McCarthy named educator of month
      Claire McCarthy, a secondgrade teacher at St. Mary Magdalen School, received the Educator of the Month award Fri., Feb. 2 from Camarillo Mayor Jan McDonald and the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce. McCarthy has been teaching for more than 20 years at St. Mary Magdalen School...
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Students have a heart for troops
      Kim Michaud's fourth-grade class won't be taking their Valentines home to mom and dad this year. Instead, their cards could end up in Guam, the Marshall Islands or even Micronesia. The Camarillo Heights teacher wanted to make Feb. 14 special for her class of 9- and 10-year-old ...
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Teacher awarded $1,000 arts grant
      Stephanie Grabow, an elementary school teacher at Rancho Rosal, is one of 25 recipients of the Airborne Teacher Trust Fund grant. The grant, created by Airborne Inc., makers of an immuneboosting herbal health formula, is designed to help elementary and middle school teachers implemen...
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$3.2 million county grant to fund after-school programs
      Ventura County schools have received $3,288,000 in After School Education and Safety grants. The funds will be used to open 29 new afterschool programs serving 2,500 elementary and middle school students.
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