Nona Sue Friedman · November 30, 2023
One thousand girls from schools throughout Los Angeles filled the Academy Museum’s David Geffen Theater on Nov. 13 for a citywide summit organized by GirlsBuild. The annual event brings young […]
Rachel Olivier · June 3, 2021
During a year unlike most, seniors, their families and school officials worked together to create commencement ceremonies that were safe, hopeful and properly acknowledged the accomplishments of the class of […]
Caroline Tracy · April 1, 2020
Child-rearing in the community On March 13 (eerily, a Friday), parents in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) received emails, texts, and robo-calls alerting them that school would be […]
Suzan Filipek · December 4, 2019
GALA, Girls Academic Leadership Academy, held its first annual pancake breakfast fund raiser Nov. 16 at the school’s Olympic and West boulevards campus. The event marked the first time the Academy […]
Billy Taylor · September 1, 2016
The first lady of Los Angeles, Amy Elaine Wakeland, was among the guest speakers at the Aug. 12 opening ceremony for the first single-gender school within the Los Angeles Unified […]
Chronicle Staff · June 4, 2015
In an attempt to narrow the gap between boys and girls in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and math, an all-girls, public school has been approved by the Los […]
