death, which read at Los Angeles County High ‘No Justice, No Peace’ and ‘Black School for the Arts, and is a Lives Matter.’ We held them up self-proclaimed adolescent as we walked through the streets activist. Raised alongside her of L.A. and I was amazed by the family business (an arts nonresponse. Some yelled back ‘all profit for youth), Lily serves lives matter’ while others gave on the Mayor’s Youth Advisous a thumbs up.” ry Council, helping to spread Heavlynne says she recently awareness for worthy causes. attended West Adams Neigh- Her petition to end factory borhood Council’s “Storied animal farming has garnered Streets” screening and discus- more than 15,000 signatures. sion on homelessness and was You can follow Lily at adosurprised by what she found. lescentactivist.com.

an adult, can help transform a yard or neighborhood.

Park work days take place on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and the second Saturday

of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are welcome; no previous training is necessary. Go to treepeople.org.

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Prepare your children before earthquakes or other disasters occur Most parents prepare their children to cope with whatever the world throws at them. We help them with their homework, make sure they eat the

right foods, and we want to keep them out of harm’s way.

But do parents really teach their children what they need to know in the event of

a disaster? Many parents in California have an emergency kit in the house and car, but are their children ready?

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Experts say that children as young as age three can begin to understand earthquakes, floods, fires and other disasters. They should MAKE A plan with help from also be able to underready.gov/kids. stand some simple steps you can take together to ensure they stay safe if you are emergency. not there to help them. Dr. • Volunteer to work with Upperman’s top tips for you your children, their classmates and their teacher to create a and your children: • Create a “business card” checklist the class can use in for your child just like yours. the event of an earthquake or Include their name, address, other emergency. Create the phone number on the front, checklist as a group, and proand a list of emergency con- duce pocket-size copies of the tacts on the back, includ- checklist for your children to ing out-of-state relatives and keep in their desks at school. your pediatrician. Make them • Create a list with your promise to keep the cards in children of all the “helpers” they can count on if there is their pocket or backpack.

• Coordinate with other an emergency and you are not parents to arrange for each together. The list would inof your children to have a clude teachers, doctors, nurs“buddy”—another child in es, firemen and policemen. their class or playgroup that With young children, create they should stay close to in a collage with pictures of the an emergency. Get parents helpers. The goal is to ensure and buddies together every six kids will feel comfortable and months to review family disas- safe with caretakers and emergency workers. ter plans.

• Make sure your children • Have your child create a know who to call if they can- shopping list for the family’s not reach you; designate an disaster preparedness kit and out-of-town friend or relative shop for the items together. to be a point of contact. Once Have them help you pick the a month, schedule a time for storage place, and put them in your child to call that relative charge of one of the items in just to say hello. The more the kit.

High school collection documents history of state's impressionistists Works collected by Gardena High School seniors and documenting California Impressionism of the early 20th century will be on display at The Autry at Griffith Park: Irene Helen Jones Parks Gallery of Art at 4730 Crystal Springs Dr., beginning Sat., Sept. 12.

The exhibit features nine paintings from a collection that is the product of 37 years of collaborative collecting on the part of high school seniors from Gardena High School between 1919 and 1956.

Artists in the collection include Maynard Dixon, Jean Mannheim, Edgar Payne and other representatives of the impressionistic movement that once thrived in California.

The exhibit runs through Fri., Oct. 9. Tickets are $10 for

FRANZ BISCHOFF'S "A Cool Drifting Fog," 1924, was gifted to Gardena High School by the class of winter 1925.

adults, $6 for seniors and students and $4 for children ages three to 12 years. Autry members and children under three are free.

For more information go to theautry.org.

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THE QUADRANGLE at Stanford University remains the focal point for campus visitors.

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note. While email is perfectly Pick up a copy of the college a student or two with whom acceptable (using formal busi- newspaper. You will learn a to chat. Ask these students, ness structure), a handwritten great deal about the commu- among other things, why they note is always preferable! Be nity just by reading the front chose this school. Students sure to mention at least one page! love to chat about “their” You school. specific detail about the school that you "No matter what age your child might be, wouldn’t consider learned from your consider touring nearby colleges to distin- buying a house, a visit. car or even a reguish the similarities and differences."

Visit a dining hall frigerator without a to discover whether thorough examinathere are gluten-free and or- If you visit during the week, tion. Searching for a college ganic options available. (If step into a class to watch a should be no different.

