Brandman University, a fully accredited university within the Chapman University System, is offering new transfer students a $500 scholarship toward earning their bachelor’s degree. Formerly Chapman University College, Brandman University focuses on meeting the needs of working students, and offers more than 200 educational programs. The scholarship is only open to new Brandman […]
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Santa Barbara County, schools team up to protect students from swine flu
To address school absenteeism and the H1N1 virus (more often referred to as swine flu), the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department is offering parents some health tips. According to a press release from the county, healthy children can attend school even if there’s a sick parent or sibling at home. However, at the […]
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Make your kid an honorary Bulldog
There are now openings for infants and children ages three months to five years old at Allan Hancock College’s Children’s Center Lab School. Located on Hancock’s Santa Maria campus, the school is designed to provide for children a diverse, nurturing, developmentally appropriate, and culturally inclusive environment, according to a press release from the college. […]
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Everybody wins at Santa Maria-Bonita School District’s 15th annual bowl-a-thon
Everybody wins at Santa Maria-Bonita School District’s 15th annual bowl-a-thon Groups of middle-schoolers stood in clusters around ball returns at Rancho Bowl in Santa Maria on Oct. 28 at the 15th annual Dick Wicks’ Memorial Strike a Partnership Bowl-A-Thon, waiting for their turn to knock down some pins. After each student bowled, people […]
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Orcutt Academy opens a new science lab
Students attending biology and other life science classes at Orcutt Academy High School now have a new facility in which to do their experiments. On Oct. 29, the Spartans hosted a grand opening ceremony to show off the charter school’s brand new classroom and lab on the Orcutt Junior High School campus. Associated […]
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Program provides Stepping Stones to a good education
Need licensed childcare for your preschooler? YMCA Stepping Stones Childcare, located in the Betteravia Government Center, and the YMCA Young Children’s Preschool, located at 3400 Skyway Drive in Santa Maria, are now enrolling children ages 2 to 5 years old. The prerequisite is potty training. The Stepping Stones center is a licensed and fully […]
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It’s transfer time
Students interested in transferring to a four-year university—and their parents—are invited to attend Allan Hancock College’s University Transfer Day on Nov. 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Santa Maria campus student center (building G). Attendees will get a chance to talk to representatives from approximately 40 colleges and universities in California […]
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Take a future business leader to lunch
The Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce is looking for business people to sponsor students at its Future Business Leaders of America luncheon on Nov. 10 at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center in Santa Maria. For a $30 donation, sponsors can “take a future business leader to lunch,” and have the opportunity to […]
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Congrats to the camp grads
Caps will fly at the Los Prietos Boys Camp and Academy on Oct. 22 when Los Robles High School graduates 22 students. According to information from the Santa Barbara County Education Office, which runs the school, this graduation ceremony will mark the second largest high school graduating class in the history of the Los Prietos […]
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Stay after school
On Oct. 22, parents in the workforce will have the opportunity to see what their children do after school at the Santa Maria Valley After School Education and Safety (ASES) program’s “Lights On” open house. Each of the 18 ASES school sites within the Santa Maria-Bonita School District will be opening their doors to the […]
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Orcutt Academy offers an alternative way to learn
It’s going into its second school year, and already Orcutt Academy’s independent study/blended program has reported a 100 percent increase in enrollment, from 33 to 66 students, according to an announcement from the school. The program allows some of the charter school’s students to blend weekly independent study and classroom instruction to create a more […]
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Fall into learning at Allan Hancock College
The autumn season tends to mark the beginning of the school year for students in kindergarten to college. At Allan Hancock College, learning opportunities are available to adults, too, as registration is now open for a handful of Community Education classes and events happening this month. History and economics will take center stage Oct. 16 […]