Sixth-grade champions
      WELL DONE- St. Mary Magdalen School's sixth-grade Eagles basketball team clinched the Knights of Columbus league championship Sunday evening at Santa Clara High School's Pavilion in Oxnard. The Eagles finished the year 9-2 and won four straight to take the league tournament.
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Pleasant Valley School District to clean up its act
New cleaning strategies to include HEPA filters, antimicrobial soap
      Little has changed over the years when it comes to cleaning products and procedures. But for students, teachers, parents and staff of the Pleasant Valley School District, a new attitude toward health and safety is taking shape.
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Creating worlds of wonder
      WRITTEN WORD- Carol Heyer, a Thousand Oaks artist and illustrator of children's books, speaks to students at La Mariposa Elementary School during the school's annual Day With an Author program on Wed., Feb. 13. Three different authors spoke to students from first through fifth grade during ...
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Moving on to the next round
      TOP SPELLERS- Carden School of Camarillo fourthgrader Porschia Adler, above, introduces herself and spells her name during the warm-up round of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee for area six Wed., Feb. 13 at Dos Caminos Elementary School in Camarillo.
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University to document oral histories of guest workers
Interviews will be part of Smithsonian traveling exhibit
      California State University Channel Islands is partnering with the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to collect oral histories from those who participated in the bracero program, a guest worker program administered by the United States government from 1942 to 1964.
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