High School Highlights
      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: newstip@theacorn.com. Agoura Chargers Mon., Jan.
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Education fund provides grants
Checks presented to Parent Faculty Clubs
      Members of the Calabasas City Council, as directors of the Calabasas Education Fund, presented check awards to the Parent Faculty Clubs of schools in Calabasas during the City Council meeting on Jan. 16. The Calabasas Education Fund, a nonprofit benefit corporation, was established to help finance certain educational needs in the city.
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JACKPOT!
'Friends' raise $45,000 for Oak Park schools
     GIRLS' BEST FRIEND- Above, Lori Yacobian, left, and Monica Spiro, board members for the Friends of Oak Park Schools nonprofit, show off a diamond and ruby necklace before it's put up for bid in a live auction last Saturday at the organization's "Viva Las Vegas" fundraiser. Proceeds from the fourth annual event, which was held at the North Ranch Country Club, will help pay for the Oak Park district's elementary school music program and to fund a districtwide science specialist. Dole Food Company served as the presenting sponsor.
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Herner helps students stay afloat
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com
      When Jason Herner was preparing for college in the early '90s there were financial challenges he knew he had to overcome. Growing up in a single-parent home in Chatsworth, Herner accepted the fact that he must start at a junior college before transferring to a four-year university.
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