Tag: Marlborough School
Class of 2017 graduations, key speakers
This year’s commencement speakers, poised to address and inspire the next generation, include an assistant chief of police, an executive vice president, a social justice advocate and an LAUSD board member. Asst. Chief of Police Beatrice Girmala, 1981 alumna, will address Immaculate Heart’s 107 graduates Tues., June 6. She heads the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) […]
Local graduates reveal their choices for college
Student selects Ivy League school to study politics Immaculate Heart High School senior Oona Holahan describes herself as “a mid-Wilshire kid through and through.” But this fall, she’s moving to Connecticut to attend Yale University. Holahan first studied at St. Brendan’s for elementary and middle school and then transferred to Immaculate Heart High School (IH), […]
Marlborough students host fashion show for charity
Violets’ Giving Circle (VGC), a charitable fund run by juniors and seniors at Marlborough School, hosted a series of three fashion shows at the event called, “Iconic American Women Through the Decades,” on March 19 at the Avalon Hollywood. The biennial fundraiser is loosely based on the popular T.V. show “Project Runway.” Twenty students designed […]
Marlborough’s Dr. Sands reflects on her first year
Marlborough’s ninth head of school, Dr. Priscilla G. Sands, arrived at the school in July 2015. Now that she has been in her new job for more than a year, the Larchmont Chronicle visited with her during the first week of this school year. Her arrival at Marlborough was within days of the demolition of […]
Marlborough completes Arden project during 100th year in Hancock Park, Windsor Square
At the end of classes in June of 2015, contractors began demolishing houses long owned by Marlborough School on Arden Blvd. A year later, in August of 2016, on the first day of classes, the student body gathered to cut the ribbon signifying completion of construction of the “Arden Project.” This year also is the […]
Bridging the political divide for teenagers around the world
In a time of political divisiveness, Windsor Square resident and Marlborough student Clara Nevins has created a platform to openly discuss politics and opposing points of view. Together, she and her friend Joseph Touma launched the website, Bridge the Divide, in the beginning of August, and hundreds of people have participated so far. After completing […]
