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PRESERVATION

GALA EVENT

New columnist remembers a “Tudor gem of a home.”

ZOO LIGHTS

Girls Academic Leadership Academy served up its first fundraiser. Page 14

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LARCHMONT CHRONICLE

DECEMBER 2019

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Larchmont Chronicle

DECEMBER 2019

SECTION TWO

Tragedy on Citrus tells of loss of ‘memory, continuity and identity’

Brookside Gem!

Few names in the recent memory of our neighborhood have fallen further into ignominy than that of Reuven Gradon, who through mendacious A Rare Opportunity! flattery and lies purchased Sold in Multiple Offers Significantly Over the Asking Price the Tudor gem of a home formerly located at 361 N. Citrus Avenue and then promptly A Rare Opportunity! On carried out its Sold in Multiple Offers Significantly Over the Asking Price d e m o l i t i o n . Preservation He also made by the decision Brian Curran to forego the statutory niceties of posting notices for 30 days, informing his immediate neighbors or going before the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council Planning and Land Use Committee to explain. 428 N Las Palmas Ave | $3,750,000 The Such was his stealth that A rare opportunity to purchase a classic English Tudor in 1930 by the distinguished world-renowned architect, Paul Williams! 825designed Muirfield Road timeless elegance and authentic period details include impressive wood detailing in the elegant living room and spacious formal dining room, even Councilman Paul Koretz French doors, hardwood floors, and leaded glass 428 windows. The wood paneled library and the living room offer views of the manicured garden. N Las Palmas Ave | $3,750,000 $1,925,000 was puzzlingly unable to react Powder room is located in the entry hall. Other rooms include the kitchen, pantry, breakfast room, maid’s room and bath. Upstairs in addition A rare opportunity to purchase a classic English Tudor designed in 1930 by the distinguished world-renowned architect, Paul Williams! The to the master bedroom, room anddetails bath,include there impressive are three wood otherdetailing bedrooms twoliving baths. Basement and an attic timeless elegancedressing and authentic period in theand elegant room and spacious formal diningprovide room, additional quickly enough, leaving it to French doors, hardwood floors, and leaded glass windows. wood paneled the living room offer views of the manicured garden. storage. Garage is located at end of long driveway. HancockThe Park HPOZ andlibrary Third and Street School. neighbors to try to physically Powder room is located in the entry hall. Other rooms include the kitchen, pantry, breakfast room, maid’s room and bath. Upstairs in addition to the master bedroom, dressing room and bath, there are three other bedrooms and two baths. Basement and an attic provide additional intervene. Their efforts came to storage. Garage is located at end of long driveway. Hancock Park HPOZ and Third Street School. naught, and they were forced to Sandy Boeck Hancock Park watch helplessly as demolition 251 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323.687.6552 Sandy Boeck Hancock Park Los Angeles, CA 90004 crews, clearly briefed to expect CalDRE: 01005153 251 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323.687.6552 Los Angeles, CA 90004 resistance, carried out their CalDRE: 01005153 Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor sales associates, not employees. ©2019 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage fully supwith brutal and barports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Owned by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker, the Coldwell Banker logo, Coldwell Banker Global Luxury and the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury logo are registeredmission service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. CalDRE #: 01005153 baric efficiency. Architectural and artistic elements, which Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor sales associates, not employees. ©2019 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Owned by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker, the Coldwell Banker logo, Coldwell Banker Global Luxury and the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury logo are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. CalDRE #: 01005153

could have been salvaged, were intentionally destroyed. Several media outlets covered the story, including the “Larchmont Buzz,” which mournfully made the point that the loss was avoidable if preservation tools could have been applied prior to the sale. The house, recognized by SurveyLA, was eligible for local designation, the neighborhood could have created an Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ), or conservation easements could have been arranged. But hindsight is no substitute or succor for vanished heritage. So what is it that makes the destruction of 361 N. Citrus so gut-wrenching? Why all the fuss? Thompson M. Mayes, vice president and senior counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in his book, “Why Old Places Matter,” states that “…old places are important for people to define who they are through memory, (Please turn to page 3)

