District ONE Schools

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District ONE Schools

• A Year of
• Accomplishments

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Academics
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2004 2005National Academic Decathlon Champions

• El Camino High School

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California Distinguished Schools

• Grover Cleveland High School
• Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School

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The API 700 ClubElementary Schools

• Bertrand 709
• Calvert 756
• Cantara 750
• Capistrano 753
• Chatsworth Park 748
• CHIME 715
• Cohasset 718

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The API 700 ClubElementary Schools

• Danube 792
• Darby 771
• Dearborn 718
• Encino 793
• Fullbright 729
• Garden Grove 736

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The API 700 ClubElementary Schools

• Gledhill 744
• Granada 741
• Hart 706
• Haskell 779
• Knollwood 794
• Lassen 717

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The API 700 ClubElementary Schools

• Lemay 791
• Mayall 755
• Melvin 757
• Nevada 710
• Newcastle 729
• Parthenia 702
• Reseda 757

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The API 700 ClubElementary Schools

• San Jose 758
• Shirley 782
• Stagg 793
• Tarzana 753
• Vanalden 785
• Winnetka 730
• CHIME 706

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The API 700 ClubMiddle Schools

• Frost MS 723
• Hale MS 754
• Henry MS 711
• Holmes MS 742
• Lawrence MS 706
• Parkman MS 707
• Portola MS 749
• Porter MS 734

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The API 700 ClubHigh Schools

• El Camino HS 726
• Valley Alt. 733
• Granada Hills HS 754

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Elite Eight Hundred Club

• Andasol 827
• Beckford 846
• Calabash 806
• Calahan 809
• Castlebay 888
• El Oro Way 818

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Elite Eight Hundred Club

• Emelita 823
• Germain 811
• Hamlin 802
• Haynes 829
• Justice 855
• Lanai 849
• Lockhurst 818

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Elite Eight Hundred Club

• Lorne 801
• Nestle 820
• Pomelo 879
• Serrania 820
• Superior 819
• Topeka 838

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Elite Eight Hundred Club

• Tulsa 812
• Van Gogh 850
• Vintage Mgnt. 844
• Wilbur 874
• Woodlake 830

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Elite Eight Hundred Club

• Nobel MS 812
• SOCES 809

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The Fabulous 900 Club

• Welby Way
• 919

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The Fabulous 900 Club

• Woodland Hills
• 935

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The Fabulous 900 Club

• Balboa Gifted Magnet
• 975

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Title I Academic Achievement Award Schools

• Calahan Street Elementary
• Cantara Street Elementary
• Emelita Street Elementary
• Encino Elementary
• Hamlin Street Elementary

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Title I Academic Achievement Award Schools

• Knollwood Elementary
• Lemay Elementary
• Lorne Street Elementary
• Nestle Avenue Elementary
• Stagg Street Elementary

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Title I Academic Achievement Award Schools

• Superior Street Elementary
• Tarzana Elementary
• Tulsa Street Elementary
• Vintage Street Elementary

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Canoga Park High School increased their API
scores for the third consecutive year
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90 of Valley Alternatives 10th grade students
passed CAHSEE in both math and Language Arts on
the first attempt
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Valley New High School 1 had 100 participation
in CAHSEE testing. 99.99 participation in CST
testing
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Birmingham High School met their API goals for
every sub group
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Cleveland High Schools API increased 41 points
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Stoney Point is offering Saturday Algebra classes
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African American students at Portola Middle
School gained 67 points on their API and Hispanic
students gained 30 points on their API
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SOCES has a 98 CAHSEE pass rate in ELOA and 96
in math. They are in the top 3 in LAUSD
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Monroe High Schools API increased 40 points last
year and 100 points over the last 5 years
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Athletics
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Birmingham High School won the Los Angeles City
Football Championship
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El Camino Real High School won the Girls City
Soccer Championship
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Chatsworth High School won the Pre-season
National Championship in baseball
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Kennedy High School won Valley Mission League
Championship inBoys GolfGirls TrackVarsity
Baseball
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Sepulveda Middle School came in 1st Place in
Cheerleading in Magic Mountain Competition
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Monroe High Schools fencing team was one of the
top fencing teams in the state
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Canoga Park High School won the Softball League
Championship
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Sherman Oaks CES received the Magnet League
Championship in Boys Basketball and Baseball
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Tafts Coach Mercado was honored by city Section
Coaches Sportsmanship Award
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Over 130 students and staff from Sutter Middle
School participated in the Lloyd Levine Fitness
Run
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Cleveland High School won the Girls City Swimming
Championship
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Resedas Girls Tennis and Boys Volleyball teams
won city invitational championships in 2004/2005
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State Girls Soccer Coachof the Year

