High School Highlights
      Agoura Chargers Fri., Jan. 18: Battle of the Bands/ G building/7 p.m . Mon., Jan. 21: Martin Luther King Jr. Day - no school Tues., Jan. 22: One Acts/G building/7 p.m. Wed., Jan. 23: One Acts/G building/7 p.m. Thurs., Jan.
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Superintendent's forums slated at local schools
      Las Virgenes Unified School District officials have scheduled a series of superintendent's forums in the coming months as part of their outreach to the community. The bi-monthly meetings will be unstructured and will allow residents the opportunity to raise issues and ask questions...
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Website for carpoolers helps busy parents
      For millions of American parents who carpool their children to and from school, activities and points in between, creating car pool schedules can be a daunting task. Trying to coordinate and keep track of everyone's driving availability, pickup times and lastminute schedule changes can ...
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Viewpoint middle school math wizards receive national recognition
      Six students from Viewpoint School in Calabasas will receive national recognition for their performance in the 2007 American Mathematics Competition8 contest. Annie Christian of Calabasas ranked nationally in the 98th percentile among eighth graders and Evan Bernstein of West Hills ...
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Art guild show continues through January
Week-long watercolor workshop slated
      Westlake Village Art Guild's Juried Membership show will run through January at the Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, 2331 Borchard Road in Newbury Park. Joan McKasson will lead a watercolor workshop Mon., Jan. 21 through Thurs. Jan. 24. For more information, call Bruce Hamilton at (805) 495-7520.
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Teen artists sought for InnerSpark summer program
      The California State Summer School for the Arts (InnerSpark) invites high school-age visual, literary, media and performing artists to apply for selection as California Arts Scholars. The scholars will attend the 22nd annual summer arts program on the campus of the California Institute of ...
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La Reina entrance exam is Feb. 2
      La Reina High School will hold an entrance placement test on Sat., Feb. 2 at the school, 106 W. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Applicants may also choose to spend a day at the school to visit classes and meet students and faculty.
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Speaker to discuss inclusion at special ed meeting
Topic is helping autistic children build better relationships
      The Special Education Advisory Committee of the Oak Park Unified School District will host guest speaker Rick Clemens at the meeting on Tues., Feb. 12 in the Oak Park Library community room. The committee will hold a general meeting from 6:30 to 7 p.m., with the presentation to follow ...
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College planners to host financial aid workshop
      National College Planners will host free workshops on getting thousands of dollars for a child's college education. The seminars will be 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Wed., Jan. 23, Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road; 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Thurs., Jan.
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Oak Park Choir members chosen for honors ensemble
      Four members of the Oak Park High School Choir have been selected for the 2008 California All State Honors choir. Francesca Corley, Andrew Karl, Laura Miller and Michael Potter were selected from among 1,500 students from across the state on the basis of their audition scores.
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Discounted golf tourney tickets available
      The Oak Park High School Boys Golf Program is selling discounted tickets to the 2008 Northern Trust Open, set for Feb 14 to 17 at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. The $25 tickets can be purchased from Oak Park Golf for $15, with $13 from each ticket going to the golf program.
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