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(Continued from page 2) continuity, and identity… These fundamental reasons inform all of the other reasons that follow: commemoration, beauty, civic identity, and the reasons that are more pragmatic — preservation as a tool for community revitalization, the stabilization of property values, economic development and sustainability.” Hancock Park and its adjacent neighborhoods are nothing if not defined by their nature and significance as historic neighborhoods, characterized by architecturally significant properties, the vast majority of which are protected through HPOZs. Preservation is a core value shared by the area’s large and diverse population from which it has benefited culturally and economically. The demolition of 361 N. Citrus is so jarring to the community because it threatened and violated this value — robbing the community of a piece of its “memory, continuity and identity.” Reuven Gradon says that he will build something “that will draw on neighborhood character for the design.” This is simply impossible for someone who grew up in the neighborhood, but does not understand nor share its values. If he was

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STATUTORY NICETIES were ignored in the demolition of the Tudor gem of a home formerly at 361 N. Citrus Avenue.

serious, he might have used salvaged elements such as the Batchelder fireplace or the carved barge boards and leaded glass windows in his new home. Unfortunately, one only has to look at the northwest corner of Third and Orange to understand what he may mean by drawing on “neighborhood character.” So the neighborhood is left with a dirty, empty and windswept lot, the perfect metaphor for Reuven Gradon’s understanding of community and of his credibility. This month we welcome columnist Brian Curran, Windsor Square, a Hollywood Heritage board member and a lifelong preservationist, both here and across The Pond.

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Larchmont Chronicle

DECEMBER 2019

SECTION TWO

The Behymer Family in Hancock Park, Brookside and Windsor Square

In last month’s Larchmont Chronicle, Larchmont Blvd. resident John Donley suggested that Chronicle readers might enjoy seeing periodic profiles of “someone in the neighborhood in which we’d get to know that person....” In this issue, because 1919 is the centennial of the founding of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, we are profiling a local family — from the

in local houses on June Street, Muirfield Road, Arden Boulevard, Poinsettia Place, Gramercy Place and Citrus Avenue. Behymer descendants attended Third Street School, John Burroughs Junior High School, Los Angeles High School and Marlborough School. This is the story of that family and the founding of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

past — that was intimately involved in the founding of the orchestra and other matters musical in early Los Angeles.

By Diane Hoffman Dixon The Windsor Square-Hancock Park neighborhood has played an important role in the lives of the descendants of pioneer Los Angeles music impresario Lynden Behymer, with these descendants having lived

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Dakota Territory origins Lynden Ellsworth Behymer and his wife Menetta Sparkes met in the Dakota Territory in the 1880s, having ventured west from Shelbyville, Illinois, and Chautauqua County, New York, respectively. They married in January 1886, made a visit to see relatives in Shelbyville in May, and arrived in Los Angeles in June of 1886, thanks to the railroad fare wars, which made rail travel practically free. As Menetta was due to give birth to their first child (Glen) in October, she made herself at home in their leased rooms in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Behymer set off to find some income. Having been in the construction and retail business in the Dakotas, he found a job with a lumber mill. Later on, due to the theatrical influences in his family and his love of books (especially classical literature), he found a day job at a bookstore and would work in any capacity in theaters at night. Two more children entered the family in 1888 (Enid) and 1889 (Elsie). Both Behymer’s father and sister would soon join the family in Los Angeles. Managing artists By 1890, Behymer estab-

IMPRESSARIO L.E. Behymer produced cultural programming in Los Angeles for 50 years.

lished himself as an artists’ manager with his presentation of Adelina Patti (French opera singer) in Mott Hall. The city was still small (about 50,000), and networking within the community was easily done. Both Mr. and Mrs. Behymer were well acquainted with the Chautauqua Assemblies (begun 1874 in New York) that traveled to communities and held summer sessions of learning in the arts (music, art, drama, literature) and athletic exercises. (Please turn to page 6)

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Behymer family (Continued from page 4)

“La Boheme” Music captivated Behymer. Around 1896-97, he and his friend, Harley Hamilton, began planning for both a Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and a Women’s Symphony Orchestra. Hamilton would conduct both of the music ensembles for their first 18 years. Behymer,

in 1897, brought “La Boheme” to the Los Angeles Theater via an opera company from Turin, Italy — on a world tour just one year after Puccini composed “La Boheme.” (There was a Los Angeles Theater on Spring Street in the late 1800s. The parking structure of the former “Los Angeles Times” building now is at that location.) In 1901, Behymer welcomed the Metropolitan Opera

