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  • May 26Graduation will take place on Friday, June 11 at 5:00 p.m..
  • May 26The Class of 2021 Drive-Thru Graduation Celebration is planned for Monday, June 7.
  • April 21DPMHS reopens for hybrid learning starting April 26.
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,

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
In November, 71 DPMHS students responded to an online survey about the academic and mental distance learning and returning to school in person.

Students’ mental health, grades takes a toll during distance learning

Jessica Melkonyan
November 17, 2020
Connection Check: Students keep communication alive via video chat

Connection Check: Students keep communication alive via video chat

Jessica Melkonyan
November 16, 2020
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