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Several schools shine as API scores are released
Burbank schools uniformly exceeded the much-coveted Academic Performance Index score of 800, according to 2010-11 data released Wednesday by the California Department of Education.
Leading the pack was Stevenson Elementary School, which earned a score...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Examinations, School Examinations, Academic Progress
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Burbankers Bowl for Books
“The very best thing about a school library is that everything is purchased with the student in mind and every student in the school has access to it,” said Laura Tooley who serves as the librarian for David Starr Jordan Middle School. “...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Education, Arts and Culture, Facebook, Libraries
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District promotes cultural integration
In Iran, Silvana Dermegerdichian was highly involved with her children’s school, volunteering with the PTA and greeting everyone from the receptionists to the principal by name. But when the family immigrated to Southern California four years ago,...Tags: Culture, Aspirin (drug), Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities
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Burb's Eye View: Cookies, memories and our local veterans
Doris Vick's dental drill was busted, and the strapping young technician who came to fix it was having a heck of a time. This was one of those foot-pedal-powered drills, she recalls. The World War II-era technology was state of the art at the time; it...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Vietnam, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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District PTA honors young artists
When we are given the opportunity to express ourselves through words, pictures, music, dance or any other form of artistic expression, we don't just grow artistically and intellectually, we also learn to analyze our thoughts, feelings and ideas. We gain a...Tags: Ceremonies, Vice (movie), Politics, Photography, Bret Harte
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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: Washington (U.S. state), John Muir, Politics, Academic Progress, Finance
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Elinor S. McLeod
janeth@herald-mail.comElinor McLeod came from a long line of female educators, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother who were teachers. She went on to become one of the first female principals for Washington County Public Schools and served many county...Tags: Teaching and Learning, The Herald-Mail, Teachers, Holidays, Washington, DC
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If snack and soda sales are OK in schools, why not cigarettes? [Letter]
As a parent of a ninth-grader at Glenelg High School, I am saddened and flabbergasted that the PTA is taking such a hard-line stance against student health and, indirectly, academic performance. I was equally shocked by the soda and candy machines moved...Tags: Health and Safety at School
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Choi and O'Farrell in contentious battle for council seat
Mitch O'Farrell is probably the only candidate running for Los Angeles City Council who can do a backward handspring, no problem. Before taking a job a decade ago as a field deputy in the office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, O'Farrell, 52, spent years as a...
Tags: Local Elections, Health Insurance Cost, Politics, Career and Workplace, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival
Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...Tags: Weather Science, Washington Nationals, Education, Microsoft Corporation, Technology
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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director
Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...
Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Teachers, T. Rowe Price, Education, Economy, Business and Finance
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Jeanette M. Smith, housekeeper
Jeanette M. Smith, a retired housekeeper who was active in Republican politics, died May 2 at FutureCare Old Court senior living facility in Randallstown. She was 94. "We are waiting for the results of an autopsy for the cause of death," said a grandson,...
Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, American Legion, Catonsville, Randallstown
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