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PAGE 11 SURF REPORT .........................................PAGE 13 Volume 18 Issue 191 @smdailypress @smdailypress Santa Monica Daily Press smdp.com SMMUSD committees offer New bus connects popular suggestions for next school year MADELEINE PAUKER VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DISTRICT Daily Press Staff Writer ADVISORY COMMITTEE destinations downtown The committee is advocating for Next school year, English high school graduation requirements learners in local schools may get to include one year of visual and special help in math, the school performing arts in addition to one district could hire two mental year of foreign language. health professionals and more The committee is recommending elementary schoolers might be able expanding dance classes to more to take dance classes. grade levels at elementary schools Santa Monica-Malibu Unified and add district-funded dance School District’s advisory classes at Lincoln, Malibu and committees will present their annual SMASH Middle Schools, as well as reports to the Board of Education at Malibu High School. its Thursday meeting. The reports It also wants to add district- include recommendations for funded theatre classes during the changes to be implemented in the school day at John Adams, Lincoln coming school year. Here are the and SMASH Middle Schools. proposed changes the school board will discuss. SEE SMMUSD PAGE 10 Courtesy of Big Blue Bus MADELEINE PAUKER Monica Pier and Beach, Ocean Avenue, the Third Courtesy Photo Daily Press Staff Writer Street Promenade, Santa Monica Place and the SMLL: The Santa Monica 10U Little League All-Stars began Downtown Santa Monica Expo Line Station. tournament play Monday. Manager: Michael Balsley (center) There’s a new way to get around downtown Route 45 will travel in a loop around Colorado Co-Coaches: Michael Kadish (left), Robbie Sikora (right). Top Left: Santa Monica this summer. and Ocean Avenues, Santa Monica Boulevard and Charlie Balsley, Eli Kadish, Leo Sikora, James Reyna, Joshua Cote, The Big Blue Bus’ Route 45 will travel between Broadway. From the Expo Line station, customers Eli Gutierrez. Bottom Left: Leo Weatherford, Ethan Joyce, Ravi downtown’s most popular destinations between Chernack, Theo Rogers, Rocco Simpson, Jordan Anderson, Johnny July 1 and Sept. 2. The bus will stop at the Santa SEE BUS PAGE 10 Gereau, Jesse Riche Calendar 2 TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019 Visit us online at www.smdp.com What’s Up Westside OUT AND ABOUT IN SANTA MONICA Tuesday, June 25 main characters of color. Join librarians as they share their favorite reads from Walk-In Tutoring: Basic this recent wave of diversity. For adults Reading, Writing and and teens. Computer Skills Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main Friendly volunteer tutors provide help Street. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with basic reading, writing, and computer skills; using the Internet to search for Soundwaves: Elliott Sharp information; opening and using an email Experimental music icon Elliott Sharp account; filling out online forms or appli- reads from his new memoir ‘IrRational cations; learning how to write a resume Music’ and plays solo guitar. or cover letter; and more. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard. 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Boulevard. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Summer Activity Program: Thursday, June 27 California Joe’s Magical Space Odyssey Toddler Time Embark on a magical space odyssey and Story series for toddlers ages 18 to 35 explore the cosmos like never before! months at Montana Branch. June 13 - Ages 4-11. Free tickets will be available July 25 [A ticket is required to attend. at 2:00pm. A limited number of tickets are given Pico Branch Library, 2201 Pico Blvd. out on a first-come, first-served basis, 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. 15 minutes before the program, at the Information Desk. Computer Class: Get Started With 3D Printing Paws to Read Learn the basics of 3D printing and Practice your reading skills by reading design by completing a guided project to a trained therapy dog from Paws during this 90 minute class. To register, 4 Healing. Sign-up in advance for a email [email protected]. 15-minute period starting June 17 in Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main person or by calling (310)458-8682. Street. 