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WEEKEND EDITION
04.16.16 - 04.17.16 Volume 15 Issue 125
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Samohi entrepreneurs compete for cash Students learn business skills through Project ECHO competition BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
The creators of a tracking app, a solar technology startup and a cosmetics business are all vying for cash to support their entrepreneurial efforts. And no, they’re not going on “Shark Tank.” The people behind the fledgling companies are Santa Monica High School students, and they’re participating in a competition organized by a local nonprofit organization to promote entrepreneurial skills. The three Samohi teams will be among about 45 finalist groups at Project ECHO’s event Sunday at the UCLA Anderson School of
Judge gives tenure victory to California teacher unions BY BRIAN MELLEY & AMANDA LEE MYERS
Management, where volunteer judges will determine the winners of a combined $6,250 in prize money. The competition is the culmination of a monthslong program through which high school students in five Southern California counties come up with business plans, harnessing their talents while developing skills that could help them in the future. “They’re thinking about what a business is, they’re thinking about who’s going purchase their services or goods and they’re learning how to market to a demographic,” said Diane Quast, Project ECHO’s execSEE ECHO PAGE 7
Never too pretty Local boxing club owner’s brand tells girls they are never ‘too delicate’ for anything
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BY JENNIFER MAAS LOS ANGELES California
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The Samohi baseball team crushed Hawthorne 15-2 at home Thursday afternoon, completing a two-game sweep to start Ocean League play. The Vikings, who are 9-6 overall, are scheduled to host Lawndale on Tuesday.
teacher unions have regained the advantage in their fight to keep the state’s tenure system. The victory came in the form of an appeals court decision that reversed a trial judge’s ruling that found tenure deprived some students of a good education. In the reversal Thursday, the 2nd District Court of Appeal said a group of nine students who sued SEE UNIONS PAGE 6
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Cary Williams always took it as a compliment when she was told that she “fights like a boy.” “In a sport where you get hit in the face, you learn the true difference between a man and a woman,” said the former Olympicstyle boxer, a coach and owner of the Santa Monica boxing club The Stables. “We are biologically differSEE WILLIAMS PAGE 8