1521 N. HIGHLAND AVE, HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028 VOLUME VIII, ISSUE VII JUNE 2011

Hollywood High • Home of the Sheiks

The Crimson Chronicle

INDEx7 • Entertainment

Walt Disney Co. has signed a $173,440 contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District for permission to use Holly-wood High’s field this summer as a mini theme park for their latest animated movie Cars 2, according to Assistant Principal Tadeo Climaco. Last year, Disney made a simi-lar contract for permission to use school property for Toy Story 3. The money will be paid di-rectly to LAUSD. In return, the district will give the school

68% of the money received from Disney, which amounts to $117,939, according to Cli-maco. “Disney has been very gener-ous to the school,” said Climaco. “They have been very accom-modating; that’s why we want to continue this partnership. It’s a business, so they run it like a business, but they care about the school.” Part of this money will be used to pay the custodians who will need to be hired to guard and clean the school while the at-traction takes place. The school plans to use the rest of the money to pay for basic school needs, such as out-

of-classroom personnel, cleri-cal staff, teacher assistant posi-tions, and security guards. Disney has also agreed to pay for the replacement of the grass in the field and transportation for the football team to practice during summer months. In addition to paying for the transportation, Disney will also provide summer jobs for students to operate the theme park. According to Work Expe-rience Counselor David Snyder, Disney will hire ten students from those who submitted ap-plications at the job fair held on April 24. The partnership is the result of several months of negotia-

tions. “I think that the complicated part of it is dealing with the bureaucracy of the school dis-trict,” said Climaco, referring to the length of time it takes the school district to approve the necessary documents needed to make a contract with Disney. “[The district] is not a cor-poration,” said Principal Jaime Morales. “People can drop the ball and there aren’t any conse-quences. I’m not saying that the people don’t want to help, but it is a long process and it takes time for things to be approved.” Because of restrictions, the money cannot be used to buy teaching positions. However,

Morales said that a portion of the money will be distributed among the small learning com-munities. The school is in a convenient location from the Disney-owned El Capitan Theatre on Holly-wood Boulevard, which allows for easy access for patrons to visit the mini theme-park. According to Morales, it is because of its location that the school is frequently in contact with the entertainment indus-try. The school gym was used on June 3 to film a video featur-ing Usher for the show Jimmy Kimmel Live.

MARIA ALCOSERNEWS EDITOR

Sheiks selected sophomore Miguel Larios as ASB President, breaking the tradition of select-ing to-be seniors to fill the pres-idential position. “Honestly, I’m really happy and excited to work with the stu-dents and for them to be proud of the school,” said newly elect-ed Miguel. Alongside Miguel, leading the student body are Vice-President Cherelle Johnson and Secretary Farah Billah, both of whom will both be seniors next year. Despite his young age, Miguel feels that he is indeed ready to be president and ready to face

the responsibilities that come with the position. “I have great hopes and confidence that he will de-velop great skills to be presi-dent,” said George Hayes, Leadership advisor. “He will use those skills to take Hol-lywood to the next level.” According to Miguel’s coun-selor, Heather Brown, this is the first time someone who is not in the graduating Se-nior class has won. “Miguel will make an ex-cellent ASB President. He’s organized, open-minded, hard-working, and he cares about the whole school, not just SAS,” said Brown. The school constitution cites that an individual may

be a junior and run in the ASB election as long as he has completed two years of leadership. Miguel has been a member of leadership since the ninth grade. Unlike last year’s elections, vice-presidential and secre-tarial candidates ran unop-posed this year; however, speeches were still made. To start off the elections in the auditorium, Farah stated in her speech that she is grateful for all the oppor-tunities Hollywood High has provided her. In return, she promises to make the next year wonderful by making sure all of the student body’s concerns are met. “As ASB Secretary, I am go-

ing to be here to support all the students with my best and make some changes to make our school successful. I promise all seniors to make senior year more fun,” said Farah. “It’s a little overwhelming. It just feels like a weight on my shoulders, but I’m excited to have the experience,” said Cherelle. Cherelle’s promises to the students include enhancing school spirit, making her fel-low Sheiks proud, and help-ing the president in anything that is needed.

