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School Spells Out ' ~
:·a Curriculum of
\Respect and Values·
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·• Education: Focusing on seven clements of character
··doveloprncnt, Emperor Elementary is working to turn
.out better students-and lx~tter citizens.
By PAUl. H. JOIIblSON
Tl~tS
STAFF IIIAIUR
··Emperor Elementary Sc:hool ia
diflorenl from m011t others.
·
Teachers at the Temple City
~earnpus rarely raise their votces In
'trus,raUon. Children queue up si-
lentiy after reeess, with hardly a
:word from their ins~ructors. Ad·
· mtnlatra~r• aeltle squabbles be·
lween ehlldren by admontshinl
:\hem to remember the aehool'a
code of conduct, Treat everyone
with
1
r~spoct.
• On the playground, many older
· · ~ttudcmta volunteer 1.0 play with the
yo~nser
onc:cs. Th~)' also holp them
with their homework and wait
With the klnd<>rgartnc>ra and first.·
gra<lers umn their parenta pick
them up after achool.
: This cooperative and nurturing
·environment Is the work or Prlnci·
pai.Kathy Perini and her aLafl, who
are teaching students to Mcome
better eltlv.ens and better students
through a program called "Values
In Action."
: Using art classes, storytelling
:ana a mentor program tn whteb the
bldeat eLudenc.a holp tho younse•t,
:~eaehers hope to holp thom became
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mor~ r~t~pnn11ible and boner a bit to
handl£' adversity.
"We just beli~vcd as a school
that there arc two thinS& that are
ImPOrtant, academics and teaching
(students! to be good citizens,"
Pertnlaald.
The school'a curriculum is based
on a book by Gene Sedley, a retired
principal. The program educates
•tudonta aboUt •even valuosr re·
spect, integrity, compaaaion, fortitude, responsibillly, re11illence and
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eoo~raUon.
The Emperor program focuses
on a smgle \'aluc ror all f'Otlre
et·hool year. weaving tht- thc.-mo
Into difft>rtnl C'lasaroom lessons
such as essay writing or art proj·
ecta.
T
his school year, studcn\8. are
focu111ng on responsibility.
Each week. a different theme Is
introduct'd baaod on aueh topics as
"I am responsible ror being thank·
lui" for Thanksgiving, (II' "I am
responsible for taking care of my
body."
Tho montor ay1tern palrt fifth.
and slxth-grado students With
kindergartners and flrst-gradersu
a way to help the )'ounser childron
~ith their schoolwork and give the
older ones a St'nse ol r('sponsibility.
l..a11t fall. in rc:cosnition of the
school's efforts. Perini was
awarded the national Valley ~·orgc
Teacnen Medal. Th... award 111
given annually by the Freedoms
Foundation, an organization
founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower
In 19.f6 to rf't'ognizc programe that
foster citizenship values.
Perm!, who has been principal at
Emperor lor three Telln. started
the prorram last nar. modeling it
after one Dcdley started at El
camino Real Elementary School In
Irvine. She aald 11ho and other
otlicials felt that creating a cur·
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Huntington Beach Strip Is Skinheads' Nighttime Haunt
• Crime: Nt:"'.Jr·fatai stabbing
of a Native American close to
business street puts spotlight
on group"sactivities.
J\ferchana;s· reaction is mixed.
R\' DEXTER FILKINS
;trut TIIAO HUA
lllilfli STAFF WlflEIIS
HUNTmGTON BEACH-On Main
everyone has a story about the
Strt'('\.
skinh~ads.
Shawna Sakal. whose family owns a
~ur: shop. remembers the black store
derk harassed by young toughs. Curtis
Maddox recalls lh(> four meaty arms
jt'rlung out of a passing car in Hiller!rt)'l<" salutes.
Lance Lee, a salesclerk at Beachcomber's Surf Shop. tells of the man
who came in the ot~r day to sen his
~·rfboard.
··u ha<i swast1kas all over it... Lee
said. ·we bought il. but 11re had to paint
them over."
The skinheads come out at ni8hl here.
the strip of surf sbops and cafes that
l'in"tches half a mile inland from l~
HuntingtGn Beac:b Pier. St.orekeepers
and patrons say lhe groups of ..-nen with
do..o;e-c:ropped hair and steel· toed boots
and blad.-and-\Vbite suspender!~ are a
"'They'rt here every night. They're
crazy.No one here seemed able to acco:.J.fll
for why the skinheads e~ U11s corll\!r
of Huntington Beach-known for its
glassy swells-as their nighllime haunt.
