by Office of Communications | Apr 13, 2018 | Community Engagement, Employees, School Police, Schools, Uncategorized
Above, Los Angeles School Police Chief Steve Zipperman applauds the work of the department’s 18 dispatchers, including Celest Escrebre, seated, and Nadia Sotelo. They cover 1,300 school sites and properties 24 hours a day, year in and year out – the critical...
by Samuel Gilstrap | Mar 23, 2018 | Board of Education, Community Engagement, Personal story, Public officials, School Climate, Special Events, Students, Uncategorized
Above, Hayley Licata, left, and Mia Freeman, juniors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla., share their stories of the Feb. 14 shooting at their school. Sharing their stories publicly for the first time since the Feb. 14 mass shooting at their school, two...
by Daryl Strickland | Feb 28, 2018 | Achievements, Arts, Community Engagement, Community Partners, Employees, New Programs, Schools, Special Events, Students, Uncategorized
Above, the team from Ritter Elementary School attends the orientation for the inaugural Disney Musicals in Schools program hosted by Center Theatre Group. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging) For several L.A. Unified schools, Broadway is coming to their campus. The...
by Daryl Strickland | Jan 30, 2018 | Athletics, Parents, Special Education, Special Events, Uncategorized
Running, crawling, jumping, kicking a ball. Those activities began early in life, creating happy memories often remembered after the youngster enters school. The same came true for more than 250 students participating in the Young Athletes Festival. Through a...
by Daryl Strickland | Jan 22, 2018 | Achievements, Announcements, College/Careers, Language and Multicultural Education, New Programs, Parents, Schools, STEM, Students, Superintendent, Uncategorized
Above, The national Blue Ribbon School award ceremony included, from left, teachers Amber Smith and Yolanda Kol; Board District 7 Deputy Chief of Staff Nancy Ceballos; School Board Member Dr. Richard Vladovic; Principal Jan Murata; Bobbi Billalobos, vice president...
by Samuel Gilstrap | Jan 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Above, Veronica Alvarez, LACMA’s director of school and community programs, leads fifth-graders on a tour of the new gallery at Charles White Elementary School. Surrounded by colorful works created by contemporary Latino artists, Interim Superintendent Vivian Ekchian...
