Los Angeles Unified School District

Michelle King

Alexander Hamilton High School

Superintendent of Schools

Small Learning Communities: Business & Interactive Technology

Academy Communication Arts Academy Global Studies Math,
Medical & Science Humanities Magnet Music Academy

Cheryl Hildreth

2955 South Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles

California 90034 310.280.1595 Fax 310.842.8663
www.hamiltonhighschool.net

Education Service Center West

Superintendent

Brenda Pensamiento
Principal

January 11, 2017

Dear Parents or Guardians,
Your child is currently involved in the study of Shakespeare in my 9th Grade Honors English
class. It is my intention to use film Shakespeare in Love which is rated R as an introduction to
our study of Shakespeare.
This letter is being sent to you in compliance with the District policy requiring parents/guardians
to approve the intended use of filmed programs in any format (include videocassette, 16mm film,
DVD, CD-Rom, broadcast television, or streamed file) which are not owned, broadcast, or
recommended by the District prior to their scheduled showing. As part of that policy, we ask
you to complete the form below, authorizing or exempting your child from the videotape
showing. Please have your child return your completed form to me. Students exempted from
this showing will be required to complete an alternative assignment. Should you have any
questions regarding the program listed above, please feel free to contact me.
Signature of principal:______________________________________________

Name of Student:__________________________________________________
Please check A or B:
A. _____ I give permission for my child to view Shakespeare in Love.
B. _____ I prefer that my child be given an alternative assignment.

Signature of parent or guardian:_______________________________________

Date: ___________________________________________________________

Los Angeles Unified School District

Michelle King

Alexander Hamilton High School

Superintendent of Schools

Small Learning Communities: Business & Interactive Technology

Academy Communication Arts Academy Global Studies Math,
Medical & Science Humanities Magnet Music Academy

Cheryl Hildreth

2955 South Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles

California 90034 310.280.1595 Fax 310.842.8663
www.hamiltonhighschool.net

Education Service Center West

Superintendent

Brenda Pensamiento
Principal

January 11, 2017

Dear Parents,
We are getting ready to embark on our study of Shakespeare in my English 9 Honors class. To
introduce the subject to my students I would like to show the movie Shakespeare in Love.
Though this movie is fictional it is a great introduction to the time period, the theatre, and to
Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, the two Shakespeare plays we will be reading this
semester.
The film is rated R and thus requires your permission for me to show it to your student. The R
rating is the product of a brief bit of nudity that takes place during a scene which becomes the
inspiration for the character of Shakespeare to write the balcony and wedding scenes for the play
Romeo and Juliet.
If you are comfortable with your student seeing this film, please sign and return the attached
form. If you are not comfortable with your student seeing this film, please note this on the
attached form, return it to me, and your student will receive an alternate assignment and a place
in which to do the assignment on the days the class views the film. If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact me at ceh9090@lausd.net. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,

Caroline Rhude
English Teacher
Academy of Music
Hamilton High School