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Lifelong Learning Community News - JUNE 2008... June 2008. Another school year draws to a close. This year more than 700 seniors will be graduating from Santa Monica, Malibu, and Olympic High Schools. They have been accepted at close to 200 colleges and universities across the country, and, as in year’s past, these include our nation’s most prestigious and finest schools. For a listing of college acceptances for the Samohi class of 2008, please go to www.samohi.smmusd.org/Students/seniors/colleges.htm Our school district continues to prepare our students to be successful in college and in life and this year we have some new remarkable accomplishments to be especially proud of. Newsweek magazine ranks both Malibu High and Santa Monica among the top 200 high schools in the nation. They were two of only 20 high schools selected in California. Both schools also saw their ranking improve over last year: Samohi went from 203 up to 195 on the Newsweek list and Malibu High climbed to 171 from 185. See www.newsweek.com/id/39380 The Samohi Science Bowl Team won the National Science Bowl Competition in Washington, D.C., beating out more than 60 teams from across the nation! This is a huge achievement. Congratulations to students Dimitry Petrenko, Alexandre Boulgakov, Marino Di Franco, Ian Fels Scheffler and also to Acadeca (that stands for Academic Decathalon) advisor and Ocean Bowl, Science Bowl, and Quiz Bowl Coach Ingo Gaida. All of this year’s senior AVID students from SAMOHI and Malibu High have been admitted to four year universities. AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination and is a program that helps support and guide students through Middle and High School to be the first in their family to attend college. Samohi’s SAGE team (Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship), international winners last year, have won first place in the state, and first place in the nation again!!! They will be going on to compete in the SAGE World Cup in Nigeria in July. This, like the national Science Bowl victory, is truly an extraordinary accomplishment. Congratulations and good luck!! The other big news from the school district is that Superintendent Dianne Talarico has decided to take a job in the Burlingame School District in Northern California where she will be closer to her family. While Ms. Talarico’s tenure here for the past two years has been tumultuous, she has managed to accomplish and lay the groundwork to accomplish a number of significant projects which I think it’s worth taking some time to consider:
Now for some wonderful Lifelong Learning Community Events in June.... Sunday, June 1, 7:30pm "A Festival of Music" First United Methodist Church 11St. & Washington Avenue $15/$10 Admission Tickets available at the church This annual concert, performed by the SMC Concert Chorale along with the Santa Monica First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir and the L.A. Concert Orchestra will include a pre-concert lecture by Kimberlea Daggy of KUSC at 6:30pm. For tickets or more information, please call 310-393-8258. Monday, June 2, 7:00pm Talk by Disney Animator Andreas Deja SMC Academy of Entertainment & Technology 1660 Stewart Street Free with free parking. Andreas Deja, one of the top Disney character animators, speaks on animation, drawing and storytelling. Deja animated such characters as GASTON in Beauty and the Beast, SCAR in Lion King and LILO from Lilo and Stich. For more information please call (310) 434-3700. Tuesday, June 3 ELECTION DAY!!! Please don’t forget to vote in this very important but very low key election. There is a potentially devastating initiative on the ballot, Prop 98 (NOT the prop 98 that guarantees minimum school funding!). Prop 98 is opposed by the Santa Monica City Council, the Santa Monica Malibu Board of Education, and the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees. Prop 99 is endorsed by all of the above. For more information on Props 98 & 99, please go to the League of Women Voters’ website at http://ca.lwv.org/action/prop0806/index.html Senator Sheila Kuehl will be termed out in November and this is also a very hard-fought Democratic primary election for candidates wishing to replace her. Voter turnout is expected to be very low which makes each vote count even more. Please remember to vote! To find your polling place, go to www.lavote.net Friday, June 6, 7:00pm Santa Monica High School Spring Choral Concert Barnum Hall (Located on Samohi campus) Tickets sold at the door $5 Students, $10 Adults Come and hear the beautiful music performed by the Samohi Choral Students and experience this outstanding Choral Program first hand. Presented by The Santa Monica