Sophomore Breaks Tradition by Taking ChargeALEJANDRA MANCIA AND TARA AULTMANCHRONICLE REPORTERS

Man on the Street

Sheiks elect Miguel Larios as Student Body President

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PHOTO CREDIT: STEPHANIE CHAVEZ

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Cars 2 Drives Hollywood’s Budget Forward School may receive up to $117,939 in funding from Disney

PHOTO CREDIT: STEPHANIE CHAVEZ

Miguel will take office as president in his junior year on Sept. 7.

What are you excited about this summer?

Freshman wins Rihanna tickets at The Crimson Chronicle Dance-OffSee Page 7

Crews began construction on theme park in late May and will replace the grass once the park is taken down. It opens on June 24.

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NEWS

Stormy Sacks and others teachers whose jobs were in jeopardy had their layoff notic-es rescinded earlier this month. UTLA Chapter Chair Michael Ulmer’s position was reinstat-ed, as well. As for Magnet’s Ad-vanced Placement United States History Teacher Kristine Wynn, updates on her layoff notice is still pending. The jobs were saved partially because more than 80 percent of the teachers agreed to take

four unpaid furlough days at a voting that took place on June 2 and 3. This means classroom sizes will not increase and will help save teachers from being laid off. The tentative agreement, drafted by both the United Teachers Los Angeles and Los Angeles Unified School District for a year, is composed accord-ing to job restoration, man-aging school money and the number of furlough days. This agreement was in response to the budget crises schools all over LAUSD are facing. Originally, the school district

wanted to cut the school year by 12 days in order to save jobs and money and lower the num-ber of students in classrooms. After protests and negotia-

tions, UTLA managed to get the district to reduce the furlough days to four. Unfortunately for

the teachers, these furlough days are unpaid. With new state revenue en-tering California, schools ex-pected to receive money for their various programs. It was estimated that the district was suffering a $408 million deficit. Three months, after making the estimate, the Unaudited Actual Financial Report estimated only a deficit of $55 million, which means that teachers were being laid off and schools were suffer-ing more cuts than necessary. This school year, it was found there were $150 million un-touched. This money could have

been used to sustain teachers and other essential programs. With the tentative agreement passing, this will allow the jobs of 3,400 teachers to be saved. Yet, 719 teachers will not have that luck. Even with more money com-ing in, there are still layoffs and sacrifices being made by the members of LAUSD. Social Stud-ies Teacher Michael Ulmer’s responded to the situation by saying that students, parents and teachers did not organize themselves well enough to fight for these jobs.

MANUELA CHAVEzCHRONICLE REPORTER

More than 80 per-cent of the teachers agreed to take four

unpaid furlough days

No Tdap Vaccine, No School

Students who are not vacci-nated for whooping cough will not be allowed to enroll in any public or private school for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year. The California Department of Public Health has recom-mended that all incoming 7th-12th graders receive a booster shop against pertussis as of July 2011. Moreover, Assembly Bill 354, chartered into Califor-nia law on Sept. 2010 requires that all students are immunized

against pertussis. Pertussis also known as whooping cough is a contagious bacterial infection that chil-dren are immunized against at a young age and last about 10 years. The booster shot against pertussis (Tdap) has only been around for five years; therefore many students might not have received this vaccination. All parents must show proof of whooping cough vaccination or Tdap booster shot upon en-rolling in school. Students who are unable to verify their im-munization records will not be allowed to enter school and will be turned away at the door.

“Students will be excluded from enrollment, it’s the law that we have to follow,” said

Noel Santiago, school nurse. The school urges all students to visit the school nurse to veri-fy if they have received the Tdap

before this school year ends. According to Santiago, less than 50 students have turned in their immunization records to him. Students who do not have their immunization record can visit the school nurse to inquire whether or not the Tdap boost-er shot is necessary. Those who need the vaccination can receive it for free at the Saban Free Clin-ic. The Saban Free Clinic will provide free immunization to students who do not have medi-cal coverage or only have Medi-cal. The school health center is open Mondays and Thursday from 9:00 a.m-1:00 p.m. All minors must present a

signed parent consent form to receive treatment at the clinic. Students who are over18 years of age can receive treatment without parental permission. Sensitive services will remain confidential. Students have un-til the end of July to receive the Tdap booster shot at the school based Saban Free Clinic. How-ever, they can visit the clinic at any other of its locations to re-ceive free vaccination. If for some reason it is against the student’s religion to receive immunization, the parents or legal guardian must visit the school nurse to receive a waiv-er.

