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Beach debris creates whale of a problem incorporate into the whale. The bagged debris is being stored inside the see-through On your next stroll down the sculpture as well, creating a boardwalk, as you pass Wash- visible reminder of the scourge ington Boulevard, try not to be of littering. At the reveal, the startled by an oversized work whale already displayed four of art at the former site of the bags of refuse. “Every week, Hebrew Academy of Long when we clean the beach, you’ll see the belly fill Beach. Susan Gallo, up,” Gallo explained, a Long Beach resi“so that, by the end dent and homeof the summer, just school teacher, this little part of along with her Biothe beach, this is swale Club, have how much we clean created a nearly up.” life-size sculpture Two months ago, of a whale in the Gallo worked with property’s courtstreet artists and yard. muralists to create The monument artwork on the was built primarily abandoned buildof plastic bags, bot- SUSaN GaLLo ing’s exterior, as tles and bottle caps environmental reported in “Mural that were taken off advocate celebrates ‘Many the beach during Hands, One Earth,’” cleanups, and it was publicly revealed on June 8, in the Herald’s April 16-22 issue. World Ocean Day, after nearly Gallo’s husband, Darren Gallo, owns the property management two months of assembly. Gallo and her daughters — company that oversees the Avellina, 13, Fiora, 11, and building, which helped to make Toni, 6 — have been making the art a reality. That project once-weekly patrols along the improved the aesthetics of the beach, between Washington unused structure and dissuadand Grand boulevards. They ed further vandalism. Long Beach resident Alex have collected trash and recyclables to either dispose of or Continued on page 14
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erica parler, a fifth-grader, explained what life was for the first students of West elementary in 1926 — including daily tests, ink-dipping fountain pens and the threat of wearing a dunce cap.
West Elementary celebrates 100 years with a look back By CHRIS CoLUCCI ccolucci@liherald.com
“We are so proud celebrating 100 years at West school,” Principal Amy Dirolf said. “We have spent the year doing various event that highlight 100 and what it means to be 100.” After a full school year of recognizing the school’s 100th birthday, the students and staff of West Elementary spent Tuesday taking an imaginary journey back to the 1920s. Dirolf, whose father graduated from West in 1959, explained that the fourth- and fifthgrade classes turned the school gym into an
interactive museum, guiding the younger students through a series of educational exhibits to highlight different aspects of life during the school’s earliest days. “This is beyond our expectations,” Assistant Principal Sarah Kugelman said. “The students really were able to gather so much information about what life was like 100 years ago and then come up with a plan on their own about how to teach the younger students and bring history to life.” A series of 10 stations were set up throughout the gym, each featuring a different aspect of life in the 1920s. Students Continued on page 10
very week, when we clean the beach, you’ll see the belly fill up.