Fewer still are w11lins to speculate on
why a group of young men allegedly
slashed a 20- vear -old stranger nearly to
death oa the beachjust down lhestreit.
Mostofthetime. the whitesupremaci~~
who gather here are viewed no; wi!h
rear but with contempt
"1'hev're wannabe NaZis:· said Kyle
Phillip& who was strolling down Main
Street Tuesday a.f;.~rnoon.
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Police arrested three men in the
late-nighl stabbing, Erik Anderson. :!l.
and Shannon Martin. 23. botb of Huntington Beach. and a 1'1- year-old ma{e
who police say is active m skinhead
groups.
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The victim was stabbed 27 times near
a Huntington Beach lifeguard tower. :
Marlin was charged \\oilh ronspiraty
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ALGlCARCIA I IA&A. . .'l'lme
and being an aocessor'y to the crirqe
Unlike some other Huntington Beach merchants. Leslie Ecker says skinheads ~ after he a.L1egedly retrieved a hunliRg
knife from a bush near the lifegu~rd
outside his strf shop are not a prOblem and have not cost him any business.
tover.prosecutoruaid.
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Amenean man b.st weekend. the peopiP
He appeared in court Tuesda)' with
regular sight. llangmg on strret corner!~
Anderson, a self-described klansman
and CT\Iising in cars.. ~ often aren't · who shop and work on Main ~
who i$ accused or repeatedly plung.ng
many skinhead gang mHJber5-pohce spoke about the tough-looking menwh()
the knife into a stranger Wilh so much
say about 25 regularly roam the arearoamthesidewalks.a.t night
..J try not to look all hem when l,.•alk fury lhal he accidentally stabbed a
but they push and shtlVe and growl so
no o~ forgets.
by:· said Miehad Deboe. climbing out of friend in tbe eye, police said
Please see SKINHEADS. AI~
.Arter a knife attack on a Native
the ocean after a day of surfing.
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Moments berorc Saturday's attack. fJOiice said, Anderacm had
approuchod tho victim and a11ked if
ho believed in white power.
Everyone along Main Street had
heard of Saturday's stabbing, bu~
low proplo aRr~cd on the ~ause of
the problem or how lo solve il.
Some 11ald thr. 11kinhcacla are hurtin~( buBincss and S~hould be chast-d
out of town. OthcrR said the st.bblng wn11 an ISQiated t'vr.nl that wan
b~lng blown out of proportion by
people who didn't know the arcn.
mhcrs Solid the poliCe and tho
media aro ovt.\trl:'aetintr.
J.C'IIlic ~knr of Beachcomber's
Stu•f ~hop ~:~aid he often scr.s skinhcatdtt OU\Ride his a hop, but they are
not K big problc.•m.
"'rhey don't aff~ct our business,"
.
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F:Ckor said. "'!'he p'ouc·~ fiiv~'
•~'
been
on n personal vendetta."
Said James Vm·ona, who owns
11ix lhopa along Main Stz·cct: "A lot
of pcoplt' shave their h~ads and
that rtnesn'L mean tt1cy're a skm·
hoad." It the media portrays the
aroa as "lull of skinheads," tUS·
tomcrs will be scared away. he
addod.
Some mt-src~nnts say t.ho skinheads already rrtghtcn p~oplc
away, 'J'hl.')' IIA,Y lhC group" o(
ymmg men stand in front ol th('ir
llhups and ward orr I)C)l~ntial CUJ•
tomers. Rarely. they say, do thl'
sulll'!n ynunR rnl'n
and buy Anything.
artually c:on;c.> in
"Somnlimes people won't t:omc
in horo II the skinheads ar@
around," said Orlan Boyer. a t'icrk
at Sakal's Surfboards.
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�told RioJdan. then
CGatl~auell from at
On a recent visit to Highland
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Since many of lbe mmrmm~
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struggling economaJiy and haw
many residents who depend on
:ru-eets are
public tran...;portatiiln, wby not fo-
Park, the mayor r«eived a progreport from the enthusiastic:
~re of basinesS and community
L~ders that are guiding tbis ver-
sion of LANL And he heard about
!iUmC o£ their more ambitioUS plana
to restore the once·tllriv•ng
business district by capitalizinB on
tl1e area's hiSlOric flavor and its
proximity to the more upscale
communities of Mt. W ashi11,1l011
and PasadenaBut lhe group also .spoke frankly
aboUl vacant buildin,P. st.JuSBlinB
shops and a fear of crime tbat
keeps many reDden~ away from
the ample parking lots behind the
storu that line Figueroa Street.