Company from New York to again perform “La Boheme” — this time at Hazard’s Pavilion, across from Pershing Square, with Mme. Nellie Melba in her debut as Mimi and Miss Fritzi Scheff as Musetta. Los Angeles Philharmonic For 23 years, the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra had sponsors, but the list sometimes varied from year to year, and the monies were not

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Larchmont Chronicle

DECEMBER 2019

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ENID BEHYMER MALCOLM home; Muirfield Road at 8th Street.

always the same. Mr. Behymer was more than thrilled when Mr. William Andrews Clark, Jr. approached him in 1918 to discuss Mr. Clark’s establishing an endowment for the formation of a philharmonic orchestra in Los Angeles. It was up to Behymer to search for a proper, well-known conductor and to assemble the orchestra, which he did. By early 1919, with the international assistance of Joseph Dupuy (a French-born tenor who moved to Los Angeles in 1888), Behymer contracted Walter Henry Rothwell as the conductor for 90 first-class musicians, many of whom came from the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Behymer was the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s manager for its first four years. Impresario Thereafter, Behymer became the manager for seasonal grand opera and ballet and many individual artists for their Los Angeles and

Southwestern United States engagements (i.e. Helena Modjeska, Paderewski, Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Lawrence Tibbett, Yehudi Menuhin, Nelson Eddy, Arthur Rubenstein, Marian Anderson and Lily Pons). He would present them in his Behymer Tuesday and Thursday Artist Courses (Series) at the Philharmonic Auditorium (Fifth and Olive), at the Trinity Auditorium (Ninth and Grand), at the Shrine Auditorium, as well as at the Hollywood Bowl (the original plans for which were once laid out in his son Glen’s living room). Menetta managed the box office while her husband managed the front and back of the theater. Turn of the century The three Behymer children spent most of their youth in a home near 30th Street near today’s Downtown. They all attended Los Angeles High (Please turn to page 8)

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Great-great-uncle Mayor James Toberman, sent here by President Lincoln as a tax collector in 1863. Despite that, he was elected Mayor of L.A. three times: 1872, 1878 and 1880. During his terms he paved Main St.and turned on the first electric lights in the city.

Great-grandfather C.E. Toberman “Mr. Hollywood” Built the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Chinese, Egyptian, El Capitan Theaters to name a few.

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Larchmont Chronicle

DECEMBER 2019

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ELSIE BEYHMER MOODY residence on Arden Boulevard at 1st Street — built of adobe bricks.

Behymer family (Continued from page 6)

School, which was then located on Fort Moore Hill, just north of Bunker Hill. The family’s main source of transportation was the Red Car line, as the senior Behymers did not drive. Just before Enid entered high school, the family moved “west” to Carondelet St., just one block from Westlake (now MacArthur) Park, where they had boating parties. June, Muirfield, Arden After each child completed high school, it was off to college. Glen graduated from George Washington University

and became a lawyer. He eventually moved to the 600 block of South June Street and raised his family. Enid and Elsie attended USC, where they met their husbands. Neither sister completed college. In 1911, Enid married a professor of political science, Roy Malcom (changed to Malcolm in the 1940s), and they lived for some time also on Carondelet. Eventually, their young family moved to Muirfield Road in the Brookside neighborhood. Elsie married her soldier husband Earl Moody, who had just received his medical degree in 1917. After he returned from World War I, they built their adobe-brick home at

First and Arden. Los Angeles High on Olympic Boulevard Of the 11 grandchildren of Lynden and Menetta Behymer, eight attended Los Angeles High School, by then located on Olympic Boulevard at Rimpau. In the ’30s and ’40s, the school was a grand edifice of light-colored brick. Unfortunately, earthquake damage resulted in its demolition. One granddaughter attended Marlborough School. Another granddaughter, Lynn Moody, was the only grandchild to remain in the vicinity. She and her husband Ralph Hoffman first lived on Poinsettia Place (1947 to 1949), then Gramercy Place (1949 to 1954) and finally South Citrus Avenue from 1954 until her death in 2006. Her daughters (including the author) attended Third Street School and John Burroughs, as did their mother. The daughters matriculated from Marlborough School. The home on Carondelet

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wife in 1958. Lynn Moody Hoffman’s children and grandchildren now attend Los Angeles Philharmonic performances at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and continue the family tradition of going to the Hollywood Bowl every summer.

