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Service Clubs: mayor's cup golf tournament and outstanding educators
Burbank Sunrise Kiwanis The 15th Annual Mayors’ Cup Golf Tournament hosted by the Burbank Sunrise Kiwanis was held on April 27 and it went very well. Former and current city of Burbank Mayors and all their golf playing friends, as well as our...
Tags: Golf, John Burroughs, Bret Harte, Sports, Teachers
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Burbank Unified sees improvements in student drop-out rates
Burbank high schools are outperforming many of their counterparts up and down the state in retaining and graduating students, according to data released this week. Of the 1,329 Burbank students who started high school in 2007, 91.4% made it through to...
Tags: Students, Graduation
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Ballet studio evolves while maintaining tradition of storytelling
Natasha Middleton's ballet studio and company are evolving in their second decade, but she said she stays true to her main philosophy — perpetuating the tradition of the Ballet Russe while training young dancers for the professional spotlight....
Tags: Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Metal and Mineral, Music, Students
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Band will blow its own horns again
My brother and I were the best of friends when we were in elementary school in Burbank during the mid 1960s. But that changed after I started Muir Middle School and went on to Burbank High School in the '70s. We barely saw one another, even though the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Tim Burton, Students, Photography
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State grant to help adult students at Burbank Unified transition to higher education
Burbank Unified will be one of just a few school districts statewide to get a $75,000-grant to help adult education students transition to higher education, officials announced Thursday. Grant recipients had to demonstrate a “clear and...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Google Inc., Financial Aid
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Bicycle grant doesn't make sense
I am perplexed as to how my tax dollars could ultimately end up as a nearly half-million-dollar grant to Muir, Jefferson and Washington schools for bicycle infrastructure (“Cities receive safety grants,” July 11). I can't speak for...Tags: Students, Education
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Adults of all ages, backgrounds secure their high school diplomas
Burbank resident David Standel was scheduled to graduate from high school in 1961 before a series of complicated family issues forced him to drop out. He worked a variety of jobs, including at his father’s restaurant and later as a computer systems...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Graduation, High Schools, Education
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Bell-Jeff grads get a 'step closer to adulthood'
Fifty-five Bellarmine-Jefferson High School seniors received their diplomas Sunday during a graduation mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Senior class president Elijah Reed, 18, said that the ceremony was a culmination of everyone's hard...
Tags: California State University, Northridge, Colleges and Universities, Students, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney
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Burroughs High grad Emily Tubert named All-American for second straight year
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene. Burroughs graduate wins second-straight honor at Arkansas: Former Burroughs High standout Emily Tubert surely didn't endure a sophomore slump this season playing for the University of Arkansas women's golf...Tags: Southeastern Conference, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Colleges and Universities, Students, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Monterey High grads overcome their own set of obstacles
School was never Erik Guzman’s forte, and there were plenty of people around him who assumed he wouldn’t make it through. He struggled to balance work at his family’s restaurant in East Los Angeles with his academic pursuits at...
Tags: Family, Students, Graduation, High Schools, Education
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Budget cuts will mean added pressure on summer meals program in Burbank
Local families dependent on free and reduced-price school meals could find it harder to keep their children fed this summer. The city of Burbank will not be offering its summer parks program and complementary free meals due to budget cuts, officials...
Tags: Government Debt, Students, Social Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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City cuts free meal program for children
Local families dependent on free and reduced-price school meals could find it harder to keep their children fed this summer. The city of Burbank will not be offering its summer parks program and complimentary free meals due to budget cuts, officials...
Tags: Government Debt, Students, Social Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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