Nanci Leonard, a Brookside that’s important.) Many ad- “typical” college lecture. missions offices offer free tick- After the formal tour, walk resident, is owner of Core Colets to eat on campus. around the campus and find lege Counseling.

Proper research required before taking college tour

By Nanci Leonard Guest columnist The most enjoyable part of the college admission process is visiting college campuses.

And even though most colleges offer online, virtual tours, walking on college turf is a more exciting and emotional experience.

So, no matter what age your child might be, consider touring nearby colleges to distinguish the similarities and differences between: public and private schools; small, medium and large schools; and urban and suburban campuses.

UCLA and USC are extralarge and they offer almost every possible college amenity.

But, smaller schools like Occidental and Pitzer offer other In teaching, you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible, and remains so, maybe for 20 years.

-Jacques Barzin

advantages that those extralarge schools cannot. And don’t forget about the medium-sized schools like Loyola Marymount just 20 minutes away.

When your child declares: “I think that I’d like a small, private school near an urban area,” you can begin searching nation-wide for similar schools.

Tips for your tour Call ahead to schedule your visit. Admissions offices are usually open on Saturdays.

(However, you won’t be able to see the campus when everyone is present.)

Expect a one-hour information session followed by a tour of the campus.

Be sure to do research before you arrive so that questions about the campus that are not obvious on the website can be answered.

Be sure to note the name of the admissions officer who facilitates this meeting. As soon as possible, write a thank-you

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We are the new 5th grade reporters. We’re very excited for the new year and to take over the responsibility from Sebastian and Lola from last year, to report the news of the school.

This year Larchmont Charter has a total of 1,400 students across all four campuses: Hollygrove, Fairfax, Lafayette Park and Selma. In fact,

this is the first year we will have 12th graders in our high school! Speaking of new beginnings, we also have, for the first time, both of our middle school 8th grade classes combining to make a larger, united 9th grade.

Focusing on Hollygrove, we have some new teachers coming in who we’re enthusiastic about meeting. Everyone we’ve spoken to is eager to see their old friends again and meet new friends and find out who their teachers are for this year.

LCS students are looking forward to returning to some of our awesome traditions such as Morning Sing every Friday morning. We invite you to drop by and join us in our songs. Signed, your roving & rockin’ reporters!

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S u m m e r ’s over and we are heading back to school. On the 24 and 25 of August, Curtis welcomed students with a Summer Sno-Cone Social.

This was followed by the Backto-School picnic for the entire school on Aug. 31.

By the time Sept. 2 rolled around, we were ready with backpacks and lunch bags to start the new academic year.

September means Back-toSchool Night and photos. Parents will come on Sept. 10 and the 15th to meet teachers and see the classrooms. On the 9th and 16th we will make sure to look our best. Why? On those days we will have our pictures taken for the yearbook.

And on Sept. 16 to 18 is the sixth grade retreat. I’m sure our classmates will be glad to start bonding on this trip. I’ve enjoyed all our other retreats and trips to different place across the country like our retreats to Boston and Sacramento.

S c h o o l started on Aug. 18 this year, which seems early unless you realize that we were supposed to start on Aug. 11. Thanks LAUSD for giving us another week-how about giving us two next year!

Although we start earlier than most schools, we make up for it by having cool events right away like our Summer Movie Night, which was on Aug. 28. In addition, we have lots of days we get to celebrate in Sept. like admission day on Sept. 4, Labor Day on Sept.

7, and two additional student free days on Sept. 14 and 23... so, we can all still go to the beach.

We will have one of our three Health and Safety Days on Sept. 26, where all students and parents will work together to clean up our yard and classrooms. And finally, on Sept.

29, we will have our Back to School Breakfast.

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By Ondine Bader and Charlie Hoge 5th Grade

By Jasper Gough 6th Grade

PILGRIM

By Christopher Woods 6th Grade

Hello all. I hope you had a great summer.

Mine has been filled with sports and music.

The new school year is just around the corner and lots of changes are in store for our returning Patriots and the school staff. The

By Emily Rissier 4th Grade

apartment building the school purchased to make room for the new field is now gone and earth movers are in place to begin digging. We’ll be eagerly watching their progress through the year. It will be fun to see the Field of Dreams come to life.

I’ll be starting middle school. I am looking forward to seeing new and old friends on campus.

