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Sep, 2017

Remembering Uni grad and Pali basketball coach Jerry Marvin, Jr.

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Jerry Marvin, Jr. | Comments: 0

[Posted September 20, 2017] A Uni alum who made a major impact on high school sports in Southern California has passed after a memorable career. Pictured: Three happy coaches (left to right): former University of Arizona coach Lute Olson, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr and the late Jerry Marvin, Jr. of Palisades High School, as Kerr receives the 2016 NBA Coach of the Year Award. Marvin and Olson coached Kerr in high school and college, respectively. Jerry Marvin Jr., S’48, the long-time basketball coach at Palisades High School, passed […]

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Sep, 2017

Uni’s Alma Mater: History, controversy and apathy

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Alma Mater, Das Deutschlandlied | Comments: 0

[Posted September 15, 2017] We got an enormous amount of response to our September 4 post about Uni’s school song. We shared a Uni “Spirit Song” sheet passed on by UHEF co-President Ivan Finkle ‘50, which included our alma mater as follows: Standing high upon the hill-slopes By Pacific’s pounding blue, Mother of our fondest memories, Alma Mater! Hail to you! May we never prove unworthy, Bow your head, or cause you tears, Let your radiance shine upon us, Seen through mist of space and years, Let your radiance shine […]

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Sep, 2017

Uni’s annual Career Day coming October 26 and you are invited!

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

[Posted September 15, 2017] “As part of our efforts to increase career readiness, University Senior High will host our third annual Career Day on October 26, 2017 from 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. It is with great enthusiasm that we ask you to support our students and school by volunteering your time to present to students that day.” Any Uni alum who would like to give students a glimpse of what they do is welcome to participate. You’ll be speaking to two classes for 20-25 minutes each and get a guided tour […]

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Sep, 2017

Uni faculty and staff honored at 2017 Disney Motif Awards

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Disney Motif Awards | Comments: 0

[Posted September 11, 2017] A remarkable honor for University High School and its faculty and staff was celebrated at the 2017 Disney Motif Awards at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, September 10, 2017. Pictured above: Uni faculty and staff at the Disney Motif Awards on September 10 at the Disney Hall in downtown los Angeles (UHEF photo by Ivan Finkle). Billed as the “Nation’s Highest Honor for Child Advocacy,” the Scholastics Medal Honor was presented to three Los Angeles schools: Granada Hills Charter, Los […]

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Sep, 2017

Remembering Richard Anderson ‘44

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Richard Anderson | Comments: 0

[Posted September 10, 2017] One of Hollywood’s most respected – and recognized – character actors, was also a Uni alum: Richard Anderson ‘44. He passed away on August 31, at age 91. He was most popularly known as Oscar Goldman, the government’s supervisor of the “Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman” that ran on ABC between 1974 and 1978. But he appeared in dozens of films and as a guest star in many of the dramatic television series of the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Variety had a detailed […]

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Sep, 2017

Did you know that Uni has an Alma Mater?

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Alma Mater, Ivan Finkle | Comments: 0

[Posted September 4, 2017] Some Uni history needs your help. UHEF co-President Ivan Finkle ‘50 found a scan of a Uni “Spirit Song” sheet and passed it along. Did you know Uni has a formal school song, an “Alma Mater”? The lyrics: Standing high upon the hill-slopes By Pacific’s pounding blue, Mother of our fondest memories, Alma Mater! Hail to you! May we never prove unworthy, Bow your head, or cause you tears, Let your radiance shine upon us, Seen through mist of space and years, Let your radiance shine […]

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Aug, 2017

David Nwaba ‘11 moves from Lakers to Chicago

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: David Nwaba | Comments: 0

[Posted August 28, 2017] The amazing story of Uni’s first-ever NBA player – David Nwaba ‘11 – continues to get better and better. He played for the Lakers last season, but when he was placed on waivers in order to clear salary-cap space in order to sign another player, he was claimed by the Chicago Bulls. The reaction from league observers was good: “Good move from the Bulls. Nwaba stood as arguably the best help defender in the G League. Can also dunk with the best of them … seems […]

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Aug, 2017

Uni Ahead of LAUSD Rise in Graduation Rates

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: LAUSD, Uni graduation rate | Comments: 1

[Posted August 21, 2017] The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s Business Perspective report from June 13 noted that “[T]he Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) [improved] its high school graduation rate by an unprecedented five percentage points in one year, while at the same time stepping up completion requirements and university eligibility. “LAUSD made this progress while adopting more rigorous standards to better prepare students for college. Last year was the first year graduates had to complete all courses required for admission to California’s public universities. LAUSD graduates maintained their […]

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Aug, 2017

Uni Principal Eric Davidson: Our Students Need Your Help

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Eric Davidson | Comments: 0

[Posted August 15, 2017] As the 2017-18 school year begins, Uni principal Eric Davidson spoke for the entire faculty and staff at Uni with this short commentary on what Uni and its students face in today’s educational and societal environment as we begin the school year: “The youth of today are in survival mode. The competition is greater than it has ever been and society has been giving trophies to everyone who participates for far too long. It’s not enough to participate anymore and we have to make sure we […]

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Jul, 2017

Thanks to our April, May and June contributors!

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

[Posted July 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 17 contributors from the second quarter of 2017. Contributors are listed by class, in alphabetical order of family names: Ivan […]

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