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Watch the Superintendent’s Opening of Schools Address, previously broadcast from The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.

We are so honored to have had our principal Mrs. Hughes featured on several of the district’s social media pages. Congratulations, Mrs. Hughes we’re so grateful for your dedication to our Westport Community.

A friendly reminder to check your child’s Wednesday Folder today.

Monique Lhuillier (born September 15, 1971) is a Filipino fashion designer and creative director known for her bridal, ready-to-wear and lifestyle brand. She launched her eponymous brand in 1996 and has since established fashion houses in Los Angeles, California, where she primarily works and lives, as well as in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Known for her dreamy wedding gowns, acclaimed designer Lhuillier was born in the Philippines, where she says her love for fashion began. Her mother is Spanish-Filipino and her father is French. “Growing up in the Philippines, I was surrounded by a tight-knit family. My mother was my greatest fashion inspiration growing up; she was very elegant and had fabulous personal style”.

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H.E.R., real name Gabriella Wilson, was born in California to a Filipina mother and African-American father. After her Oscars feat last year, one of the few Filipina women with the honour, she told Variety she completely understood the impact of win.
"It means that there’s another Filipino girl out there and black girl out there who says, ‘I can do that too'," she said. H.E.R For the past three years, the singer has gained critical acclaim for her two compilation albums and singles. H.E.R., which was released in 2017, won two Grammys in 2019 for Best R&B Album, as well as Best R&B Performance for the song Best Part, a duet with singer Daniel Caesar.
H.E.R. won another Grammy, for Song of the Year, with I Can't Breathe. She also won the Oscar for Best Original Song that year for Fight for You from the film.

Olivia Rodrigo The Grammy winner and 2021 breakout musical star has often spoken proudly about her Filipino heritage. "My great-grandfather immigrated [to the US] from the Philippines when he was just a teenager. He’s my grandma’s dad, and my grandpa is also Filipino as well," she told the Centre for Asian American Media in 2018.
"My dad grew up in a house where they were always making Filipino food, his grandpa always spoke Tagalog. All of those traditions have trickled down to our generation. Every Thanksgiving we have lumpia and things like that."
Rodrigo, 19, rose to fame as a Disney Channel star and became a No 1 musical artist after the release of her record-breaking single Drivers License last year. This year, she won three Grammys, including Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance for Drivers License and Best Pop Vocal Album for her debut, Sour.