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Santa Monica Daily Press JUNE 6-7, 2015
Volume 14 Issue 177
GOLD AWARD SEE PAGE 11
A center for discovery Crossroads School science facility nearing completion BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a multi-part series about the new science complex at Crossroads School. 21ST ST Lamenting a smudge of wet gray paint on his hand, Bob Riddle quickly realized he shouldn’t have grabbed the railing as he climbed an exterior flight of stairs on the building under construction at Crossroads School. But the longtime educator and current principal wasn’t going to let such a minor annoyance dampen his spirits for long — not on a day when the sun was shining, a light breeze was blowing and crews were working on one of the most ambitious projects in the 44-yearhistory of the Santa Monica private school. At the back of what the
Surf wars in summer of 1915 BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This is part of a monthly feature that tracks Santa Monica’s history by compiling notable city happenings from a century ago. The stories are found in old newspaper archives.
Crossroads community affectionately calls “the Alley” stands a $20million, 25,000-square-foot Science Education & Research Facility that is scheduled for completion this summer. The building will house the middle school and high school science programs, and campus officials envision it as a center for discovery, experimentation and collaboration, a place for students to grapple with complex problems in an era of innovation and rapid technological progress. “The big question is, ‘Where is science moving?’” project manager Elaine Nesbit said during a walkthrough of the unfinished building. “The idea was to build this for the future of teaching science, to make it as flexible and changeable as possible. Very few people know SEE SCIENCE PAGE 6
New Samohi football coach chosen from field of 30 School official: Lambert ‘perfect person’ to lead program
SANTA MONICA OF YORE Shots rang out
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN
in a battle between rival fishermen in the summer of 1915, according to the Los Angeles Times archives. A Japanese fisherman was stepping off a pier ladder and onto his dory when Austrian fisherman on the pier began to chuck trash and fish boxes at the man. He pushed off and rowed quickly out of their range so the Austrians turned on residents of the Japanese fishing village.
SAMOHI The Santa Monica-Malibu school district assessed 30 applications and interviewed eight candidates in a search that yielded Ramsey Lambert as Santa Monica High School’s new football coach. Lambert arrives after one season in his first head-coaching gig at La Canada and replaces Travis
SEE HISTORY PAGE 7
SEE COACH PAGE 7
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Santa Monica High School held its graduation ceremony on Thursday June 4. Following the ceremony, several hundred students returned to campus for the annual Grad Night celebration. See pages 8 & 9 for more photos.
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