Fifty years ago, Madeline L’Engle published her work A Wrinkle in Time, the first in her series of the Time Quintet. The work went on to garner several notable awards such as the Newbery Children’s Award and the Sequoyah Book Award. A Wrinkle in Time, best categorized as a children’s science fiction book, centers around…
An August 2011 study of scientific education of children in Science and an October 2011 study from entities including UC Berkeley show that children are not getting all of the science they need to learn. There are, however, tools and supplements that will help boost a child’s learning. Chiyoung KimChiyoung Kim is a senior at…
On November 18, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, age 70, passed away due to a heart attack while inside a train. The government of North Korea strongly supported the idea that the nation now follow the leadership of his son, Kim Jong Un. His death attracted much attention, including from students who wondered what…
On Sunday November 27, Korean-American performers had a chance to make history as they participated in the Hollywood Christmas Parade. The performers ranged in age from second grade to eighteen years old from almost one hundred different schools, representing a varied spectrum of students from the Korean-American community. Chiyoung KimChiyoung Kim is a senior at…
8/23/10 — “Make a wish when you see a shooting star,” one popular saying says. Does that same phrase apply to meteor showers such as the yearly Perseids when meteors rain down from the sky at a rate of one per minute? Many groups went out to secluded spots such as the mountains to watch…
Students spent a week at different spots of the LA River during Heal the Bay’s Creek Week measuring different chemical properties of the water and making a count of bugs in the water. They visited places including Big Tujunga Creek and Compton Creek, two of the Los Angeles River’s tributaries. The first day involved learning…
