Garfield High plans tribute to Jaime Escalante
Garfield High will pay tribute to prominent former math teacher Jaime Escalante on Thursday at the East L.A. campus with a gathering of the school’s ROTC, leadership students, band and drill team, administrators, staff and current and former students. The memorial service for Escalante, who died Tuesday at age 79, is planned from 7 to 7:20 a.m. at 5101 E. 6th St.
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