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Evan Listi 6th Grade

Hello everyone! I hope you’ve all had a great start to 2023! We have had quite an eventful beginning of the year here at St. James’.

We officially started rehearsing our spring musical, “Honk! Jr.” If you are not familiar with “Honk!,” it is the musical version of the classic Ugly Duckling story. I am in the cast and it has been such a blast so far! Mark your calendars for our performance on Sat., Mar. 18, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre!

We also had fun during a visit from Harvard University’s oldest acapella group, The Krokodiloes and on our first field trips of the year.

We have a lot to look forward to in February. On Wed., Feb. 8, we will have author Oliver Chin come and share his newest book, “The Year of The Rabbit,” with our school. A week later, on Wed., Feb. 15, we will have the opportunity to see the Futa Toro African Dance Ensemble perform. Then, only a couple of days later, on Tues., Feb. 21, we will have class photos taken for the whole school for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Also that day, there will be a Black History Month Commons that the Parent Association is currently organizing.

I hope you have a fantastic February and I can’t wait to update you next month!

Melrose Elementary

By Stella Coppola 5th Grade

February is a fun, yet quiet month at Melrose Elementary. It’s Black History Month! That means that 1st through 5th graders research, learn and create projects about Black Lives Matter, The Civil Rights Movement and contributions of so many African Americans to our history.

This is an advantage for third graders who, according to Mr. Palacios, a third grade teacher at Melrose, “research African American artists, scientists or engineers. Based on the research, students make a one-minute video on the notable person they researched.” Students also create artwork based on styles of famous Black American artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kara Walker and Kehinde Wiley. The work is published on our school website.

Here’s a little sneak peak at the Melrose 2022 / 2023 yearbook. The team, including me, picked the theme, “Under the Sea.” Our yearbook committee is very unique because it is made up of 23 students in the three 5th grade classes who vote, design, edit, photograph, draw and create the Melrose Yearbooks each year. We plan to take photos with underwater cameras during our 5th grade trip to Catalina Island.

Thanks for reading. Look for more Melrose Elementary news next month!

THIRD STREET SCHOOL Nikka Gueler 5th Grade

Hello, Larchmont Chronicle readers. We have lots coming up at school. First off, we have prospective parent tours scheduled on Fri., Feb. 3, and Fri., Mar. 24. Sign-up details can be found at thirdstreetschool.com. Also on Feb. 3 is our school spirit day — a day we are encouraged to wear red.

Leading up to our annual fundraiser at the Carondelet House is Third Street’s silent auction. Parents will be able to bid on homework passes, vacations and more at the themed event. The fundraising profits will pay for the fifth grade AstroCamp trip, which I am very excited about!

Last month’s awards were given to talented students who entered the national Reflections art competition. The contest has been around since 1969 and is organized by the PTA. It features art, music, dance, photography and writing. Enjoy your Valentine’s Day.

The Willows

By Simone Meltzer 8th Grade

When the new year started, everyone in The Willows’ middle school was anxiously awaiting the start of electives. I thought I would go around to all the classrooms and do a special Willows elective rundown for readers.

Starting in robotics and programming, students have spent these first weeks brainstorming and designing a robot that will be able to do tasks around campus.

Next door, everyone in strategy games is playing Clash Royale and examining game mechanics and method.

The Dungeons and Dragons Club has been hard at work fighting off skeletons and advancing to hopefully defeat the evil vampire Lord, Strahd.

Onto baking, every middle schooler’s favorite elective, so far, students have made snicker doodles, muffins, cookies and plan for more delicious treats in the future.

The kids in Let’s Make a Video, located in the art room, have been hard at work writing a script for their experimental video and will be filming and editing in the coming weeks.

Moving outdoors, the sports and games elective is currently playing volleyball and in the music room, rock band is learning to play songs from The Police to Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.

Electives are off to a great start!

ST. BRENDAN SCHOOL

By Jack Byrne 8th Grade

Hello, Larchmont. Saint Brendan School had a great January. The 8th graders have finished their high school applications and are waiting to find out where they will be going to school next year. It is an exciting time for them.

The third quarter has begun and many fun events have started. On Sun., Jan. 29, St. Brendan will host an open house to allow parents to see their children’s work.

Catholic Schools’ Week will also start soon. Every day during

Catholic Schools Week has a different theme. One is Teacher Appreciation Day during which we will have a presentation to thank all of our teachers. The final day of Catholic Schools’ Week is the annual 8th grade vs. faculty volleyball game, which is always very fun.

