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https://tinyurl.com/lausdartstoolkit

Teacher Resources

Museum Science Institute

School Mural Requirements

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LAUSD Toolkit for the Arts - Google Drive

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Located on the 2nd Floor of LAUSD Beaudry Administrative Offices Headquarters. Desks, furniture, and objects are from the original Heritage Schoolhouse Museum, previously called the Vernon Avenue Schoolhouse and originally built in 1876.

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For reservations visit  https://tinyurl.com/lausdmuseum 
Located on the 2nd Floor of LAUSD Beaudry Administrative Offices Headquarters. Meant to resemble a late 19th-century classroom, objects in the exhibit tell the story of LAUSD’s formation, administration, programs, and display miscellaneous historical items commonly found in a classroom. Desks, furniture, and objects are from the original Heritage Schoolhouse Museum, previously called the Vernon Avenue Schoolhouse and originally built in 1876. 


The Museum is available by appointment only. Appointments are FREE. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 9 am – 5 pm, excluding federal holidays. For reservations visit  https://tinyurl.com/lausdmuseum You must obtain pre-authorization for visitor parking to receive validation.

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https://tinyurl.com/lausdmuseum

OPEN Tuesdays-Thursdays 8am-4pm, excluding federal holidays. CLOSED MONTH OF JULY. The Museum is available by appointment only. Appointments are FREE.

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Get a FREE guided tour of historical items found in a late 19th Century classroom.
Los Angeles Unified School District Administrative Headquarters 333 S. Beaudry Avenue, 2ⁿᵈ Floor, 02-211, Los Angeles, CA 90017 Security requires your name for entrance to the building. For school groups contact the Curator at 213-202-8684 or
cp-Cintia.Romero@lausd.net
Visitor Parking Information

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We do not have school Yearbooks or Class Photos at the LAUSD Student Records Center or the LAUSD Art Archive.   Most schools have copies of yearbooks at their library, for review purposes only. Old yearbooks can be found online.

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This presentation features American Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander artworks in the LAUSD Art & Artifact Collection/Archive. Scan the QR Code to learn more!

https://vimeo.com/1063408967

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This presentation features American Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander artworks in the Los Angeles Unified School District Art & Artifact Collection/Archive and Museum
Scan the QR Code to learn more!

LAUSD Art & Artifact Collection/Archive and Museum
www.lausd.org/artarchive
cp-cintia.romero@lausd.net

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Native American Artwork in LAUSD Collection

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Native American Artwork in LAUSD Collection

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This presentation showcases Native American, Indigenous and American Indian artwork in the LAUSD Art & Artifact Collection/Archive. https://vimeo.com/1063306220?share=copy#t=0

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Native American Artwork in LAUSD Collection

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This presentation showcases Native American, Indigenous and 
American Indian artwork in the Los Angeles Unified School District Art & Artifact Collection/Archive.

LAUSD Art & Artifact Collection/Archive and Museum
www.lausd.org/artarchive
cp-cintia.romero@lausd.net

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Virtual Gallery of Paintings in the LAUSD Archive

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Virtual Gallery of Paintings in the Archive

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Virtual Gallery of Paintings in the Archive

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Virtual Gallery of Paintings in the LAUSD Art & Artifact Collection/Archive.

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Paintings in the Los Angeles Unified School District Art & Artifact Collection/Archive.

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This book is only a small sample of the amazing influence that the thousands of Women Teachers, Administrators, Staff, Contractors and Volunteers of the Los Angeles Unified School District have had on their communities and the world.

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http://tinyurl.com/lausdWPA

LAUSD schools contain and preserve a vast number of New Deal Era artworks. Reconstruction of over 130 schools following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake were funded as Federal Public Works Projects allocated through the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Public Works Administration (PWA).

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ALL ABOUT LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NEW DEAL ART AND BUILDINGS HTTPS://WWW.LAUSD.ORG/ARTARCHIVE You can find everything in this document, Scan the QR Code or Visit http://tinyurl.com/lausdWPA Art & Artifact Collection/Archive and Museum

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(Facilities Services Division) Shows aerials of schools and the transformation of the LAUSD community.

