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hamilton high school
Outstanding Graduate: Joelle Milman — Transforming herself
Ryan Torok
June 5, 2013
When Joelle Milman was a high school sophomore, she met award-winning photographer Art Streiber, who has contributed to Vanity Fair among other high-profile publications.
Outstanding Graduate: Raphi Heldman — Lessons on the run
Ryan Torok
June 5, 2013
While a typical high school student may spend weekends relaxing, 17-year-old Raphi Heldman is much more likely to be on the run — for up to 26.2 miles, to be precise.
Rallying 3,000 students
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
June 8, 2011
On a Friday last March, before Sophie Trauberman left home for her first class at 9:45 a.m., she got a call from a friend at Hamilton High School, where she’s a student in the music magnet. Twenty-two Hamilton teachers were being pink-slipped, the friend told her, and some positions — including those of much-loved advisers at Hamilton’s music and humanities magnets — were being eliminated altogether, because of proposed state budget cuts.
Save The Music: Dedicated to Hamilton High School & LAUSD
Susan Freudenheim
April 6, 2011
Phil Donney, who graduated in 2006 from Hamilton High School\’s Music Academy, home to many Jewish students as well as talented students throughout the city, has created this video in the face of huge looming cuts that threaten the very existence of the LAUSD public school Magnet programs, particularly the music programs like Hamilton\’s.
Jamming with the pros at Hamilton High
Merissa Nathan Gerson
June 15, 2007
Kenny G reads Hebrew, knows a thing or two about kabbalah and blows the shofar at shul annually. \”Because,\” he said, \”I am the only one who knows how.\”
Clothes Call
Michael Aushenker
March 21, 2002
There was a time when the retail clothing industry was thriving. \”In the \’80s, my customers spent almost 8 percent of their disposable income on clothing,\” said David Sacks, owner of Sacks SFO apparel stores. However, time and a change in consumer habits have eroded this reality. Over the last decade, Sacks, 53, has had to close several of his outlets. He watched his retail miniempire dwindle from 20 stores nationwide to two local outlets: one in Studio City (12021 Ventura Blvd.) and a new location in Culver City (9608 Venice Blvd.).
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