On July 11, The Palapa School held its first graduation eventwith middle and high school students. This joint event was held at the Manuel Márquez de León Theater, an emblematic and historic venue in Todos Santos.
The gala was attended by students, parents, teachers, local authorities, and members of the Palapa Society members.
We want to extend a special thank you to the facilities offered by the Theater Board, The Palapa Society, and the Parents’ Committee who collectively made this event possible. Finally, we congratulate the 20 middle school graduates and our first 10 high school graduates. We are sure bright and promising futures await everyone to achieve their dreams. Meanwhile, they have already taken another step along the way!
June 2022, The Palapa Society Newsletter
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cepted a teaching position at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Books were the central focus of the Baum household; the family made frequent trips to the Multnomah County Library and area bookstores, including Powells. Baum attended Riverdale School, Metropolitan Learning Center and John Adams HS. She eventually pursued a BA in film production at San Francisco State and an MEA from University of Guadalajara. In 1995, a surfer friend told her about Todos Santos, and she and two friends spent a life-changing month in southern Baja. The visit inspired her to make a permanent move to Todos Santos in 1996. She inherited a surf shop from her business partner, then moved it to Los Cerritos, where she lived in a trailer on the beach for 13 years. She married Daniel Garcia Sosa; their son, Silvio Carlos Garcia Baum was born in 2000. He attended school in Pescadero and Todos Santos. In 1999, with 500 books from her father’s library, she founded what is now the Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska.