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Good news, bad news about having kids back in school It’s amazing how quickly summer flies by. I feel like no matter how full the weeks were, I’m always left with unfinished business. “We never made it to Catalina!” “We were going to take the kids to the Hollywood Bowl!” “What happened to that weekend Mommy camping trip Beat to the Sierby ras?”

Danielle Between Avazianwork and Reyes summer activities time just goes too fast. I am grateful for the two weeks we did have with our kids in Yellowstone, my husband and I cherish that time with them.

Now begins the fun of shopping for school supplies, new school shoes and uniforms, getting the emergency kits ready, the countdown has begun! I reached out to some friends to see what their thoughts are on the best and

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LA County High School for the Arts

By Eliana Estrada 11th Grade

Hello 20152016 school year! After an exciting and much-deserved (yet too brief!) summer vacation, LACHSA students are ready to start the school year off with a bang. After completing registration and receiving our schedules, music instrumental students face annual placement auditions to determine where they will be placed in the orchestra or jazz en-

worst part of going back to school for their family.

Nancy Muller says: “best part is the excitement my kids have to go back to school. Summer is fun, but going back to school is always exciting. The worst part is the never-ending pressure to buy new versions of what you already have at home— pencils, rulers, especially backpacks.”

For Jennifer Rissier, “the best part is seeing the excitement and apprehension on my kids’ faces as they leave the house on the first day of school and come back tired knowing that they are capable of handling the next year.

The worst part is establishing an earlier bedtime routine to avoid the cries in the morning when they are too tired to wake up for school.”

Lizzy Chambers has mixed feelings. “The best thing about

sembles. Musical theatre also holds auditions and callbacks for students interested in singing, dancing and acting.

Plus, the art departments start the year off strong by hosting picnics, meetings and other events where students and parents can meet one another and discuss programming for the year.

On Sept. 8, LACHSA welcomes back YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) students from their summer vacation and looks forward to another semester of musical growth, games, and learning. Additionally academic back-toschool night is held on Sept.

10 where parents get a chance to visit classrooms and meet teachers.

Student Academy Award winners announced Winners of the Student Academy Awards competition will be awarded medals at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Thurs., Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Student winners are eligible for entry into the following year’s Academy Awards competition.

The Academy received a record number of entries this year—1,686 films from 282 domestic and 93 international colleges and universities— which were voted upon by Academy members.

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At the awards, students will receive medals in gold, silver and bronze. Previous student winners have gone on to receive 47 Oscar nominations and have won or shared eight awards. Past winners include Spike Lee, Trey Parker and Bob Saget.

Established in 1972, the awards were created to showcase the work of talented youth from around the globe.

The ceremony is free and open to the public. For tickets, visit Oscars.org/saa.

the kids going back to school is that they will be back in school. And the worst thing about school starting is that they will be back in school.”

Every year, it is bittersweet

for me when back to school comes around. I am happy to see my girls get back to their routine and all the excitement a new school year brings.

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And I think about how much we will miss them when that time comes.

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Students conduct stem cells research with hands-on lab work Twenty-one students were chosen from local high schools to work with stem cells inside a Cedars-Sinai laboratory during a recent weeklong program.

The fourth annual Research Week program at the Cedars-Sinai board of governors Regenerative Medicine Institute is a learning opportunity that provides students with a basic

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LOCAL students learned the basics of stem cell research from mentors at Cedars-Sinai

understanding of stem cell research.

The students spent the week in the lab with scientific mentors, and attended lectures with scientists and physicians.

While in the lab, students received hands-on experience using lab equipment as they tried to solve a stem cell-based question posed at the start of the week; they shared their findings in a closing presentation.

“The students never cease to amaze,” said research scientist Virginia Mattis, Ph.D., cocoordinator of the program.

“The mission of the program is to inform young scholars of the future of medicine and to make a contribution to science education.”

The students were chosen through Cedars-Sinai Volunteer Services and the medical center’s Youth Employment and Development Program.

PILOT PROGRAM was kicked off in Sacramento school district to plant a new school orchard.

Modern Johnny Appleseeds launch fruit tree campaign Ten years ago a small group of activists set off on a mission to plant orchards at low-income public schools throughout California.

Since then Common Vision has planted more than 6,500 fruit trees at hundreds of schools from San Diego to Sacramento.

