Van Nuys (“The Nuys”)
Dear Fellow Nuysians,
Please don’t listen to your hysterical Sherman Oaks neighborhoods insisting you move south. Yes Van Nuys is largely Hispanic and poor (resulting in some of those trademark, alarming greatschools.net-in-Los Angeles pie charts). Not only does our little burg that could have some sweet neighborhood schools like Van Nuys Elementary (with a SAS and gifted program), like Southgate/Cudahy Van Nuys is, weirdly, a little known TREASURE TROVE of magnet points.
It is increasingly rare for LAUSD schools to be three-track (hence overcrowded, yielding an extra four magnet points). And yet, as of 2007-2008, Van Nuys had a whopping four EIGHT POINT schools (PHBAO AND overcrowded), including:
Van Nuys
Hazeltine
Kittridge
Sylvan Park
So many in Van Nuys have first pick at magnet schools–Valley Alternative Magnet (Magnet Yenta Sandra’s home school), Sherman Oaks CES, even Community Magnet (in Bel Air)! Go to Community Magnet if you want!
Or stay here with us. We’ll see you at Nat’s Early Bite!
Warmly,
Sandra
PS: For a wonderful, warm, affordable Van Nuys preschool, run, don’t walk to:
Church of the Valley
http://www.covtoday.org/preschool/
Director is the terrific Barbara Campell, tell them we sent you.
5 Responses to "Van Nuys (“The Nuys”)"
September 7, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Dear Penny,
What a thrill to have such a Community Goddess in our neighborhood! The Van Nuys Civic Center area does seem a charming venue. . . Paying a recent traffic ticket (argh!) I was pleasantly surprised. The library is also nice–we’ve taken our kids there for story time. I have walked with my kids by your charming house on Archwood many times (have we come there for Halloween?).
While I’m travelling a bit right now now, I’m beyond excited you are doing this (and with our new Fresh and Easy supermarket up on Vanowen? it’s the NEW Nuys). . . I was just talking the other day with the owner of Big Kid Toys on Hazeltine and Burbank who has long wanted to close down the parking lot he shares with Nat’s Early Bite and show a retro Valley drive-in movie like “Son of Flubber”! He has had some difficulty working out the permits, but perhaps as our local Van Nuys civic pride and activism lifts…?
Please keep me posted here (I’m also a huge fan of Robert Eisenhardt, musical director at Van Nuys High, I don’t mind mentioning I “contributed” to Van Nuys High’s maiden voyage guitar program). . .
Feeling the wonderful rush of oxytocin,
Sandra
October 18, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Dear Mrs. I,
Under “pages,” go to “Top 5 FAQ’s” re: magnets to get you started.
Best,
Yentas
May 12, 2009 at 12:25 am
Sandra, I just came upon your reply. I didn’t realize this was even here. Please come by anytime. So many come here for Halloween that I don’t know who everyone is anymore. Walk over any evening or weekend and try to get to the Farmer’s Market. I just spent the afternoon at Children of the Night and will be donating food from the market to help them out. Looking forward to meeting you. Penny
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September 7, 2008 at 4:20 am
Sandra, I live around the corner from you in the circle or glorietta on Katherine and Archwood and my kids went to Van Nuys Elementary and we loved it. It was many moons ago but we all have very fond memories and they both did extremely well. Off they went to Van Nuys Junior and Van Nuys High and both went to great colleges and I love our little neighborhood. I am organaizing a Farmer’s Market in the Van Nuys Civic Center Courtyard for Thursday afternoons. The fifteen thousand government employees will soon be having a wonderful venue for lunch and shopping. We will also have the Valley Symphony performing along with the very talented students from Van Nuys Performing Magnet and Champs Magnet School on Van Nuys Blvd. Hopefully the “Boulevard” will start to be a wonderful place to walk and shop………….working hard to keep it our wonderful little oasis. If you ever walk over this way stop and visit. 6753 Katherine Ave. Two story house in the circle. Later Penny