Articles from
October 2006
October 11, 2006
Though the SAT remains the most popular college admissions exam, the number of students taking the ACT, a rival test that focuses more on academics than on reasoning, has shot up 200 percent since 2000 as nearly all colleges have come to accept either test.
October 11, 2006
Construction on Coldwater Canyon will eliminate about 30 parking spaces in front of the school for at least six months in 2008.
October 11, 2006
This week, seventh grade students are scaling mountains and bunking in log cabins a year early in a revamped retreat. While the eighth and ninth grade programs have not changed since last year, seventh grade retreat has undergone a small transformation.
October 11, 2006
The school received the necessary permits on Sept. 29 to begin building the new middle school.
October 11, 2006
To prevent bullying on the school’s buses, Head of Middle School Ronnie Cazeau announced at an all-school assembly that existing bus rules would now be more strongly enforced. The deans discussed the issue further in class meetings.
October 11, 2006
The upper school deans have created a new detention system which will be finalized as soon as it is approved by the Sports Council.
October 11, 2006
Like most playwrights, Sam Alper ’07 is largely influenced by what he surrounds himself with.
October 11, 2006
Video Art teacher Cheri Gaulke is designing a memorial for Filipino World War II veterans to be unveiled on Veterans’ Day, Nov. 11. The memorial was commissioned by Councilman Eric Garcetti ’88 and is located in Lake Street Park in Historic Filipinotown.
October 11, 2006
New driving laws put more fresh drivers on the road, causing an increase in the number of accidents and leaving Head of Security Kevin Giberson to do a lot of detective work.
October 11, 2006
Deans Mike Bird, Tamar Adegbile and Canh Oxelson visited Tulane University in New Orleans on Sept. 15 and 16 to learn about how the school has changed since Hurricane Katrina. Tulane hosts a conference for high school college counselors every year to advertise their school, and this year to prove that even after the hurricane, the university retains the caliber of its academics and their programs.
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