WEST HOLLYWOOD — When Santa Monica High School freshman Matthew Mezza leapt from the 10th-story window of the Sheraton Delfina in January, a group of dedicated teenagers and volunteers mobilized to provide comfort, support and a ready ear for students and adults impacted by the event.
CITY HALL — There is no reason that a child in Santa Monica should grow up without learning to swim. That’s the position that Recreation & Parks commissioners have taken, anyway.
SAMOHI — The Vikings may not be practicing with pads yet, but this summer’s progress has the team’s third-year coach Travis Clark feeling good. Santa Monica High School’s football team’s potential was on display on Thursday during a passing game against North Torrance on campus.
SAMOHI — An Olympic-sized swimming pool. Six regulation tennis courts. Up to eight basketball courts. And, the crowning glory, a Vikings football stadium.
SACRAMENTO — A change is coming to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, one meant to broaden the scope of history to include a traditionally marginalized group — the homosexual and transgendered community.
SAMOHI — The California Interscholastic Federation recently approved a rule change for high school football that is aimed at stopping blowouts before they get even uglier.
SAMOHI — Philadelphia Eagles’ wide receiver DeSean Jackson made a surprise appearance Saturday at Santa Monica High School’s orientation for incoming freshmen football players in the wake of a recent racial bullying incident involving a pair of wrestlers.
Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic HOPE, has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Santa Monica High School wrestling coach Mark Black and the two white student-wrestlers accused of racially bullying a black teammate on May 4.
Q-Line The SMMUSD Board of Education last week promised changes in curriculum and training in the wake of an alleged racially-motivated incident at Santa Monica High School.
SAMOHI — Laurel Fretz, a veteran teacher and administrator in various California school districts, will be taking over the reins as principal of Santa Monica High School for the coming school year.
SAMOHI — A Los Angeles-based civil rights group filed a complaint with the Department of Justice Wednesday against a Santa Monica wrestling coach and two student athletes allegedly involved in a racial incident against a black student on the Santa Monica High School campus.
SAMOHI — The season is still more than a month away, but footballs are about to be flying. Santa Monica High School’s football team opens summer training camp on Monday and gets its first taste of competition the next day during a passing game against St.
