December 17, 2009 RSS feed / Schools

019p1.jpg

Thanks to you, children are giving, too

Superintendent’s column
By Mario Contini Special to the Acorn
Just when you thought they weren’t looking, we find that the students in our district, kindergarten through high school, are modeling the good deeds of the extraordinary adults around them— parents, family members, teachers, n More...

No Ventura County School named ‘Blue Ribbon’

By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com

For the third straight year, no Ventura County school has been named a Blue Ribbon award nominee. More...

Ventura Community College District reorganizes

The Ventura County Community College District board of trustees elected Robert Huber as chair and Cheryl Heitmann as vice chair at a recent annual reorganization meeting. More...

T.O., N.P. trash pickup holiday schedule

Since both Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Fridays this year, only Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park customers of Newbury Disposal who normally have their trash and recycling or green waste collected Friday will have them collect More...

Krishna Kokatay

Full Story

Blue ribbon requirements

According to the California Department of Education, to be eligible for 2010 Blue Ribbon award consideration, a public school must have: •Met all 2008 Academic Performance Index (API) state targets and all Adequate Yearly More...