MARIA ALCOSERNEWS EDITOR

A New Ray of Hope for Magnet

“Students will be excluded from en-rollment, it’s the law that we have to follow,” said Noel Santiago, school nurse

Culinary Arts Student Earns Scholarship

Senior Josue Anaya is cooking his way up into the culinary arts. Josue, an HNAS student, was awarded a $17,000 scholarship from Le Cordon Bleu of Pasade-na on May 30. Many students, including Josue, tried to enter the Career to Culi-nary Arts competition. Only one student and Josue qualified to compete. After the competition was over only Josue made it to the finals. Josue cooked Chicken Breast with Crepe, which the judges awarded him with first place. “I went into the competition worried, but I knew I had what it

took to be a winner, and with the help of Mr. Papa, it can be pos-sible,” said Josue.Once he received the scholar-

ship, Josue knew he wanted to pursue a career in culinary arts. He enjoys cooking and gained skills as a young child. “ It’s a lot

of money and now I have a free education and am just really proud of myself,” said Josue.It all started when he wondered into cooking teacher, David Pa-pa’s class in the eleventh grade. Playing around with his friends, Josue got a piece of meat and started casually using an ad-vanced technique. Once Papa noticed he wasn’t part of his class, he was going to kick him out. Mr. Papa looked at the way Josue was slicing the meat; he was impressed and knew Josue had talent. Papa said at that point he knew he had to have him in his class and prepare him for cooking tournaments.

The Third Annual Hollywood High School Golf Classic hopes to raise $13,000 when it takes place on June 30. The Golf Classic was first start-ed by Assistant Principal Marco Tolj as a way to fundraise for scholar athletes at Hollywood High. The Golf Tournament

will take place at the California Country Club in Whittier, CA and will start at 1 p.m. Partici-pation fee is $130 and will in-clude lunch, golf with cart, din-ner and a gift bag. As a big supporter and an administrator within the ath-letic department, Tolj is always seeking ways to fundraise for the sports teams. This year, the golf tournament is bound to be

very successful once again. “The purpose of the Golf Clas-sic is to bring a sense of com-munity to Hollywood, while also raising money for the ath-letes at Hollywood, ”said Tolj. Any Hollywood parent, admin-istrator, alum or affiliate is able to participate and compete for some of the prizes. Some ma-jor prizes are given for Longest Drive, Closest to The Pin, first

place team, second place team and third place team. Monetary and other prizes are donated by businesses in the Hollywood community. This year, the Third Annual Holly-wood High School Golf Classic is bound to see nearly 100 partici-pates, potentially raising nearly $13,000 for the athletic depart-ment. Such contribution would make a great effect on the per-

formance of the students next year. “Everybody worked very hard on making the tournament fun and successful,” said English teacher and baseball coach Cary Cauley who is a regular partici-pant of the golf tournament. “It is very cool to see my cowork-ers outside of the workplace,” he said.

VADYM bUDILOVSkYYCHRONICLE REPORTER

Golf Tournament Promises to Raise Money for Student Athletes

HUGO OSORIOCHRONICLE REPORTER

Scholarship winner Josue Anaya and Culinary Arts teacher David Papa after winning first place in the Career to Cullinary Arts competition.

“I went into the competition wor-ried, but I knew I

had what it took to be a winner, and

with the help of Mr. Papa, it can be pos-

sible,” said Josue.

$17,000 awarded to first place culinary contest winner

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NEWS

PHOTO CREDIT: MARIA ALCOSERDavid Papa, Culinary Arts teacher, poses in the HHS Restaurant kitchen. The restaurant is set to open next semester.