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Program runs from June 27 - August 3 (no session on 7/4). Montana Avenue City Council Meeting Branch Library, 1704 Montana Avenue. Regular Meeting of the Santa Monica 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. City Council. City Hall, 1685 Main St. 5:30 p.m. SM Reads: Author Talk: Ghettoside with Jill Leovy First released in 2015, Jill Leovy’s Wednesday, June 26 Ghettoside provides readers with a nuanced, multi-viewpoint window into Santa Monica Certified the plague of homicides impacting the Farmer’s Market (Downtown - Watts community in Los Angeles. Ms. Wednesday) Leovy joins us to share insights gained The Wednesday Farmers Market is wide- in the reporting and writing that went ly recognized as one of the largest and into Ghettoside, and the reaction that most diverse grower-only CFM’s in the followed the book’s publication. nation. Some nine thousands food shop- Main Library, 601 Santa Monica pers, and many of Los Angeles’ best Boulevard. 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. known chefs and restaurants, are keyed to the seasonal rhythms of the weekly Wednesday Market. Friday, June 28 Third Street Promenade, 1351 Third Street Promenade. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mat Pilates Learn the techniques of Pilates, a sys- SM Reads: We Read Diverse tem of controlled exercises Books #WeNeedDiverseBooks that engage the mind and condition the Angie Thomas stands at the top of a total body. recent wave of diverse literature written Montana Avenue Branch Library, 1704 by female authors of color or featuring Montana Avenue. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. For help submitting an event, contact us at 310-458-7737 or submit to [email protected] Local Visit us online at www.smdp.com TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019 3 COMMUNITY BRIEFS Santa Monica screening and a picnic, These events are sponsored by the organizations that include Arlington West Memorial volunteers seek public involvement About Face (formerly Iraq Veterans Against the War), Veterans For Peace, Ground Game, and A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. For more information about this campaign visit https:// The veterans of Veterans for Peace Los Angeles and their volunteer supporters seek aboutfaceveterans.org/drop-the-mic-campaign/ people to join them at the Arlington West Memorial in Santa Monica, California. The Background on Arlington West -Veterans For Peace is a national, non-profit US memorial is an all day event held every Sunday. veterans organization with about 140 chapters across the USA & around the world that is Everyone supporting peace – both peace groups and individuals – are welcome to seeking to abolish war. The Arlington West Memorial in Santa Monica has been set up come and spend time at the memorial as long as they wish, bringing their messages of and taken down every Sunday by the LA Chapter without missing a single Sunday since peace and interacting with the thousands of visitors there during the summer. February 15th, 2004 – over 15 years to date. The memorial seeks to educate the public One does not have to be a veteran to be a part of the memorial experience. Shade, about the reality of militarism and war. chairs, lunch, water & juice, and camaraderie are provided for free to all memorial The Arlington West Memorial Santa Monica is one of five memorials erected by volunteers by the veterans. Veterans for Peacechapters on the west coast, and it is the only one that is still set up on a Volunteer Activities - This Arlington West Memorial is created every Sunday at the weekly basis. The other memorials are set up periodically around Tacoma/Seattle, Santa ocean’s edge on Santa Monica Beach, immediately adjacent to and north of the Santa Barbara, Huntington Beach and close to Camp Pendleton near San Diego. Monica Pier. The memorial is a weekly installation project of Veterans for Peace Los In the past, the Arlington West Memorial Santa Monica has received a commendation Angeles. Its purpose is to remember those military service members who have died in from the City of Santa Monica, a regional “Salt of the Earth” award from Radio Station the wars of Afghanistan and Iraq and to illustrate the human cost of war. KPFK (one of 5 Pacifica Radio Network stations with hundreds of affiliates), and a There are many different ways people can help out at the memorial. Folks of all ages national award from the national office of Veterans for Peace in St. Louis, Missouri. are welcome to participate. Parents or guardians should accompany children. Activities Getting to the Memorial – TheMetro Expo Line goes directly to the Santa Monica that memorial volunteers can engage in every Sunday during the summer include: Pier regularly during ·Before 10:00 am – help set up the memorial’s crosses Sundays, arriving at the Colorado Street station - about four long blocks walking ·From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm – straighten up crosses, upkeep the memorial, and talk distance from the beach and memorial.