High School Choral Department. Friday, June 6, 2:30 p.m. "Human Anatomy: From Mummies to Plastination" Santa Monica College Main Campus, Concert Hall 1900 Pico Boulevard Free The Santa Monica College Life Sciences Department is pleased to present a lecture on human anatomy from Ms. Gunther von Hagens, anatomist, inventor of Plastination and creator of BODY WORLDS, currently being exhibited at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The phenomenon of BODY WORLDS is fueled by the average person's desire to learn about anatomy and health. von Hagens has made it his life's work to demystify anatomy and engage the public, having dedicated the past three decades to the art and science of Plastination. BODY WORLDS 3 & The Story of the Heart is currently on exhibit at the California Science Center. The talk is free and open to the public. Space is limited and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (310) 434-4051. Sunday, June 8, 3 pm Emeritus Concert Band: "Pops" Concert Santa Monica College Main Campus, Concert Hall 1900 Pico Boulevard Free This exhilarating "Pops" concert is an annual favorite not to be missed. Wallace Umber is the conductor. For tickets and information, please call (310) 434-3000 or (310) 434-4323. Sunday, June 8, 4-7 pm. Samohi Artists Show at Bergamot Station William Turner Gallery Bergamot Station Students are free; tickets for all others are $10 For the first time ever, Santa Monica High School AP (Advanced Placement) art students will be showing their work off campus at “ArtLoud,” a special exhibit at Bergamot Station. Bring your friends, family, and neighbors to this one-day-only event! Sponsored by Samo4Art, the event will feature student paintings, drawings, and multimedia piecesas well as music, food, a raffle, and silent auction. All proceeds will be used to support visual arts education at SAMO. For directions to the gallery, go to www.williamturnergallery.com. For more information about Samo4Art’s support of the visual arts, go to www.samohi.smmusd.org/samo4art. Tuesday, June 10, 6pm SMC’s 78th Commencement Santa Monica College Main Campus, Corsair Field 1900 Pico Boulevard Parking available at 17th & Pico The entire community is invited to join Santa Monica College in honoring the students who will be getting their AA degrees, and in welcoming UCLA Chancellor Dr. Gene D. Block to SMC. Chancellor Block will be the commencement speaker, reinforcing the long and strong relationship SMC has had with UCLA since 1929. SMC will also be honoring and recognizing two outstanding alumni. Jeremy Pal, Ph.D is the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Alumni Winner for Professional Achievement. Dr. Pal shares the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Eddie Guerboian, recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Winner for Community Service, has been extremely active in many Santa Monica community organizations, and served in 2006-07 as the President of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce. For more information on the 2008 SMC Commencement Ceremony, please call 310-434-4209. Saturday, June 28 Celebrate America Gates open at 5pm, Fireworks at dusk. New Temporary Location: John Adams Middle School 2425 16th Street Free SMC’s Corsair Field is undergoing major improvements this summer so the Celebrate America picnicking, entertainment and lawn seating will be moved next door to John Adams Middle School field. Fireworks will be shot from the college and the college’s stadium seating will be opened to the public shortly before the fireworks show. It will still be great fun and a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together. Corsair field and the SMC track will be closed for the entire summer for renovation. A new artificial turf field will be installed along with a new track surface and lighting. After Celebrate America, SMC will also renovate the John Adams Middle School field with artificial turf. I spent so much time talking about our schools in this issue that I’ve left out a lot of June events. Please do check out the lifelong learning community calendar at http://smllc.org/calendar.html and use the links at http://smllc.org/links.html to keep up with different organizations’ and theaters’ regular special events. Thank you for forwarding this email to others who may be interested. Cheers, Onward, and Please Vote on June 3rd! Louise Jaffe www.smllc.org If you would like to receive the Lifelong Learning Community eNews, please go to http://smllc.org/subscribe.html To be removed from this E-mail list, simply reply to LCJaffe@aol.com and ask to be removed. For more information about the Lifelong Learning Community, contact Louise Jaffe |
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