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Youth athletes test Memorial Field
The Burroughs High track and field team has not even held a home meet at its new Memorial Field facility. Instead, a group of local youth athletes got first crack at the venue in an annual event Saturday. They were able to test out the new running track...Tags: Religion and Belief, Ben Peters, Gomez (music group), Human Interest
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Trash is the latest fashion trend at Muir Middle School
Models strode to and fro, blotting their makeup and adjusting their hair. Designers made last-minute tweaks to hemlines and shoulder straps. A producer looked anxiously at her watch. The scene backstage at the first Muir Middle School fashion show had...
Tags: Middle Schools, Students, Fashion Shows, Teaching and Learning, Fashion Trends
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Gov. Jerry Brown goes over budget with Burbank educators
Just hours after delivering the state of the state address in Sacramento, Gov. Jerry Brown brought his message to Burbank Wednesday, meeting with several dozen local educators at Bret Harte Elementary School to discuss how his budget proposal would affect...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning, Regional Authority, Elementary Schools, Bret Harte
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$15,000 worth of guitars donated to Burbank schools
More than 40 brand new guitars and 40 brand new cables have been donated to Burbank schools.
The donation—from the Traveling Guitar Foundation, ESP Guitars and Mogami Cable—will be going to four instrumental programs at Burbank High School,...Tags: John Burroughs, Michael Jackson
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Burbank Noon Rotary is historic event
The July 12 meeting of the Burbank Rotary Club was an exciting and memorable gathering indeed. For not only was it the inaugural meeting of new president Jonathan Taylor (who announced that he was newlywed), but the Invocation was given by his father,...Tags: Elections, Colleges and Universities, Human Interest, Politics
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Tubert ranked No. 3 in world golf standings
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene: Former Burroughs standout getting recognition among top women: Burroughs High graduate and current University of Arkansas women's golfer Emily Tubert is receiving acknowledgement on a global scale. On the...Tags: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, High School Sports, Human Interest, Track and Field, Golf
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Burbank High principal takes job at Village Christian
Burbank High School Principal Bruce Osgood will step down at the end of the academic year to assume a similar role at Village Christian Schools in Sun Valley, officials said Thursday. Osgood, 56, will serve as principal for the middle and high schools...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Human Interest, Schools, Education
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Friendly area competition
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene: Finding out who is the city's best: There will be a large group of youngsters running and jumping around at Burbank High today, that is, if the weather cooperates. But the boys and girls will be scampering...Tags: Golf, Colleges and Universities, Sports, Athletes, Shauna Estes
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Class takes students to church
Rabbi Richard Flom stood on the bema — the raised platform at the front of the synagogue and proceeded with a crash course in conservative Judaism. Addressing 115 John Muir Middle School students, he explained the 12 tribes of Israel, the ark, the...Tags: Israel, Judaism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Yom Kippur
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School board candidate Gregory Bragg
Bragg was raised in Eagle Rock and moved to Burbank in 1998 when he married his wife, Holly Roy, a Burbank native. He is the father of three children, who attend Burbank schools. Bragg has been involved in numerous service organizations and groups,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, PTA, Academic Progress, Human Interest, Washington (U.S. state)
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Keeping after-school programs alive
The Burbank City Council is reconsidering its decision to cut a $52,000 after-school program as the nonprofit that stepped in to fill the void warned that it may not be able to shoulder the financial burden for much longer.
The Burbank Boys and Girls...Tags: Jerry Brown, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Finance
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New Burroughs position for Nicol
Doug Nicol knows a little about running a successful high school program. For 11 seasons, ending in 2004, Nicol helped the Burroughs High girls' basketball team thrive. Along with turning out all-league and All-CIF Southern Section athletes, his teams...Tags: Sports, Basketball, University of Virginia, Softball
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