The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo
Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 110, No. 16 - April 22, 2021
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A Celebration for Our Schools
The El Segundo Unified School District held a small ribbon cutting ceremony at El Segundo Middle School to mark the completion of the school’s administration building modernization project. “This first ribboncutting
ceremony under Measure ES is a significant milestone celebrating the physical manifestation of the District’s Long-Range Facilities Master Plan,” said Dr. Melissa Moore, ESUSD superintendent during the
ceremony. “I extend a sincere thank you to our community for coming together for the successful passage of Measure ES. YOU have made this all possible! Thank you to ESUSD employees, board members,
community leaders, and most importantly to the voters of the City of El Segundo, for your support of our students at the El Segundo Unified School District!” Photo courtesy El Segundo Unified School District.
El Segundo Architect Frank
Glynn Still Sailing Forward
By Duane Plank
Those of a certain age may remember the
musician Christopher Cross and his top-selling
vinyl ditty single, Sailing, which rose to the
top of the music charts, inexplicably, more
than 40 years ago? Well, I am of that “certain
age,” and remember immediately switching
the dial on my little transistor radio when
the Cross tune was played, ad nauseum, by
KHJ or some other commercial-filled Los
Angeles AM radio station.
“Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always
heard it could be just a dream and the wind
to carry me. And soon I will be free,” were
some of the, at least to me, cheesy lyrics.
While the tune “Sailing” may not have
been my cup of tea---back then, I was probably
Middle School Students
Take on Community Project
Provided by Crystal Winner
El Segundo Middle School (ESMS)
is proud to offer the International Baccalaureate
Middle Years Programme (IB
MYP). Each year the 8th-grade students
at ESMS complete a community project
which is a fundamental component of the
IB MYP and serves as a capstone project
since it requires the students to integrate
the skills they have acquired through the
IB MYP. Students identify a need within
their local, national, or global community.
Usually, students can choose to do direct
in-person or indirect action to address the
need. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, we
modified the community project this year
so that students could safely complete the
project by asking the students to complete
the advocacy or raising awareness project
only. The students used the UN Sustainable
Development Goals as a springboard for
the project. They first reviewed all the
goals and then picked one that resonated
with them individually. The students
were then tasked to develop a social
media campaign, create a public service
announcement, or write letters to editors
or elected officials to advocate or raise
awareness for their specific project goal.
The Herald received two submissions
for publishing. One letter from Daniel
Mikula and Kent Yada, and a second
letter by Stefan Lazarevic and Michal
Sochur, which are below. Congratulations
students and good job!
favoring the obviously superior lyrics of
Aerosmith or KISS, --- it turns out that the
competitive sport of sailing, and the friends
and connections made, ended up guiding El
Segundo architect Frank Glynn, originally
from Dublin, Ireland, to the friendly confines
of El Segundo.
Glynn, the design principal and founder
of SAGA Architecture, has blueprinted office,
residential, and retail buildings in El
Segundo and other environs for more than
three decades. One Glynn design, a Bel Air
mansion, sold for a cool $17-or-so million.
Shari Wilson is trusting Glynn to build
her new residence in town. After talking to
multiple people, Wilson said that she selected
Glynn to be her architect because he was
“honoring the things that we wanted, was not
pushy at all…he was really easy to talk to
and got our vision. He wanted to make our
vision come to life. I could not have asked
for a better architect; he has nailed it for us.”
But the El Segundo resident is much
more than a successful architect. He gives
back to the community; he has served as
the El Segundo Rotary Club president, is
currently the chairperson of the El Segundo
Education Foundation (Ed!), and is also in
his second stint as a member of the school
district’s Facilities Advisory Committee.
El Segundo Unified School District (ESUSD)
Superintendent Melissa Moore values
Glynn’s contributions to the community. She
emailed that “Glynn is not only a talented
architect, but a community leader, serving
as Chair of the Education Foundation and
serving on the Facility Advisory Committee.
He is committed to making a difference in
the lives of ESUSD students by leveraging
his expertise as a leader and volunteer. His
contributions,” she continued, “are thoughtful,
See Frank Glynn, page 7 El Segundo Architect Frank Glynn
See Middle School, page 11
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