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graduates
Advice to grads: Go forth and create a masterpiece
Jewish Journal
June 11, 2015
Having recently attended the college graduation of our youngest child, I could not stop thinking about what I might say if given the opportunity to offer the commencement address.
Dual identity yields an international outlook
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2012
Eeman Khorramian could see himself entering the political world. The Palisades Charter High School senior has been highly active in school affairs and with the school\’s student government since ninth grade. His leadership skills even earned him the position of student body president.
Finding common ground
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2012
Shalhevet journalism teacher Joelle Keene says that Leila Miller, editor-in-chief of the school\’s newspaper, The Boiling Point, has set a high standard for journalism, integrity and optimism amid complex human relations.
Working toward ‘never again’
Ryan Torok
June 6, 2012
Milken Community High School senior Leah Gluck is dedicated to raising awareness about genocide, even though it seems so distant and unsolvable.
A real page-turner
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2012
Corinne Kentor may be coming of age in the iPad and Kindle era, but she feels most at home surrounded by books. The more classic the volumes, the better. It\’s \”Candide\” and \”Don Quixote\” that thrill this New Community Jewish High School (NCJHS) senior, who lights up when she discusses the works of Shakespeare or the Brontë sisters.
Sometimes, less is more
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2012
In her junior year, Oakwood senior Katherine Bernstein spent two weeks in Sierra Leone with the North Hollywood school\’s immersion program. Amid carrying buckets of cement for a new school and helping to paint a map of the world in its library, she was struck by a major difference between life in Southern California and the West African nation.
It’s all about the kids
Naomi Pfefferman
June 6, 2012
When his late grandmother was first diagnosed with terminal cancer three years ago, Jason Aftalion was moved by the volunteers who visited her at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. \”I was so touched by how they talked to her and spent time with her, so she wouldn\’t be lonely,\” said Aftalion, a Persian-American senior at Milken Community High School.
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