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  • March 28Field trip to the Grammy Museum on Thursday, April
  • March 28No school on Monday, March 31 for Cesar Chavez Day
  • March 28Fiesta Friday during lunch in the grove on Friday, March 28
  • March 18Minimum Day on Friday, March 21
  • March 18SAT School Day for juniors in the MPR on Thursday, March 20
  • March 1810-week grades due on Thursday, March 20
  • March 28Field trip to the Grammy Museum on Thursday, April

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

The Pearl Post
Alice Curran

Alice Curran, Copy Editor

Alice Curran is a Copy Editor for The Pearl Post and Design Editor of Prestige Yearbook. Alice is in her senior year and this is her second year on staff. She looks forward to contributing to her senior year yearbook. Alice is also excited to graduate and start a new chapter in her life. She plans on traveling as much as possible and attending college next Fall. In her free time she enjoys hiking, listening to music, reading, watching Netflix and hanging out with Eva. She also loves loves spending time with her fellow yearbook editors: Eva Kaganovsky, Angel Rivera, Michael Chidbachian and Zachary Gephart-Canada. Alice can be contacted through Twitter at @aliicecurran.

All content by Alice Curran
On March 24, thousands of people gathered across the country to march for stricter gun control amidst the recent fatal mass shootings.

[Photo] Teachers should aim to teach, not to kill

Farah Faiza and Itzel Luna
February 12, 2019
Charity Price has also contributed to PearlCo by donating pins buttons and stickers.

Price donates buttons and bags to be available at PearlCon

Alice Curran
May 1, 2018
Students from across the nation have organized walkouts for gun reform since the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14.

[Photo] Nationwide walkout continues fight for our lives

David Eskichyan and Rudraj Koppikar
April 18, 2018
Aerie Yearbook's adviser Sarah Lerner held a session about how to cover tragedy in a school's publication.

[Photo] Students take home multiple awards at national journalism convention in San Francisco

Kirsten Cintigo
April 17, 2018
Speakers at the March For Our Lives event included young celebrities such as Yara Shahidi, Willow Smith and Skai Jackson as well as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Thousands gather in Los Angeles for March For Our Lives

Alice Curran
March 26, 2018
Thousands of Salvadorans will be in danger of being deported as TPS comes to an end.

[Photo] Policy threatens to deport a generation of immigrants

Rudraj Koppikar
February 13, 2018
Other than women’s rights, the Women’s March in Downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 20 advocated for many groups such as immigrants, people of color and the LGBT community.

[Photo] Immigrants worry as temporary protected status ends

Julissa Rangel
February 13, 2018
Freshman Gabriela Gomez does a cheer with her team before the Homecoming game. The Birmingham Patriots beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 41-6.

[Photo] Fireworks and a win mark Patriots homecoming

November 3, 2017
The library is one of the many places students can volunteer over summer.

Volunteer opportunities for summer

Alice Curran
June 2, 2017

Spring Concert 2017 from The Pearl Post on Vimeo.

Students greet spring with a show

Michelle Kaganovsky
May 31, 2017
Host Stephen Shaffter directs volunteers at the second annual Pearl Con.

Students enjoy the second Pearl Con with new faces

Alice Curran
May 30, 2017
Google brings tech to fashion

Google brings tech to fashion

Alice Curran
April 26, 2017
photo from getconfide.com

App of the Month: Confide

Alice Curran
March 15, 2017
Junior Harmony Sanchez practices her hip-hop choreography as junior Sandra Ortega watches.

Dance Club brings entertainment to Fiesta Fridays

Alice Curran
March 8, 2017
Only a single moment caught in the historic women's march that speaks a thousand words.

See through the eyes of marcher at the L.A Women’s March

Alice Curran
January 23, 2017
After Election Day on Nov. 8, hate crimes targeting race, religion, sexual orientation, gender or physcical disabilities have occurred all over the country in the hundreds. President-elect Donald Trump went on air to call a stop to the crimes that offenders have put under his name.

Hate crimes increase after Donald Trump elected president

Angel Rivera and Alice Curran
December 15, 2016
Freshman Gabriella Angos rests on the side of the pool after the Birmingham Community Charter High School vs. Culver City High School game. BCCHS’s junior varsity team lost 13-4.

Girls water polo plays to keep their championship

Alice Curran
December 12, 2016
Seniors Janay Lewis and Emily Rodriguez look at a car that was totaled in an accident caused by texting while driving. In One Instant Teen Safe Driving Program educates students about the consequences of driving while intoxicated and of using a cell phone while driving.

In One Instant warns against distracted driving

Alice Curran
November 8, 2016
Very few freshman students attended the freshman class elections where class representative nominees spoke to fellow peers, providing a glimpse into the low enrollment at this school.

Students need to show school spirit on campus

Alice Curran
October 27, 2016
Junior Lisset Bayardo sits and looks over her choices of president as well as senators and propositions.

Students get a taste of the importance of voting

Alice Curran
October 11, 2016
Students of Daniel Pearl Magnet High School improve slightly but are still in the lower ranks of scores in the state.

Test scores on the rise

Alice Curran
September 20, 2016
For every 15 minutes that a person doesn’t touch their phone, UNICEF will provide a day of clean water for a child in need.

UNICEF app challenges people to put down their phones, provides clean water for children

Alice Curran
April 22, 2015
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