CABLE FIRM LAUDED FOR LITERACY EFFORTS.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , which serves Santa Clarita, has won Beacon Awards for its Reading Counts and Seuss Storywriting Contest. Sponsored by the Cable Television Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. Association, the national competition recognizes excellence in public affairs in the cable industry. The two Time Warner programs support literacy in schools. ``Even with today's advanced technologies, all communication begins with the written word,'' said Tom Feige, president of the cable company's Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. division. Reading Counts is an online database and Web site that tracks pupils in grades kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be to eight and allows teachers, parents and students to submit reading records. The program keeps track of the books children read and how many pages they complete. The top 10 schools in Time Warner's service area receive $1,000 to use toward the purchase of books. The Seuss program was developed by Time Warner as part of the National Education Association's Read Across America program, which emphasizes the importance of reading. Grades K-6 create, write and illustrate their own Dr. Seuss Noun 1. Dr. Seuss - United States writer of children's books (1904-1991) Geisel, Theodor Seuss Geisel stories in groups. A panel of community leaders judge the entries. Nearly 80 stories from local schools were entered in this year's contest. Of 420 entries received in this year's Beacon Award competition, 80 winners were chosen by a panel of cable public affairs professionals. |
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