News BriefsWinners of Water and Energy Conservation Contest Six of Hollywood High’s students won an art contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Los Angeles Times. The contest was about bringing awareness to wa-ter and energy conservation. Five of the students were those of Ms. Iamboliyski and one of Ms. Potrovitza. The winners were fresh-man, Juliana Campos; sophomore, Michelle Becerra; juniors Siva Krongkum and Josh Arguelles; and seniors, Diana Monterde-Flores and Juan Romero. Vanessa Jaramillo

Asian Pacific Islander Contest Winners SAS students Cindy Barron and Ike Dayon won the Asian and Pacific Islander contest, which was a two part contest featuring writing and drawing. The contest was sponsored by the Mayor’s Office, Walt Disney Company. Music LA, ABC 7, The Department of Cultural Affairs. The winners received Disneyland tickets and art supplies from Wells Fargo. Ike Dayon’s artwork piece entitled “We Matter” placed him in 3rd place. “I was shocked! I never knew I was going to be 3rd place. I am happy I was awarded something.” Cindy Barron won 1st place in the writing contest. “Words cannot describe my feelings”, said Cindy. Jennifer Guido Parent Summit Hollywood High School parents organized the 1st Annual Parent Summit on June 11th, 2011. The Summit offered a series of work-shops that gave advice to parents on how to broaden their child’s education. Local District 4 Superintendent Dr. Dale Vigil, Board Member LAUSD Steve Zimmer, and Chair Local District 4 CEAC Ro-berto Fonseca attended the Parent Summit to speak to the parents on ensuring the success of their children. Hollywood High School’s SAS Counselor Heather Brown and SAS English Teacher James Carmicle gave presentations to the parents as well. “It was successful in the sense that it was well organized and planned,” said Bilingual Coordinator Florentino Jauregui. “The parents received a lot of information; however, it would have been more successful if more parents were involved.

Bid Adieu to Memorable Teachers

Q: Why are you retiring?A: They closed my metal shop and I was pushed out of my job after 20 years of working here at HHS. Q: How long have you’ve been teaching?A: 30 years. Before I was a T.A. from 1977-1980 until my first assignment in Palms Middle School.Q: What are your plans after retirement?A: Travel, write, and look for a part time job.Q: What was your major accomplishment?A: Teaching and how I greatly affected many stu-dents in great ways.Q: What will your remember?A: The kids I’ve taught because I even got a Face-book to contact my students.Q: What was your favorite part of teaching?A: Always been the kids.Q: What are you going to miss?A: The kids and how this job made me experience all different types of unique personality’s.Q: Are you happy to retire?A: Nah… too young to retire. Q: Any special memory?A: Just the 22 years in Hollywood High.

Q: Why are you retiring?A: It’s time for me to graduate. I want to do something different that doesn’t involve wak-ing up in the morning.Q: What are your plans after your retire-ment?A: I’m going to live in Kansas in the middle of nowhere, but I’m scared because they have tornados.Q: What will you remember?A: The satisfaction of students mastering complex ideas and just seeing them learn.Q: What was your favorite part of teaching?A: Young human beings are remarkable crea-tures and they are better than any pet you’ll possibly ever have and I just love talking to them.Q: Are you happy to retire?A: Ohhhh YES!!!! It feels like waiting in line for the rest room and after 30 years you’re finally at the door.Q: What was your major accomplishment?A: I like to use a quote from Beethoven be-fore he died “I did have some musical talent. Didn’t I?”

Q: Why are you retiring?A: I’ve been teaching for more than 30 years in Hollywood but I want to travel.Q: What are your plans?A: I play competitive scrabble.Q: What was your major accomplishment?A: Hopefully students enjoying my math class and feeling positive about it.Q: What will you remember?A: I will always remember my students, col-leagues, and Friday pot-luck lunches.Q: What was your favorite part of teaching?A: When students have that look in their face “I understand what you’re talking about.”Q: What are you going to miss?A: I’m going to miss working with everyone in HHS.Q: Are you happy to retire?A: I’m ready to retire.Q: Any special memory?A: In 1991 I taught a special math class in the morning, which received special money and we took everyone to Six Flags.

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David Papa’s classroom will be moved to the HHS Restaurant Kitchen as of Sept. 2011. It will be used as a teaching tool to train culinary students with the skills necessary to work in and manage a restaurant. The restaurant was inspired by former Hol-lywood High School principal Fonna Bishop. However, construction of the restaurant finally began during the last school year and ended on the first semester of this year. According to Papa, the QZAB Federal Grant provided the mon-ey necessary to under-take this project, which cost about $1.5 million. The restaurant is now completely finished and furnished with state of the art equipment. Although, there are still minor adjustment that need to be taken care off before the restaurant opens, like the purchase of basic culi-nary utensils and produce, Papa assures that the money needed is available thanks to Current Technical Education. They pro-

