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Nov, 2017

Thanks to the 14 Uni alumni now teaching there!

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Alumni Teachers | Comments: 0

[Posted November 20, 2017] Uni has a long history of alumni involvement, including a significant number of teachers and staff who have come back to school. Today, there are 14 alumni serving in staff positions: Steve Ackerman ‘89 Teacher/Social Studies, Leadership Advisor and Boys Basketball Coach (at Uni since 1994) Roberta Barnes ‘73 School Psychologist (at Uni since 1999) Daniel Bravo ‘91 Counselor Walter Burgos ‘91 Teacher/Special Education Leslie Coleman ‘89 Teacher/Spanish Sam (German) Estrada ‘85 Teacher/Special Education (at Uni since 1992) Brenda Fabbro ‘98 Teacher/Physical Education Dayle Fuqua-Caballero Teacher/Spanish […]

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Nov, 2017

Boffo turnout for “The 25th Annual Putnam Count Spelling Bee”

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Comments: 0

[Posted November 12, 2017] Uni’s presentation of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” was another triumph, even over some technical glitches at the last performance, reports Uni’s Director of Theatre Arts, Ronnie Sperling ‘76: “Our final show on November 9th was nearly sold out. Audiences went bananas over this one at EVERY performance, but this night was special and made Uni history. Just a couple of minutes into the show, the computer that runs the more than 200 light cues… CRASHED. “I calmly made the executive decision to halt […]

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Nov, 2017

Change is coming: Uni proposed to become an “Affiliated Charter School”

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Affiliated Charter | Comments: 0

[Posted November 6, 2017] “[D]espite its academic, community partnership, and facility revitalization achievements, University High has experienced decreasing enrollment: as an increasing number of community families elect to send their high-school age students to nearby affiliated charter and independent charter high schools. To better compete with these schools, and offer parents and students a premier, comprehensive K-12 community-based affiliated charter public school option, University High must evolve into a community charter high school affiliated with the public school system of the Los Angeles Unified School District.” That statement, on page […]

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Nov, 2017

20 Advanced Placement courses at Uni in 2017-18

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Advanced Placement | Comments: 0

[Posted October 31, 2017] Advanced Placement courses, which can carry college credits based on a end-of-course exam, are among the most in-demand courses at high schools throughout the country. As in 2016-17, Uni is offering 20 AP classes for the 2017-18 term: AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Chemistry AP Computer Science AP English Language and Composition AP English Literature and Composition AP Environmental Science AP Government AP Macro Economics AP Physics 1 AP Psychology AP Seminar AP Spanish Language and Culture AP Spanish Literature and Culture AP Statistics […]

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Nov, 2017

More than two dozen alumni presented at Uni Career Day

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Career Day | Comments: 0

[Posted November 3, 2017] A remarkable 25 Uni alumni came back to campus on October 26 to share their life experiences with today’s students. The returning alumni included, but were not limited to: Tamar Asken (Class unknown) Ricc Bieber ‘70 Tina Davis ‘85 Jeri Gaile (Class unknown) Mark Greenblat ‘85 Larry Jacobson ‘74 Ron Kato ‘75 Sam Helmi ‘86 Susan Igdaloff ‘66 Jacky Holler, 1978 Hector Lerma, Sr. (Class unknown) Howard Lesner W ‘69 Steven Lowy ‘69 Elizabeth McGhee ‘03 Mark Pariser ‘88 Mario Sanchez (Class unknown) Andrew Santos ‘02 […]

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Oct, 2017

Get ready for laughs at “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on Nov. 1-2-8-9

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Putnam County Spelling Bee | Comments: 0

[Posted October 20, 2017] “It’s one of the funniest shows we’ve done at Uni. We are just sitting there and laughing our heads off at each rehearsal. It’s just a funny show. So says Uni’s Director of Theater Arts, Ronnie Sperling ‘76 of the Fall 2017 Uni theater production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” that starts November 1 at the Stivelman Theater on campus. “The interesting part is there is audience participation in it,” noted Sperling. “The authors of the show not only were the authors, they […]

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Oct, 2017

Did you know: Uni pioneered the Academic Decathlon in LAUSD!

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: academic decathlon | Comments: 1

[Posted October 15, 2017] Did you know that Uni was the first-ever Los Angeles-area school to participate in the Academic Decathlon? It’s true (details here – see p. 6)! The concept was originally developed by Orange County Superintendent of Schools Robert Peterson, with the first event held in 1968. Although a considerable local success, Peterson wanted to expand it well beyond Orange County and the next logical spot was just to the north: “In 1978, Dr. Peterson met with Dr. William Johnston, Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, Harry […]

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Oct, 2017

Combo Reunion coming for the classes of 1958-62 coming March 12, 2018

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Classes of 1958-62 | Comments: 5

[Posted October 10, 2017] Class reunions are usually just that: reunions of one class. But not for the classes of 1958 through 1962, which will have the opportunity to come together as a group next March 12. How did this get started? We got the story from Yosh Kawahara S ’59 and Howard Uller S ‘59, and Uller provided these details: “The first reunion was of the 1959 varsity basketball team. This team won the Western League with an undefeated record; and, to wit, won the consolation/third place trophy in […]

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Oct, 2017

Thanks to our July, August and September contributors!

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Donors | Comments: 0

[Posted October 5, 2017] The mission of the Uni Hi Education Foundation is to raise funds for the continued support of Uni’s academic, athletic and performing arts programs. Created in 1985 to counter the effects on Uni of budget cuts across the L.A. Unified School District, more than $1 million has been raised to assist faculty and students. Anyone can contribute and every dollar counts. We salute and thank our 25 contributors from the third quarter of 2017. Contributors are listed by class, in alphabetical order of family names: Barry […]

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Sep, 2017

Uni Class of 1997 planning a “casual” reunion for December 9

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Class of 1997 | Comments: 1

[Posted September 30, 2017] Good news for the Uni Class of 1997 in this note from Annie Tilles Soleymani (annietilles@gmail.com): “Wanted to let you know that Class of 1997 is doing a casual 20-year reunion on December 9th. It’ll be 7:30 p.m. at Cabo Cantina in Brentwood/West LA and is being planned by Lauren Rosenberg and Elisa Brown. The invite is on Facebook, but I can’t seem to send the link :(“ The Cabo Cantina is on Wilshire Boulevard just north of Uni, so if you’re going, please be sure […]

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