In July, the group announced a new campaign to grow 1,000 more fruit tree orchards. To reach this goal Common Vision has launched an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign page to raise the $60,000 it needs to get started.

“School orchards are edible classrooms that offer longterm solutions for nutritional

justice and essential environmental education,” said Michael Flynn, director of education for Common Vision.

“Each dollar we get helps us put a fruit tree in the ground and a piece of free, fresh fruit in the hands of 10 more students and give generations to come a natural place to live and learn.”

The campaign has already received a little help from Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Jason Mraz and his foundation and farming cooperative Organic Valley, who is making matching donations. Visit indiegogo.com/ projects/growfruitgrowpowercommon-vision#/story.

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STAR: Volunteers Read to Kids Mondays, 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. and Thursdays, 2 to 4 p.m.

Baby and Toddler Storytime with the Librarian: Both sessions are the same. Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and more Wednesdys at 10:30 and 11 a.m.

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Teens Teen Council: Help decide young adult (YA) programming and recommend books, music, and movies Tues., (Please turn to page 19)

LIVES OF IMPACT BEGIN AT WESTRIDGE. DECORATE notebooks for the new school year Thurs., Sept. 24.

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Cook mole, decorate notebooks, SAT tests

FAIRFAX LIBRARY 161 S. Gardner St. 323-936-6191 Children BARK!: Children read aloud to trained service dogs Sat., Sept. 5 from 2 to 3 p.m.

Children's program: Enjoy a fun activity Thurs., Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. Call branch for information.

STAR Storytime: For children of all ages Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon.

Teens SAT practice test: Prepare for the SATs Sat., Sept. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. One of a five-part series. Sponsored

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English review workshop: Refresh grammar and language skills for SAT Sat., Sept.

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Adults Film screening: See a free movie Thurs., Sept. 3 at 2:30 p.m. Call branch for title.

Quilters Guild: Come by to share quilting tips Sat., Sept.

5 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Friends of the Library: Discuss ways to support the branch. New members always welcome. Meets Tues., Sept. 8 at 11 a.m.

MS Support Group: For those with multiple sclerosis and those who care for them.

Meets Thurs., Sept. 17 at 6 p.m.

Historical Novel Society: Meets Sat., Sept. 19 from noon to 3 p.m. Open to all.

Hollywood Schmooze Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: Meets Thurs., Sept. 24 from 6:30 to

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Fri., Sat.: 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

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7:45 p.m. All welcome.

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Friends of the Library Book Sale: Deals on used books, cds and dvds on Wednesdays from noon to 4 p.m.

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Adults First Friday Book Club: Discuss monthly book Fri., Sept.

5 at 1 p.m. Contact branch for title.

Sitting in Bars with Cake: Audrey Shulman discusses baking, recipe development, adapting her blog into a book and her dating success (or mishaps) with cakes Wed., Sept. 16 at 6 p.m.

Computer Comfort Class: Basics on using the computer taught Mondays through Thursdays, 2 to 5 p.m.

Friends of the Library Book Sale: Deals on used books, cds and dvds on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 4 to 5 p.m.

Tuesday @the Movies: Free screening of films Tuesdays at 5 p.m.

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Chess Club: All skill levels welcome Fridays, 2 to 4 p.m.

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THE DOHENY SCHOOL 968 N. Doheny Dr. 310-275-3004 Zima Reyes, director. For ages 2 to 5 years. Call for a tour and more information.

LARCHMONT PRESCHOOL 555 N. Windsor Blvd.

323-572-0186 larchmontpreschool.com Debra Stolberg, director. Ages 2 to 3 yrs. for toddler program and 3 to 5 yrs. for preschool program. Rates range from $350 to $800 per month.

MONTESSORI CHILDREN’S WORLD 650 San Vicente Blvd.

323-677-2670 montessoricw.com Lori Hernandez, administrator. Ages 18 mos. to 3rd grade.

75 students. Call for rates.

PLYMOUTH SCHOOL 315 S. Oxford Ave. 213-387-7381 theplymouthschool.com Megan Drynan, director. Ages 2 1/2 yrs. to 5 1/2 yrs. Full days 8:45 a.m. to 4p.m. Half days 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. 60 students.

Call for rates.

ST. JAMES’ EPISCOPAL PRESCHOOL DIVISION 625 S. Gramercy Pl. 213-738-7871 sjsla.org Katarina Matolek, director.