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/12yKWcz6OdJNMvsA_EgQ2mzc0lDc0YgpK/view?usp=sharing

All donations are outright and unconditional gifts to be used at LAUSD’s discretion.

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bit.ly/artinventoryform

Fill out this form for inclusion of your school’s art and artifacts in the Online LAUSD Art & Artifact Collection/Archive Database available at www.lausd.org/artarchive

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Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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LAUSD Board of Education Records 1875-2012 

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LAUSD Board of Education Records 1875-2012 

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Now at UCLA Library, Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

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Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education records

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LAUSD History of Schools (Chronology), 1855-1972

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LAUSD History of Schools (Chronology), 1855-1972

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(Educational Housing Branch School Planning Division, Third Edition, January 1973) lists current and closed schools, centers and sites.

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LAUSD Historic Context Statement, 1870 to 1969

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LAUSD Historic Context Statement, 1870 to 1969

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(Sapphos Environmental for the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, March 2014) explores over a century of development of the LAUSD.

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Looks into the history of the Los Angeles School System and the City of Los Angeles. This site is no longer live so some links may not work.

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This Information Technology Division Internet Project is currently
under construction. It will be expanded and updated regularly.
Treasures explores the history of the Los Angeles School
System and the City of Los Angeles. We invite you to use the various
sites to explore areas of interest and to jump to related sites which
will provide enrichment and more detailed information.

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Student Records and Data Management (SRDM)

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Student Records and Data Management (SRDM)

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This is the official online application to request archived student records and/or transcripts for former K-12 students, adult learners, and students with special education services.

Securely request transcripts, immunization records, and more.

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Online Application for Student Records Requests

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Chicano student leaders demonstrated the power of nonviolent resistance with the 1968 student walkouts; this site features resources and historical photos.

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50th Anniversary of East L.A. Walkouts / 50th Anniversary of the East L.A. Walkouts

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Mendez v. Westminster, the case that led to the desegregation of California schools and was a precursor to Brown v. Board of Education, which followed nine years later.

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Mendez on “Mendez”: High School Students in Boyle Heights Write About the Desegregation Case After Which Their School Is Named | Los Angeles Review of Books

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The students of Mendez High School in Boyle Heights write a book about the influential but little-known school desegregation case after which their school is named.

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Cuneiform Tablet Collection in the USC Inscriptifact Digital Image Library

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Cuneiform Tablet Collection in the USC Inscriptifact Digital Image Library

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Venice High School had an on-campus Latin Museum (1932-1997) of antiquities from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, including vases, tools, and cuneiform tablets dating as far back as 4,000 years. The Classical League of Downtown Los Angeles and Principal Mr. E.W. Clark (1917-1938) donated much of the collection.

(USC Archeology program, May 2009) Inscriptifact Digital Image Library, which allows access to over 3,000 high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions and artifacts in the LAUSD Archive.

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Oil lamp with seated Minerva, LAUSD AA128

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Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin 2016:1

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Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin 2016:1 (© Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative ISSN 1540-8760 Version: 24 November 2016) was made with the cuneiform translations. Written in Sumerian, the earliest written language, cuneiform tablets have triangular indents made by a small stylus, which makes wedges.

<http://cdli.ucla.edu/pubs/cdlb/2015/cdlb2016_001.html>

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Under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal, artists hired for the U.S. General Services Administration, Fine Arts Program (1935-1943) created public art for many LAUSD schools. livingnewdeal.org

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Use this website to explore New Deal sites, find summaries of New Deal programs, watch videos about the New Deal, follow policy debates, and more. For more about the Living New Deal, see the bottom of the page.

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The Living New Deal can help you learn about the New Deal, one of the most remarkable eras in American history. Use this website to explore New Deal

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Teacher’s Resource Materials for High School; California’s New Deal Project (© California Historical Society, 2010)

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https://www.ghsac.org/

The Gardena High School Art Collection is widely acknowledged as one of the outstanding collections of California Impressionism in the country.