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that the Behymer children and grandchildren loved so much burned in 1938. Lynden and Menetta moved to Kingsley Drive. After 50 years being known as the Los Angeles Music Impresario, Lynden Ellsworth Behymer died on Dec. 16, 1947, followed by his

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Larchmont Chronicle

DECEMBER 2019

SECTION TWO

Larchmont Village neighbors meet with Ryu; voting discussed

COUNCILMAN RYU talks with LVNA residents about his three-pronged approach to the homelessness crisis.

By Billy Taylor Larchmont Village residents gathered Nov. 12 to hear an update from Councilmember David Ryu at the Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) semi-annual meeting held at Van Ness Elementary. Ryu talked to neighbors about local issues such as ongoing concerns with Raleigh Studio parking and the city’s new home-sharing ordinance, which, Ryu said, should address problems with “party houses” that plague many single-family neighborhoods. On the subject of homelessness, Ryu reaffirmed to residents

Councilmember Ryu addresses Brookside at winter meeting In a busy Mid-Wilshire week for Fourth District City Councilmember David Ryu, he was present at homeown-

COUNCILMAN RYU at Memorial Branch Library for Brookside meeting.

ers’ association meetings on Tues., Wed. and Thurs., Nov. 12, 13 and 14. At the Wednesday meeting in Brookside, he participated in animated discussions about homelessness. The remainder of the meeting concerned updates on a Brookside community survey, discussion of board membership, a report on water levels in the Brookside stream, and upcoming neighborhood caroling. LAPD Senior Lead Officer Hebel Rodriguez also was on hand for the meeting of approximately 30 people.

his three-pronged approach to curbing the crisis: (1) housing existing homeless; (2) preventing homelessness by protecting affordable housing; and (3) providing critical mental health and counseling services. A representative from the Los Angeles County Registrar’s office also was on hand

to walk residents through a new voting system that will be rolled out in time for the March 2020 city, county and presidential primaries. Michael Iturralde, commu-

nity and voter outreach officer, explained that the Voting Solutions for All People project, or VSAP, is a county initiative to improve and mod(Please turn to page 10)

Windsor Square hosts panel at annual meeting

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Cordova (Wilshire Division) and Joe Pelayo (Olympic Division) were both on hand to talk about local issues, including complaints of a known vagrant defecating on residents’ driveways. Although allegedly known to police, the suspect has not been arrested, to the frustration of homeowners. Officer Pelayo, who noted that he gets more calls from residents on homeless-

ness issues than anything else, turned the discussion over to Neighborhood Prosecutor Andrew Said, who explained that arrests in such cases are unproductive and such inci-

dents should be made with results in mind, which mean that suspects with serious mental-health issues require resources and attention outside of the City’s jail system.

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even for people experiencing both homelessness and mental health or criminality issues. They also agreed that there is literature available for people interested in how to help address the issue. Both Rosato and Ryu referred to handouts they had available in the room, including a “Homeless Service and Resources Guide” from Rosato and the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council and the Councilmember’s flyer describing his “three-pronged solution” to comprehensively address homelessness. Most of the panel discussion was devoted to current issues such as the reported $600,000 per unit cost of apartment construction, the arguments by writers Mike Gatto and Howard Husock concerning involuntary treatment of some people now on the streets, and nonhomeless people’s growing dissatisfaction with the situation. As a pleasant contrast to those discussions, the WSA presented its 20th annual Squeaky Wheel award to local resident and architect Mary Pickhardt “for twenty-five years of preservation leadership.”

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of Los Angeles. The assembly, of approximately 50, heard from president Larry Guzin about the status of state-directed local re-zoning, especially SB 50 from San Francisco’s state senator, Scott Wiener, which is expected to be revived for debate in the State Legislature in January. WSA board member Helen Hartung spoke of the challenges of maintaining the canopy of mature sidewalk trees in the Larchmont Blvd. shopping street. The highlight of the meeting was a panel discussion moderated by board member John Welborne and featuring Tammy Rosato, from the La Brea Hancock Homeowners Association, and Councilmember David Ryu, who was present for his third Mid-Wilshire area neighborhood meeting in three days. At the outset, Rosato and Ryu quickly agreed that “housing first” is the right policy for women and children, for single women, and for those simply down on their luck — and

