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Schools December 14th, 2006
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Las Virgenes District studies possibility of new charter school
Opening could be next year
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
      Alternative education is a trend that’s been growing in the Las Virgenes Unified School District for several years, but district officials and board of education members will soon be asked to add another layer of choice to their program.
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New technology revolutionizing the classroom
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
      In the form of technology, new life is taking hold in classrooms in the Las Virgenes Unified School District. Greg Bostrom’s seventh-grade science class at A.E. Wright Middle School is a model of how technology is changing education.
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Local teacher trades places with Irish counterpart
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
      A local elementary school teacher and her Irish counterpart traded places for a semester to experience life and education in another country. Cerene Hanika, a secondgrade teacher at Round Meadow Elementary School in Calabasas, exchanged fall semester classes with Deborah Pollock, a second...
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First 5 prepares kids for school
      Moving from Hawaii to Pleasant Valley meant that Amy Bernhardt had to leave her family and friends behind. This transition was challenging, especially when it came to looking for advice on how to raise her 3yearold son, Dante. She tried to talk with her sister about it, but her boys were ...
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Oak View students learn to serve others
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      Oak View High School students donated $1,700 last month to the Santa Comes to Agoura project, more than double last year’s total, and this week they purchased and delivered a truckload of gifts to a San Fernando Valley school that serves severely handicapped children.
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      All events (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. Agoura Chargers Sat., Dec.
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AP scholars are announced
      Viewpoint School in Calabasas recently named the students who received distinctions for their performances on the 2006 Advanced Placement exams. The highest designation, “National AP Scholar,” was earned by students who received an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4...
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Seniors to recycle cellphones
      The Oak Park High School Class of 2007 is collecting old cellphones for recycling. The money raised from this project will support “A Gift of Love,” the school Grad Nite party. Phones can be dropped off at the school office, Beanscene or Total Body Fitness.
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Honor roll
      The National Council of Teachers of English recently announced that Viewpoint School senior Jacob Combs, of Hidden Hills, has been honored as an outstanding writer in the council’s 49th annual Achievement Awards in Writing.
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