vide Papa anywhere between $2,000-$6,000 per year to buy necessary equipment. While Papa teaches his stu-dents in the cafeteria restau-rant, construction is set to begin on Aug. 9 on his current class-room and the adjacent room. They will be upgraded into a

state of the art kitchen. Howev-er, the construction of his room was supposed to be part of the restaurant project, Papa thinks that there is a high possibility of delays. According to plan, construc-

tion will end in approximately two or three years, then Papa will be able to return to his kitchen. The school then plans to hire a professional restau-rant manager to work with the students in the cafeteria restau-rant. Although an on-campus res-

taurant seems like a promising idea to many HHS students, the restaurant will not be able to serve students because of an LAUSD law that makes the school caf-eteria accountable for the nutrition of students. “A lot of people think with their bellies in-stead of with their minds” said Papa. In the future, however, the restaurant might serve selected stu-dents based on atten-dance or GPA. However, Papa does not discard the possi-

bility of the restaurant serving a money making tool for the school in the future. But before it opens as a real restaurant “I’m concerned with teaching the students how to use the equipment” said Papa.

MARIA ALCOSERNEWS EDITOR

Can You Smell What Papa is Cooking?Teaching students to work in and manage a restaurant

Woaria Rashid and Jennifer Guido

Mr. McDonaldMr. Chapple

A wonderful year has passed here at Hollywood High for the Class of 2011. Before seniors move on with their lives, a look back on the cherished and un-forgettable memories is in order. This year, Sheiks had suspenseful football games to thrilling swim meets, and each event has brought something to remember the Seniors by. In between these events, Hollywood has provided both drama and entertainment throughout the year. The year started off with the Hollywood High School Homecoming game. On Oct. 15, 2010, the Sheiks played each quarter for an intense 12 minutes against Santee High School. With a dramatic and overwhelming win, the Sheiks took home the accomplish-ment of winning their first football game of the season. The crowd was thrilled by the immense energy of Leadership, along with the alumni and students. During half-time, the crowd was able to enjoy different club spirits. With the final score of 50-34, the Sheiks raved for the Homecoming dance. The very next day, at seven o’clock in the evening, was the annual Homecoming dance. With people arriving at eight o’clock, the party finally got started. Leadership sold

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FAREWELL SENIORS

PHOTO CREDIT: STEPHANIE CHAVEZSeniors enjoyed an evening full of food, music and dancing at this year’s prom. “Prom night was magical. My date was so voluptuous!” said William Feldman.

PHOTO CREDIT: STEPHANIE CHAVEZ Hollywood Sheiks won their Homecoming game 50-34 against Santee High School. “I though we were rolling on all cylinders on offense but our defense wasn’t there. There’s no way they should have scored 34 points on us. It was a hard-fought game and I’m happy we won. It’s always great to win in front of your home crowd with some new jerseys on,” said Luke Reynolds, Varsity Wide Receiver/Defensive Back.

drinks and chips in the corner by the benches and people were dancing on the gym floor. Throughout the night, people danced to electronic and rap music from the 90s. Students waited as the final tally was tallied for Homecoming King and

Queen. At 10:30 p.m, Nahuel Echevarria and Rocio Delgado were crowned King and Queen and were paid their respects as the night continued for another thirty minutes. Winter season sports, such as soccer, basketball, and foot-ball, began their quest. Each sport with their own competi-

tive side held practice after school for months to come and showed their best on the field. For the last six months, seniors went through different events, such as the senior breakfast, Achieve the Honorable

night, Grad Night, and the Junior vs Senior Powder-Puff game. Senior Breakfast provided students with an opportunity to eat and enjoy an hour of relaxation and recovery from a hard and difficult three years at school. With warm scrambled eggs and bacon, along with toasty tortilla chips, Seniors were fed like kings and queens. Senior Project presentations were held on Feb. 3. Seniors were assigned to vari-ous classrooms throughout campus and gave a 10 minute PowerPoint presentation judged by three adults. With their nerves running wild, seniors were able to control their anxiety to get on with their last se-mester and gave their all to their respec-tive presentations. Following the Senior Project came a new pressure: college acceptances. Seniors had to open letters from colleges to reveal their fate. Masha Andreyeva was selected valedictorian and Afsana Afzal was name salutatorian. By the end of May, the Crim-

son Chronicle revealed SAS and Magnet acceptances. Seniors were now ready to enjoy their last month as Hollywood High Sheiks.

