Hello Platt students, graduates, families and friends! We will happily open our doors to you on Wednesday, August 10 and on Friday, August 12 to witness how an ordinary day at Platt looks like! Our annual event Bring my Friend to Platt gives our students opportunity to show off a place where they spend so [...]
I am always taken aback by a vision of people offering events bringing joy, beauty and showcase of skill. White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, started 62 years ago a Spirit of the Sea Festival, fully driven by community, to show off the beauty of the seaside town. Several Imperial Beach residents, in 1980, were inspired [...]
So much to look forward if you are a Platt student! First we will take on Friday, July 22 126 students and 7 instructors to the ComicCon!! Hooray! Many thanks to ComicCon generosity and our perseverance to do all what it takes to get our students there! Thank you Platt for contributing heavily toward the [...]
Every five weeks or so we like to put up at Platt courtyard a celebration of various events. In June we celebrated nothing more than the arrival of summer! We wanted to make one ordinary Wednesday into a special and enjoyable Wednesday by dressing our courtyard with colorful baloons and several canvases with fine [...]
Congratulation to our graduates! “Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noises of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart [...]
There is nothing more pleasant than to hear children’s laughter at our college courtyard! It brightens my day to hear “Good Morning” sung in unison by twenty two third graders smiling from ear to ear when our Photoshop teacher Terry Warner shows the kids the tricks and magic of that imaginative software. “Can you make [...]
So many things happened since our Earth Day celebration! So – we celebrated our wonderful mother earth and pledged all what we want to do for her… We had a nice raffle with items that may help her – as reusable bags, travel mugs, journals, pencils, stationary, mini purses from recycled material, and such. We [...]
April 21, 2011 – 12:02 am
I am still at awe that Platt College sent $3,100 to Japan! Japanese people are close to our heartas we discovered on our Platt trip to Japan not only the physical beauty of the islands but especially the uncommon personality Japanese have. They may have had a tough past but what we have experienced was unmatched: [...]
March 29, 2011 – 11:46 pm
“This is our cry, this is our prayer, peace on earth.” Sadako Sasaki Memorial, Hiroshima, Japan Platt College students decided to fold 1,000 colorful paper cranes. It is an ancient Japanese tradition with the belief that once the task is completed something magical will happen. The tradition was revived in 1955 when a girl from [...]
March 24, 2011 – 12:10 am
What a HAPPY DAY was this seemingly ordinary Wednesday! Today we have successfully launched a week long campaign, Solidarity for Japan, a celebration of good will, an opportunity to show our empathy and to offer some help for Japan. What a day! Only in one and half hour we raised $422! Our students were fantastic! [...]
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