OD De same day he YUited
lhgbland Park. Riordan met With
leaders of another" LANI prcject.
Vermont Square in Soulh-Central
Los Angeles.
He joined them in a triumphant
walk alons bustling V«manl Av·
enue for a ribbon-c:uttmg ceremony at a new bus stop shelteralready beari~ uues of graffiti
vandals' unrelenting assa.mt oD t.be
nciffhborbclocl
I..ANI is 1M bninchili! of Rae
t'ranklin James. a Riordan deputy
ma,yor who bas recenlly moved to
a key administrative post at tile
Metropolitan
Authority.
tliscrted by these bu::;y
1'ransportation
James. a City Hall veteran who
once worked For lhe Commuuity
Redevelopment AJency. was
reacly wbea federal Transportation
Secretary Federim Pena came to
town m August 1993 looking for
projec:t.a tbat woWd "'help hamaDw.e· public transportation.
Main thorougbfares are one
the fewl!Dngs that link scattered.
diverse AmseJenos in a region long
known for its car culture, James
or
cus on projects lbat improve the
streetscape!
Riordan loved the idea. F.speeially. he said. if neigllborhoocl
people could be allowl'CI to take the
reins. \ailoring prqeds tbat might
d
~JXing Neighborhoods
mere Ulan
a montll intO his adnlinistration.
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The (.DS Angclt•s Nei.gbborhoods Initialh'e js ,. two- year
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cxpcrim~:tt i~ t~lp_ing struggling neiph~r~ls t~~ them~L~!$ , I
around. lt w<ts tll'\'l!>l'd by the mayor so{. tee and pal~ {o~ by t. ...
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federal ~(IVC'rnnt('Ot. Commu!1il.)' leaders l:l NCh or <'l~h~ ~ .. A~ l
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neighhorhcxxls .tuong majo~ lh()l'oughfares make the deas10ns
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11 about w~t}'S ~o improve thetr areas.
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the mayor asked James to dcYelop
a funding~ for Pena to take
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Now. LANI is anchored by a
three-member staff. voluotHr
board of directors and a two-year
btJd8etor about $3.5 million. Counc:U member& helped pidt the neigbbcxboods and set up a ReccJ8DVAd
Community Orgarizaricn ror each · ~
In addition to Highland Padt aDd
Vermcxrt Square. neighbcrboods in
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Nortb Hollywood. Sun Valley.
Boyle Heigltls. Virgil Villilge in
east. Hallywood. Jefferson Park ln
Southwest Los Angeles aDd l..eimert Park in the CrenshaW cis1r1Ct
eath received $250.000 in federal
funds.
They have until nexll-'ebruary.
when LAMI is scheduled to 80 out
of business, to CIOII\plete their projects. butlhe mayor topes lhat tbat
will be just the begin'Ding.
'"U"s my job to empower people
:. to. gel involved and ilOprove their
. own communities... RiOrdan baa
told I.ANI partiapa11ts. '"We can't
do it from City Hall and. even if we
could. tttat•smt the answer."'
Some ~o~J8time Cityllall insiders
wonder whether Riclrdan tsn•t expeetirlg too much rrorn a limited. if
laudable. iDiliatiYe. Council Praicknt Jobn Ferraro. whose dislzict
includes LANI's North Hollywood
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io1gueroa ~lrl~t \M•tween avenues 43and 61.
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Businesses join Program to Aid Homeless
Homelessness in Salda -...tea has
>een a problem that city officiala and
j»rivate orpoizalions have been tack·
ling for yara
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Now Santa 1Mcmica bultnea owners
~ ptting Into lhe act. Tiley art
putUDg tbelr collecdYe wetpt behind a
new propam spcm!Ol'ecl by the Sam&
Monica Chamber of Commercle cdled
React: BIJiiness for Change.
The program is 4eslgned to educate
business owners and theU' patnns about.
the ba&ic8 of homeiesl-. &sines9es
are supplied with colorf1l brodlu.res
tballist aheltem, foGd baab and SQC·
gestloal OD wllere to call If tney meet
tomeone wbo Ia panhand.llnl
11vel1cr ~-
aares-
The b.anessee invoiY"ed wtll be
equipped. with a bank where people can
depo81Laparecbaqeor dollar bUt&
.Money adlected m the boles wiU be
dlstnbated to about 20 WeltSkleCJI'IPlU·
zations tbat p10vtde 1D1JDe1 aiiClsen.ica.
to the homelea •••
WET~. Fot" pec!pl'! who dread
bavm, their silks, ra,cnwand woola dry
cleaned becauae tlley believe the process Is enWaltneatall)' UI1IOIIftd. "wet
eJeantng"" may be the altematiYe.