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March 3 Super Tuesday elections: New procedures, new voters By Talia Abrahamson Every four years there is a new batch of teenagers eligible to vote in the local and primary elections. But on March 3, all voters in Los Angeles County will be approaching new ballot boxes for the first time. They will be voting in local and primary elections. The Voting Solutions for All People (VSAP) project, a County initiative passed in 2016 under the California Voter’s Choice Act, has overhauled the voting model, from ballots to polling centers to voting periods, to improve security, integrity, cost effectiveness and public trust. Among

Bulk up on books at Third Street

Kids of all reading levels can choose from a variety of affordable books at the Scholastic Arctic Adventure Book Fair at Third Street Elementary School, 201 S. June St., Thurs., Dec. 5 from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Fri., Dec. 6 from 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday night will feature a special family night. Shopping can also be done at tinyurl.com/v8you9f. Scholastic will give back two percent in rewards to Third Street.

other sweeping changes, ballot boxes will feature touch screens with the capacity to scan QR-coded ballots from mobile devices, and voters will have 11 days to cast votes. The youth vote These reforms, already piloted in five California counties in the 2018 elections, will seem new to old-time voters, but for newly eligible voters, it will be the only system of voting they will have experienced. James D’Atri, 18, a Larchmont Village resident and a senior at Providence High School, plans to vote on Super Tuesday. “I am looking for someone who has a plan to deal with climate change and its fallout,” D’Atri said. “To get even a small percentage of the youth vote, I think candidates need to address both climate change and mass shootings in a substantial way.” The highest level of young voters in at least the last 25 years, at 31% of eligible young people, participated in the 2018 midterms, according to analysis from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). Experts predict that a surge of young, politically-minded voters will continue to reshape the politi-

MODERNIZED VOTING, to include touch screens, is a countywide project aimed at bringing credibility to the ballot box.

cal landscape in the 2020 election cycle. Priya Karumanchi, 18, a senior at Marlborough School, was pre-registered to vote in Massachusetts at age 16. When she moved to Hancock Park in 2018, she pre-registered again to vote in California. “It’s important to vote because, in a lot of other places, you don’t have the opportunity to vote for what you believe in a democratic society,” Karumanchi said. “It’s important for us to be able to vote. Even in the United States, there are people [who] don’t have the privilege to vote.” The issue of voting security is not new, but fears of for-

eign interference and widespread hacking that interfere with the integrity of votes have been subject to debate and mass media attention on the national level. D’Atri said he worries whether his vote will matter when flaws in the national voting infrastructure still exist. “My worries do shake my faith in the credibility of our voting system, since I do not know if my vote has been tampered with or not,” D’Atri said. “It does change my belief that elections in America are free and fair. With the vulnerabilities that exist in the infrastructure, I just can’t believe in that anymore.” VSAP hopes to mitigate

these fears by modernizing the system while maintaining a paper record. Although Los Angeles County will not automatically send mail-in ballots until the 2024 elections, VSAP is shifting voters to voting by mail or, if voters cast ballots in-person at any vote center in the County, making sure their ballot-marking devices print paper ballots for voters’ physical reviews. Paper ballots can be recounted, if necessary, and preserve the integrity of votes even if computers are compromised. The new voting machines do not use internet connection or connect to WiFi. “I see the benefit of trying to become more advanced,” Karumanchi said. “I don’t know how necessary it is to do it online and then still have paper. Maybe there’s another way that they could do it so it’s more environmentally friendly?” Regardless, D’Atri and Karumanchi are pre-registered and plan to vote March 3. “I am voting in the primaries, because, if I don’t, it’s the same as not having the right to vote at all,” D’Atri said. “People who benefit from me not voting still benefit.” Talia Abrahamson is a senior at Marlborough School.

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D u r i n g November, the girls varsity volleyball team won its first ever CIF Championship! Led by a freshman, Gia Frank helped guide the team to victory as the leading scorer. Congratulations to all their hard work and progress throughout the season. After an exciting November, the winter term starts, along with new classes and experiences for each student at Oakwood. In the second week of December, many high schoolers will perform in the musical “Spring Awakening.” While this musical is known to be controversial — creating a conversation about teenagers coming to terms with their sexuality — it is still important for students to understand its contents. Practice for Medea, our high school play, will begin soon. While it will showcase in February, the cast, including myself as the only freshman, is truly excited to be apart of this Greek play. Lastly, before Winter Break, the trimester has led us to the CalArts for presentations for middle schoolers that will be displayed for all students to see. Middle schoolers will then join new CalArts classes, expanding their artistic experiences and abilities.

