January 26, 2012 RSS feed / Schools

Adult school screeningfilm on food industry

Conejo Valley Adult School’s Pregnancy, Perinatal and Newborn Program will present the film “Food Inc.” about the nation’s food industry, at 7 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 2 at the Horizon Hills campus, 33 Greta St., Thousand Oaks. More...

Hot licks, cool kicks

THROUGH THE RAIN— At right, Garrick Brazier, 16, left, Samantha Nesheiwet, 13, and Megan Tuinstra, 12, race the final few yards of the second annual Thousand Oaks High School “Band on a R More...

Options for B and C students

Your high school record . . . in no way limits your opportunities to have a successful college experience

Counselors at some secondary schools—where administrators tout acceptances to selective colleges and parents expect top students to be admitted to elite schools—may feel pressure to focus their energy on the high achievers. More...

Educator’s passion for math a real plus

Math was always the most challenging subject in school for Cynthia Wyels. Which is why she decided to become a math teacher. “The challenge of mathematics made the payoff greater; it was a bigger accomplishment,” Wyels says. More...

Mothers of Preschoolers meets biweekly at church

Parents gather to share advice, experience

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) will begin its second semester from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Wed., Feb. 8. The group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, 588 Camino Manzanas, Thousand Oaks. More...

High School HI*LIGHTS

Newbury Park Panthers More...

Freshman makes dean’s list at Connecticut College

Thousand Oaks resident Jennifer Jackson, a freshman at Connecticut College, has been named to the dean’s high honors list for the 2011 fall semester. More...