The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District can tout the talents, accomplishments and college placements of its most successful students.
But, as Pedro Noguera is quick to point out, the district&
As far as Ramsey Lambert is concerned, the Santa Monica High football team should finish with a better record than it did last year.
The coach has high expectations for
In November 2006, voters passed a $268-million bond measure to modernize facilities throughout the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
And over the last nine years, funds from Measure BB have
While the creation of a boys beach volleyball team is a landmark moment in Santa Monica High School sports, it's also a new beginning for the coach who
Watching his son play on the Santa Monica High boys volleyball team last year, Kurt Schwengel couldn't help but see a glaring deficiency in the local sports landscape.
Nick Charchut was an outstanding student at Santa Monica High School, a description to which his co-valedictorian honor attests.
But it's not a status he's necessarily
Asked how many players have gone through the ranks of the Santa Monica United soccer club, Daniel Schwartz responded not with a number but with amazement.
"Oh my goodness,
From a young age, Noah Anderson did what is often asked of the biggest kids in football. He toiled as a lineman and did the proverbial dirty work, blocking for
Six years ago, a Santa Monica library teen publication featured a poem called "Manhood" by Nikan Namiri.
"Tomorrow is the day I graduate, the day I will
When David Lin found out that he had been accepted at the California Institute of Technology, he wasn't particularly excited.
"I thought it was just another school,
One of Santa Monica High School's two outgoing valedictorians, Nicholas Charchut, is scheduled to start classes soon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The other, David Lin, is
