Youth Initiatives & Journalism
Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, a place to belong, is the smallest high school in LA Unified. It is proud to take a personal interest in each student and offer a nurturing, family-oriented learning environment. The hands-on curriculum focuses on Journalism and Communications. It also offers honors and AP courses, dual enrollment college courses, and a sports partnership with Birmingham Community HS. Some electives are robotics, video and music production, photography, and newspaper publishing, chorus, guitar, and music composition, and music production.
The school achieved 100% graduation for three years, 95-99% enrollment in college post high school, and are in the top 4% of high schools in the nation, per US News and World Report. It is also the home of award-winning "The Pearl Post" school newspaper.In 2016, the Los Angeles Press Club recognized The Pearl Post as High School Newspaper of the Year, stating that "The Pearl Post combines an exciting range of articles, photos, and opinion pieces in a well-organized layout, making it easier and quicker to find sections of interest and, thus, keeping its readers coming back for more."[11]
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