From junior kindergarten to 6 yrs. 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Closed in Aug. Check website for rates.

SUNSET MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL 1432 N. Sycamore Ave. 323-465-8133 4212 Tujunga Ave. 818-623-0913 sunsetmontessori.com Liliya Kordon, head of school.

Ages 2 to 6 yrs. 40 students. 8 a.m. to 1:45 for half days, to 5 p.m. for full days. Tuition is $1,400 per month for half days and $1,600 per month for full days.

WAGON WHEEL SCHOOL 653 N. Cahuenga Blvd.

323-469-8994 wagonwheelschool.org Ruth Segal, director. Ages 2 to 5 yrs. 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. with after school program. 100 students. $1,600 per month.

WESTSIDE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER PRESCHOOL 5870 W. Olympic Blvd.

323-556-5251 westsidejcc.org Ellen Greene, director. Ages two through five years. Transitional kindergarten program available. Check website for more information.

WILSHIRE BLVD. TEMPLE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS West (Mann) 11661 W. Olympic Blvd.,

90064 424-208-8900 East - Temple (Glazer) 3663 Wilshire Blvd., 90010 213-835-2125 wbtecc.org Carol Bovill, director. Ages 2 to 5 years. West campus hours 7:45 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.

East campus hours 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ages 18 mos. to 5 years. Baby and Me classes offered weekly. Call for rates.

WILSHIRE PRESCHOOL 711 S. Plymouth Blvd.

323-931-0546 wilshirepreschool.org Ruth Marroquin, director.

Ages 2 yrs. to 5 yrs., 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Summer program.

39 students. Call for rates.

Parochial and Private Schools Prices subject to change BAIS YAAKOV FOR GIRLS 7353 Beverly Blvd.

323-938-3231 Rabbi Joel Bursztyn, director.

9th to 12th grade. 300 students. $17,700 per year.

BLESSED SACRAMENT 6641 Sunset Blvd.

323-467-4177 schoolblessedsacrament.org Danina Flores Uy, principal.

Pre-K through 8th grade. 130 students. Call or check website for tuition rates.

WILSHIRE BLVD. TEMPLE BRAWERMAN ELEMENTARY 11661 W. Olympic Blvd.

310-445-1280 3663 Wilshire Blvd.

213-388-2401 brawerman.org Nadine Breuer, head of school.

West campus, K to 6th grade.

East campus, K to 4th grade.

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call for rates.

THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL 3900 Stansbury Ave. 818-783-1610 buckley.org James Busby, head of school.

K to 12th grade; lower, middle and upper schools. Call or check website for more information.

CAMPBELL HALL 4533 Laurel Canyon Blvd.

818-980-7280 campbellhall.org Julian Bull, headmaster. K to 12th grade. 1,131 students.

Check website for tuition rates.

CATHEDRAL CHAPEL 755 S. Cochran Ave. 323-938-9976 cathedralchapelschool.org Tina Kipp, principal. K to 8th grade. 290 students. 200 school days. Non-Catholic, $4,950 per year; Catholic, $4,300 per year. Family discounts.

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CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION 536 N. Alfred St. 323-651-0707 centerforearlyeducation.org Reveta Bowers, head of school.

2 yrs. to 6th grade. 535 students. Check website for rates.

CHRIST THE KING 617 N. Arden Blvd.

323-462-4753 cksla.org Ruth Anderson, principal.

Montessori transitional kindergarten (age 4 by Sept. 1) to 8th grade. After-school supervision until 6 p.m. Check website for tuition rates.

ECHO HORIZON 3430 McManus Ave. 310-838-2442 echohorizon.org Martha Schuur, head of school. Pre-K to 6th grade.

Before and after school care.

Check website for rates.

EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES 6325 Santa Monica Blvd.

323-462-3752 es-la.com Rev. Maryetta Anschutz, founding head of school.

Grades 6th through 11th, with 12th grade offered by Fall 2016. 111 students. After school programs available.

Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Scholarships are available.

FUSION ACADEMY 5757 Wilshire Blvd., Prom. 1 323-692-0603 fusionacademy.com Katheryn Nguyen, head of school. Grades sixth through 12th. One teacher to one student; enrollment capacity 75 students. Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Check website or call for Open House dates and tuition.

HARVARD-WESTLAKE 3700 Coldwater Canyon 818-980-6692 hw.com Jean Huybrechts, head of school, Richard Commons, president. 7th to 12th grade, middle school and high school are separate campuses. 1,597 students. Check website for tuition rates.

