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SHERMAN OAKS : Millikan Junior High Honored for Program

By HENRY CHU
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A student support program at a Sherman Oaks junior high school has been named one of the state’s best on-campus programs for assisting young people.

The National Organization of Student Assistance Programs and Partners, based in Boulder, Colo., has recognized Millikan Junior High School’s IMPACT project as an Outstanding 1992 California Student Assistance Program.

School officials will formally receive the award at a ceremony scheduled for Thursday in Long Beach.

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In the IMPACT program, groups of students meet for an hour each week to talk about contemporary issues, including drug and alcohol abuse, sex, grief and suicide.

Each group is led by two adults and is composed of about a dozen youths.

“They need to learn how to deal with stress,” said Millikan Assistant Principal Norm Isaacs. “They need to learn how to adapt.”

All secondary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District implement the IMPACT program, which is subsidized by federal funds.

But Millikan’s was recognized for its high level of participation, district officials said.

About 500 of 1,600 students this year are participating in Millikan’s program. Some campus IMPACT programs involve only a few dozen youths.

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Henry Chu

Henry Chu first joined the Los Angeles Times in 1990 and worked primarily out of the San Fernando Valley office before moving to the foreign staff in 1998. He served as bureau chief in Beijing from 1998 to 2003, Rio de Janeiro from 2004 to 2005, New Delhi from 2006 to 2008 and London from 2009 to 2014. He was a 2014-15 fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. From 2016-19 he was international editor at Variety magazine. A graduate of Harvard University, Chu returned to The Times in March 2020 as deputy news editor based in London. He left in 2024.

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