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  • May 29Senior Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 8 in the MPR
  • May 29Social Media Safety Presentations in the MPR on Friday, June 2
  • May 29Senior Dinner and Awards Presentation in the MPR from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31
  • May 29No school on Monday, May 29 for Memorial Day
  • May 14Senior/Junior Prom on Friday, May 19 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Tarzana Cultural Center
  • May 14CA Science Testing for juniors from Tuesday, May 16 to Thursday, May 18
The student news site of Daniel Pearl Magnet High School in Lake Balboa, CA

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

The Pearl Post
Learning loss due to distance learning is still affecting students and needs to be addressed.

LAUSD must provide resources to remedy reality of learning loss

Delilah Brumer
October 14, 2021
Juniors Jenica Felicitas, Angela Ledesma-Grattarola and Naamah Silcott take an online exam during their second period AP Environmental Science class at DPMHS after coming back to school from distance learning.

Learning loss still affects students while on campus

Draven Lukata
October 14, 2021
After more than a year of distance learning, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School reopened for distance learning on Apirl 27. Junior Daniel Husany and parent representative Magaly Ruiz talk during lunch during the first day of hybrid learning on April 27. “It’s weird, seeing people in person, Husany said.

Lack of social interaction negatively impacts students in quarantine

Nancy Medrano
May 4, 2021
After some debate over whether Advanced Placement and standardized testing should resume as normal despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, both are scheduled to resume in full length. This decision is the source of stress for many underprepared students and upset teachers. Photo from CCNULL.de

Standardized, AP testing continues for underprepared, stressed students

April 27, 2021

DPMHS prepares for changes as campus reopens

Delilah Brumer
April 20, 2021

Teacher’s perspective on mental health

Valery Barrera, Digital Media Editor
April 20, 2021
As LAUSD plans to reopen schools amid the coronavirus pandemic, students and teachers are forced to prepare for a stressful transition. Photo from AP File

LAUSD’s rushed reopening plan risks unnecessary stress, exposure to coronavirus

March 25, 2021

Reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic

March 16, 2021
Click on the house icon to read what each student has to say about the year in distance learning.

Reflecting on one year of distance learning during pandemic

Valeria Luquin
March 12, 2021
Daniel Pearl Magnet High School Student Media staff conducts meetings through Zoom, seeing each other only two to three times a week. Staff writers, magazine editors and Prestige Yearbook editors use their limited time to connect and produce content.

Student journalists persist ‘against the odds’ despite pandemic, strained communication

February 26, 2021
In February, 71 DPMHS students responded to an online survey about their experience with Edgenuity and the Booster module.

Students’ Edgenuity struggles persist through second semester

Gabrielle Lashley
February 23, 2021
In February, 69 DPMHS students responded to a survey about how their sleep schedule has been disrupted during distance learning.

Students’ sleep schedule out of sync

Jessica Melkonyan
February 19, 2021
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