These Griffins aren't just smart, they're literally perfect!  (From left to right you're looking at Ryan Miller, The Yeh Twins (Ben & Chris), and Timothy Chou.)

So... you know those high stakes exams that everybody hates taking?  The ones that have acronyms for names and take 3-4 hours to complete?

These students love them!  In fact, they thrive in that environment.

Ryan Miller, Ben Yeh, Chris Yeh, and Timmy Chou all scored 100% perfect on the SAT, PSAT, AP CALC, and ACT respectively.

Wait... let me put that in perspective.

Ryan Miller took the SAT and missed 0 questions.  He got a 2400, is a National Merit Award Winner, and is on his way to Princeton.

Timmy Chou accomplished the same mark on the ACT.  A perfect score, 36 out of 36.  Among test-takers in the high school graduating class of 2013, only 781 of more than 1.66 million students earned a composite score of 36. 

Benjamin Yeh accomplished a similar feat, and he's just a Junior. Ben scored a perfect on his PSAT for a score of 240.  He'll be a National Merit Semifinalist, and will continue his academic sibling rivalry with his brother Chris.

Oh, and about Chris... He did something super-rare.  In a letter from The College Board (you should click and read it, it's incredible!), he was notified that "you not only received the top AP score of 5 [on the AP Calculus BC exam], but in doing so, you were one of 17 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP Calculus BC exam, answering every multiple-choice question correctly and earning the full points possible on each of the open-ended responses in the free-response section of the exam.  Christoper, you earned 108 out of 108.  In total, 94,493 students took the AP Calculus BC Exam in 2012."  

How's that for 1%?  Check that... .0017%

Just perfect :)

What you're looking at used to be the Los Alamitos Track & John Barnes Field.  Well, it's still our track & field... it's just getting a facelift.  A much deserved one at that!

Just a week ago, none of that dirt was there.  In fact, our track & field at Los Al looked the way it's looked for the last 45 years. Not necessarily pretty, but absolutely functional.

In comes the remodel...

As many in the community know by now, our track & field @ Los Al is being modernized, and a new state-of-the art track, field, stadium, and lights complex is being installed to be ready by the year's end.  In order to accomplish this though, our current track needs to be completely demolished so the new one can be installed.  That's where all the dirt is coming from.

As it stood last Wednesday, about four stories of dirt was compiled at the North end of the track.  Before they start building, our contractors need to remove the dirt and even out the surface underneath for a clean and smooth base.  To remove the dirt, humongous dumptrucks have been called to haul everything away.

Unfortunately, this caused some traffic issues Wednesday & Thursday morning :(

Rest assured, there will be no more dump trucks coming or leaving campus during morning arrival or afternoon dismissal.  Dump trucks may only start after 8 a.m., and Ms. Miller's office will make sure that there won't be any more traffic issues as a result of construction.

If, however, you notice something that we need to work on in regards to managing the track project and the day-to-day functions of school, please feel free to email me or Ms. Miller, and we'll make sure to address it ASAP. (jarnold@losal.org, mmiller@losal.org)

Thanks for helping to make our athletic fields and facilities on par with all of our storied success.  We can't wait to put everything to good use in the years and championships ahead!