Our band garnered First Place in percussion and second place overall in their division. This is the second year in a row that Pali has placed in this competition.
Congratulations to Arwen Hernandez, band teacher, and the entire marching band
and their parents on this wonderful accomplishment.
Tideline Staff Sweeps Journalism Competition in Washington D.C.
Selected members of the Tideline Staff attended the National Journalism Education Association convention in Washington D.C. from November 12-15. Students attended various specialized conventions and competed in a write-off competition. Overall, Seniors Jackie Rosen, Rachel Levitan, Katy Pool, Elizabeth Pauly, Mariel Redlin and Negar Mahmoodi earned Honorable Mentions in their categories, editorial writing, news writing, feature writing, commentary writing, and copy- editing. Junior Jayant Subramanyam won Excellence in Sports Writing and Junior Ben Levine won Excellence in Broadcast News Writing. This was the fourth JEA Convention that the Tideline has won national merit and recognition. The Tideline plans on attending the next JEA convention in Portland this spring.
Optimists Pitch In $10K for Pali Pool
Incoming Optimists Club President Geoff Shelden and outgoing President Lester Wood visited Pali to present a donation of $10,000 towards the construction of the Maggie Gilbert Aquatic Center.
Lions Club Donates $6500 to Study Center
On behalf of the students and staff of Palisades Charter High School we are extremely grateful to the Pacific Palisades Lions Club for their ongoing and generous support of our Study Center and Tutorial Program. Most recently the Lions awarded the Study Center $6,500 towards the purchase of new computers.
On June 19, 2001, our school dedicated the Study Center as the Lion Merry Richards Center. The Lions Club generously donated $25,000.00 as part of an endowment fund in the name of the late Lion Merry Richards, Humanitarian, Educator and Patron of the Canines.
Ms. Richards taught at Palisades High School and served her community throughout the years in Pacific Palisades. With the $25,000.00 donation, new computers, scanners, printer, tables, chairs and wall construction for room division were purchased. The club's caring contribution enabled thousands of students to enjoy a more productive, user-friendly, safe, and quieter Study Center in succeeding years.
In addition, since 2003, the Pacific Palisades Lions Club has sponsored yearly Lion Merry Richards Tutor Scholarships, totaling $15,000.00, in which 13 outstanding senior tutors were honored with $1000.00 scholarships at Senior Award Night in June. These scholarships enable students to purchase books, school supplies and support tuition fees.
Making Waves Wins the Gold
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association, a program of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, recently awarded Making Waves Literary Magazine a Gold Medalist recognition for all-around excellence of content and design. The program, established in 1925, gives gold, silver, or bronze awards depending on overall scores for various criteria. Making Waves received 938 points out of a maximum of 1000, scoring particularly high in organization and visual content. Editors in Chief of this Gold Medalist publication, Arya Davachi, Henry Conklin, and Laylee Salek now attend New York University.
Marcia Haskin to Return as Interim Principal
On July 16th, Palisades Charter High School's Board of Directors voted to bring back Marcia Haskin to serve as Pali's interim Principal for the Fall 2009 semester. Ms. Haskin, a retiree with over 30 years of experience as a public school teacher and administrator, previously served as Pali's interim Principal for the 2007-2008 school year. The Board of Directors and PCHS Administration is continuing to review options for the longer term in the coming months.
School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
Palisades Charter High's School Accountability Report Card has been released, with information about the school's performance and population for the 2007-2008 school year. (Click the headline above to access a link to the downloadable PDF)
Palisades defeats Granada Hills 26 1/2 to 3 to capture the CIF - LA City Team Championship
The top seeded Dolphins captured their 27th City Title since 1962 (a total of 47 titles including both the Boys and Girls Tennis Teams). Pali won by the largest margin in City history since the round-robin format was adopted in the mid-1980s. Pali swept all 16 singles sets and seven of the nine doubles sets. Pali raced out to a 21 - 0 lead before the Highlanders won their first set. In the three rounds of the playoffs Pali surrendered only 7 1/2 points while winning 81 points. This was Coach Bud Kling's 31st City Title, the most in the history of the LA City Section.
Earlier in the season the team captured the Division II Championship for the 2nd consecutive year at the California High School Tennis Classic held in Fresno and Clovis. Playing singles for Pali were : senior Justin Atlan, sophomores Oliver Thornton and Max Licona, and junior Kyung Choi. Doubles players were seniors Jeremy Shore, Che Borja, and Spencer Lewin, junior Kramer Waltke, and freshmen Brandon Clark and Spencer Pekar.
With the loss of 4 senior starters but an incoming class that includes four highly ranked juniors, the Dolphins will continue to be one of the top teams in Southern California for the next few years.
Swim Team Repeats at Leagues
The Palisades Swim team won the Western League Finals in a four-team sweep for the second consecutive year to wrap up the regular spring season. The team, which is divided up into four different subgroups, the Boys and Girls Frosh/Soph and Boys and Girls Varsity, dominated League opponents in the regular season and was able to do so again at Leagues, which was held at Venice High School. Squaring off against league rivals like Venice and LACES, the team showed they are heading in the right direction as far as City Finals are concerned. City Prelims will be held on May 20 and Finals will be held on May 27 at the John C. Argue Swim Stadium, near the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Varsity Girls aim to take home the championship hardware for the fifth consecutive year, while the Varsity Boys look to improve on a 7th-place finish in 2008.
Pali Newsletter - May 2009
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