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Jaime Escalante
Jaime Escalante
Listed below and accessible are many of the articles and items we have on file at the Library.
Hispanic Magazine April 1990
Jaime Escalante and President Reagan
Eastside Journal
LA Times 82
LA Times 90
LA Times 1982
LA Times
Newsweek 031488
Washington Post, Dec 12, 1982
Eastside Journal
Document 3
Eastside Journal 5/2/1990
Washington Post 8/2/1988
KCET Magazine Nov 1988
Letter from George Bush
Letter from Laura Cavazos
Letter from Governor Pete Wilson
Letter from Senator Alan Cranston
Letter from Governor George Deukmajian
LAUSD Senior High School Division News, Nov 1988
Teach Freedom Award 1988
Letter from Jaime Escalante
ELA Tribune, March 1, 1990
List of Newspaper and Magazine Articles
El Sereno Star, March 22, 1990
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, March 18, 1990
Congressional Record Honoring Jaime Escalante
Escalante's name used to attract teachers
Los Angeles Times Article by George Skelton
LA Times Nov 21, 1990
Eastside Journal, Feb 28, 1990
LA Times March 3, 1990
Washington Post Aug 2, 1988
Eastside Journal Feb 28, 1990
Time Magazine Dec 27, 1982
San Gabriel Valley Tribune Sept 21, 1989
Escalante leaves as head of Math Dept. May 17,1990
From the Archives of the Catherine Jones Library
Garfield High School: The First Year
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The Garfield Log (School Newspaper)
Notable Alumni
How and Why Garfield High School Was So Named
The First Bulldog: The Story of Pepper Eichler
The Reiterman House (Parent Center)
School Motto, Alma Mater and Creed
The 1920s
The 1930s
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The 1970s
Jaime Escalante
Miss Alice Reiterman,
1968 East Los Angeles Student Walkouts
The Ultimate Sacrifice: Remembering Our Fallen Troops
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