PLATFORM : Fit Body, Fit Mind BRENDA STEPPES, principal of Hancock Park Elementary School , commented on the relationships between students' physical condition and their self-esteem. and
EDUCATION : Students Getting Poor Grades on Fitness MARY YARBER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Mary Yarber teaches English and journalism at an area high school. She writes an occasional column on education for The Times
Successes, Leaders Are Worth Looking Up To Responses gathered by Janet Bester (Connelly), Eric Billigmeier (Esperanza), Sonal Kapadia (Irvine), Trisha Ginsburg (Los Alamitos), Candace Purvis (Mater Dei), Regina Hoang (Saddleback), Dan Alvarado (St. Michael's Prep), Ginny Chang (Santa Ana Valley), Michael Chen (Valencia) and Katy Leeper (Woodbridge)
ARCHITECTURE : Building On a Complex Partnership LEON WHITESON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES and Whiteson is a Los Angeles architect and author whose most recent book is the "Watts Towers of Los Angeles."
Reading Food : Cookbooks: A Fan's Notes GRACE KIRSCHENBAUM, Grace Kirschenbaum is the publisher of World of Cookbooks, the International Cookbook Newsletter