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CAMPUS EXPOSED; SHADY AFFAIR PLANNED.


Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer

The saplings try valiantly but it will be years before they grow enough to shade the Valencia High School Valencia High School may refer to:
  • Valencia High School (Placentia, California), a public high school in Placentia, California.
  • Valencia High School (Santa Clarita, California), a public high school in Santa Clarita, California.
 quad, plagued by a lack of shelter from the brutal sun and driving rain.

It's no wonder that students and parents alike listed shade as their No. 1 wish in a survey by the campus Parent Advisory Council.

The council's solution? Throw a party.

On March 22, the Raise the Shade at VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier.  committee plans a soiree soi·ree also soi·rée  
n.
An evening party or reception.



[French soirée, from Old French seree, from seir, evening, from Latin
 - a night of dancing, casino play, hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, handwriting analysis and palm reading - to raise money for the cause.

``Our goal is to raise $50,000 for a permanent structure to cover the quad,'' said Susan Edwards, co-chairwoman of the Raise the Shade at VHS committee. The committee will ask the William S. Hart Union High School District to match the money raised at the party.

The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state.  has donated the third floor of its new Town Center Drive building for the party.

Deejay dee·jay  
n. Informal
A disc jockey.



[Pronunciation of DJ1.]

deejay
Noun

Informal a disc jockey [from the initials DJ]
 Steve Tyndall will man the music machine. Tickets are $35 if they're ordered today, $40 otherwise. Call Edwards at (805) 254-0324 for information.

Valencia High opened in 1994 with all the necessities financed by state funding, and all the extras left up to the school district and volunteer efforts.

The school is seeking an estimate for an overhang Overhang

Calculated as stock options granted, plus the remaining options to still be granted, and then divided by the total shares outstanding.

Notes:
A high percentage for the overhang is usually a bad thing.
 for the quad, expecting the cost to range anywhere from $30,000 to $80,000, depending on the size and design, said Principal Paul Priesz.

``Shade is a concern because it gets very warm up here,'' Priesz said. ``There aren't a lot of places the students can go to get out of the sun. This is a comfort thing.''

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Photo: A fund-raiser is being planned in an effort to build a structure at Valencia High School that will provide pupils with shade.

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Date:Mar 13, 1997
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