March 16, 2010
January - February 2010 Issue
\\ ENTERTAINMENT
Book reviews (January - February 2010)
Looking for good reads, check out Fast Food Nation, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and The Catcher in the Rye.
CD reviews (January - February 2010)
Simon and Garfunkel. Owl City. Atmosphere. Zee Avi. Mariah Carey.
Movie reviews: Valentine's Day and Dear John
Emily, 17, wants you to save your money and avoid the clichéd romantic comedy Valentine's Day and 15-year-old Kevin hated the wannabe romantic movie Dear John.
Restaurant review: Noodle House (Fu Fang Yuan)
Sydney, 14, says that this restaurant has the Best. Noodles. Ever.
Song review: We Are the World 25 (for Haiti)
Daniel, 15, says the haters should settle down and appreciate how much this remake of a classic has helped raise money for Haiti's earthquake victims.
\\ FROM OUR READERS
Essay contest: What parents don't understand
Essay contest winners wrote about parents who aren’t home, want them to be religious, and don’t get their music.
Letters to the editor (January - February 2010)
These are letters we received about stories that appeared in the November-December 2009 issue of L.A. Youth.
\\ HEADLINES
Who are your role models?
Tiger Woods apologized on Friday to his fans and the young people who look up to him for disappointing them. That got teens sharing who their role models are.
'I KNOW ALL THE TEACHERS BY NAME'
From small schools to individual attention, teens share what’s helping them stay on the path to graduate.

Los Angeles County has one of the highest dropout rates in the U.S., with about one in five students leaving school before graduating, according to state estimates. We recently held a discussion to bring attention to the problem. Our writers said that parents, schools and students all play a role.

TIME TO BE COUNTED
Filling out the census doesn’t take long and helps your community, says 18-year-old Ernesto.

MAKING PEACE WITH MY PAST
After being abused, 15-year-old Juliana took her anger out on everybody until she got help.

MY FAVORITE STYLE OF DANCE
Caitlin, 17, has spent years learning traditional Native American dance.

FAMILY COMES FIRST
With a strict dad, Yasamin, 17, doesn’t get to hang out with her friends that much, but she loves her Persian culture.

ALL THE PLACES WE GO
From Hollywood to Long Beach, 16-year-old Ashley likes exploring the city on the train. WITH PHOTO GALLERY.

REMEMBERING A CLASSMATE
Jennifer, 15, was shocked and sad when a popular senior died after going to a party.

I BELIEVE AGAIN
Esteban, 17, thought religion was pointless until a church retreat reconnected him with his Catholic faith.

WHY DIDN'T I LEARN THIS IN SEX ED?
Since 16-year-old Meklit's health class wasn’t informative, she has tried to get answers on her own. WITH a Q&A with a sexual health educator.

OUR ACTIONS ADD UP
Eighteen-year-old Brandie's science class showed her that there are easy things we can all do to help the environment.

TEENS RAISE MONEY FOR HAITI
Ashley, 16, says a swear jar helped her school raise money for earthquake victims in Haiti.

TEENS ORGANIZED A CONCERT TO HELP HAITI
Two teens from the Valley brought four bands together to raise money for earthquake victims in Haiti.

WHAT'S THE CORRECT WAY TO GRIEVE?
Michelle, 17, felt sad when she learned that a student she knew from South Pasadena HS died but wasn’t sure how to grieve for him since they weren’t close.

Photo Credit #3- Illustration by Tiffany Chen, 17, Walnut HS; Photo Credit #4- Photo by Jasper Nahid, 15, New Roads School (Santa Monica); Photo Credit #5- Illustration by Lily Clark, 16, Immaculate Heart HS; Photo Credit #6- Photo by Luisa Mendoza, 16, Lynwood HS; Photo Credit #7- Photo by Jennifer Kim, 15, South Pasadena HS; Photo Credit #8- Illustration by Nadi Khairi, 15, Reseda HS; Photo Credit #10- Photo courtesy of North High’s student council; Photo Credit #11- Photo by Ashley Hansack, 16, King Drew HS;

  
\\ VIDEO

L.A. Youth teen roundtable on community violence


What's your favorite place to go on weekends?

VIEW RESULTS


Enter the L.A. Youth Art Contest
Win $75 by creating an image of "The real me."

Click here to write to L.A. Youth
L.A. Youth can also be reached at
5967 W. Third Street, Suite 301 Los Angeles CA 90036
(323) 938-9194
Copyright 1998-2010 L.A. Youth.
L.A. Youth is a publication of
Youth News Service (YNS)		Site designed by
Zeek Interactive