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‘Seussical’ preview performed at fair
The Placerita Drama Club performed a preview of "Seussical, Jr." at the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation's annual Arts and Literary Fair on Dec. 3 at Newhall Park. Fifty junior high drama students, under the direction of Vicki Kennedy attended and performed throughout the day. Student Bradley Wood said it was a good day to play the Grinch with 35 mph winds, because his costume was the warmest of all. In the spirit of the ...
Valencia students give back
Valencia High School students and members of Fight for a Cure and Femina recently teamed up to make care packages for women in need. The teens wrote inspirational letters that were sent with each of the care packages. Fight for a Cure works to support people with common and rare diseases, while Femina is the school's women's rights and women's empowerment club. Club leaders hope to encourage their fellow students to give back during the ...
Perri Perrault: Kids help hungry
The students at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia are helping to feed hungry people in the Santa Clarita Valley, one can at a time. Our fourth-grade theme this year is Peace/Helping the World. The teachers wanted to help the students learn that peace and change in the world begins with one person, one step at a time. We talked about global, national, state and community problems. We discussed hunger, and many of the students ...
Chalk expression on the blacktop
Highlands-Emblem Elementary School held its annual Chalk Festival Nov. 8-10, giving students a way to express themselves artistically. The Saugus school's blacktop transformed into a giant canvas as students showed their creativity and self-expression by creating colorful chalk drawings all around the school. "The Chalk Festival allows the students to release their creativity in a casual, fun setting," Principal Paul Martinsen said. "I have thoroughly enjoyed walking around these past few days and watching the ...
Plum Canyon council raises money for vets
For two weeks, the Plum Canyon Elementary Student Council held a Nickels for Nails collection drive at school to support homes for veterans. Nickels for Nails is a program run by Habitat for Humanity and the school collection would be used toward SCV Habitat For Heroes. Habitat For Heroes is specifically designed to address the needs of veterans in the Santa Clarita Valley. Each day during the event, students were encouraged to bring in spare ...
Hart High dance to host showcase
The Hart High School dance team invites the community to its annual showcase to support the local chapter of Help the Children, a nonprofit organization that provides food and social services to families in need.
Students take part in annual Youth Summit
More than 350 students from six local junior high schools and Castaic Middle School participated in the annual Youth Summit in October to develop leadership skills, encourage positive contributions to their schools and the community and build self-esteem.
West Ranch band, color guard take sweepstakes
"We're back!" Those are the words of Hyunseung Shon, one of the three drum majors of West Ranch High School's award-winning marching band.
Bands compete at Rampage
More than 5,000 students, parents and music enthusiasts filled the College of the Canyons Cougar Stadium on Nov. 5 to be part of the 28th annual Hart High Rampage Marching and Color Guard Field Show competition.
Hart band donates tree to Boys & Girls Club
The students from Hart High School's award-winning marching band and color guard, Hart Regiment, recently gathered to bring joy to the Boys & Girls Club. The student group created and donated a 4-foot tabletop tree, which will be on display at the Westfield Valencia Town Center and will go up for auction at the Festival of Trees benefit. Also included is a CD from Hart's award-winning Wind Ensemble, an iPod Shuffle and iTunes gift card. ...
Saugus High dance to host clinic
The Saugus High School dance team will host its annual dance clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the school gym. The clinic is for boys and girls in grades kindergarten through 12 and no dance experience is necessary. Each child will receive a clinic T-shirt and will learn dance technique and a routine to perform for family and friends at the end of the clinic. The donation fee of $30 ...
SCV Chinese School students write cards
Students from the Santa Clarita Valley Chinese School gathered in October to write more than 100 get-well cards in Chinese for surgery patients living in an orphanage in Henan, China. The effort was supported by Mending Kids International and the Soroptimist International Greater SCV chapter, which helped arrange for the card writing program.
Albert Einstein students give back to community
Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences families and students took part in two charity events as a way to give back to the Santa Clarita Valley. Einstein Academy families joined with other community members Oct. 1 and 2 to help raise awareness of the homeless families in our own community. The families participated in Box City and raised pledges and slept overnight in Bridgeport Park in Valencia, in a cardboard box "home" as ...
Schools celebrate Red Ribbon Week
Local Santa Clarita Valley schools celebrated Red Ribbon Week in October. At Skyblue Mesa Elementary School, students signed pledges to be drug-free and made red stars sharing what they do instead of drugs. The school also organized a "garden of pledges" to remind students to stay off drugs. At Golden Oak Community School, students made banners and organized a Red Ribbon parade through their Canyon Country campus.
West Ranch High faculty observe elementary teachers
For the first time in the history of the William S. Hart Union High School District, the West Ranch High School faculty spent a day observing teachers of various elementary schools on Oct. 18. The goal of the articulation was to improve the practice of educators by applying certain elementary school teaching methods in the high school classroom. Fifty-three two-person teams of teachers and counselors spent time observing primary and upper-grade classes at Oak Hills, ...
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Helmers student wins national PTA Reflections award
Augie Altes, a Valencia resident and first-grader at Helmers Elementary School, has won the national PTA Reflections competition in the category of photography for the primary grade level (K-2).
Field trip to the Chumash Center
The Chumash Center is a very exciting and inspiring place. This article will be about the tour our home-school group took of the center.
Civil War life on display at Placerita Junior High School
David Held, in the chacter of a southern infantry sergeant, and others described life in the Confederate army to a group of 8th grade students during an historical presentation by Civil War re-enactors at Placerita Junior High School on Friday.
Footloose is spring production at Golden Valley High School
The spring musical at Golden Valley High School will be "Footloose" and run Wednesday through Friday.
Students from Legacy Christian Academy win NASA contest
"How does it feel to look at Earth from space?"
Placerita Junior High fields Ballroom Dance Team
The Placerita Ballroom Dance Team from Placerita Junior High School in Newhall recently competed at the High Desert Dance Classic in the Dancing Feet Youth Ballroom program held at Antelope Valley College.
Pi Day celebrated at Oak Hills Elementary
Third grade students at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia recently celebrated Pi Day. Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 around the world.
A homeschooler’s perspective of extracurricular activities
am a homeschooler. That means that I do my schoolwork at home, but I also take classes.
Student writes own play
I love language arts: books, plays, poetry; you name it, I love it. I've always liked it but what really hit it off was when I took a theater class, I was hypnotized. I was determined to write my own play, and I am succeeding! I love writing. It's like making my own world! Here is a sample of my play. I now present to you the opening scene of my play, "Trust Me."
Student attends inauguration
As an American, no matter Republican or Democrat, a trip to the Presidential Inauguration is the thrill of a lifetime.
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