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  • March 10Grades for 10-week report card due on Thursday, March 23
  • March 10No school on Friday, March 31 for Cesar Chavez Day
  • March 4Friday Game Night from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the MPR on Friday, March 24
  • March 4Minimum Day on Friday, March 24
  • March 4Open House from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 23
  • March 4SAT Exam for juniors in the MPR on Wednesday, March 22
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

LAUSD unions hold massive rally, prepare for strike

Gabrielle Lashley, Naamah Silcott, and Grant Asner
March 17, 2023
Workers in the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and their supporters unite on March 15 for a rally at Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles, where a three-day strike for SEIU members was announced.

SEIU plans to hold a three-day strike in search of higher wages

Satenik Ayrapetyan and Elizabeth Rose
March 17, 2023
A student holds a phone, which displays a no internet connection screen.

WiFi problems linger months after hack

Jason Arevalo
February 13, 2023
Sylvia Garcia, a Bassett Street Elementary School teacher, shouts into a megaphone during a United Teacher Los Angeles rally on Dec. 5. The rally involved hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) employees, who gathered next to LAUSD Local District Northwest headquarters to call for higher salaries and smaller class sizes.

UTLA members call for higher pay, smaller class sizes during local rally

Delilah Brumer and Angela Ledesma
December 6, 2022
Journalism teacher Adriana Chavira gives Opinion Editor Satenik Ayrapetyan tips for designing pages for The Pearl Post.

LAUSD rescinds suspension of journalism adviser

Gabrielle Lashley
September 21, 2022
The Pearl Post recently received the First Amendment Press Freedom Award from the Journalism Education Association. Despite this, the district has attempted to censor us.

Editorial: ‘They don’t respect us as student journalists’

September 6, 2022
Journalism teacher Adriana Chavira speaks to students and parents at Back to School Night on Aug. 25.

Journalism teacher Chavira suspended after refusal to remove information from article

Gabrielle Lashley
September 6, 2022
Over the course of the past five years, enrollment at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School has steadily decreased. However, there was a huge drop in enrollment during distance learning in the 2020-2021 school year. As seen in the graph, the number of students who registered for enrollment at the beginning of the school year remained about the same at the end of the year.

DPMHS enrollment continues to decline

Delilah Brumer
June 2, 2022
On Feb. 14, Alberto Carvalho began his new job as superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District. Prior to this, Carvalho served as the former superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

‘I am first and foremost guided by the needs of students’

Delilah Brumer
April 25, 2022
Students work independently, while wearing masks, during third period Spanish 3 on March 22.

LAUSD to lift indoor mask mandate tomorrow

Rikka Dimalanta and Gabrielle Lashley
March 22, 2022
Juniors Giselle Khalil, Vince Gillen and Nancy Medrano hang out outside during lunch without masks on Feb. 23.

LAUSD lifts outdoor mask mandate, student reactions mixed

Jessica Melkonyan and Rikka Dimalanta
February 23, 2022
English teacher Dejanae Sharp talks with seniors during Period 4 today. Many students showed up at DPMHS on Friday despite threats nationwide on TikTok earlier this week.

Nationwide school shooting threats prompt concern among students

Alan Ruiz and Nickalas Lembo
December 17, 2021
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