Tideline Magazine

(Tideline) #1
TidelineTideline

STUDENTS SEND LOVE


TO BACHRACH AFTER INJURY
SIERRA SUGARMAN, STAFF WRITER

A


fter Pali Span-
ish teacher Laura
Bachrach sus-
tained injuries requiring 150
stitches in her mouth and face
during a boating accident in
February, the Pali community
rallied to celebrate the contri-
butions she has made in her
three years of service to the
World Language Department.
The Associated Stu-
dent Body (ASB) sent out a
Schoology message on Feb.
17 giving students the oppor-
tunity to submit videos to be
featured in a “get well soon”
video for Bachrach. Senior
and Vice President of ASB
Selene Lam, who compiled
the video, said that she “heard
about [Bachrach’s injury]
from her brother and want-

ed to send some love to her.”
“Ms. Bachrach does an
amazing job at highlighting
the importance of being com-
fortable messing up or figur-
ing things out, which really
helps students improve,” said
Javier Tiscareno, a sophomore
in Bachrach’s Spanish 2 class.
Tiscaren, who was also in

Bachrach’s Spanish 1 class last
year, said that she resumed
teaching soon after her accident
and has maintained roughly the
same level of rigor at a slight-
ly slower pace with his class.
“I was honestly just amazed
by her commitment. I just
hope Ms. Bachrach knows
how much of an impact she

makes by caring so much for
her students,” Tiscareno said.
World Language Depart-
ment Chair Maggie Nance
said that Bachrach has been
instrumental in implementing
standardized unit-based learn-
ing into Pali Spanish classes.
“Having her as a resource
has completely transformed our
department in terms of what in-
struction is supposed to look
like and how it works,” Nance
said. “She holds me to this con-
stant standard of excellence.”
Nance said that Bachrach
“really knows the recipe”
for effective instruction.
“If you think of good teach-
ing as a stew, she knows all the
ingredients, and she knows the
proportions, and she knows
how it’s supposed to be.”

FOOTBALL SEASON BEGINS


JINHEON KIM, STAFF WRITER

A


fter more than a
year-long break,
the Pali football
team played its season open-
er against Western League
rival Venice on Friday, April
9, but there is no disputing
that the team’s road to get
to this point was a long one.
The journey began six

weeks earlier with a car ral-
ly protest in front of Pali on
Friday, Feb. 26. Approxi-
mately 20 to 30 cars loaded
with players and supporters
protested the football team’s
inability to practice, according
to junior and varsity football
team member Jack Babala,
one of the event organizers.

“Football, to me, means ev-
erything,” said Isaias Alegria,
senior and varsity running
back. “The football team is my
family, and I am excited to get
back on the field with them.”
All sports teams in the Los
Angeles City Section were not
allowed to practice during the
fall semester due to COVID-19
restrictions. However, as trans-
mission rates dwindled and
the vaccination rollout began,
the Los Angeles City Section
granted Pali athletes permis-
sion to start practicing, just
two weeks after the car rally.
Lisa Manheim, president
of the Pali High Quarter-
back Club, said she believes
that it is safe for the season
to start, citing reports from
Governor Gavin Newsom.

“COVID-19 is not spread
during such [sports] activities,”
she said. “49 other states fig-
ured this out before California.”
Dean Howard, Pali’s As-
sistant Director of Athletics,
said that he was “fine with the
protest” and that he “trusts
the LA County Public De-
partment of Health (DPH).”
Pali is strictly follow-
ing the DPH’s rules to
keep players safe and has
opened most other sports.
To the protesters,
kickstarting high school
sports was a necessity.
“Football and any oth-
er sports are really import-
ant for student-athletes,”
Alegria said. “Sports change
lives and can lead the way
to many new opportunities.”

Courtesy of Laura Bachrach

Photo by Jonathan Gelfond
Free download pdf