Oak Park 'friends' supports school district
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      Friends of Oak Park Schools will donate $103,000 to the Oak Park school district for the 2008-09 school year. The money will fund a district science specialist for the second year. Although the elementary school science program will continue, more emphasis will be placed on reaching middle and high school students, said Friends Chair Barry Myerson.
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Biotech workshops aim for excitement
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      Making science class thrilling in schools isn't an easy task, but it's crucial to the future of the country, according to Marie Panec, a Moorpark College biology professor and member of the Oak Park Unified School District Board of Education.
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Oak Park parents save Chinese class
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      A tight school budget has spurred one group of Oak Park parents into action. After Oak Park High school eliminated its Chinese I class from the fall schedule in order to save costs, parents made the necessary donations to retain the program. Supporters have so far raised $12,000 toward the $13,200 needed to fund one Chinese language class.
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New friends always welcome
      HAVING FUN AT CAMP- Boys & Girls Club of Conejo and Las Virgenes member Kevin, right, shows friends Cinna, left, and Goya the ropes at the organization's summer camp. Cinna and Goya are visiting the United States from Luxembourg.
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Robotics camp returns
      Robotics & Things will host the fourth annual ROBOTICS camp/workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Mon. to Fri., Aug. 11 to 15 at Sophie's Education Corner, 2699 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks.
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Viewpoint senior to attend music camp
      Viewpoint School senior Alexandria Chu will be one of 32 teens nationwide to attend the Muzak Heart and Soul Foundation's annual Noise! summer camp. The camp is a twoweek program that gives young musicians the opportunity to learn about the music industry from professionals.
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Lindero student wins band award
      BLOW YOUR HORN- Brian Tamsut, a trumpet player at Lindero Canyon Middle School, won the school's 2008 Band Award. Brian has played in Lindero's Cougar Band, Concert Band, Jazz B, Jazz A and Jazz Combo bands, and was recogized as a soloist at the Reno Jazz Festival and Westlake High Jazz Festival.
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Parents try to save class
By Stephanie Bertholdo sberth@sbcglobal.net
      A group of parents are recruiting students from neighboring private schools to enroll in fourth- or fifth-grade classes at Willow Elementary School in Agoura Hills this fall If successful, the need for a split fourthand fifth-grade class next year will be averted.
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Students win scholarships from Realtors
      COLLEGE BOUND- The Conejo Valley Association of Realtors awards $1,000 tuition scholarships to local students last month during a celebration at the Plug Nickel Restaurant. Clockwise from left: Melinda Zeledon, chair of the Scholarship Committee of the Conejo Valley Association of Realtors; T.J.
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