|
 |
The Acorn Camarillo Acorn Moorpark Acorn Simi Valley Acorn Thousand Oaks Acorn |
 |
|
|||||
|
All events (which are subject to change) are listed by name, location and time if provided. If calendars are modified, school sources are asked to contact us with updated information at this e-mail address: newstip@theacorn.com. More ... EXPERT WRITER-Red Oak Elementary School fourth-grader Troy Just wins first place in the "California Letters About Literature" writing contest. In the competition, students write a letter to an author, living or dead, explaining how their work inspired them or changed their way of viewing the world. Troy had written a letter to Katie Couric about her book, "The Brand New Kid," relating Couric's story to Troy's own experiences in changing schools. Troy will now compete in the national "Letters About Literature" contest. More ... Sumac Elementary School's 2006 GATE program concentrated this year on television production and is culminating with a broadcast premier on Adelphia Cable's local access channel, Channel 25, at 1 p.m. on Fri., June 9. More ... Lindero Canyon Middle School will host a culmination ceremony at 5 p.m. Thurs., June 15 at 5844 N. Larboard Lane, Agoura Hills. About 387 eighth graders will participate in ceremonies on the upper field of the Lindero campus. More ... California is one of just three states whose public schools fail to provide students with access to online magazines and databases. Local school librarians hope that will change. More ... GETTING IN-Audrey Kahane, an independent college counselor, addresses a group of people interested in attending college during a seminar at the Agoura Hills Library recently. Kahane discussed why college admission is much more competitive now and what steps students can take to gain entrance to the school of their choice. Kahane's column, College Corner, appears regularly in The Acorn. More ... Taylor Gunther, 12, of Calabasas, has been selected to participate in the Junior National Student Leadership Conference in July. The conference is a leadership development program for outstanding middle school students. More ... Jerry Brewer doesn't care why the chicken crossed the road; he just wants to make sure it made it to the other side safely. More ... Roxanne Diesel, local drama instructor and owner of CATS (Creative Acting Theater School), offers a variety of summer camps in Ventura County. More ... +Allison Hansen of Agoura Hills, a senior at Central Michigan University, received a 3.5 or better grade point average for the spring semester. CMU is in Mount Pleasant, Mich. More ... Megan Cutaran and Joshua Goldberg will represent Westlake Hills Elementary School at the Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C. from June 25 to 30. They were nominated by their fifth grade teachers, Sue Principe and Joni Simon. More ... California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks will mark the retirement of three long-time professors as the semester draws to a close. Michael Doyle of the criminal justice department; C. Douglas Saddler, PhD, of the psychology department; and Michael Wiley, PhD, of the chemistry departm More ... Schools RSS feed |
 |
||||