In sports, St. Brendan’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have been doing really well and have many games ahead.

Thank you for reading the St. Brendan section in the Larchmont Chronicle

Pilgrim School

By Allison Pak 9th Grade

The new year is off to a great start at Pilgrim School. This is the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese Zodiac. The year of the rabbit represents longevity, peace and prosperity.

We are almost halfway through the school year and it’s an exciting time here at Pilgrim as we wrap up the first semester. The entire high school — classmates and teachers — will spend time together in Big Bear, from Thur., Jan. 26, through Sat., Jan. 28. This has been a Pilgrim tradition for many years and it is so great to be doing it again.

The middle school students will be celebrating their hard work by having their middle school dance on Fri., Jan. 27, here on campus. Our community will be celebrating the Lunar New Year, on Mon., Jan. 23, during Community Monday. On Sun., Feb. 5, we will have the Lantern Festival to send off well wishes for the new year.

Pilgrim School will have Parent and Me classes starting in February. This program is for parents of students ages 9 months to 18 months. For more information, please contact admissions@pilgrim-school.org

HOLLYGROVE

By Yena Rhee and Alastair Ayandele 4th Grade

Now that we have celebrated the holidays and the Lunar New Year, it is time to celebrate Black History Month.

In art, we will be studying black artists for Black History Month. Our art teacher, Ms. Sabina, plans to include artists such as Nick Cave, Donate Bearden, Glenn Ligon, Augusta Savage, Kehinde Wiley, Alma Thomas and Kara Walker. All the grades will be focusing on something different like embroidery, painting and drawing.

For Morning Sing, Mr. Malcolm, our music teacher, will bring in some students from our Lafayette Park High School campus (LFP) to perform in Morning Sing. Then, we will listen to and sing plenty of songs by African Americans for our special Black History Month Morning Sing. Some of Mr. Malcolm’s favorites that will likely be included are The Neville Brothers, Tracy Chapman, Stevie Wonder, Anderson Paak, Alicia Keys, Bill Withers, Prince, Sly & The Family Stone and Bobby McFerrin.

Speaking of LFP, one student from our LFP campus will be helping us put together a Black History Month celebration that will be on Fri., Feb. 10.

Larchmont also has our Kindness Week coming up. It will be the Mon., Feb. 13 through Fri., Feb. 17. We hope February will be great for you. We hope it will be filled with kindness and a fun time with friends and family!

Page Academy

By Isabella Argiropoulos 7th Grade

Hello, my Larchmont neighbors! Page Academy is now more than half way through the school year. We marked this fact on Jan. 23 with the 100th Day of School celebration. Our students were looking great dressed up as if they were 100! For our first Fun Friday of the year on Jan. 24, we had a soccer tournament, which brought out our students’ competitive spirits!

While spring is not yet in the air, hearts are! On Tues., Feb. 14, Page will be awash in red, pink, purple and white in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Our students will be able to send Valentine Grams to their friends and enjoy Valentine’s Day treats at their class parties. Student Council also has a Valentine’s Day-themed scavenger hunt planned for February, and the council expects everyone to bring their sleuthing caps!

Instruction in February will focus on Black History Month, as well as our country’s presidents, in honor of Presidents’ Day on Mon., Feb. 20. Our students will then go on break from Tues., Feb. 21 through Fri., Feb. 24 with classes resuming on Mon., Feb. 27.

We hope that you and your families, friends and loved ones have a lovely month!

Hollywood Schoolhouse

By Miles Hoffman 6th Grade

Hello everybody! It is a great time to be a student at Hollywood Schoolhouse right now, especially for the 4th grade. They are doing a whole project about the Native American tribes that lived in California. They even get to go on a field trip to Palm Springs to see the Indian Canyon. They are also going to make a news skit about the different Native American perspectives. I’m so jealous, and I wish I had a time machine to put me back into 4th grade.

Second grade students are currently learning about place values in math and earthquakes, animals and their offspring in science. An exciting part of second grade is the 2nd-Grade Sale! The classes create arts and crafts, and then sell them to the rest of the school! Students then select an organization to donate the funds to.

In art and history class, the 6th-grade class and I will be doing a Lascaux cave painting exhibition. We drew animals on cement, so when it dried, it would look like a part of a cave. We all decorated the art classroom to look like a cave, and we even have cave-like sounds playing in the background. We’ll perform a skit, as well.

