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Two students have been suspended from Agoura High School for allegedly changing up to 12 grades in a college prep chemistry class taught by teacher Ann McCartney. More ... Sun., June 21 is Father's Day, and The Acorn is inviting you to take out pen, pencil or crayon and draw a picture of dear old Dad. More ... Funds from the $29.4-million Measure R school facilities improvement bond that passed in November are being put to use in Oak Park School District. During spring break, seismic safety shut-off gas valves were installed at four schools so that all of the district's campuses now have the devices. More ... Oak Park Unified School District has started a program to provide extra instruction for elementary school children who struggle with math. Two instructional aides have been hired for each of the elementary school sites. More ... Agoura Hills resident Jess Thomas was honored as the May Citizen of the Month by the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District board of directors at their May meeting. Thomas has been an area resident since the 1960s and has served as president of the Old Agoura Homeowners Association since the early 1980s. More ... WELL DONE—Teachers line up to receive a round of applause for the good job they do at Bay Laurel Elementary School in Calabasas. Last month the school hosted an appreciation week and pampered the teachers by giving them a free massage. Another day was called "love note day" and students were asked to bring in notes, poems and drawings showing their teachers that they care. The week-long event also gave the school a chance to say good-bye to departing principal Karen Hansen, middle, who is retiring from the school district after 28 years. More ... CTV (the Calabasas Channel), the government access channel for the city of Calabasas, won six awards during the annual conference for the States of California and Nevada Chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors in Santa Monica in May. More ... When Gareth Morl and Cody Petersen graduate from Oak Park High School on June 17, their mothers will join them in saying goodbye to the school. Longtime volunteers Gloria Morl and Jhana Petersen have donated hundreds of hours to the school district and its high school in the area of music, athletics and technology. More ... An Oak Park woman hopes her hobby—photography and videography—can help improve life for people living in an impoverished area of Haiti. In February, Cindi Gortner spent five days in a remote area of the country to learn more about Haiti Healthcare Partners, the Westlake Villagebased nonprofit that helped create and fund a health clinic in Haiti. More ... The Calabasas Anza Heritage Association announced that a new venue, the Leonis Adobe Museum, will host what is probably the oldest tradition in Calabasas, the Anza en Calabazas 1776 historical pageant. This annual event, presented since 1985, has costumed actors enacting the story of the expedition led by Juan Batista de Anza to bring Spanish settlers to California. More ... Americans should stay informed about their government by reading more and listening to the news, said Nathaniel Driggs, a fifthgrader at Brookside Elementary School in Oak Park. "In the United States, citizens are not required to participate in government, but if they didn't our government would not exist," Nathaniel said. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers ROCKIN' THE RANCH—The Miggs rock band performs at the Paramount Ranch BuFest in Agoura on May 31. Seventy acts played in the two-day music and entertainment festival. More ... The city of Agoura Hills Department of Community Services announced its upcoming events. Unless otherwise noted, all events will take place at the Agoura Hills Recreation Center, 30610 Thousand Oaks Blvd. For more information or to register, call (818) 597-7361. More ... The sixth annual Kyle Rudow Memorial Golf Tournament will be Mon., June 15 at the Calabasas Country Club. Rudow was a Calabasas resident who died in an auto accident at the age of 20. More ... Mothers & More will host fashion expert Kristi Brooks at 7:30 p.m. Thurs., June 11 at the Westlake Village Community Room, 31200 E. Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village. Brooks will present "What to Wear: A Guide to Fashion Trends for All Body Types. More ... The Agoura Hills Library will present a Job Search Strategies Workshop with career counselor, consultant and coach Michal Orenstein-Orpaz from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Tues., June 16 at the library, 29901 Ladyface Court. The free interactive workshop is designed to help participants find work in a competitive job market. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER—Lancelot, a 19-year-old red tail hawk, shows off his fine feathers for owner Cynthia Maxwell, a Calabasas resident, during May 31 History Day at Mountains Restoration Trust Headwaters Corner on Mulholland Highway. More ... The National Park Service will host National Trails Day from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat., June 6 in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area on Yerba Buena Road. Volunteers of all ages from many local communities will work together to rehabilitate trails at the Circle X Ranch east to Saddle Peak. More ... The Thousand OaksWestlake Village Community Foundation will honor local individuals and organizations that have made a positive impact on Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village at the Spirit of Community Awards from 7 to 9 p.m. Fri., June 5 at Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. More ... The Conejo Valley Audubon Society will host its annual picnic Sat., June 6 at the old Janss House on Greenmeadow Avenue off South Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. There will be a bird walk at 8 a.m. The picnic is a potluck. More ... SOPHIA FISCHER/Acorn Newspapers GOOD CAUSE—Oak Park High School students who completed a walk-athon on May 19 show off the certificates they earned. From left: Maddy Kubik, Samantha Galvan, Kristie Tagawa, Emilee Liu, Kelsey Orens and Daniel Reilly. The walk was organized by the Beginning Peer Counseling program to benefit the American Cancer Society, Alzheimer's Foundation and Many Mansions. More ... HELP IN CRISIS—Businesswomen Andrea Wall, left, and Kim Roschke of Oak Park receive the Stillpoint Family Resources Point of Service award at a recent Globe Theater gala in Hollywood. The Woodland Hills-based charity provides counseling and educational services to those in crisis. For more information, visit www.stillpointfamilyresources.org. More ... WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers A LITTLE ONE-ON-ONE—Agoura Hills residents Donny Douglass and Zach Kitchen, 8, the son of Donny's girlfriend, play some basketball last Saturday afternoon. The two like to play basketball as often as possible and whoever gets to 30 points first wins. Zach won this game 30 to 29 with a last minute three-pointer. More ... Many products that are used in fabric, carpet, paint and furniture contain pesticides, carcinogenic arylamines, heavy metals, formaldehydes and allergenic dyestuffs. During the past 10 years, research has focused on the harmful effects these ingredients used in the textile industry have on humans and the environment. More ... The city of Agoura Hills will make improvements at several parks during general maintenance work over the next six months. Reyes Adobe Park : Six poplar trees have been replaced with eight trees: four majestic red oaks, which have a 200- to 300- year life span, and four tulip trees, a deciduous variety with a 200-year life span. More ... Community RSS feed |
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