Do you ever wonder what a counselor does in her office while you're in class? The counselor at LA River High School (LARS) takes time out of her schedule to help students who need her help. She appreciates working with others for a better opportunities, and encourages...
Whether it’s the internet not working, an iPad not responding, or just anything that has to do with technology, Ms. Jeanette Fuentes is the I.T technician who works at Los Angeles River School (LARS) to help students and teachers who are not tech-savvy, and fix the...
On Jan. 20, a walk out was supposed to happen at Estaban E. Torres Academy at 9:15 am. It was 52 degrees and raining but the excitement was still high. Well it was until students saw the gates. Estaban E. Torres had locked the main gates to the campus only allowing...
Waking up to the whines of my neighbors’ children reminds me it’s that time of the year again: back to school. My eyes are sore, considering I only had four hours of sleep, but I pull myself together and remember a wise combination of words,“hustling is a virtue.”...
Phones buzz umpteen times a day, loudspeakers blare announcements weekly, papers are sent home monthly or before district events, yet little is effectively conveyed to parents or students due to this overload of so-called important information. When every fact, every...
Every day I live and breathe the arts. From the moment I step onto the Orange County School of the Arts campus, I begin to soak in the “art school” scene before me: a mass of bizarrely dressed high schoolers absentmindedly incorporating their artistic talents with...
With an $8 million budget, but no toilet paper in the bathrooms, broken air-conditioning systems and a lack of computers in the classrooms, students are beginning to wonder where all this money is going at University High School. “The conditions of the bathrooms have...
My younger sister and I were en route to school early Tuesday morning when our mother called to inform us that school had been cancelled due to a district-wide bomb threat. I was not surprised, being that I had read about half a dozen similar instances since the San...
Updated: 5:34 Schools all over Los Angeles Unfied School District closed today due to "electronic threats" made to a number of campuses in the district. All 900 campuses are closed, affecting around 700,000 students in the second largest district in the nation....
On Tuesday morning, all Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed because of a bomb threat. Students and staff were directed to stay away from campus. Parents, students, teachers and administrators: We want to hear from you. How did you find out about...
