Pleasant Valley school to celebrate 50th birthday
April event to include barbecue
      Camarillo Heights Elementary School is celebrating its 50th anniversary during the 2006-07 school year. A schoolwide assembly will be held at 11 a.m. Fri., April 27 with birthday cake for all. That evening there will be an adultsonly event. A family barbecue will take place Sat., Apr...
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Students show they're whizzes at academic quiz
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      It was the classic nail-biter competition: the two high school teams, rivals for years, led a dozen other teams by answering 90 of the 100 questions correctly in a Jeopardy-style academic contest. To break the tie between Rio Mesa and Buena high schools, the game went into a sudden deat...
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Hundreds of Camarillo students take to CineMagic stage
      CineMagic, the performing arts program of the Pleasant Valley Education Foundation, will present "Encore! One More Time" Fri. and Sat., March 30 and 31 at the Pacifica High School Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Gonzales Road in Oxnard. Performances will be 7 p.m. Friday, and 11 a.m. and 7 p...
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Partnership dinner to fund scholarships
      The 2007 Business and Technology Partnership Leadership Dinner will be 5:30 p.m. Tues, April 24, 2007 at the Mandalay Beach Resort in Oxnard.
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Local teachers go the distance
     TOUGH TEACHERS- Local elementary teachers celebrate after walking the 26-mile Los Angeles Marathon earlier this month. Top, Judith Laurentowski, from Los Senderos Open School, and Corinne New, a teacher at La Mariposa School, take a moment after crossing the finishing line. Bottom, Peggy Celic, a te...
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Camarillo Hospice receives $10,000 grant
      In December 2006 Camarillo Hospice received a $10,000 grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation in support of its ongoing mission of providing practical, emotional and counseling support to individuals and families who are dealing with lifethreatening illness and/or grief associated with loss.
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