STEPHANIE CHAVEZPHOTO EDITOR

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FEATURES

FAREWELL SENIORS

PHOTO CREDIT: STEPHANIE CHAVEZ Hollywood Sheiks won their Homecoming game 50-34 against Santee High School. “I though we were rolling on all cylinders on offense but our defense wasn’t there. There’s no way they should have scored 34 points on us. It was a hard-fought game and I’m happy we won. It’s always great to win in front of your home crowd with some new jerseys on,” said Luke Reynolds, Varsity Wide Receiver/Defensive Back.

PHOTO CREDIT: STEPHANIE CHAVEZSenior Jamileth Rodriguez said soccer made her year special. “It was really good because I was sur-rounded by peope I really care abou. I liked the season because we had a coach who was there for us, who put a lot of time into us and we did a lot of activities.”

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Senior Prom was held at the USC Wallis Annenberg Building begin-ning at 7 p.m. and ended at midnight. S e n i o r s slowly start-ed to arrive and take pic-tures at the Rose Gar-den. Around 7:30 p.m. li-mos arrived ( i n c l u d i n g one from an-other school before they realized they were at the wrong prom and left). At 8 p.m, the seniors were given dinner and the chance to enjoy their final dances of their high school life. An hour later, Seniors were ready to “boogy-oogy-oogy,” and the DJ started them with some electronic

music to get the flow going. At the end of the night, the Prom King and Queen, Karl Resur-reccion and Katherine Morales, were chosen and the clock struck time to go home. What a memorable night for all seniors! After two weeks came one of the most anticipated event of the year, Grad Night. On June 9, seniors prepared for their all-night party at Dis-neyland. Many high schools came with the hope of enjoying them-selves all night as high school students. With d a n c e s e c t i o n s and long lines as far as four b l o c k s , w a i t i n g for rides was pains-taking. Seniors a r r i v e d at school a r o u n d 6:30 a.m., tired and

sleep deprived. Very few seniors decided to at-tend school that day and were walking through the halls like zombies all day. Those who had

been wise be-forehand and hadn’t used up their ten absences, had gone home and caught up on some much-needed sleep. The only re-maining se-nior privileges are the Senior Luncheon that will be held next week and then gradu-ation on the H o l l y w o o d Bowl on Tues-day, June 21,

2011.

PHOTO CREDIT: VANESSA JARA-MILLO

Mary Sousani, College Counselor, awarded Seniors for their hard work at Achieve the Honorable night.

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Crimson ChroniCle staff

Editor-in-Chief: BREIGH MONTGOMERY

Opinion Editor: KaRINa GalvaN News Editor: MaRIa alcOsER

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Man on the StreetWhat are you looking foward to this summer?

Are you playing favorites? Like it or not, we all play fa-vorites. Both stu-dents and faculty members at Hol-lywood High play favorites when it

comes to the SLCs. From the largest SLC being the School for Advanced Studies to the smallest Teaching Career and Social Justice Academy. When students pick classes that are outside their SLC, it’s likely that they will not be fa-vored for it. Why? Simply be-cause a student in the SLC, which the activity or class is a part of, has preference. The acronym SLC stands for Small Learning Communities, meaning that each SLC is “ob-ligated” to choose their own

students as opposed to students from other SLCs. After all, the whole purpose of creating dif-ferent learning communities is to have students take classes and participate in activities that will enhance their abilities in their chosen SLC. Health Nutrition Arts and Sci-ence students should be able to take a cooking class before stu-dents in the other SLCs and stu-dents in Media and Technology should have preference to take an advanced computer class. When it comes to students that belong to SAS, it is difficult to define the SLC because all stu-dents at Hollywood High have an equal right to take honor and Ad-vanced Placement classes. Still, we hear many students in other SLCs complaining about SAS be-ing the chosen ones to take those

rigorous courses. Isn’t that the whole purpose of the School for Advanced Studies? Either way, mostly all students that attend Hollywood High know or at least acknowledge the exis-tence of SAS, but do we all know what SJ/TCA or HNAS is? More than 50% of the school doesn’t even bother to know about these other SLCs. It’s mainly SAS and PAM and “the rest.” Due to the small size of the SLCs we will now have a more united school by having four SLCs instead of five. Hope-fully with the SLCs having a more balanced size the favoritism or preferences will disappear and no longer be an issue at Holly-wood. Next year lets just hope to be Hollywood as a whole and not just SAS or PAM or any of the rest.