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JUNE 20 - DECEMBER 30, 2023 Fort & Atwell Galleries | BLOWING ROCK ART & HISTORY MUSEUM GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School: 1919-1956 was developed for the hundredth anniversary of the Gardena High School Art Collection (GHSAC) in 2019 and illustrates the unlikely history of a communal approach to collection-building and a microcosm of California's modern art history. BRAHM is pleased to announce that it will be hosting this exhibition in the summer of 2023. This will be the first occasion that the Gardena Collection has been exhibited on the East Coast and further cements the Museum's role as an important site for interpreting early American Modern painting, including Impressionism, figurative, landscape and genre painting. Accompanying the exhibit is a catalog of over 200 pages with color plates of the entire collection and interpretive analyses of its historical background and artistic significance. A century ago, an exceptionally focussed art collection was born out of the recommendation of a school principal. He urged the senior class of Gardena High School to gift the school with an original landscape painting by artist Ralph Davison Miller. Thus began an unprecedented annual tradition:

For nearly 40 years, each senior class selected, purchased and donated works of art to the school, ultimately amassing an exceptional permanent collection of paintings. Each gift was carefully selected and purchased from an artist of note, often reflecting historical content from that year. The high level of sophistication demonstrated by the students' choices was the result of the aesthetic discourse and collaboration nurtured by the school.

Today, the Gardena High School Art Collection is widely acknowledged as one of the nation's outstanding collections of early 20th century California art, with works by some of the state's most celebrated artists. Through more than 40 paintings, GIFTED traces the history of Southern California art in the early 20th century, when plein-air painting and the Arts and Crafts movement were flourishing, and chronicles the school's ambitious efforts within the wider cultural scene of Los Angeles at that time. GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956 is organized by the GHS Art Collection, Inc. in association with the Gardena High School Student Body and curated by Susan M. Anderson. BRAHM's presentation of this exhibition is generously supported by:
The Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust, The Catsman Foundation, Monica & Chip Perry, Lou Gottlieb & Gloria Lipson, Our State Magazine, Anonymous Donor, Monkee's of Blowing Rock.
https://www.blowingrockmuseum.org

Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education is pleased to announce GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956, organized by the GHS Art Collection, Inc. in association with the Gardena High School Student Body and curated by Susan M. Anderson. The exhibition featuring 50 paintings will open at Palos Verdes Art Center September 17, followed by a public reception, September 24 from 6 to 9pm. Docent tours will be available Tuesdays and Saturdays during the run of the show, from 10am to noon and by appointment. Contact Gail Phinney, Community Engagement Director, at The exhibition and accompanying catalogue chronicle the history of the school's ambitious endeavor within the context of the wider cultural scene in Los Angeles, revealing that a broader public than was previously known-one driven by educational rather than economic values-participated in the development of Southern California art. gphinney@pvartcenter.org to schedule an appointment.

A Fundraising Campaign for Wachtel Painting Conservation

The Santa Barbara Coast, 1924
by Elmer Wachtel (1864-1929)
84 x 48 inches, oil on canvas
Winter Class of 1926

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We appreciate the donations for the Wachtel conservation from the following alumni and friends:

Yvonne Boseker, Frank Davies, Ronald Evans, Paul and Joanna Giuliano, Sheldon Keith, Margaret Locarnini, Susan Negrete, Robert and Gloria Paulus, Perry Saupe, Glen Keith, Emily Woo, Stephen and Debra Dinsmore-In memory of Michael Chaffin Dinsmore, Terreah Dietel, Elena Boulter, Meiko Inaba, Thomas Kibler, Russell Morimoto, Paula and Andrew Pentaleri, Roth Fine Art Appraisals, Nick Williams, John Young, Carol Langston, Jo Anne Yamato, Jacqueline Ledbetter, Dennis Perkins, Joyce Ishimoto, Loren Sanladerer, Judy Larson-In memory of Gary Block, Nancy Roebuck, Barbara Bauer, Tony Bressickello, Melissa Cronin, Bruce Harvey, Calvin and Marsha Hobel, Richard Barnes, Stephen Andress, Stephen and Debra Dinsmore in memory of Michael Chaffin Dinsmore, Carol Langston, Amy Grat, Steven Kimberly, Dave Gregerson, the Cobble Family-In memory of Joan Cobble, Joyce Yamagishi, Carol Cromer Szuba, Edwin Wong, Karen Langston-In memory of Arlene Strunk, Rosemary Gambrell Krumme, Myron K. Schlaegel, Richard and Marian Enright, Juanita Veil, Patrick Greene, David Miyoshi, Nick Polizzi, Teresa Rosales, Edmund Russ, Mary Jane Dench Rudie in memory of Darlene Dench Becktel and Robert Becktel, Rosemary Gambrell Krumme, Sheila & Gary Younkin, and The Palos Verdes Art Center: The Circle.

