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Santa Monica Student Named To Berkeley College President’s List

Posted May. 15, 2013, 9:48 am

Santa Monica’s Ayano DiPaolo has been named to the President’s List at Berkeley College for the winter 2013 quarter, Berkeley College President Dario A. Cortes announced earlier this week.

David Bryan, the Head of School at New Roads School in Santa Monica.

Opinion, Santa Monica, Columnist, Education, New Roads School

Hometown Hero: David Bryan – Educator and Adventurer

Posted Apr. 27, 2013, 8:53 am

David Bryan, the Head of School at New Roads School in Santa Monica, has spent most of his life in the classroom.

Santa Monica Resident Finalist In ForeWord Book Of The Year Awards

Posted Apr. 24, 2013, 8:39 am

Santa Monica resident Amnon Kabatchnik has been named a finalist in the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards.

News, Santa Monica, Education, Schools

Edison Language Academy Recognized For Academic Achievement

Posted Apr. 24, 2013, 8:35 am

Edison Language Academy has been selected by the California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) as one of 871 public schools in California to receive the title of 2012 Honor Roll Star School, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announced earlier this week.

News, Santa Monica, Education, Smmusd

Santa Monica-Malibu USD Accepting District Advisory Committee Applications

Posted Apr. 8, 2013, 9:17 am

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education is currently accepting applications for openings on its district advisory committees (DACs).

News, Santa Monica, Education

Herb Alpert Educational Village To Be Celebrated Sunday In Santa Monica

Posted Mar. 20, 2013, 10:11 am

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall will entertain invited friends and supporters of The Herb Alpert Educational Village this Sunday, March 24 at 2pm.

News, School Board, Santa Monica, Education

Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation Forms Master Agreement With District

Posted Feb. 27, 2013, 10:23 am

A new Master Agreement between the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation was formally approved at last Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, putting into place a formalized set of procedures governing the relationship between the District and SMMEF, its non-profit auxiliary.

Santa Monica College Associated Students President Parker Jean spearheaded its student government’s effort to contribute $200,000 to help save the College’s winter program.

News, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, Education

Santa Monica College Students To Be Recognized For Helping Save Winter Classes

Posted Feb. 22, 2013, 8:20 am

When Santa Monica College announced in November it would reinstate its previously canceled winter program, there was a dedicated group of students who had been working behind the scenes, culminating in a $200,000 contribution from the student government towards the $1.2 million instructional cost to run the six-week program.

Education, Schools, Youth

Westside Neighborhood School Students Skype With Author Annabel Monaghan

Posted Jan. 31, 2013, 8:31 am

Westside Neighborhood School 6th, 7th and 8th grade students had a conversation with young adult author, Annabel Monaghan, using the magic of technology earlier this month.

News, Santa Monica, Education, Schools

Santa Monica-Malibu USD Accepting Applications For District Advisory Committees

Posted Jan. 27, 2013, 9:04 am

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education is currently accepting applications for openings on its district advisory committees (DACs). Applications can be found at http://www.smmusd.org/DAC/pdf/DACappEngSP.pdf.

Most of SMC’s Community Education night classes are held at the college’s beautiful Bundy Campus, which has ample free parking. SMC Community Ed is offering a 10 percent discount through Jan. 31 on most spring classes.

News, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, Education

Santa Monica College Community Ed Offers 10 Percent Discount On Spring Semester Courses

Posted Jan. 23, 2013, 10:00 am

Santa Monica College Community and Contract Education has announced it will offer a selection of about 280 spring semester courses -- with a 10 percent discount being offered through Jan. 31 (with some exceptions). Spring classes begin Feb. 11.

Santa Monica College track team member Marcus Johnson addresses the SMC Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday. Johnson was among 14 student athletes and faculty members who questioned why athletics and kinesiology were the only departments excluded from the newly reinstated winter session.

Sports, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, Education

Santa Monica College Winter P.E. Class Cancellations Upset Students, Coaches

Posted Jan. 18, 2013, 8:36 am

Santa Monica College students and faculty members appeared before administrators at the College’s Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday to speak out about the cancellation of winter athletic and kinesiology classes and urge compensation be paid to part-time coaches for the extra hours required beyond their minimal 15-hour stipends.

News, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, Education

Santa Monica College Foundation Announce $1 Million Gift For Technology

Posted Jan. 15, 2013, 2:43 pm

The Santa Monica College Foundation announced Tuesday it had received $1,025,000 – the largest gift in support of Technology – from Santa Monica couple Conrad Lee Klein and Joan Dempsey Klein

News, Santa Monica, Education, Smmusd

Santa Monica-Malibu USD Saves $2.8 Million Through Refunding Of 2006 Bonds

Posted Jan. 15, 2013, 9:05 am

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District saved more than $2.8 million to District taxpayers through the refunding of the District’s Election of 2006 General Obligation Bonds, Series A (“2006 Bonds”), according to the District.

John Muir Elementary School’s PTA has been hosting free monthly flea markets since 1990 to generate a constant revenue stream for the school’s educational programs.

Seven Days, Santa Monica, Education, Youth

John Muir Elementary School’s Flea Market Kicks Off 2013 This Saturday

Posted Jan. 4, 2013, 9:03 am

For the past 22 years, John Muir Elementary School’s PTA’s fundraising efforts have centered around its monthly Flea Market, held the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The PTA and a group of volunteer parents are behind the monthly event where vendors sell a mixture of vintage clothing, coins, crystals, jewelry, and antique furniture.

Opinion, Santa Monica, Columnist, Education, Government

Will Billionaire's Intimidation Attempt Win?

Posted Dec. 29, 2012, 9:08 am

No one spent more money trying to influence California politics during this year’s election season than the billionaire Munger siblings, Molly and Charles Jr., the children of Charles Munger Sr., who has provided them piles of money he made as the business partner of famed investor Warren Buffett.

News, School Board, Santa Monica, Education

Santa Monica-Malibu USD Welcomes New Director Of Child Development Services

Posted Dec. 28, 2012, 6:00 am

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has a new Director of Child Development Services -- Dr. Alice Chung. The SMMUSD Board of Education approved Dr. Chung's appointment at its Dec. 13 meeting.

John Adams Middle School principal Eva Mayoral has been selected as the 2013 Outstanding Administrator of the Year by the California Music Educators Association (CMEA).

News, Santa Monica, Education, John Adams Middle School

John Adams Middle School Principal Receives Outstanding Administrator Of The Year Award

Posted Dec. 20, 2012, 12:43 am

Eva Mayoral, Principal of John Adams Middle School, has been selected as the 2013 Outstanding Administrator of the Year by the California Music Educators Association (CMEA).

News, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, Education

Santa Monica College Maintains Reputation As Leading Transfer Institution

Posted Dec. 18, 2012, 1:05 am

Santa Monica College continued in 2011-12 to be the number one transfer campus to the prestigious University of California system, UC-Cal State systems combined, and USC, SMC announced Monday.

Opinion, Columnist, Education

Reflecting On The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

Posted Dec. 17, 2012, 3:05 am

I first learned about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut when speaking with a friend in Texas on the morning of Friday, Dec. 14. Upon hearing the details I felt incredibly sad when I learned that 20 young children were victims.

Opinion, Letters To The Editor, Santa Monica, Education

Taking Pride In Curriculum: Letter To The Editor

Posted Dec. 17, 2012, 1:33 am

All my children were lucky to have escaped long ago from Santa Monica’s schools after grade 6. Why so? Well, stepping out of Von’s Pavilions supermarket this afternoon, I looked across the street only to behold a banner legend across the south-facing wall of our Roosevelt Elementary School. It reads: WE HAVE PRIDE IN OUR SCHOOL.

News, School Board, Santa Monica, Education

Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation Asks For $1 A Day From Families

Posted Dec. 15, 2012, 1:07 am

The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation has launched its annual appeal called the "Dollar A Day Campaign" where District families are asked to contribute a dollar a day ($365) for every student in their household to invest in educational excellence throughout the District.

Political science professor Eric Oifer has been named 2012 SMC Faculty of the Year.

News, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, Education

Santa Monica College Academic Senate Names Faculty Of The Year Winner

Posted Dec. 11, 2012, 1:37 am

Santa Monica College’s 2012 Faculty of the Year winner is Eric Oifer -- an accomplished scholar and widely praised campus leader who is as well known for his intellectual acumen as much as his pioneering teaching methods.

News, School Board, Santa Monica, Education, Schools

SMMUSD School Board Considers Master Agreement For District-Wide Fundraising

Posted Nov. 29, 2012, 12:01 am

In its first meeting since the Nov. 6 election, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Board of Education went to work on a key issue: fundraising. Board members were presented Nov. 15 with a potential Master Agreement between SMMUSD and the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation (SMMEF) to streamline fundraising priorities of district-wide programs.

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