The Ocean Park Association announced today that there will be not one, but four Grand Marshals in its sixth Annual Santa Monica 4th of July Parade.

This year’s parade theme is science and technology. The four grand marshals will be
Benjamin Kay, Science teacher at Santa Monica High School, Joe Wise, Science teacher at New Roads High School, Marianna O’Brien, Science teacher at Lincoln Middle School, and Kristin Jurewicz, Science teacher at John Adams Middle School. They will represent all of Santa Monica’s Science teachers.

“The science teachers deserve to take a bow for the tremendous work they have done for the children of our community” said Lori Nafshun, one of the 4th of July Parade founders. “In these days of emphasizing standardized testing, it’s important to have teachers in our schools who have an opportunity to teach critical thinking. We owe the science teachers our gratitude for helping to keep the passion for learning alive.”

The parade will start at 9:30 am on Wednesday, July 4th in front of City Hall and make its way down Main Street to the Venice border.

General parade inquiries should be directed to parade@opa-sm.org.