HOLLYWOOD SCHOOLHOUSE 1233 N. McCadden Pl. 323-465-1320 hollywoodschoolhouse.org Stephen Bloodworth, head of school. Pre-school to 6th grade. Pre-school supervision until 6 p.m. 302 students.

Check website for rates.

IMMACULATE HEART MIDDLE SCHOOL 5515 Franklin Ave. 323-461-3651 immaculateheart.org Gina Finer, middle school director. Maureen Diekmann, president. Girls only. 6th to 8th grade, 202 students. Tuition is $14,600 per year.

IMMACULATE HEART HIGH SCHOOL 5515 Franklin Ave. 323-461-3651 immaculateheart.org Virginia Hurst, principal.

Maureen Diekmann, president. Girls only. 9th to 12th grade. 500 students. Tuition is $14,600 per year.

LAURENCE SCHOOL 13639 Victory Blvd.

818-782-4001 laurenceschool.com Lauren Wolke, head of school.

K to 6th grade. 300 students.

Base tuition is $26,235 per year.

LE LYCÉE FRANÇAIS DE LOS ANGELES Main Campus 3261 Overland Ave. 310-836-3464 lyceela.org Clara-Lisa Kabbaz, Esq., president. Bilingual, French or English language sections available. Check website for rates and information for their six campuses.

LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL 1901 Venice Blvd.

213-381-5121 loyolahs.edu Frank Kozakowski, principal.

Boys only. 9th to 12th grade.

1,242 students. Check website for tuition rates and fees.

MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL 250 S. Rossmore Ave. 323-935-1147 marlborough.org Dr. Priscilla Sands, head of school. Girls only. 7th to 12th grade. 530 students. Tuition is $36,365 per year.

MARYMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL 10643 Sunset Blvd.

310-472-1205 mhs-la.org Jacqueline L. Landry, head of school. Girls only. 9th to 12th grade. 390 students. $29,900 per year for 9th to 11th grades. $30,500 per year for 12th grade. Daily bus transportation included.

MAYFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL 405 S. Euclid Ave., Pasadena 626-796-2774 mayfieldjs.org Joseph J. Gill, head of school.

Co-ed school, K to 8th grade.

517 students. Call for tuition rates.

MAYFIELD SENIOR SCHOOL 500 Bellefontaine St., 91105 626-799-9121 mayfieldsenior.org Kate Morin, head of school.

Girls only, 9th to 12th grade.

320 students. Base tuition is $25,500 per year.

THE OAKS SCHOOL 6817 Franklin Ave. 323-850-3755 oaksschool.org Ted Hamory, head of school.

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310-276-3068 phschool.org Michael Wagner and Ann Wagner, co-executive directors. 6th to 12th grade. 150 students. Check website for tuition rates and fees.

K to 6th grade. 150 students. $22,563 per year plus fees.

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DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS (Continued from page 17) Connie Rivera, dir. 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Preschool to 5th grade. 150 students. Call for tuition rates.

PARK CENTURY SCHOOL 3939 Landmark Street 310-840-0500 parkcenturyschool.org Douglas E. Phelps, head of school. CAIS and NAIS certified independent school for children ages 7 to 14 with learning disabilities. Call for

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PERUTZ ETZ JACOB HEBREW ACADEMY 7951 Beverly Blvd.

323-655-5766 perutzetzjacob.org Rabbi Shlomo Harrosh, principal. 100 students. K to 8th grade. Call or check website for rates.

PILGRIM SCHOOL 540 S. Commonwealth Ave. 213-385-7351 pilgrim-school.org

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Mark A. Brooks, head of school. Preschool to 12th grade. 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. including before and after school daycare. 420 students. Call for rates, or check website for more information.

ST. BRENDAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL 238 S. Manhattan Pl. 213-382-7401 stbrendanschool.com Sr. Maureen O’Connor, C.S.J., principal. K to 8th grade.

8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with after school care. 305 students.

Tuition is $5,600 per year inparish, $7,050 per year out-ofparish, with discounts for two or more students per family.

ST. GREGORY NAZIANZEN SCHOOL 911 S. Norton Ave. 323-936-2542 stgregorylaschool.com Linda Guzman, principal.

Transitional kindergarten to 8th grade. 130 students.

