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Community: Three seniors pick up women's scholarships
Three Burbank High School graduating seniors were honored at the Burbank University Women's Scholarship Tea at the home of Marcia Baroda May 10. Receiving college scholarships were Seda Byrut and Valery Vasquez from Burbank High School and Jordan Bradley...
Tags: College Sports, Education, Jazz (genre), Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Show biz school opens in Burbank
An international filmmaking and acting school has opened in Burbank. Its operators plan to create opportunities for students and graduates by developing connections with local production companies and studios. The International Academy of Film and...
Tags: Philippines, Teaching and Learning, Movies, Education, Manny Pacquiao
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Burbank High students polish up their rides
A gaggle of oil-spattered students stood beneath a raised Acura Integra in the auto shop at Burbank High School Tuesday, reaching their hands into its undercarriage. “The old transmission had a hole in it, so we are replacing it with another one...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Schools, Patricia Arquette, Teaching and Learning, Car Mechanics
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Scholastic plans to publish book penned by Burbank students
McKinley Elementary School families are accustomed to browsing titles penned by prominent authors at their annual book fair. Next year, there will be some familiar names in the mix. Scholastic officials made a surprise visit to the Burbank campus...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Book
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It's time to discuss performance medals
This spring at Burbank elementary schools, principals awarded medals to students based on state test results from the prior year. My special needs son did not receive a medal and broke down into tears during his assembly. When my older son brought home...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Concerts, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment
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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: Schools, Graduation, Teaching and Learning, Education, High Schools
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Students cook with produce from on-campus garden
The smell of tacos wafted down the hall at Jordan Middle School Tuesday, beckoning visitors to the culinary arts lab where students busied themselves at their cooking stations. But instead of reaching into plastic packaging, or even the refrigerator,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education
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Through playwriting program, students improve writing skills
A three-year theater arts initiative designed to strengthen the writing skills of middle school students is drawing to a close as the student playwrights and their collaborators stage a final series of performances of work they've written. At Luther...
Tags: Schools, Celebrities, Teaching and Learning, Middle Schools, Education
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Pre-kindergarten program to launch in the fall
After months of uncertainty, Burbank Unified officials this week said they will launch a free, pre-kindergarten program for children with fall birthdays for the coming school year. The decision followed confirmation from Los Angeles County education...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Horace Mann, Early Learning
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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: Education, Fashion Shows, Entertainment, Music, Schools
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Students Meet the Challenge
It is that time of year for the service clubs to begin distributing their scholarship awards. The Magnolia Park Optimist Club made its first awards presentation at the club’s April 5th dinner meeting. This event took place at the Elk’s Club in...Tags: Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education, John Burroughs, High Schools
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It's all Greek to these Jordan Middle School students
Jeans and T-shirts were replaced with flowing white robes and leafy crowns at Jordan Middle School on Friday as sixth-grade students engrossed themselves in their studies of ancient Greece.
Part history lesson, part cultural celebration, Greek Day is...Tags: Schools, Teaching and Learning, Middle Schools, Cultural Development, Education
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