• Vickie Lagos
• Kennedy High School

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El Camino Real High School won the City Baseball
Championship
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Valley Alternatives Girls and Boys
Volleyballteams won League Championships and
participated in City Finals
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Jun Kelley of Reseda is the 50 meter breast
stroke swimming city champion. Also,
scholar/athlete having taken 8 AP courses
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Birmingham High School won the Girls City Track
and Field Championship
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AwardsAchievements
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District ONE Beautiful2004-2005Grand Prize
Winners

• Balboa Magnet School
• Bassett Street School
• Canoga Park School
• Chatsworth School
• Dearborn Street School

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District ONE Beautiful2004-2005Grand Prize
Winners

• Douglas High School
• Emelita Street School
• Fullbright Avenue School
• Hart Street School
• Lanai Road School

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District ONE Beautiful2004-2005Grand Prize
Winners

• Lull School
• Monroe High School
• Nestle Avenue School
• Nevada Avenue School
• Nobel Middle School

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District ONE Beautiful2004-2005Grand Prize
Winners

• Porter Middle School
• Serrania Avenue School
• Stagg Street School
• Tulsa Street School
• Wilbur Avenue School

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District ONE Beautiful2004-2005

• First Prize
• Calahan Street School
• Miller High School
• Frost Middle School
• Sherman Oaks CES
• Gledhill Street School
• Van Gogh Street School
• Melvin Avenue School
• Wooden High School

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District ONE Beautiful2004-2005

• Second Place
• Henry Middle School
• Reseda High School
• Napa Street School
• Sutter Middle School
• Reseda School
• Topeka Drive School

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Banner Recipients

• Calabash Elementary
• Calahan Elementary
• Calvert Elementary
• Canoga Park Elementary
• Castlebay Lane Elementary
• Chatsworth Park Elementary

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Banner Recipients

• Cohasset Elementary
• Danube Elementary
• Darby Elementary
• Dearborn Elementary
• El Oro Way Elementary
• Emelita Elementary

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Banner Recipients

• Encino Elementary
• Frost Middle School
• Fullbright Elementary
• Garden Grove Elementary
• Germain Elementary
• Gledhill Elementary/Magnet

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Banner Recipients

• Hale Middle School
• Hamlin Elementary
• Hart Elementary
• Haskell Elementary/Magnet
• Henry Middle School
• Holmes Middle School

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Banner Recipients

• John R. Wooden High School
• Knollwood Elementary
• Lawrence Middle School
• Lemay Elementary
• Lockhurst Elementary
• Lorne Elementary

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Banner Recipients

• Mayall Elementary
• Nestle Elementary
• Newcastle Elementary
• Nobel Middle School
• Pomelo Elementary
• Reseda Elementary

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Banner Recipients

• San Jose Elementary
• Serrania Elementary
• Stagg Elementary
• Sunny Brae Elementary
• Superior Elementary
• Tarzana Elementary

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Banner Recipients

• Topeka Elementary
• Tulsa Elementary
• Vanalden Elementary
• Vintage Magnet Elementary
• Welby Way Elementary
• West Valley School
• Woodland Hills Elementary

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2005 Bravo Award Winner

• Cathy Paulson
• Tulsa Street
• Elementary School

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Encino Chamber of CommerceTeacher of the Year

• Hirout (Mimi) Dagnew
• Emilita Street School

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Encino Chamber of CommerceTeacher of the Year

• Noemi Flores
• Mulholland Middle School

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Encino Chamber of CommerceTeacher of the Year

• Monica Fulford
• Lanai Road School

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Encino Chamber of CommerceTeacher of the Year

• Suzanna Gordon
• Sherman Oaks
• Center for Enriched Studies

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Encino Chamber of CommerceTeacher of the Year

• Marianne Maki
• Reseda High School

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Encino Chamber of CommerceTeacher of the Year

• Vanessa Nguyen
• Nestle Avenue School

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Encino Chamber of CommerceTeacher of the Year

• Jenny Sarpolis
• Zane Grey High School

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Encino Chamber of CommerceTeacher of the Year

• Lois Siskin
• Encino Elementary School

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Encino Chamber of CommerceTeacher of the Year

• Cheryl Spivak
• Portola Middle School

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New Library Openings

• Langdon Elementary
• Ranchito Elementary
• Lemay Elementary
• Calabash Elementary
• Gledhill Elementary
• Topeka Drive Elementary
• Chatsworth Park Elementary
• Germain Elementary

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National Student Television Award for Excellence

• Jeff Jackson and Edgar DeLoera
• Winning Category Technical Achievement
• NHRA Career Opportunity Day
• Cleveland High School
• James Gleason, Faculty

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National Student Television Award for Excellence

• Michael D. Mazzola
• Winning Category Documentary
• Home For The Holidays
• Cleveland High School
• James Gleason, Faculty