Hours are 8 to 3 p.m. with after school programs until 6 p.m. Check website for rates.

ST. JAMES’ EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 625 S. St. Andrews Pl. 213-382-2315 sjsla.com Deborah David, head of school.

Preschool to 6th grade. 360 students. Accredited by the National Association of Education for Young Children (NAEYC). Also certified by the California Association of

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Check website for more information, tuition and fees.

TEMPLE ISRAEL DAY SCHOOL 7300 Hollywood Blvd.

323-876-8330, ext. 4000 tiohdayschool.org Rachel Lewin, head of school.

K to 6th grade. After school supervision until 5 pm. 220 students. Call for tours and rates.

TURNING POINT SCHOOL 8780 National Blvd.

310-841-2505 turningpointschool.org Deborah Richman, head of school. Pre-school (2 year and 9 months to 5 yrs) to 8th grade. 360 students. Before and after school care. Check website for information and tuition rates.

VISTAMAR SCHOOL 737 Hawaii St. 310-643-7377 vistamarschool.org Karen Eshoo, head of school.

9th to 12th grade. Check website for rates.

WESLEY SCHOOL 4832 Tujunga Ave. 818-508-4542 wesleyschool.org John Walter III, head of school. Coed. K to 8th grade.

285 students. Tuition for K to 5th grade is $21,525 plus fees; 6th to 8th grades is $24,300 plus fees.

WESTRIDGE SCHOOL 324 Madeline Dr. 626-799-1153 westridge.org Elizabeth McGregor, head of school. 4th through 12th grades. Girls only. Tuition for grades 4th to 6th is $24,990 plus fees; grades 7th to 8th is $27,990 plus fees; grades 9th to 12th $32,725 plus fees.

WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL 8509 Higuera St. 310-815-0411 thewillows.org Lisa Rosenstein, head of school. Developmental kindergarten to 8th grade. 445 students. Before and after school care. Tuition for DK to 5th is $27,900 per year; 6th to 8th grade is $31,750 per year.

WILSHIRE PRIVATE SCHOOL 4900 Wilshire Blvd.

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YAVNEH HEBREW ACADEMY 5353 W. 3rd St. 323-931-5808 yha.org Rabbi Moshe Dear, headmaster. 2 yrs. to 8th grade. 500 students. Check website for more information and tuition rates.

Public Elementary Schools CHARLES H. KIM ELEMENTARY 225 S Oxford Ave 213-368-5600 kim-lausd-ca.schoolloop.com Jonathan Paek, principal. K to 5th grade. About 700 students. Hours are 7:45 a.m. to 2:14 p.m. Special education, gifted and talented, Spanish dual language, Korean transitional bilingual education and structured English immersion programs.

HANCOCK PARK 408 S. Fairfax Ave. 323-935-5272 hancockparkschool.com Ashley Parker, principal. K to 5th grade. 800+ students.

Hours are 8:07 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., after school program to 6 p.m. Has summer programs.

LARCHMONT CHARTER FAIFAX 1265 N. Fairfax Ave. 323-656-6418 larchmontcharter.org Mersedeh Emrani, dean. Amy Held, exec. dir. K to 3rd grade.

LARCHMONT CHARTER HOLLYGROVE 815 N. El Centro 323-836-0860 larchmontcharter.org May Oey, dean. Amy Held, exec. dir. K to 5th grade.

MELROSE MATHEMATICS/ SCIENCE/ TECHNOLOGY MAGNET 731 N. Detroit St. 323-938-6275 melrosestars.org Mathew Needleman, principal. K to 5th grade. 8:06 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., after school programs to 6 p.m. 350 students.

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JOHN BURROUGHS MIDDLE SCHOOL 600 S. McCadden Pl. 323-549-5000 burroughsms.org Dr. Steve Martinez, principal.

6th to 8th grade. 2,200 students. Beyond the Bell program until 6 p.m.

LARCHMONT CHARTER AT SELMA 6611 Selma Ave. 323-871-4000 larchmontcharter.org John Resendez, dean. Amy Held, exec. dir. 4th to 8th grade. Check website for more information.

NEW LA CHARTER 1919 S. Burnside Ave. 323-939-6400 newlosangeles.org Brooke Rios, principal. 6th to 8th grade. Super Duper after school program until after 6 p.m. 300 students.

High Schools CITY HIGH SCHOOL 4650 W. Olympic Blvd.