And we’re back! Just like that the school year began, so here’s a quick recap of things that have happened at Pilgrim so far. We started off with our annual secondary beach day and elementary water day, then we cruised into the normal schedule welcoming many new additions like a new music teacher Mr. G, a new 8th grade social studies and world history teacher Mr. Woods, a new ass’t. Head of Secondary Ms. Mona, and many more. Our back to school night was a success and the secondary students went on their annual trips week. I went on the trip to Washington, D.C., and loved every second we spent together running around D.C. This year’s Halloween shortly followed that and students had a great time at our annual pumpkin roll with our little buddies and the secondary costume contest was a success that resulted in a ton of candy being given to eager participating students. Recently, we held an open house that was a great opportunity to show perspective families how pilgrim works. This year’s secondary fall play was “An Evening With Edward Gorey,” was performed on Nov. 21 by kids from 6th to 12th grade; rehearsal for “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” has begun.

November at Third Street Elementary started out with a mindful parenting seminar featuring Laurie Cousins, an expert from UCLA who spoke to parents about the benefits of mindfulness, helping kids to deal with stress, and ways to build stronger parentchild relationships. We also had our first parent-teacher conferences and got our first report cards. I am excited for an event this month called the winter Family Night, which we hold every year. This year we will host our very first Third Street’s Got Talent show with dancing, singing, magic and other performances by students. We will also have our PTA Reflections masterpieces displayed in the auditorium. The evening will also include tile painting, a bake sale, food trucks and many more festivities. The Winter Family Night also marks the last day of our school’s Book Fair. This year’s theme is “An Arctic Wonderland,” and I cannot wait to see the decorations and buy some cool books. Anyone can purchase books online (and support our school) at bookfairs.scholastic. com/bookfairs/fair-resources/fairfiles.html. Lastly, I want to wish you happy, healthy and peaceful holidays!

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STUDENTS stand in front of Loyola Hall before they set off for Washington, D.C. to advocate for the dignity of all people.

Loyola students visit D.C. to lobby for social justice

A student delegation from Loyola High School traveled to Washington, D.C. last month for the 22nd annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. Initiated in 1997, the TeachIn commences yearly in midNovember to commemorate the lives of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and the houskeeper’s daughter, who were all murdered in El Salvador in 1989 for speaking out against the country’s tumultuous civil war. At this year’s event, students heard from advocates in the field of social justice, and they participated in one of the largest Catholic advocacy days of the year, with more than 1,500

people meeting with members of Congress and their staffs to advocate for immigration reform and action on environmental justice issues. “For more than 20 years, the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice has brought people together to honor the legacy of the Jesuit martyrs and their companions through learning, prayer and action,” said Christopher Kerr, executive director of the Ignatian Solidarity Network. “As we mark the 30th anniversary of their deaths, we stand together at the margins of today’s world, as they did in El Salvador, as advocates for a world that better upholds the dignity of all people.”

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Girls Academy serves breakfast and much more GALA, Girls Academic Leadership Academy, held its first annual pancake breakfast fund raiser Nov. 16 at the school’s

Left: LOCAL ARTISANS displayed products at the breakfast, including Amanda Koblin Foley, co-founder of Halo Heart Designs.

Olympic and West boulevards campus. The event marked the first time the Academy has reached out to the surrounding community (of Brookside and Longwood Highlands), and the results were impressive, local resident Caroline Tracy told us. Attendees came out to support the school and, in the process, enjoyed a delicious pancake breakfast and a shopping event. Several vendors displayed their products and services (many of them local artisans), and breakfast-goers were happy to get a jump on holiday shopping. Some 20 percent of the proceeds from all sales went