VANESSA JARAMILLOCHRONICLE REPORTER

Interviewed andPhotographed by:Karina Galvan(OP/ED Editor)andJennifer Guido(Chronicle Reporter)

“I’m excited to run most of the time this summer at Big Bear.”

- Alfredo Robles, SAS, 10th Grade

“I can’t wait for basketball practice the whole summer, three days a week. I am also looking forward to the tour-nament.”- Ciera Gordon, PAM, 11th Grade

“I’m excited to take care of my six-month-old baby girl.”

- Marisela Meza, MET, 12th Grade

“ College! COLLEGE GIRLS! Oh, and Kool-Aid.”

- Giovanni Paiz, SAS, 12th Grade

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,I was reading your story when I noticed that the movie mentioned as “Bleep” was said to be by Henry and Chase. Now, I don’t know how that movie belonged to Henry and Chase when I worked my butt off directing that very movie. I know it doesn’t mean much to you but it does to me. It’s as if someone else was credited for the very thing that I worked so very hard for. As a “Film Maker of Tomorrow,” I feel insulted that you gave my short film director’s credit to someone else and I hope you will see the error in your ways and correct it! Or I will curse your name for the rest of my life dragging it in the dirt on every production I do in the future and trust me I will be doing a lot more features.

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L.A. Noire Features Many Hollywood Hotspots EDMUNDO REACHRONICLE REPORTER

Rockstar Games recently re-leased a new video game, L.A. Noire, which features Holly-wood High School. L.A. Noire takes place in the 1940s in Los Angeles and features Cole Phelps, the protagonist of the game, who starts off as an of-ficer working for the Los An-geles Police Department, but gets promoted as the game pro-ceeds. The creators of L.A. Noire are also the creators of Grand Theft

Auto and Red Dead Redemption, but this time the game re-quires critical think-ing skills in order to solve mysteries. The purpose of the story line is to inves-tigate cases just like a real life detective or police officer: dis-covering clues (mur-der weapons, traces of blood, belongings of the victims, pictures of sus-pects, etc.), interviewing sus-pects or witnesses, being able

to read body language in order to figure out whether someone is lying or telling the truth, and

pursuing suspects who try to avoid arrest. Sometimes, sudden missions pop up on the radio from LAPD to assist a fallen comrade, back up an officer, or to help prevent individuals from committing suicide. This time, graphics are better than ever. While one is in the car driv-ing through L.A, he can vividly and clearly see

buildings, parks, and people. The civilians have human-like movements instead of robotic

motions. Prominently featured in the game are Hollywood High School’s legendary skate spots: the Hollywood 12 and Holly-wood 16 staircases located next to the auditorium. Many pro-fessional and non-professional skaters have skated on these famous stairs. Other video games like Tony Hawk: Ameri-can Wasteland and Tony Hawk: Underground have also featured Hollywood High because of the publicity this skate spot has re-ceived in the past few years.

Paolo HilaJoseph Anguiano

Nahuel EcheverriaBryan Kim

Cassandra GodinezMarionne Segismundo

Catherine JotieChris Del Cid

Joseph AnguianoNahuel Echeverria

Catherine JotieCassandra Godinez

Joseph AnguianoCatherine Jotie

Winner: Joseph Anguiano

Dancers Show Off Moves to Win Rihanna Tickets

ON FRIDAy, JuNE 3, 2011, Performing Arts Magnet premiered their spring musical, Chicago. A tale of murder, vengeful women, and a slick lawyer, Chicago proved to be a success during its two-weekend run. Pictured above: (from left to right) Shayanne Ortiz, Trevor Chandler, Jade Hill, Mae butryn, Max Herrera, and Jordan Mantor reprise the songs of Chicago to end the show.

PHOTO CREDIT: MANuELA CHAVEZ

Chicago: Murder, Sex, and Lies Sell

L.A. NOIRE FEATuRES Hollywood High School, re-named belmont High school in the game.

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CATHERINE JOTIE, Senior, congratulates Joseph Angoiano, Freshman, in the Final Round of the Crimson Chronicle Dance Off on June 8.

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