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Actor to deaf Burbank students: 'If someone says no, move on to the next yes'
Bob Hiltermann was four years old when he lost his hearing to spinal meningitis, but another six years would pass before anyone around him would discover he was deaf. He was 10 when a teacher debunked his family’s assumption that he was “...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Education, Washington, DC, Schools
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Hoping to maintain success in girls' basketball
It was a wildly successful and historic 2011-12 girls' basketball season for the four city teams. Not only did Burroughs High, Burbank, Providence and Bellarmine-Jefferson all qualify for the CIF Southern Section playoffs, but the Pioneers and Guards...
Tags: Minor League Baseball, Basketball, California Interscholastic Federation, Sports, College Sports
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The high cost of sending students outdoors
In Burbank, many fifth-graders live for Outdoor Science School — the handful of days when they venture to the mountains or ocean to hike trails with naturalists, sing songs by the campfire and sleep in bunks. The tradition has lasted more than 20...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Parent Organizations, Politics, Finance, Public Finance
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Local boys' basketball teams ready to make mark on court
Each of the four local boys’ basketball teams lost key players to graduation or had individuals transfer. However, no other squad was been more depleted than Burbank High. The Bulldogs lost 11 seniors to graduation after last season and had just...
Tags: College Basketball, Basketball, California Interscholastic Federation, Jose Hernandez, Injuries and Wounds
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Bilingual education speaks to the future
Public education has changed drastically. Technology, specialized magnet campuses, charter schools, the importance of Advanced Placement courses and standardized student tests — if you graduated even 10 years ago, odds are, you wouldn't recognize...Tags: Education, School Examinations, Charter Schools, Students
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Teams looking to fill positions
After a second-place finish last season in the Pacific League, the Burroughs High boys' soccer team lost a large group of players to graduation. The biggest loss was midfielder Francisco Baez, and All-CIF Southern Section Division III first-team...Tags: Sports, Soccer, College Sports, Students
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Boys' soccer teams looking to fill positions
After a second-place finish last season in the Pacific League, the Burroughs High boys’ soccer team lost a large group of players to graduation. The biggest loss was midfielder Francisco Baez, and All-CIF Southern Section Division III first-team...
Tags: California Interscholastic Federation, Sports, Soccer, College Sports, Students
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At Burbank elementary school, students pick their sides in USC v. UCLA
McKinley Elementary students on Monday competed against each other as either USC or UCLA patriots during the school’s annual Rivalry Day, capping a month college-related activities. At the start of November, students wore logos of any college...
Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Schools, Elementary Schools, University of California, Los Angeles
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Burbank Unified moves toward dual-language learning
Burbank Unified is moving to join the growing trend of dual-language education — a system that in neighboring Glendale has spread like wildfire as parents eagerly sign their students up to be fluent in one of six languages by the time they...
Tags: Language, Arts and Culture, Students
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Rishonda Napier making instant impact
Keeping tabs on local athletes competing in college. Rishonda Napier (Bellarmine-Jefferson High), freshman, guard, Southern Illinois women’s basketball): The former Guards star has been getting playing time out of the gate in her first season on...
Tags: College Basketball, Southern Illinois Salukis, Big West Conference, Pacific Tigers, University of California, Irvine
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Providence hoop transfer ruled ineligible
Melik Anderson, a 6-foot-7 sophomore boys' basketball player who transferred to Providence High after playing as a freshman last season at Alemany, has been ruled ineligible by the CIF Southern Section, Pioneers Athletic Director Andrew Bencze said...Tags: Basketball, California Interscholastic Federation, Sports, College Sports, Students
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Burbank Unified reviews head lice policy
Burbank Unified is reviewing its head lice policy after a mother appealed to the school board for more conservative rules, especially as class sizes get bigger and more students are crowded together. Under the district’s current policy, students...Tags: Health and Safety at School, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Students
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