As part of our speaker series, Angel Jennings, from the Los Angeles Times, will take time out of her day to talk with us. My classmates and I are really lucky to be a part of a school environment that is able to make what seems like magic happen. None of this would be possible without Hollywood Schoolhouse, and to that, I say thank you.

Marlborough School

By Avery Gough 11th Grade

After a January full of activities, including Semi-Formal for our Sophomores and Juniors at The Avalon in Hollywood, we move into Spirit Week. This is a morale-building event for the whole school. From Mon., Jan.

30 to Fri., Feb. 3, students compete by grade, and even perform choreographed dances, all to win points and raise money. The grade with the most points then has bragging rights, and all the money and items donated go to charity.

Auditions begin for the chance to study with guest artist, soprano Lisa Vroman. There is also a planned talk with visual artist Michelle Jane Lee.

The Spring sports season began Jan. 21, and includes lacrosse, track and field, culminating in a Winter Athletics ceremony in early March.

We are also looking forward to the presentation of the 10th grade’s class banner on Tues., Feb. 28. The banner was designed by the students and the ceremony will feature the performance of a class song they selected.

And finally, 11th graders have begun to prepare for their Ring Ceremony, held towards the end of the school year, during which time they receive their class rings which is another long-standing tradition.

ESLA Isabel Viola 12th grade

Heading into the new year, ESLA has a lot in store for the fresh semester. The senior class just spent a restful few days in the Big Bear area. With warm cabins and a fresh blanket of snow, we were happy to get away on a winter retreat. The school newspaper, the Bowtie Bulletin, has started planning for its first issue of 2023. With a staff ranging from 9th to 12th graders, we’re looking forward to what they’ll have to share. Regarding our resident thespians, an enthusiastic announcement was recently revealed to the community. Our next school-wide play will be “Grease!” Those involved in theater are looking forward to putting on a thrilling performance and emulating the classic characters.

During our Lessons and Carols event, ESLA’s Service Council asked members of the community to bring in $25 gift cards that would be donated to youth in foster care. Due to the generosity of our community, $1500 was raised and will be given to Extraordinary Families who are dedicated to supporting older youth that have aged out of the foster care system. We are so thankful for our community’s kindness and its enthusiasm to spread love.

Oakwood School

By Scarlett Saldaña 12th Grade

As the second semester begins, February opens with the Global Gender Justice Summit. It will be Oakwood’s first time hosting this event with help from The Pad Project, an organization that advocates for menstrual equity. Students, faculty and human rights leaders will be brought together to speak on gender equality, and there will be breakout sessions offering workshops with topics such as ecofeminism, self-identifying female representation in finance and many more.

At the end of February, Oakwood will present this year’s high school musical, “Little Shop of Horrors.” Students have worked hard to rehearse songs, learn choreography, memorize lines and hold technical rehearsals with assistance from the crew. It’s really exciting to see it all come together to create an eccentric, fun ensemble.

The Theater Department will also hold auditions for “Mother Courage and her Children.” A play by Bertolt Brecht, it showcases a mother who profits on the Thirty Years’ War by selling different goods. It’s an important story that displays a strong woman fighting patriarchal norms, and it will be interesting to see what the theater director cooks up through his unique process.

Immaculate Heart

By Kellyn Lanza 12th Grade

Happy February from Immaculate Heart! After returning from a three-week holiday break, students got right back to work starting the second semester of the 2022-23 school year.

For sports news, our basketball and soccer teams continued their winter seasons while Immaculate Heart’s first beach volleyball team held tryouts. As the soccer and basketball competitive seasons come to an end, we congratulate all our hard-working Panda athletes for their efforts. We also wish all the best to the upcoming spring teams as they prepare.

It’s amazing how quickly the school year is flying by! In January, students were able to show off their unique talents in our annual talent show. That event was followed up by Bingo Night, which raises funds for the athletic department and brings our school community together for a fun evening.

Now February promises to be a busy month of activities. Students will celebrate Black History Month by participating in several school-wide events. Members of the Class of 2024 will also receive their class rings during the upcoming Junior Ring Ceremony, which will include a special liturgy for students and their families. Meanwhile, prospective students can still take advantage of Shadow Visits at both the high school and middle school. Register online by visiting the admissions pages at immaculateheart.org.