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# ‘Relocated’ students return to Samohi
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/relocated-students-return-to-samohi/
- Published: 2006-05-25T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:00:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

A number of Japanese-American alumni and their friends will speak to history classes about their personal experiences when they were “relocated” from Santa Monica High School to Manzanar in 1942.

On Friday, May 26, from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 a.m., the event will take place in the Samohi cafeteria. History teacher Michael Felix sponsored the same panel last year, and it was deemed a great success in presenting a Living History Lesson to current students and in addressing the issue of racial profiling in today’s context.

Several of the panelists belatedly were presented their Samohi diplomas at a luncheon in 2001, having waited 50-plus years for the opportunity to graduate from their high school. They are eager to relate the story of their teenage experiences in the midst of World War II to current teenagers. A pyramid shift

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 25, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052506.pdf?ref=smdp.com)