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Third graders in Redondo could return to campus by end of month
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by Donald Morrison
Redondo Beach Unified School District third graders could return to school in two groups, as soon as Wednesday, Feb. 24 and Thursday, Feb. 25, under a plan reviewed by the school board at its Tuesday, Feb. 9 meeting.
Redondo students in transitional kindergarten through second grade returned to school in two groups on Monday, Feb. 2 and Wednesday, Feb. 4.
“The first week of in-person instruction has been full of eye smiles, laughter and a sense of community, unlike any other year,” said Birney Elementary Principal Mira Baskaron in a Zoom comment posted during the meeting.
Sean Denhart lit up the diamond at Seahawk Stadium and the lives of all who knew him
by Rachel Reeves
There’s a #9 on the pitcher’s mound at Seahawk Stadium.
It’s a salute to Sean Denhart, a proud Redondo local who spent some of his most treasured moments there, on that diamond. He died suddenly of heart failure on Dec. 30, two months after the Dodgers won the World Series. He was 32 years old.
When Denhart would drive past the baseball field on Prospect and Vincent with Taylor McBride, his girlfriend of five years, he’d proudly point it out. “Babe,” he’d say, “there’s my office.” She teased him every time, about being in his thirties and reveling in the days of glory, when he was a star pitcher on Redondo Union High School’s varsity team and known in the South Bay for throwing a fastball 94 miles per hour. Her sarcasm was affectionate, as theirs mostly was.
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UPDATE: The approximately 500 vaccinations slots on Saturday at AdventurePlex in Manhattan Beach have been filled. BCHD is awaiting a new allotment of vaccination doses and will reopen for appointments when the new doses become available. Check back at a future date at MyTurn.Ca.Gov Beginning this Saturday, April 17, COVID-19 Pfizer vaccinations will be available from the Beach Cities Health District at their AdverturePlex children’s play center, at 1701 Marine Avenue in Manhattan Beach. The vaccinations will be administered from…
The Journalism Education Association recently named Redondo Union High School’s newspaper/yearbook advisor Mitch Ziegler the H.L. National Yearbook Adviser of the Year for 2020.