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POLICE BEAT
from LC 07 2021
NEW COVENANT ACADEMY By Dale Lee 10th Grade The spring semester is finally over for the Huskies, but that does not mean the learning is. NCA has fully reopened and is offering a summer enrichment program that began June 1 and runs until July 23, including many different courses and extracurricular activities available for every grade level. Middle-schoolers and under will take classes preparing them for the fall semester, and will also be able to join a variety of electives of their choosing. I’m excited to announce that NCA staff, student council, and past graduates have prepared a variety of clubs for students to join, adding to last year’s list. Clubs include chess, ping-pong, film, volleyball, soccer and many others. High school students will also participate in the program but will instead take an asynchronous course of their choosing which will add to their official transcripts. All students will complete 10 credits worth of coursework during the two months and have the option to join online Zoom meetings with teachers for assistance. Courses include accounting, chemistry, biology, trigonometry, psychology, journalism, pre-calculus, statistics, criminal investigation, and many others. In addition, students are required to take a college essay course preparing them for the Common App Essay prompts and the UC personal insight questions. All of the summer courses are built to help Huskies with college preparation. Although no electives or clubs are offered for high school students, they are free to join and help coordinate younger classes as volunteers. Students will also be preparing for the newly implemented IB’s Primary Years Program and Middle Years Program. NCA had always used the IB Diploma Program for Juniors and Seniors but it will also now apply to younger grades. The courses teach Huskies to develop more critical and creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and selfmanagement. New projects will help students explore big ideas that matter and develop skills for research. Hopefully, all of our students can use these new tools to their advantage!
IMMACULATE HEART
A Catholic, Independent, College Preparatory School For Girls Grades 6-12
WHITE HOUSE serves as a backdrop for St. Brendan students in Washington, D.C.
St. Brendan students visit nation’s capital highlights
By Billy Taylor A group of St. Brendan School students boarded an airplane in June and travelled to the nation’s capital to spend four days visiting monuments, museums and other cultural landmarks. “It was an incredible experience,” 4th grade teacher Chelsea Calleja told us last month, days after the group returned to Los Angeles. “The students have been learning about many of the places that we visited, so it was really impactful to be able to show them where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech, and where Presidents stand during an inauguration.” After departing LAX, the 16 students had a bumpy start to their adventure when, two hours into the flight, the pilot announced that the plane would return to Los Angeles due to a malfunction. After a short delay, the group reboarded and set off again, but didn’t arrive at their hotel until nearly 1 a.m. The first morning, students were bussed to Williamsburg and Jamestown, where they toured the Governor’s Palace and explored the settlements. “They were so exhausted from the flight that I don’t think they were taking in the significance of it all until we got to Jamestown, and they were able to visualize what it was like from the perspective of native Americans as well as the Europeans arriving in ships and how it all blended into the history that we know today,” said Calleja. The next day, students walked the National Mall where they snapped photos of the White House, Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, to name a few. “The students loved the chance to be able to walk up and down the National Mall, although the humidity and (Please turn to page 16)
