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Alumni say goodbye to Wardlow School
As soon as a group of 10 Wardlow School alumni stepped foot inside its stripped-down front office, images from childhood popped into their heads. Alumni from the former school toured the Huntington Beach campus one last time before Tri Pointe Homes...
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Men's Volleyball: Rustlers capture state title
Golden West College won its sixth California Community College Athletic Assn. state championship in men's volleyball Saturday when the Rustlers edged Pacific Coast Athletic Conference rival Grossmont, 31-29, 26-24, 25-17. The state final was played in...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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Edison High band and choir showcase skills
Edison High School presented a showcase of its performing arts programs at the historic Huntington Beach High School Auditorium on Friday. Taking the stage that evening were the Edison High School Jazz Ensemble, the Advanced Choir, Percussion Ensemble...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Entertainment Events, Concerts, High Schools, Arts
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Webcam captures secrets of endangered birds
He didn't expect to be staring at his computer screen for hours on end, but Brian Pavloff caught himself doing just that. Pavloff, president of Variable Speed Solutions in Huntington Beach, had just finished working on a web camera project for the Bolsa...
Tags: Verizon Communications, Teaching and Learning, Students, High Schools, Science and Technology
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A day of surf and snow
Plenty of Californians take pride in knowing they can surf in the morning and enjoy winter sports in the mountains in the afternoon, but it's a privilege not often taken advantage of. For three years, Red Bull has sponsored an event called the...
Tags: Snowboarding, Teaching and Learning, Students, John Jackson, Loyola Marymount University
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Around Town: Working with impoverished around the world
Concern America is holding its 16th annual Walk Out of Poverty on Saturday in Fountain Valley. The five-mile walk-a-thon is designed to raise funds for projects in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia and Mozambique. Concern America trains...
Tags: Business, Social Issues, Teaching and Learning, Students, Japan
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From disaster comes knowledge
Beverly Findlay-Kaneko has used her memories of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two years ago to start making a change in her new home of Huntington Beach. Findlay-Kaneko was in Japan when those natural disasters led to three...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Yokohama (Japan), Japan, Energy and Resource Industries
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'A real-life princess'
To young girls, Andrea Licata seems straight out of a fairy tale. Mesmerized by her glittering tiara, sash and diamond and gold necklace — perks of being Miss Fountain Valley — they stop her to ask, "Are you a real-life princess?" A...
Tags: Festive Events, Miss America Pageant, Breast Cancer, Entertainment Events, University of California, Irvine
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Flamboyant characters step out of the hat
A trio of monkeys, one with a pierced lip, kicking up a storm. Big-voiced Sour Kangaroo testing her moves. Styrofoam-headgear-toting Whos gallivanting with instruments made from PVC pipe, toilet plungers and badminton birdies. It's high school, so...
Tags: Dr. Seuss, Meryl Streep, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment Events, High Schools
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Marina High hosts night for incoming students
Parents of Marina High School students entering the eighth grade are invited to participate in the campus' second annual Expo on Feb. 6. As enticements to attend, there will be food trucks and performances by the Viking band beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the... -
Teachers from Marina High honored
Marina High School's Hong Lan "Daisy" McKernan, Jason Flores and Natasha Souders have been recognized for excellence in teaching. McKernan, a chemistry teacher, was awarded the Region 11 Educator of the Year by the California League of High Schools....
Tags: California State University, Long Beach, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Plavan in F.V. nominated for Blue Ribbon school
Plavan Elementary School in Fountain Valley has been nominated by the California schools chief Tom Torlakson for the 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools Program award. Schools nominated for this significant recognition are performing at very high levels or...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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