Beryl Heights Elementary to mark 100th anniversary in Redondo Beach

by Garth MeyerFrom the second-floor classroom windows, students could see few houses, just fields. To the northeast, wooden oil derricks, and over the hill were flower farms. To the east was a large pig operation, its scent evident if the wind was offshore during school hours.This is the recollection of a student at the original Beryl Heights Elementary School in the 1940s.Mrs. Joan Stuart will be in attendance again Saturday, Sept. 20, as the Redondo Beach school marks its 100th ann