Students display artwork
      Brook Denning and Austin Petersen-Hays, both seniors at Oak Park High School, will have their artwork exhibited at the "Expressions of Our Youth 2008" display running from March 13 through April 29 at the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura.
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Lindero presents 'Annie Get Your Gun'
      Lindero Canyon Middle School of Agoura Hills presents the musical "Annie Get Your Gun" at 7:30 p.m. Wed. through Fri., March 12 to 14 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.
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Olde Medieval Market comes to A. E. Wright
      The seventhgrade social science teachers and students of A.E. Wright Middle School will hold their 33rd annual Medieval Market from 11 a.m. to noon Fri., March 14 at the school, 4029 N. Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas. The public is invited to travel back in time to see merchants display th...
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Welcome back
     APPRECIATED- Brent Noyes, principal of Yerba Buena Elementary School in Agoura Hills, accepts some of more than 400 flowers that were given to him at a welcome back assembly Monday. Noyes had been away from school since early December for medical reasons.
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Sign up kids for kindergarten
      Registration for the August kindergarten classes in the Las Virgenes Unified School District will be between 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. weekdays beginning Wed., April 2 at all eight elementary schools. Registration for students entering grades 1 through 5 will start Mon., April 7.
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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 e-mail newstip@theacorn.com. Agoura Chargers Fri., March 7: Film festival/G building/7 p.m.
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Ronald Reagan Foundation offers senior scholarships
      The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation has announced its ninth year of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Scholars Program. The program rewards high school seniors in Ventura County who have demonstrated qualities of leadership and strong character throughout their fo...
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Acorn Bits
Honor roll
      •Coleman Donaldson III, a resident of Agoura Hills, recently was named to the dean's list at Boston University for the fall semester. Boston University is the fourth largest independent university in the United States, with an enrollment of more than 29,000 students in ...
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Agoura High pitcher signs with St. Mary's College
     TO THE NEXT LEVEL- Kimberly Green, Agoura High School's returning AllMarmonte League pitcher, has signed a letter of intent to play softball for Saint Mary's College in Moraga, Calif.
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Fundraiser will help women in Sierra Leone
Young women in that region are denied access to school, may fall victim to violent crime
      Oak Park High School's Comedy Sportz team will hold a fundraiser to benefit the Women's Partnership for Justice and Peace in Sierra Leone at 7 p.m. Sat., March 8 in the Pavilion at Oak Park High School, 5701 E. Conifer St.
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Viewpoint student chosen for top soccer team
     ALL AMERICAN- Viewpoint School junior Evan Raynr of Calabasas has been selected to play on the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Youth All-America Team. Raynr was one of only 80 young male players chosen from throughout the U.S.
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Parents with special needs children meet
      The Special Education Advisory Committee of the Oak Park Unified School District will meet on Tues., March 11 in the community room of Oak Park Library, 899 N. Kanan Road. The general meeting will be from 6:30 to 7 p.m., followed by the program from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
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Summer day program at St. Pat's
      St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School will hold a new Summer Express program from 9 a.m. to noon June 23 through July 18. The fourweek program provides enrichment classes for students in grades one through six.Classes offered include art, music, science, computer, PE, literature and drama.
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