In memory of Eiko Moriyama:

Bruce Dalrymple, Michael and Margie Draper, Craig Ihara, Carol Kofahl, Los Angeles County Art Education Council, Florence McAlary, Pamela Nokes Rockwell, Janet Halstead Sinclair, Jane Tokubo, Bea Walker, Kathy Zimmerer-McKelvie, Jean Sloss Sargeant, Steve Lock, and Nancy Lindahl.

The Santa Barbara Coast, 1924

Elmer Wachtel (1864-1929)
84 x 48 inches, oil on canvas
Winter Class of 1926

Updated Spring 2023
Dear Supporters of the Gardena High School Art Collection, This is the current status of the art collection in Spring 2023. Most of the paintings in the collection have been cleaned and conserved. They are insured and are currently in professional art storage. Over the past four years the collection has been exhibited at the Hilbert Museum at Chapman University, the Fresno Art Museum, the Oceanside Museum of Art, the Thousand Oaks Museum of California Art, and the Palos Verdes Art Center. In June this year, for the first time, we are excited to announce that fifty of the paintings will be traveling out of state to the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum in North Carolina. This will be the first appearance of the collection on the east coast. The extensive restoration of "The Santa Barbara Coast" by Elmer Wachtel (a gift from the winter class of 1926) will soon be finished. Many thanks to all those of donated towards this costly restoration. Our long-range plan is to find a permanent home at an established museum so that the paintings will be displayed for the public to appreciate, and for students in the Gardena community to have access to them during field trips. The museum would take on the responsibility and expense of properly caring for the collection, including costly insurance and storage. The GHS Art Collection Board is currently responsible for the ongoing expenses of the collection and does not have the resources to support these costs indefinitely. We are hopeful that a permanent home can be secured within the next few years.
A beautiful book, Gifted: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956 , was published to accompany the collection. It includes photos of all the paintings and a history of the collection written by art historian Susan M. Anderson. This book is available for purchase on our website (www.ghsac.org).
Please consider donating to the GHS Art Collection so that we may continue caring for the collection and making it available for the public. To donate, please send a check to GHS Art Collection, P.O. Box 111, Gardena, CA 90248. You may also donate on this website. Your support is greatly appreciated. Donations are tax deductible. Tax ID#: 37-1591566

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The Gardena High School Art Collection is widely acknowledged as one of the outstanding collections of California Impressionism in the country.

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Non-profit organizations like the Hollywood Beautification Team received neighborhood grants from the City of Los Angeles to hire an artist to paint murals at schools. FREE database of public Los Angeles' Mural History linking artists, murals and neighborhoods.

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MCLA maintains a FREE database of Los Angeles' Mural History linking artists, murals and neighborhoods. The foundation of this database was shaped by Robin Dunitz' book "Street Gallery", the first true compilation of Los Angeles public murals. The MCLA website allows submissions of murals created recently in Los Angeles, forming an ever growing archive joining the historic with the new.

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Online directory of more than 230 separate archives/collections dedicated to improving access to Los Angeles history.

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Find an archive by searching the L.A. as Subject Directory Portal-- a centralized dynamic space where over 250 L.A. as Subject members promote, share, and bring awareness to the archives that document L.A. and Southern California history. The Directory Portal also connects the public to the individuals and organizations caring for these collections in order to preserve the diverse stories and cultural heritage of Los Angeles through primary source material.

