LOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM MAKING SOME NOISE.Byline: -- Alejandro Guzman Welcome to your latest print edition of valleynews.com, your source for community news provided by the members of your community. This week, we highlight all the great stories in your neighborhood. Linda Grubbs, who works at L.A. Lutheran Middle/Senior High School in Sylmar, posted two stories about the school's wonderful music program. In one story, she tells us the music department has an award-winning history and in another story, she backs it up with a story about the program's performance at a recent competition at Disneyland. Read all about this talented group of kids on page 4. Will Kus, our regular Sylmar blogger (1) A person who writes Weblogs. See blog. (2) (Blogger) A Web site launched in 1999 from Pyra Labs, San Francisco, CA (www.blogger.com) that provides the tools for creating blogs (Weblogs). , continues to share his take on issues affecting our community. Read his blog on page 5, and find out what Kus believes is really wrong within the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . Whether you agree or disagree, remember that you can register as a valleynews.com user, go online and post comments to his blog. Newcomer Fatimah Zulkifli, a CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge broadcast journalism Broadcast journalism refers to television news and radio news, as well as the online news outlets of broadcast affiliates. major, wrote a nice feature piece on a woman who is making a difference with local kids. Read Zulkifli's profile on Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. teacher Diane Wilson on page 8, and find out why Wilson makes an impact in and out of the classroom. Sunland resident Marion Green expressed herself nicely in a piece she wrote about her well-diversified group of friends she met in a creative writing course at Pasadena Senior Center. Read her story on page 9 and learn how happy she is to have found people who share similar interests. To join this movement of citizen journalism News and commentary from the public at large. Using wiki sites and blogs, anyone can contribute information about a current event. Also known as "collaborative citizen journalism" (CCJ), "grassroots media" and "personal publishing," the concept behind citizen journalism is that many , go to valleynews.com. |
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