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May, 2018

Could Uni be getting a new name?

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Affiliated Charter | Comments: 0

[Posted May 20, 2018] Uni’s petition to become an Affiliated Charter School is moving along, and quickly. Principal Eric Davidson recently wrote to the UHEF, noting: “The Charter petition has been submitted to the District’s Charter School Office for review. The plan will be presented to the LAUSD Board of Education on June 5, 2018. We anticipate the plan being approved.” When approved, Uni’s name will change slightly to reflect its Affiliated Charter status; many of you voted on possible name changes earlier this year on the Uni Web site. […]

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May, 2018

Congratulations to Uni’s Western League golf champions!

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Uni boys golf; Eric Temena, Anuv Gupta | Comments: 0

[Posted May 12, 2018] Coach Eric Temena’s Uni boys golf squad finished 6-1 in its dual-meet season and won the Western League title on April 30, posting a score of 492, with three finishers in the top 10: 4. Anuv Gupta, 89 9. Lawrence Kim, 96 10. Dylan Elliot, 100 Playing 18 holes at the par-72 Wilson Golf Course in Griffith Park, Uni outscored Carson (494) and RFK (625); L.A. CES, Venice and Fairfax had incomplete teams. Brian Kang of RFK was the individual winner and the only one to […]

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May, 2018

Congrats and thanks to eight retiring Uni teachers and staff!

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Art Shane, Dr. Deborah Robbins, Cleo Ingram, karen Crowley-Marks, Martha Morinaka, Ali Galedary, Maria Morales, Eric Davidson | Comments: 0

[Posted May 8, 2018] Believe it or not, we’re running toward the end of the 2017-18 school year, coming in just more than a month. Along with the students from the Class of 2018, this will also mark the end of some outstanding careers at Uni for eight teachers and administrators who are retiring: Karen Crowley-Marks ~ Dean of Students (pictured above/right) Eric Davidson ~ Principal Ali Galedary ~ Former Assistant Principal; Operations Coordinator Cleo Ingram ~ Teacher, Community-Based Instruction (pictured above/left) Maria Morales ~ Food Service Martha Morinaka ~ […]

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May, 2018

Sensational, near-capacity run for “Grease!” at Stivelman

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Grease | Comments: 0

[Posted May 1, 2018] Four shows and four near-capacity crowds filled Stivelman Theater for the third-ever Uni production of Grease! from April 18-21. “This record-breaking audiences and an extremely high energy cast made this production of Grease! a truly memorable experience for all,” said Ronnie Sperling ‘76, Uni’s Theatre Arts director. “The icing on the cake was when original Broadway Frenchy, Mews Small, paid us a visit. I think we brought her to tears and she brought us to tears. “Thanks to UHEF and our incredible teen cast, crew, and […]

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Apr, 2018

Collins & Katz YMCA-Uni cooperation cited by LAUSD

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Collins & Katz Family YMCA, L.A. Unified School District | Comments: 0

[Posted April 10, 2018] The shared-use concept that eventually placed the new Collins & Katz Family YMCA on a corner of the Uni campus was saluted as a paradigm for future uses of the L.A. Unified School District’s vast real estate holdings. The L.A. Unified Advisory Task Force recommended that a team of real estate experts be engaged to review the District’s properties and examine the possibilities for improvements and revenue. A review of the report in the Los Angeles Times noted that: The task force’s report gave some examples […]

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Mar, 2018

Uni boys basketball team finishes second in City Division 1

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Daisone Hughes, Daviid Cheatom, Richard Wilson, Boys Basketball, Steve Ackerman | Comments: 0

[Posted March 20, 2018] Uni’s 2017-18 boys basketball team will long be remembered for an outstanding season that ended with a 26-6 record and a second-place finish in the City Division 1 playoffs. Coach Steve Ackerman’s squad was 23-4 in the regular season, losing only to City champion Westchester and runner-up Fairfax, both of whom happened to be in the Western League. Uni was seeded fourth in the Division I playoffs and reached the final against third-seeded Washington Prep on March 3 at Cal State Dominguez Hills. The game was […]

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Mar, 2018

New Charter-School petition for Uni filed

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Charter school | Comments: 0

[Posted March 15, 2018] The proposal for Uni to become an affiliated charter school within the Los Angeles Unified School District has taken a major step forward with a new petition to the District, submitted on January 30. The term of the proposal is for July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023 and is available for inspection here. The projected enrollment for the four-grade (9-12) program would be 1,625, slightly less than Uni’s current enrollment of 1,798. Why? In a nutshell, according to the petition: “Despite its academic, programming, community-partnership, […]

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Mar, 2018

10th Uni Health & Fitness Fair Coming April 25th

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: | Comments: 0

[Posted March 1, 2018] Uni’s annual Health & Fitness Fair is coming up on April 25, with a full array of activities, including educational seminars, information booths and – of course – food prepared by Uni students from Kerri Eich’s International Foods program. It’s free to attend and coincides with Uni’s Open House on that date. The event takes places from 5-7 p.m. at the East Gym (the old Girl’s Gym as many remember it). If you’d like to get more involved, there are sponsorship opportunities available – fully tax-deductible […]

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Jan, 2018

Uni student featured on the “Today” show!

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: | Comments: 0

[Posted January 30, 2018] A December segment of NBC’s “Today” featured both a Uni student and the new Collins & Katz YMCA. Guillermo Hercules, 17, a Uni student who has been plagued with homelessness in his young life, was profiled on “Today” by Sheinelle Jones last December 21 The segment not only addresses his challenges, but the sense of community he has found at the new YMCA on the Uni campus. A Warren Christopher Scholarship winner as a sophomore in 2016, Hercules struck up a friendly relationship with YMCA spokesperson […]

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Dec, 2017

Keep ‘em coming: More than 300 books donated to the Uni library!

By: Rich-Perelman | Tags: Tascha Folsoi, Uni Library | Comments: 2

[Posted December 20, 2017] Through the marvelous generosity of Uni alumni, more than 300 new books have been provided to the Uni library … and you can join in! Some 312 books have now been received by the library, from 27 donors who have self-identified and many more who wish to remain anonymous. We now have donors from the 1940s, ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s: Michael Alcalay ‘80 Geraldine Armstrong ‘59 Connor Gilmore 2022 Jeff Deckman ‘76 Ivan Finkle ‘50 Barbara Wong Franklin ‘68 Sukey (Roth) Garcetti ‘57 Kelly Gilmore […]

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