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This timeline reflects this distinguishable experience in education through the highlighting of significant events, cases, institutions, and organizations related to Black education. King/Drew Magnet High is extremely proud of 2006 Alumni Dr. Jarvis Givens and Dr. Imani Perry unveil the Black Teacher Archive.

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The Black Teacher Archive - CURIOSity Digital Collections

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The history of African American education is both a part of the history of education in the United States and, simultaneously, apart from the broader story of American schooling. This is especially the case when considering the long history of legal exclusion from public schooling and then racially segregated schooling experiences by black people, as well as the educational traditions they created as a critique of (and alternative to) such anti-black norms in the United States. This timeline of significant events, reflects this distinguishable experience in education. The timeline highlights significant events, cases, institutions, and organizations related to Black education.

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The history of African American education is both a part of the history of education in the United States and, simultaneously, apart from the broader story of American schooling.

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Became the Heritage School House: a museum meant to capture the evolution of education in Los Angeles.

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Heritage School House Once upon a time LAUSD’s Art and Artifact collection was featured in a reconstruction school house. Though tod…

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What began as the Farmdale School District served by a wood-frame schoolhouse was annexed by LAUSD in 1915.

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PCAD - Farmdale School District, Farmdale School, El Sereno, Los Angeles, CA

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Read about Farmdale School District, Farmdale School, El Sereno, Los Angeles, CA -- historical significance, designers, and related information (structure type: built works - public buildings - schools) .

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In 1966, the building was renovated as the school library and recognized by the City of Los Angeles as a historic landmark.

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Established in 1896 as San Fernando Union High School

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Established in 1896 as San Fernando Union High School

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San Fernando High School (SFHS) holds the distinction of being the third oldest high school in Los Angeles.

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Kuruvugna Springs Cultural Center and Museum

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Kuruvugna Springs Cultural Center and Museum

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(The Gabrielino-Tongva Springs Foundation) Established to preserve and protect the Kuruvungna Springs area at University High School, a community organization that is involved in educating the public about the history, as well as preserving the cultural and historical resources of the area.

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Kuruvungna Village Springs – Gabrielino-Tongva Springs Foundation

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Cheviot Hills History: Alexander Hamilton High School 

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Cheviot Hills History: Alexander Hamilton High School 

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(Jonathan Weiss) Historical photos and information about Hamilton High School and the surrounding areas.

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Alexander Hamilton High School – Cheviot Hills History

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In fall 1931, Alexander Hamilton High School opened in the Palms section of Los Angeles. It served Culver City, much of West Los Angeles, and families up to Mulholland Highway to the north. Thomas Hughes Elson (1879-1942) was the principal.

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(Samuel Dorame) Historical photographs of Nora Sterry School, The Wee Bruin Newspaper and West Los Angeles (Sawtelle)

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(Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society) Historical photos of Eagle Rock First Schools, Central, Rockdale, San Raphael, Dahlia Heights, Delevan, Toland Way, Eagle Rock High School and Occidental College.

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Schools | Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society

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What did Robert F. Kennedy Community School look like before when it was The Historic Ambassador Hotel?

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New Open World Academy Geo Class Project Site

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The Legend of the cat: "Room 8" who lived at the school for 15 years as told by Teacher Ms. Lee and the students of Elysian Heights. Keyword search "Room 8" in the database to see the school's artwork.

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The Legend of the cat: "Room 8" who lived at the school for 15 years as told by Teacher Ms. Lee and the students of Elysian Heights

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-15/frida-diego-boyle-heights-teenage-parents-roosevelt-high-married-muralists

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The ‘Frida and Diego’ of Boyle Heights return to Roosevelt High as married muralists

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They were teen parents with no art degrees, but love and family sustained them. Their L.A. high school alma mater has welcomed them back as accomplished painters.

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The Earliest Special Education Programs at LAUSD

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The Earliest Special Education Programs at LAUSD

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(UCLA Library Center for Primary Research and Training Scholar Bri McKenna) Provides insight into early special education programs using materials they processed in the LAUSD Board of Education records.

