May 19, 2011 RSS feed / Schools

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Teachers protest outside Strickland’s district office

Educators upset Republicans won’t support tax extensions
By Anna Bitong
annab@theacorn.com
About 60 teachers from Simi Valley, Conejo Valley, Moorpark and Las Virgenes school districts gathered in front of state Sen. Tony Strickland’s Simi Valley office last week to protest further state budget cuts to education. More...

High School HI*LIGHTS

Newbury Park Panthers Fri., May 20: Picture day for ninthgraders/ 10 to 11 a.m. Sat., May 21: Junior-senior prom/ Reagan Library/7 p.m. More...

Musical arts camp offered in Westlake Village

Camp runs for 5 days in August

Students entering grades one through eight in the fall are eligible to apply for the 19th annual Pizazz summer musical arts camp from Aug. 8 through 12 at the United Methodist Church of Westlake Village, 1049 S. Westlake Blvd. More...

Glenwood Elementary among Books for Schools grant winners

SAGE and Corwin, a SAGE Company, have announce this year’s grant recipients in the Books for Schools program. Ten schools from Santa Barbara and Ventura counties were selected to each receive a $1,000 grant for their school library. More...

API results show CVUSD students are continuing to make the grade

By Anna Bitong
annab@theacorn.com

All but two Conejo Valley Unified schools scored at or above state education standards, according to the California Department of Education’s recently released 2010 Base Academic Performance Index, which determines the growth targets and rankin More...

Teacher layoffs projected if state doesn’t approve tax extensions

Elementary school counseling set to be eliminated; 41 teachers receive pink slips
By Anna Bitong
annab@theacorn.com

More Conejo Valley school district teachers will lose their jobs next school year if Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to extend tax increases does not pass, school officials say. More...

Dancers get dirty to clean up school

GROUP EFFORT—Westlake High School students Makayla Yoshimoto and Rachel Shaprio pull weeds during the Westlake High School Dance Team Booster community service project at Westlake High on May 1 More...

College Corner

A strong finish to the school year

With just a few weeks left in the school year, final exams are looming. This is an opportunity for students to make one last push to end the year with the best possible grades. More...

Summer Fest at Aspen Elementary

Aspen Elementary School’s annual Summer Fest celebration will take place from 3 to 8 p. m. Fri., June 3 at the school, 1870 Oberlin Ave., Thousand Oaks. More...

TOHS wins video contest

Thousand Oaks High School was named winner of the city of Thousand Oaks’ Water Awareness Video Contest at a recent City Council meeting. More...

Private school pupils put on a show

GOTTA WEAR SHADES—St. More...