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By Samantha Hutchinson 12th Grade The school year has been flying by! Our fall sports teams have wrapped up their seasons, and with some amazing results: The Varsity and Junior Varsity Cross Country teams both placed first in the Sunshine League, with Varsity runners moving on to CIF Prelims. Additionally, our Varsity Tennis Team recently placed second in the Sunshine League and then made it to the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 quarterfinals and placed in the division’s top eight teams. This is the best any IH tennis team has accomplished in CIF playoffs! Last month we had our WALK 2019 fundraiser, where students, alums, families, and friends helped to raise over $200,000 that will go directly to the school. In the past, this money has contributed to turf on our field, all new SmartTVs in the classrooms, and air conditioning in our audito-

HOLLYWOOD SCHOOLHOUSE By Nikhil George 6th Grade

Recently, we have begun collecting hygiene kits and wellness packages to send to an organization called Hollywood Partnership. Essentially, these bundles of items are going to people experiencing homelessness. Some of these basic essentials include toothbrushes, floss, shampoo, conditioner, soap, and socks. Personally, I feel as though everyone should have these sorts of necessities, so I am proud that my school is helping to give that to others. Another event coming soon is Grandparents and Special Friends Day. On this day, all students are allowed to bring a grandparent or someone significant in their lives to visit our campus. First, the students will lead their companions to their specific grade’s class-

PANCAKES were served by Jim Sullivan, dad to 6th grade GALA student, Piper.

to GALA. The all-girls LAUSD school was founded in 2016 by educator Dr. Elizabeth Hicks. The science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) school serves grades 6 to 12. For information, visit galacademy.org. rium, so we’re all excited to see what it will go to this year! The holiday season is here! In this season of giving, both middle and high school students have come together for the AdoptA-Family food drive. Both food items and toys will be delivered to families in need in downtown Los Angeles later in December. Contributing to Adopt-A-Family has been a tradition at Immaculate Heart for many years, and we are very excited to keep it going! Upon returning from Thanksgiving break, students are gearing up for our Cumulative Assessment Period (CAP) and we have some exciting end-of-semester activities coming up, including the Winter Formal and the Christmas Program! The Winter Formal, with the theme Aurora Borealis, will be held at the Omni Hotel and will be a great way to kick off the holidays. Meanwhile, prospective students and their families are welcome at our Open House events taking place in December. The middle school’s Open House is Sat., Dec. 7, and the high school’s Open House is Sun., Dec. 8. Both events start at 1 p.m., so be sure to join us! room. There, they will participate in activities and see what the class is currently learning about. This is followed by a special Thanksgiving Community Circle where parents, children, and the distinctive buddies will listen to families sharing their holiday traditions and watch performances from different age levels. Community Circles are a wonderful way for the HSH community to observe what different age groups are learning. Last month at Hollywood Schoolhouse, the 4th graders hosted their annual Pie Night as a grade. For this event, the students read a book called Pie, by Sarah Weeks. Children are then invited to make their very own pies at home to bring in to this social event. This night is a good opportunity for the students to discuss this story, as they would in a book club, and enjoy a classic dessert while doing so. Also, the 3rd grade class took a field trip to the Griffith Observatory, to study about Los Angeles landmarks. This is Nikhil, the Rad Lad, signing off!

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Episcopal School students experience variety of urban areas By Billy Taylor The freshman class of the Episcopal School of Los Angeles (ESLA) last month participated in a five-day “Urban Immersion” field trip. The focus of the experience was a look at gentrification and what it means to love, preserve and transform a neighborhood. Students spent two days in Leimert Park, two days in Boyle Heights, and one day on Skid Row, where they met with local organizers and considered issues like “improvement without displacement.”

Students were asked questions like, “What do the people in the community hope for?” and, “How do people unite across differences here?” “An essential dimension to Episcopal education is the faith that we are transformed by our face-to-face encounters with new people and places,” explained ESLA spokesman Mike Mena. “As this year’s Urban Immersion was finishing up, it became clear from the students’ conversations, questions, and observations that their understanding of our neighbors and the

City of Los Angeles was in the process of transformation and enlightenment,” said Mena. Student reactions on the field trip ranged from delight with taking the Metro for the first time to meeting people in new neighborhoods. “It was really cool attempting to speak

Spanish at El Marcado in Boyle Heights,” said one student. “I especially liked listening to people at the Metaphor Club,” said another, referring to the Crenshaw-based club. Mena said it is his prayer that students will look back years from now and point to

this week-long experience as a milestone in stepping out of their comfort zones to celebrate the diversity of the city. “I hope they realize that a common commitment to justice and the dignity of neighbors is what binds us together,” Mena concluded.