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Written by UCLA Library Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) Scholar Bri McKenna

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A Well-Intentioned Start: The Earliest Special Education Programs at LAUSD | UCLA Library

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The UCLA Library creates a vibrant nexus of ideas, collections, expertise, and spaces in which users illuminate solutions for local and global challenges. We constantly evolve to advance UCLA’s research, education, and public service mission by empowering and inspiring communities of scholars and learners to discover, access, create, share, and preserve knowledge.

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(UCLA Center X) Many of these lessons focus on local history and the diverse communities of Los Angeles.

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Workshops and Historian Talks that you can Play & Pause. The UCLA History-Geography Project is part of the UCLA Center X family and one of the sites of the California History-Social Science Project. We provide professional development, opportunities for history and ethnic studies teachers in Los Angeles county and beyond.

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Curriculum UCLA History Geography Project

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Curriculum UCLA History Geography Project

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(UCLA Center X) The materials here can be downloaded and used in K-12 classrooms for both in-person and remote learning.

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The materials here can be downloaded and used in K-12 classrooms. Many of these lessons focus on local history and the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Materials on this page are copyrighted by the University of California. # locallyoriented

We collaborated with the City of Santa Monica to develop curriculum commemorating the history of African American visitors, residents and business owners in the south beach neighborhoods, including Belmar. The curriculum includes lessons for 3rd and 4th grade teachers, 8th grade US History teachers, 11th Grade US History teachers, and Ethnic Studies teachers. The curriculum is aligned to the California History-Social Science Framework and the California Common Core Standards for Literacy in History. They are available for both face-to-face instruction and remote teaching.

3rd & 4th Grade: What actions did people take in order to live freely in my community? What informed actions can we take today?

Add the remote teaching lessons to your Google Classroom:

8th Grade: How did the African Americans of Santa Monica and Los Angeles challenge racial discrimination and segregation at beaches to form community spaces during the 1900s?

11th Grade: How can memorials help us understand continuity and change in our community?

Ethnic Studies: What can we learn from the hidden history of African American resistance to institutionalized racism in Santa Monica?

United States History Lessons

Special Projects with Local Partners

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Curriculum - UCLA History-Geography Project - UCLA Center X

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The materials here can be downloaded and used in K-12 classrooms. Many of these lessons focus on local history and the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Materials on this page are copyrighted by the University of California.

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(Edmund Sass, Ed.D., Professor Emeritus of Education, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University) Education-related timelines, important individuals, laws, court cases and essays.

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This law, which reauthorizes the ESEA of 1965 and replaces the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels, and provides penalties for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress toward meeting the goals of NCLB.

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Los Angeles County’s Public School Origins, 1854-1855

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Los Angeles County’s Public School Origins, 1854-1855

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(Paul R. Spitzzeri, Homestead Museum, 2017) Universal free public education for elementary through high school age children was still a pretty new concept when the City of Los Angeles opened its first public school at the corner of Spring and 2nd Streets in 1855.

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Getting Schooled with Los Angeles County’s Public School Origins, 1854-1855 -The Homestead Blog

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by Paul R. Spitzzeri Universal free public education for elementary through high school age children was still a pretty new concept when the City of Los Angeles opened its first public school at th…

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The LA History Archive (Stephanie Christian, Aimee Dozois & Sharon Sekhon, 2007) Timeline of women’s history covering global, national, California state and Los Angeles local events from 7,000 B.C. to 2006 C.E

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Toypurina (1761 - 1799): In 1785, Tongva shaman Toypurina participated in a conspiracy to destroy Mission San Gabriel at the age of twenty-four years old. Born and raised in the Gabrieliño village Japchivit near Mission San Gabriel, Toypurina saw firsthand how the missions destroyed her culture and people. When questioned about her role in planning the revolt, Toypurina defiantly stated: “I hate the padres and all of you, for living here on my native soil, for trespassing upon the land of my forefathers.” Although banished to Mission San Carlos Boromeo in Carmel, after her release Toypurina went on to be baptized (though historians argue over her intention in doing so) and married a Spanish soldier named Manuel Montero. The couple produced three children.