Posts Tagged ‘High’
High School Musical 3
My son watched High School Musical 3 for the first time ever this past weekend, and he immediately declared it to be his favorite movie ever. We were flipping around direct tv when we stumbled across the Disney premiere of this film. Not intending to watch the whole movie, my son instantly became transfixed when Zac Efron and the rest of the cast started singing while playing an important basketball game. Between the rhythmic dribbling and the stomping of the fans, the chanting of the cheerleaders and the choreographed basketball action, he was in awe. Thinking his interest would shortly wane, I clicked the button on my remote to browse what was on some of the other nearly 300 direct tv channels I had to choose from, and was immediately scolded. My five-year-old was watching this movie, and would not stand any interruption.
Ten Major High Schools in California
The largest high schools in California are mostly located in Los Angeles.
California has a total number of 13,014 schools and out of this there are 2079 high schools.
1. Belmont Senior High School is the largest high school in California due to the heavy population of Westlake district. It has total enrollees of 5,336 in 2006. It is located in downtown Los Angeles and caters to students from grades 9 to 12. It was established in September 11, 1923 and is now led by Gary Yoshinobu as their District Principal. Team members represent the school as Sentinels. Heavy enrollment will soon be distributed to another center, the Belmont Learning Center now known as Vista Hermosa Learning Center.
2. Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School is the second largest school in California with a total number of 5,126 students and 220 full time teachers. A regular school that belongs to the Los Angeles unified district, which caters to grades 9-12 and a teacher student ratio of 1:23. Ethnicity is composed of Asians, American Indians, Non-Hispanics, Hispanics, and the Whites. As of date, the school is populated the most with Hispanics.
The High Cost of a Six-figure Book Advance
The six-figure book advance, like the New York Times bestseller, is the object of many a writer’s fantasy. Whether it’s also a realistic goal is something else again.
*Can you really get a six-figure book advance?*
When Susan Page wrote *The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book* in 1997, she included the following list of the qualities that you and your book have to have if you’re going to get a six-figure advance.
1. Your book is on a topic of wide general interest that could excite a large number of readers.
2. Your book has a distinctive angle and makes an original contribution to its field.
3. You have substantial credentials to write on this topic OR you have a co-author who does, OR you can get an extremely famous, well-credentialed person to write a foreword for you.
4. You have prepared an extraordinary proposal and are working with a competent editor already.
5. You have a show-stopping title.
6. You secure the services of a well-known, experienced agent who believes the book can earn such an advance.