The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District’s Independent Study teachers want you to know they’re here to help—here being the Santa Maria Public Library. Two years ago, the independent study program moved into library classrooms left vacant after the adult education program was cut from the budget. This has allowed the independent study program […]
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Chemistry is powerful
Allan Hancock College’s Friday Night Science is back, and this time the experiments are so big and the explosions so loud, that the science department is providing earplugs free of charge. The first of two Friday Night Science events will take place on Nov. 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., starting in room M-310 on […]
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Santa Barbara County is getting more safe routes to school
Little Jorge and Susie are going to be safer while making their way to school, thanks to a $66 million grant from Caltrans. The Safe Routes to School projects improve safety for students in grades K-8 who walk or bicycle to and from school. “By improving safety, more children are encouraged to walk and bicycle […]
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Study up on 40 colleges at once
Anyone interested in attending a four-year university in California or the rest of the nation is invited to attend Allan Hancock College’s University Transfer Day on Nov. 1 at the college’s Santa Maria campus. Attendees will get to meet and speak with representatives from more than 40 colleges and universities to get information about academic […]
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There will be robots!
Steel and wheels—or at least LEGO pieces—will face off on Oct. 29 at a robotics tournament at Olga Reed School in Los Alamos. With Orcutt Academy High School as host, the competition will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and focus on the theme “Food Factor.” The games at the competition will require students […]
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Bone Soup, by Cambria Evans
recommended for ages 4 through 8
Halloween is a wonderful holiday for reading. There are so many spooky stories to share for a good scare, or simply a little spine tingle for wee ghosties. Author and illustrator Cambria Evans provides a fun choice for little goblins to enjoy with Bone Soup, a Halloween version of the classic tale Stone Soup. Finnegan […]
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Learn about Native American history at Hancock
Allan Hancock College is offering a free lecture series focusing on Native American history through November in concurrence with Native American Heritage Month, college officials recently announced. All lectures will be held at the forum—building C, room 40—on the Santa Maria campus. Parking is also free, and registration isn’t required. Roger Hall, associate professor of […]
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Celebrate fall with Taylor Elementary
On Oct. 22, the Taylor Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization and faculty will hold a fall festival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to raise funds for student activities throughout the year. There will be community booths, craft displays, quarter raffles for children, bounce houses, a cake walk, a silent auction, carnival games, basketball games, […]
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Have a girls’ night out
The Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department is holding a free “Girls Night Out” on Nov. 5 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center. This will be a free night of fun for girls ages 12 to 17. Forty lucky girls will get to enjoy various spa applications—such as manicures, […]
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How do you spell Mississippi?
Third-graders at Santa Maria and Orcutt schools are going to have even better vocabularies now, thanks to a donation from the Rotary Club of Santa Maria. Some of the schools that received dictionaries include Alice Shaw, Joe Nightingale, and Pacific Christian. The Dictionary Project is designed to help third grade teachers in their goal to […]
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Learn Japanese with your child
Starting Oct. 14, the Santa Maria Japanese Community Center is once again offering Japanese language classes to children and their parents. The classes will cater to 3- to 5-year-olds—2-year-olds are welcome if accompanied by an adult—and parents are encouraged to learn with their children. In this preschool setting, children will learn customary greetings through song […]
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A local student assists with eye surgeries in Mexico
Earlier this month, St. Joseph High School senior Jessica Bonilla traveled to Tecate, Mexico, to assist Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) ophthalmologist Jeffrey Rutgard as he performed cataracts surgery on people living in the region. Members of the expedition were able to perform 12 sight-restoring surgeries. Bonilla recently volunteered at the fifth annual SEE International MSICS […]