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  • June 7Grad Nite for the Class of 2024 on Wednesday, June 12
  • June 7Graduation of the Class of 2024 at 5:30 p.m. at Mulholland Middle School on Tuesday, June 11
  • June 7Senior Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 11
  • June 7Last day of instruction on Tuesday, June 11
  • May 31Minimum Day on Monday, June 10
  • May 31Finals schedule is from Wednesday, June 5 - Friday, June 7

The Pearl Post

The student news site of Daniel Pearl Magnet High School in Lake Balboa, CA
The student news site of Daniel Pearl Magnet High School in Lake Balboa, CA

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Video: Virtual Voice

January 15, 2013

We have a new weekly video feature where The Pearl Post staff will ask students questions about current issues or events. In this week’s video, Opinion Editor Patrick Avognon asks students about the Newtown, Conn., shooting and school safety.

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Thats a wrap for the Class of 2024
That's a wrap for the Class of 2024
Senior Daniel Hernandez chooses his meal from the LAUSD food truck that visited campus on May 30. Students and faculty were able to choose from a taco, burrito, salad or nachos with the option of fruit on the side.
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A member of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) shouts into a megaphone outside the Local District Northwest Main Office during the strike on May 16. UTLA members and families are picketing to hold the district accountable for campus safety on school grounds.
UTLA protests for districtwide school safety after recent security risks
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Junior Vanessa Gonzalez hugs senior Alejandra Iniquez during prom at the Orchard Conference Center on April 27.
Seniors, juniors enjoy dazzling prom night
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Students react to potential ban of popular color-dyed snacks
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Math and Portuguese teacher Gonçalo Sousa is held up by seniors after the graduation ceremony on June 11.
Caps off to Class of 2024
Seniors from the Class of 2024 and their guests attend the Senior Dinner and Awards Night on May 30.
New senior contract aims to improve senior attendance next school year
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Class of 2024 prepares for graduation next week
English teacher Christopher McAdamis, who will be leaving the school, teaches his 10th grade English class how to write compare-and-contrast essays on May 16.
English teacher McAdamis to transfer schools
Junior Aidan Ly observes as video production teacher Mark Middlebrook shows how to edit a video for a project during period 4 on May 17.
Video production teacher retires after 14 years of teaching
A new plagiarism policy will be installed for the upcoming year. Its purpose is to combat students use of artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT and Google Translate.
New plagiarism policy planned for next school year
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Print Editor-in-Chief Alan Ruiz and Online Editor-in-Chief Rikka Dimalanta hold the Southern California Journalism Education Association’s (SCJEA) California All Star second place award, the National Scholastic Press Association’s (NSPA) first place Best of Show award for website design and NSPA’s fifth place Best of Show for newsmagazine.
Editorial: Signing off with great achievement
Content on social media, garnered for more older audiences, have gained traction to preteens who’ve yet to grasp adulthood. Preteens and younger should cherish their adolescence wholeheartedly rather than being consumed by the pressures of growing up.
Amidst the increasing pressure to grow up, kids should value their adolescence
Journalists First Amendment rights should be consistently protected and shouldn’t be undermined by authorities and college officials.
Editorial: Respect for First Amendment must be guaranteed for student journalists seeking to inform
Amid the digital age, unsuspecting users can succumb to subscribing to radicalized content that can garner harmful ideologies that prejudice others. Social media platforms with massive audiences must ensure that the spread of harmful content, that can transpire into dangerous events outside the internet, must be prioritized.
Extremism online sows dangerous seeds of radical thought
The need for courses that prepare students after high school are crucial to understand the world past studying. Entwining important life skills, such as learning to save and opening a bank account, should become included in general education.
Teach skills that prepare students beyond high school
While students get to meet with the school social worker three times a week and psychologist only once a week, there needs to be consistent mental health support throughout students hectic school lives. Without anyone for students to talk to, this fuels fire to a growing mental health crisis facing schools across the country.
Students deserve adequate mental health support at such a small school

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