And ~en at uc:u are BOinl eo
apea.d tbe next~ trytns Lo ftndouL
WetdelftirW tsa ~of Wlllllilllr~l
dothelln ncer wtthouliOivente. Uldnlr:
blfh-c.eeh machinery that eontrola the
heat. mailtut'e. and asltatiRI of Uae
danl111 process. The type of f8Jtc
detenniftes bow 8pnDe1ll fldeaned.
1>17 eteantas bas earned & bad name . ·
among 10me envlromnetttalista beeaWI •
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It teUel Jleavl1.1 on •~• ~ ·
tile ehemlcal pexbloroethylene. wtddl
... polltdaftt.
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ua..A's PolluUon Prevention Educ:a· ·
Uon and Relearcb Center wtll f«'UUItl ~
effor18 ora Cleaner by Natvre, a Smda.
Monlca-buedc:leanertllateffer8anon- ·
toldc wet cJantns a,.t.em.. EYakat.cn Albert
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deald01on tbe enYlftmmeut.
Tbe cudy wt11 ai8G explore • .,. ro
ptber JDOn! IUppOI't for wet deanlas
among ICOftaD l'alklentsof Los Aaptet.
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Gat. ari employee or Clecter by Nabn. lela a guest at the nrm·s
Tuesday open house smell a garment elated by tt1e wet methOd.
lllllAY of whom own dry cleantns sbbpe.
ll1d Robert Cotllkb, dired.or of the
fOUutloa~entioncenter.
~ CjUelltlon. If you come
up wtth a
aew tec:lmolosY tlaal works, how do you
..WZ... aa. ellmk: INUP that yc» want
to clevelap cammunicalicm with!" GotUiebuked. ·
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Emperor became tile first school
after El Camino Real to adopt the
program.
Perini and her staff developed .a
seven-rule code of conduct. which
is incorporated in a mwal on. the
sclloors front wall painted by- 'a
Pa.adena City CoDege student wlro
attended Emperor. The rules ~re
simply worded: "I will
others" ri(hts." says one. ''I will.)?e
resPe<:i
a raponsible person.;· goes anolh.er.
The state Department of Edueation has endorsed. lhe school's .ef-
forts. Department spokeswoman
Susan Lang said that although the
state ban instrudion on ..persot'ial
values... such as whether to go to
church Cl" discussion about abortion. it et1e0urages teaching values
that are necessary in a democracy.
such as honesty and respecl
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Teachers and administrators
L.AWII.ENt2K.HO i LolA...... 'ft.,..
·1. said the prosrara has improw~
the school's ac.mosphere, noting
that discipline problems have 4&·
creased. attendance has risen an'd
Aftb-grade student Kevin WiUiamson reads to kindergartner Omar Alnabutsl as part of mentor program.
students seem more engaged ip
their edueamn.
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''Happy kids tend to get gt?Od
BEdle]. whom Per1ni contacted for
resuhs."Perini said.
Jaimi Harrison. who has two
children at Emperor and :i9 pretident of lhe PTA. said the school is
reinforcing ideas she teaches · a.t
•111e worst tbing we can
do Js ltave kids guess
wllat we expect of tbem.'
GENE BEDL£Y ·
Aul'tlor wftose f)ooic r11e
progrwn is based Ott
riculum to promote charxtc:r development would add a dimension
lO the students' educatiOn and gh'e
them
values·~wnuldservethem
in adulthood.
The scbool's starr was tramed by
advice. Sedley had r«ently £in·
ished writing his book. alS4J titled
..Values in Action;· detailing his
ideas about wc:haracter education."
"Even tbollgh we live in a world
that doesn't give respec:l.. we teach
lyouthsl to give it... Bedle)' said. He
stArted lbe program out or his
belief that ~ "valurs-neutral"
education provided by most
lfdlools fails to hdp ~hildren interact with others and deal wilh the
real-world dilemmas lhty encoun-
ter.
'"The worst thing we can do is
have kids guess what we expect of
home.
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Emperor·a students. panicularl,y
the older ones, said they appreciate
the sc:hool'a efrorts. Some give lip-
their recess once a
~ek
to
h~·.p
rorrect papers and watch over tl*
younger children. while ot'~'.1ers
serveasmentotsarld playmat·~Said fifth-grader Tinna Yc X~ng.
11: "You get to feel Uke yo1. ,·re
helping somebody."
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