323-452-0050 citycharterschools.org/chs Sheri Werner, founding principal. 9th grade only at this time. Check website for more information.

FAIRFAX HIGH 7850 Melrose Ave 323-370-1200 fairfaxhs.org Carmina Nacorda, principal. 9th to 12th grade. 2,000 students. Athletics and after

YO HO! CALLING ALL PIRATES: Swashbuckling kids ages seven to 12 years old can celebrate international Talk Like a Pirate Day by exploring the world of pirates Sat., Sept.

19 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. After learning about the life of pirates, they can create treasure maps inspired by their adventures. Tickets arrrrre $25 for members and $35 for non-members, me matey. Price includes one accompanying adult first mate to help the pirate captains set sail.

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Sept. 15 at 3:30 p.m. Light snacks will be served. This is a volunteer opportunity for tweens and teens ages 11 to 18. Call branch to sign up.

Adults Book Club: Tues., Sept. 8 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. This month's selection is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Copies available at the branch.

Friends of the Library Book Sale: Deals on used books, cds and dvds on Fri., Sept. 11 from noon to 4 p.m. and Sat., Sept. 12 from noon to 5 p.m.

WILSHIRE LIBRARY 149 N. St. Andrews Place 323-957-4550 Children Baby Sleepy Storytime: Infants up to age 2 play with toys, check out boardbooks and hear three stories before bedtime Mondays, 6 to 6:15 p.m.

Preschool Storytime: Kids ages 3 to 5 can bring their mom, dad, grandma or other favorite adult to hear stories and sing songs Thursdays from 3 to 4 p.m.

Adults Friends of the Library: Meet to discuss ways to support the library Thurs., Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m.

Mammoths, saber-tooth cats, dire wolves take the stage at Page Watch mammoths, sabertooth cats, dire wolves and other ancient mammals leap off the screen daily at Page Museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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HAMILTON HIGH 2955 S. Robertson Blvd.

310-280-1595 hamiltonhighschool.net Gary Garcia, principal. 9th to 12th grade. 3,000 students.

LARCHMONT CHARTER AT LA FAYETTE PARK PL. 2801 W. 6th St. 213-867-6300 larchmontcharter.org Catherine Belcher, head of secondary school. Amy Held, exec. dir. Sixth to 12th grade.

Check website for more information.

LOS ANGELES HIGH 4650 W. Olympic Blvd.

323-900-2700 lahigh.org Helena Yoon-Fontamillas, Ed.D., principal. 9th to 12th grade. 1,600 students.

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rates the 3D film "Titans of the Ice Age," which shows every 30 minutes and depicts life on the brink of extinction on the frozen tundra.

Tickets are $4, free for members. Visit tarpits.org.

How to Make Mole: Learn how to make mole from cooks at Guelaguetza restaurant Sat., Sept. 19 from 3 to 4 p.m.

The class will include history of mole, ingredients, and a quick demo of seed grinding/ paste making using a metate and molcajete. Participants will leave with a portion of mole paste from the restaurant. Please RSVP to 323-9574550.

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(Continued from page 18) THIRD STREET ELEMENTARY 201 S. June St. 323-939-8337 thirdstreetschool.com Dr. Suzie Oh, principal. K to 5th grade. 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with the Beyond the Bell after school program going until 5:30 p.m. 760 students.

VAN NESS AVENUE/ FRANCIS BLEND ELEMENTARY 501 N. Van Ness Ave. 323-469-0992 Katty Iriarte, principal. K to 5th grade with a special education for the visually impaired component. 300 students.

Has Boys and Girls Club after school program.

WILSHIRE CREST 5241 W. Olympic Blvd.

323-938-5291 lausd.net/Wilshire_Crest_EL Carolyn Taylor, principal. Expanded pre-K to 5th grade.

315 students. Hours are 8:15 a.m. to 2:34 p.m. with an after school program until 6 p.m.

WILSHIRE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 4063 Ingraham St. 213-739-4760 wilshireparkrockets.com Leighanne Creary, principal.

K to 5th grade. 560 students.

After school program until 6 p.m.

WILTON PLACE 745 S. Wilton Pl. 213-389-1181 lausd.k12.ca.us/Wilton_EL Jung Hae Kim, principal. PreK to 5th grade. About 950 students. Dual-language programs for Spanish/English and Korean/English. After school program until 6 p.m.

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