Lawndale Tribune AND lAwNDAle News The Weekly Newspaper of Lawndale Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - June 1, 2017 Addams Middle School Unveils Chevron Media Center The Lawndale Elementary School District recently unveiled the new Chevron 21st Century Media Center at Jane Addams Middle School. The lab is equipped with HP Chromebook Carts, 50” LED Television Monitors by LG, Frontline AV Controllers, a Dell Touchscreen Kiosk Library Catalog, tables for collaboration, and modern comfort chairs. This new space will offer students invaluable resources for research, critical thinking development, educational discovery, and collaborations with their peers. Photo, from left to right: Dennis Perry, Addams Middle School Principal; Ann M. Phillips, LESD Trustee; Lily Craig, Chevron External Affairs Manager; Cathy Burris, LESD Board President; and Dr. Ellen Dougherty, LESD Superintendent at the ribbon cutting ceremony at Addams. Photo Provided by LESK Timely Advice for Graduates, Families About Student Loans By Rob McCarthy the Institute noted. A college education in California was free The class of 2017--from Westwood to not that long ago. The University of California Long Beach--is positioned for success in system didn’t charge residents tuition before the tech-heavy job market in the region and 1970, and two-year community colleges like South Bay. The pressure of final exams is El Camino were free to attend until 1985. behind them, however, another deadline is on Even graduate students got a free ride. To the horizon. Students must being repaying the class of 2017, the era of a free education their loans in six months unless they remain must sound like ancient history. in school and pursue another degree. Today’s college students leave campus What happens though when a job search more than $30,000 in student debt, according goes longer than six months or an entry-level to figures from the government and private job doesn’t pay enough to cover monthly lenders. They enter a university with an interest living expenses and student loans? Well, it in science, education, medicine or business. depends on who issued the loans. They leave four or five years later with a loan balance and six months’ reprieve before the first loan payment--plus interest--is due. Some families are questioning whether a college education is worth the price anymore, considering that it might take 10 or 20 years to pay off the student loans. Naysayers are quick to point to people like Bill Gates who quit college to start Microsoft. Yet, wage and employment data from the U.S. Labor Department support going to college and earning a degree despite the odds that a student will graduate with a debt load equal to his or her annual starting salary. No question that college is an expensive proposition for young adults and parents, yet a college degree equates to higher pay, according to the Economic Policy Institute. It compared 2015 wages of college graduates vs. high school graduates in the workforce and found 56 percent higher pay for a college diploma. The current job market clearly favors college graduates because of the shift toward automation and technology in the workplace, Free Digital Delivery Herald Publications is now offering to send you a link to your favorite community newspaper every Thursday morning! The emails will also include a list of upcoming local events. Just email us at: web@heraldpublications.com and tell us which local community newspaper you’d like. Simple as that and free!!! Whether a loan was issued by the federal government or a private student loan company, every student and family considering debt relief or asking for a deferment to repay should remember “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” Scams and dishonest companies exist that only make a student borrower’s financial situation worse. There’s no good reason to pay for student debt relief because “a company can’t do anything you can’t do for yourself,” the Federal Trade Commission advises student borrowers on its website (www. See Student Loans page 8 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................8 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............2 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................4, 6-7 Pets........................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Mostly Sunny 70˚/61˚ Saturday Sunny 72˚/60˚ Sunday Mostly Sunny 70˚/60˚
Lawndale_FB_060117_FNL_lorez
To see the actual publication please follow the link above