School Spotlight

Del Mar High School students detailed the injustices and discrimination that prevented people of color from purchasing houses in L.A. County – a process known as “redlining” – during the History Day L.A. competition, held March 9 at San Gabriel High School. Click on the story headline to read more.

Gabrielino High School seniors Kevin Quach and Carlos Pondevida have been named 2019 National Merit Scholarship finalists, placing them in the running for the prestigious award and financial aid. Click on the story headline to read more.

Students and alumni of Gabrielino High’s speech and debate program shared passionate, off-the-cuff testimonials about how the nationally acclaimed program has improved their lives leading up to National Speech and Debate Education Day on March 1. Click on the story headline to read more.

More than 200 Gabrielino High School students learned ways to combat the challenges of mental health disorders during a talk by a psychiatric social worker as part of the school’s third Mental Health Day of the year. Click on the story headline to read more.

More than 500 Washington Elementary students, parents and staff members gathered on Feb. 5 to celebrate the launch of its Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) program, which helps create a positive school setting through strategies that define, teach and support appropriate student behaviors. Click on the story headline to read more.

Coolidge Elementary fourth-grader Shannon Yan stepped up to the microphone, took a deep breath and spelled her way to victory during Coolidge’s annual spelling bee on Feb. 1 with two words: “ornament” and “uninhabited.” Click on the story headline to read more.

Jefferson Middle School students Sasha Sengelmann and David Wang showcased their growing talent before music educators on Jan. 26 as part of the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association’s Middle School Honor Orchestra. Click on the story headline to read more.

Equipped with paintbrushes and garden trowels, more than 100 Wilson Elementary students, staff and parents freshened the campus during the school’s first Beautification Day on Jan. 19. Click on the story headline to read more.

Jefferson Middle School eighth-grader Eric Wang first discovered a love for music performance when he joined the Coolidge Elementary School winter choir as a third-grader. Click on the story headline to read more.

Jefferson Middle School eighth-grader Jessica Sucongga joined her fellow concert choir members in singing “Silent Night” in English and German – and signing the ending chorus in American Sign Language – for patients and doctors gathered in the lobby of City of Hope’s Helford Hospital on Dec. 21. Click on the story headline to read more.