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# Students at a Crossroads with AIDS
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/students-at-a-crossroads-with-aids/
- Published: 2006-06-10T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:17:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The AIDS epidemic may have been lost in the minds of the general public but not at Crossroads School in Santa Monica.

After immersing themselves in a three-day retreat focusing on AIDS, the local teenagers are ready to share with the community what they know about the ongoing problem and how to help.

On Sunday, June 11, the eighth through 12th grade Crossroads School’s AIDS Ambassadors will join the UCLA AIDS Institute to present lessons, dramatic sketches, songs and poems that focus on the global AIDS pandemic and HIV prevention.An informal buffet will be served.

The students have brought the presentation to other Los Angeles-area schools after completing the UCLA AIDS Institute’s Teen AIDS Ambassadors program, a three-day retreat where they learned the history of U.S. AIDS and HIV activism and how to conduct peer-to-peer education.

The Santa Monica forum will occur at 6 p.m. in the community room at Crossroads Norton Campus & Sports Center, 1715 Olympic Blvd.

Established in 1992, the UCLA AIDS Institute is a multidisciplinary think tank drawing on the skills of top-flight researchers in the worldwide fight against HIV and AIDS, the first cases of which were reported in 1982 by UCLA physicians. Institute members include researchers in virology and immunology, genetics, cancer, neurology, ophthalmology, epidemiology, social science, public health, nursing, and disease prevention. Their findings have led to advances in treating HIV as well as other diseases such as hepatitis B and C, influenza and cancer.

Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences is considered one of the leading college preparatory schools in the nation. In addition to its acclaimed academic studies, the school offers a notable arts program, school officials said. In its 34-year history, it has developed a reputation for progressive education and academic excellence with virtually 100 percent of its students graduating to distinguished colleges. For more information, call (310) 829-7391, ext. 513\. Boys and Girls Club president a youthful spirit

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 10, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/061006.pdf?ref=smdp.com)