Leaving California
      One of my students recently visited several colleges in Texas, where other high school students on the college tours asked her why she would want to leave California. It’s a good question. Living in Southern California, it’s easy to take for granted the sunny weather, nearby ocean a...
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School looks good on paper
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
      The Las Virgenes Unified School District board of education has approved schematic drawings for the expansion and remodel of the 40-year-old Lindero Canyon Middle School campus. District staff, school site personnel and a citizens oversight committee worked with WLC Architects o...
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Teacher puts chemistry into motion with poetry
By Stephanie Bertholdo Bertholdo@theacorn.com
      Teaching chemistry in high school is difficult, but using poetry to help students understand the difficult subject matter seems to help. At Calabasas High School, chemistry teacher Larry Walker has developed a unique method to teach science and make it stick. Walker uses poet...
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Marines, Willow Elementary kids collect Toys for Tots
      Marines collected Toys for Tots from Willow Elementary School in Agoura Hills on Fri., Dec. 15. Willow’s student council sponsored its second annual Toys for Tots toy drive, coordinated by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Students donated toys in exchange for Charlie Brown or...
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Teacher offers help
      Special Education teacher Rhory Kadish will present tips on helping children with homework during the Special Education Advisory Committee meeting Mon., Jan. 8 at Oak Park Community Library, 898 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park. The meeting will start with coffee and dessert at 5:30 p.m., follow...
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Golf team offers discount tickets
      The Oak Park High School Golf Team will be selling discounted tickets to the 2007 Nissan Open at Riviera Country Club to raise funds for the team’s Spring Trip to the Monterey Peninsula. The grounds-only passes, which are valued at $25 and can be used on any day of the ...
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