by Carlyle Coash | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This site would not have been possible without the contributions of Mar-Ken and Lawlor alum. Many thanks to those who have contributed information, pictures, and memories. If you have anything to share, including stories or memorabilia – please...
by Carlyle Coash | Nov 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Donna Abrams Donna Abrams graduated from Mar-Ken School in 1948 with a major in English. She is a member of Sigma Gamma Lamda. She was senior class Vice-President as well as the Salutatorian. Donna received the Mar-Ken School Poetry Award in 1948 for “The...
by Carlyle Coash | Sep 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
THE BUCK JONES HOUSE The Mar-Ken students who attended (and lived at) Mar-Ken School at 14050 Magnolia Boulevard, Sherman Oaks (on the southeast corner of Hazeltine Street) have a memory of a magnificent building. The house was formerly the home of cowboy movie actor...
by Carlyle Coash | Sep 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
ALUMNI MEMORIES The following is excerpted from a series of emails from alumnus Frank Kesling: “I was at Mar-Ken School (1949-52). I attended Mar-Ken the first time in 1942 in the 2nd grade (The old school in Hollywood had grades 1 – 12). I started again...
by Carlyle Coash | Sep 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SCHOOL By Alan Simon It seems clear that the concept of providing a specialty school for children performers to allow them to work and get an education originated in New York in 1913. When Mrs. Littell founded the Hollywood Conservatory of Music and...