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Taft became City Champions for the Academic
Decathlon
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Monroe High School won third, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, eleventh and eighteenth place
out of 1000 contenders in the 2005 California
High School Speech Association State Championship.
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East Valley New Middle School received Attendance
Incentive Awards of over 62,800
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Nestle Elementary Schools, Loni Van Lansweerde
was a finalist for a Bravo Award and won an
Outstanding Teacher Award from Mayor Hahn
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Leichman High School established a computer lab
to provide educational enrichment to parentsand
students
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Portola Middle School recognized by the Josephson
Institute of Drama programs plays that focused
on Character Counts principles
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Cleveland High School won first place in the
Video in the Classroom Awards and the Los Angeles
Film Festival
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Mulholland Principal, Dr. White was appointed to
Governors EducationTask Force
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Parkman Middle School earned the Greatest
District 1 Middle School API Growth (41 points)
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Monroe High Schools Kathy Graber won the
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award for Mock
Trial
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Teacher Cynthia Hernandez of Germain Elementary
School is a Bravo Award winner and a finalist in
the Getty Parental Community Involvement Awards
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Porter Middle School received the Red Cross Clara
Barton Award
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Kennedy High School StudentGibran
MineroNational HispanicDistinguished
ScholarHarvard, 2005
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Hale Middle School was a Regional and State
Horticulture Writing Contest Finalist
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Paul Trepani from Wooden High School was selected
as an outstanding educator by the Walk of Hearts
Foundation
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Frost Middle School won a Model United Nations
Secretary Generals Award
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Cleveland High School was recognized by EdTrust
as being in the top 4 of high schools in the
nation and addressing the myth of poverty
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Nobel Middle School is a LACOE Math Field Day
Medalist
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Henry Middle School was awarded the Animactions
Outstanding Spanish Language Public Service
Announcement
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SOCES received the Interscholastic Athletic
Committees 2005 Character Counts/Pursuing
Victory with Honor LAUSD School of the Year award
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Northridge Middle School won 3 Video in the
Classroom (VIC) awards
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HighTechHigh-LAs Robotics team placed 4th in
F.I.R.S.T. World Championships
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Students at Primary Academy for Success were
recognized for reading the most books at Todos
Leer sponsored by Univision and Ford Motor Co.
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Jessica Rivera, Mulholland Middle School
students picture was selected for the EMAZE
publication
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California Council for the Social Studies
Outstanding Middle School Teacher of the
YearHelene StevensonHolmes Middle School
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Monroe High Schools Army JROTC corps won the
ROTC city championship for the seventh year in a
row!
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Frost Middle School won a Congressional
Recognition for Celebrating Diversity and
International Understanding
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SOCES received the Teacher of the Year Award for
Suzanna Giordon English Teacher
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Sutter Middle School band won third place in the
National competition held in Anaheim
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Two Northridge Middle School students received
Benjamin Banneker Math Awards
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Cleveland High School was recognized by Newsweek
Magazine as one of the finest high schools in
America
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Portola Middle Schools MathCounts team won 1st
place in Southern California Competition
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Mulholland Middle School received Attendance
Improvement (14,600) Incentive
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Eleven Kennedy Architecture magnet students
placed in state competition and will attend
national competition
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Valley Art Institute Exceptional Art Student
Award given to Porter Middle School
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Community/Partnerships
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Parent Centers OpenedThis YearElementary

• Bertrand Elementary
• San José Elementary
• Gault Elementary
• Winnetka Elementary

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Parent Centers OpenedThis YearMiddle School

• East Valley New MS
• Parkman MS

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Parent Centers OpenedThis YearHigh School

• Birmingham HS
• Cleveland HS
• Sherman Oaks CES

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Unit of the Year
• Nobel Middle School PTSA

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Unit of the Year- Honorable Mention
• Lockhurst PTA
• Lanai Road PTA
• Justice Street PTA
• Taft High PTSA

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Newsletter Award
• Beckford Avenue PTA
• Wilbur Avenue PTA
• Nobel Middle School PTSA

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Newsletter Award-Honorable Mention
• Lockhurst PTA
• Lanai Road PTA
• Superior Street PTA
• Taft High PTA

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Program Directory Award
• Superior Street School PTA
• Nobel Middle School PTSA

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Program Directory Award-Honorable Mention
• Lanai Road PTA
• Taft High PTSA

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Membership Poster
• Vanalden Elementary PTA
• Nobel Middle School PTSA

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Membership Poster-Honorable Mention
• Lockhurst PTA
• Nobel Middle School PTSA

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Safety Award
• Lanai Road PTA
• Superior Street PTA
• Taft High School PTSA

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31ST District PTSA2005 Outstanding Unit Award
Recipients

• Safety Award-Honorable Mention
• San Jose PTA
• Justice Street PTA
• Columbus Middle PTSA
• Chatsworth High PTSA

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Sutter Middle Schools Parent Center celebrated
its ten year anniversary
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Kennedy High School Students raised 6,500 in six
days for Tsunami Relief
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City of Los Angeles awarded a Proclamation for
Outstanding Family Center to Sepulveda Middle
School
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Over 120 parents from Sutter Middle School
participated in and graduated from Parent
Institute classes
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And much, much more!