Long Beach Honors Courses Draw 300+ Students
More than 300 Long Beach Unified School District high school students with outstanding talent in math science or art were invited to summer honors classes. Programs ran five senior high and five junior high offerings with instructors including Charles Peterson James Schowaller Marvin Johnson James Luter John Jenkins Ross Shickler Gene Allen Norman Karkut Walter Cramond and David Arnold.
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Long Beach Unified School
Louis Cook
Marvin Johnson
James Luter
Polytechnic High School
John Jenkins
Miltikan High School
Long Beach
Dorothy Buerger
Ross Shickler
Gene Allen
Norman Karkut
Walter Cramond
David Arnold
Public School Calendar Highlights and Holidays
The calendar shows the start of the first semester, first quarter end dates, Thanksgiving and Christmas recesses, and second semester starts for elementary and high school. It lists Lincoln and Washington birthdays, end of third quarter, spring vacation, Memorial Day, and the final end date in June.
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Elem
HLS
LBCC
Lincoln
Washington
Many Tongues Offered Language Labs Updated
Long Beach Unified School District and Long Beach City College will gain ultra modern language laboratories this fall. Federal funding from the National Defense Education Act supports about half the cost. Level I labs serve junior highs, Level II labs serve senior highs and City College with booths and master consoles.
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Long Beach Unified School
Long Beach City College
Whch
Jack Rhodes
Rhodes
Newcomb
Avston
Central Offices In Major Revamp By Board Of Education
The Board of Education approved a major central office reorganization including two new associate superintendent roles Vernon Hinze and Francis Laufenberg to oversee operation of schools and services to schools. A total of 45 administrative changes were approved, effective July 1 or at the new school year, with transfers and promotions across the district and Donald P. Ashley named director of personnel.
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Board of Education
W. Odie Wright
Wright
Vernon 4
Hinze
Francis Laufenberg
Long Beach City College
Donald P. Ashley
Enrollment Forecast for Long Beach Schools Spurs 100000 Mark
The Long Beach Unified School District projects nearly 100000 students this fall across 77 district schools and Long Beach City College expecting about 26000 registrations. Predictor Paul Borgfeld cites precise counts by school level and campus, including senior high totals for Avalon through home teachers and junior high and elementary enrollments.
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Long Beach Unified
Long Beach City College
Paul Borgfeld
Borgfeld
Avalon
Boyd
Jordan
Lakewood
Millikan
Polytechnic
Reid
Wilson
Home
Bancroft
DeMille
Franklin
Hamilton
Hill
Hoover
Hughes
Buffum
Burbank
Burcham
Burnett
Burroughs
Carver
Cleveland
Cubberley
Edison
Emerson
Field
Fremont
Gant
Garfield
Gompers
Grant
Hat
Naples
Newcomb
Nightingale
Prisk
Riley
Roosevelt
Signal Hill
Stevenson
Sutter
Tincker
Tucker
Twain
Webster
Whittier
Willard
Joan Mitchell Never Left Long Beach Schools
Joan Mitchell, a 23 year old longtime Long Beach resident, begins a sixth grade teaching career at Signal Hill Elementary next month. Born and educated in Long Beach, she embodies the city’s homegrown teacher ideal, with plans to substitute after marriage and to pursue further study while remaining in Long Beach schools.
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Ralph Hinman JR
Long Beach
Joan Mitchell
Apert
Signal Hill
Miss Mitchell
Mint
Long Beath
H.R. Mitchell
California Heights
Joan
Eli¢He
Hi-Hill
Idyhwild
All Nation
Los Angeles
Wrightwood
Retired Captain to Head Two Naval ROTC Units
Capt. Kermit W. Montz, retired from the U S Navy after 25 years of service, was chosen to lead two new Junior Navy ROTC units at Wilson and Lakewood High Schools as part of a national pilot program. The district already runs three Army ROTC units at Sordan Poly and Millikan, creating a full service-connected training setup for large high schools. Col Harvey L Stockwell will continue directing the Army outfits. Capt Montz recently completed a ner administrator assignment.
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Kermit W. Montz
U.S. Navy
Wilson
Lakewood
Navy
Army
Sordan
Poly
Millikan
Louis Cook
Montz
Cook
Harvey L. Stockwell
Amy
Books Still Key to Knowledge in Long Beach Schools
In the 12th Naval District Captain Montz, a former commander of Navy transports, is assisted by Chief Gunner's Mate Bobby D Foster as a naval science instructor at USC NROTC. Long Beach Unified School District will deploy over five million textbooks across 77 schools with access to vast library collections. Superintendent W. Odie Wright emphasizes reading as the key to knowledge and aims to produce many book-loving students, noting typical pupils use 30 to 40 books yearly as reading grows with progress.
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Tion
12Th Naval District
Navy
Marine and Amy
South Vietnam
Montz
Bobby D- Foster
Naval Science
University of Southern California
Long Beach Unified School
W. Odie Wright
Wright
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Juan
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Hughes Junior High
Harold Glenn
Fress-Telegram
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Portia
Thomas Dunphy
Ray Morey
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Long Beach State College
Kenneth Appelgate
Camp O-Ongs
San Gabriel Mountains
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Nicholas Hardtman
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Shelly's Tall Girl Shops
Pine Ave
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Redande
Belmont Shopping Center
Bellflower
Bellflower Blvd
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