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The theater department put up the musical Legally Blonde featuring many students of different grades. Marlborough Student Marcella Tracey ’22 (title character Elle Woods) has an incredible voice. The theater department is also preparing for the annual dance concert in December. It will showcase solo and group performances by students. Lastly, Marlborough students have a very long winter break. We get off from Mon., Dec. 23 until Wed., Jan. 1. I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving, and I hope you have a wonderful winter break and spend quality time with your family and friends.

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The month of November at Yavneh ushered in many new programs and speakers. First, we began collecting food items for the annual Sova drive. Students brought in canned goods and other packaged foods, which were distributed through the Sova food pantry, a part of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles. Yavneh also began a new drive called Hoodies for the Homeless. With the cold weather approaching, we hope to provide warmth and comfort by distributing jackets and hoodies to those in need. Students also enjoyed hearing from various speakers this month. A representative from Friendship Circle Los Angeles spoke to us about the organization. Friendship Circle pairs volunteers with special needs children and teens to create lasting friendships and bonds. There are year-round activities in which Yavneh students could volunteer. The middle school girls also began a program that brings in speakers to discuss balancing family life and careers. We have already heard from a variety of inspiring women in different fields. We also began the weekly parent-child learning program this week. The Father & Son and Mother & Daughter programs take place most Saturday nights and include studying and games. It is a highlight for many students and a hallmark of the Yavneh experience. We look forward to seeing all of our programs continue and succeed.

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Larchmont Charter football has bounce-back season By Daniel Frankel The Larchmont Charter School (LCS) middle school football program finished its Foundation for Interscholastic Youth Athletics (FIYA) League schedule 3-4, narrowly missing out on the playoffs. However, under the direction of second-year coach Avery Watts, the team of LCS eighth graders showed marked improvement, competing in the seven-on-seven middle-school league. That improvement starts with actual wins — the Timberwolves had three more than they did in their winless 2018 FIYA campaign, with quarterback Reece Frankel and wide receiver Finn McConnaghy leading a potent offen-

sive attack that, among other results, led to a 33-0 win over Everest Value School back in early October. Other standouts for Timberwolves Football included Faleb Lindo, who was among the FIYA leaders in sacks, and Samual Hahn, who was one of the league’s most effective blockers. Next year’s LCS middle school football program promises to be even better, with LCS Selma campus’ explosive 7th grade team finishing 4-21 and advancing to this year’s FIYA playoffs. Baseball tryouts Dec. 11, 18 Tryouts for LCS middle school team are Dec. 11, 18 in Pan Pacific Park.

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Color-themed clothing changes with seasons at Ashley Rowe By Suzan Filipek Designer Ashley Rowe calls it kismet. Her dog, George Michael, is named after a character in the TV show “Arrested Development.” And, it turns out that her new landlord owns the site of an original frozen banana stand on Balboa Island, which was featured in the TV show. “This is meant to be,” smiles Rowe in her recently opened monochromatic-themed clothing store, Ashley Rowe, at 153 S. Western Ave. The shop’s debut color — orange, and its varying shades,

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Harvest Festival in Griffith Park To the lively sounds of the Bavarian polka band Hammerstein, a big turnout of Angelenos and visitors enjoyed a day of family-friendly activities, food trucks, local craft beer, games, and more on Sunday, Nov. 10. Then, as darkness settled on the park at the end of the day, there was a free alfresco screening of the Pixar film, “Coco.” A pie-eating contest was a mid-day highlight, and local officials, including some pictured above, were there. This was the third year that the Los Angeles Parks Foundation has sponsored this autumnal

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When traveling recently in Asia, I saw the Nazi swastika displayed on some very old ruins. Please explain, asks Joe Hinton. Also called gammadion, because it resembles four Greek capital gammas set at right angles, this mystical sign was used throughout the ancient world long before Hitler and his gang copied it. It is found in Byzantine architecture, Etruscan tombs, Celtic monuments, Buddhist inscriptions, Greek coins and even in North American Indian art. It has been thought to have represented many things — the power of the sun, the four winds, lightning — and it was used as a charm to ward off evil and bring good luck. It was adopted by Hitler as the Nazi emblem about 1920, borrowed from the Imperial German Baltic Corps, who

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