Superintendent

May 17 2013

One candidate withdraws

 

Oct 18 2010

Gardner Street Elementary School

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A board covering a sign naming the auditorium of a Hollywood elementary school for Michael Jackson was removed.

The sign was unveiled in 1989 when the auditorium at Gardner Street Elementary School, which Jackson attended, was refurbished, but was covered when Jackson was charged with child molestation. The sign remained covered despite his acquittal.

Marisol Aguilar  |   OW Contributor
Sep 30 2010

Once a big attraction, Antelope Valley is now losing families

In addition to facing budget cuts, four districts in the Antelope Valley are also being impacted by a dilemma that could potentially have even more long-term effects—a decline in student enrollment.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 23 2010

Million Father March is local

PALMDALE, Calif.—This Saturday (Sept. 25), fathers, children, families, and other community members will gather in the name of fatherhood at Joshua Hills Elementary, located at 3030 Fairfield Ave. in Palmdale, to unite and empower families throughout the region.

Called the Million Father March, which is part of the Black Star Project, is part of an international campaign to motivate fathers to be active parents in the lives of their children.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Feb 28 2009

Mayor appoints San Diego veteran to head education partnership

A 29-year veteran of urban education has been appointed superintendent of instruction for the Partnership for L.A. Schools, and will officially bring her team to take over six Los Angeles Unified School District campuses including Gompers and Markham middle schools beginning July 1.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”