The Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) received a “C” rating for failing to support minority students by the Education Trust-West.

Prom may be scheduled for a Friday next year, throwing student plans into conflict.

The Santa Monica City Council unanimously passed the Sustainability Bill of Rights (SBR) on Apr. 9 after the Samohi Solar Alliance (SSA) and Team Marine clubs backed the bill over the past year.

Lack of computers for student use remains a concern among staff and administration, as plans for Samo’s shift from physical to computer-based state testing next year unfold.

Samo’s curriculum will drastically change over the next two years as part of a national shift toward the Common Core Standards, which adjust the focus of school from content learning to application.

Samohi University, a professional development session for Samo faculty to share its strengths and interests with each other, will be today, Wednesday, April 24.

Samo students Eli Brown ('13) and Ryan Roberts ('14) will tour with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), a newly formed orchestra of the best musicians in the United States, for a month during the upcoming summer.

This summer, a select few classes will be offered for free to students as part of the Ed Ahead program, instead of the array offered last year by the Santa Monica Education Foundation (SMEF) for $595 per class.

In the late ’60s, civic-minded high school and college students would get together for anti-Vietnam war protests, demanding peace and love. Nowadays, they are protesting a different war, the war on the environment.

Over the span of the last two years, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) pushed forward its calendar, a change that has caused unintended consequences for students and staff.

Many students were turned away from the annual Associated Student Body (ASB) blood drive in partnership with the Red Cross on Feb. 12.

Students responded passionately to the plans of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) to picket Samo on Feb. 25., organizing a “wall of humanity” in support of gay rights.

This semester, Samo teacher Daniel Escalera stepped down from the position of co-Athletics Director, leaving social studies teacher Marisa Silvestri the only person with the position.

Samo students Ryan Tepper (’13) and Julian Mickelson (’13), also co-president of the Samohi Solar Alliance (SSA), are competing in the 2013 Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge.

Previous Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) parents Laurie Lieberman and Maria Leon-Vazquez were elected president and vice president of the Board of Education, respectively at their Dec. 13, 2012 board meeting.

Samo administrators have worked to streamline the school tardy policy, while a revised detain system is still in the works, according to H-House Principal Leslie Wells.