COLLEGE UTILIZING HIGH SCHOOL SPACE.Byline: Nathan Kurz Staff Writer 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, - Because of a high demand for classes in the eastern Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. will begin offering courses this fall at the new Golden Valley High School, spokeswoman Sue Bozman said Monday. The school will host sections in English, math, history, anthropology anthropology, classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human social relations has been the distinctive concept of culture. , Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river. , dance, communications and real estate at the school starting Sept. 20. With close to 50 percent of its 15,000-member student body coming from Canyon Country, Saugus and Newhall, school officials have long perceived a need for a second campus in eastern Santa Clarita. But efforts for such a building are merely in the planning stages at this point. The district is looking at several sites, trying to determine which would best suit the needs of the college. ``(We're) moving quickly to acquire (our) own property,'' Bozman said. ``But the demand for classes now by community members is significant, so we've decided to begin offering classes right away.'' Without its own home, the college looked to the new high school to fill a void and extend its offerings at Canyon Country Library. Golden Valley High, in the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District, will open next month. The ACCESS site has just four classrooms and a laboratory, prompting a desire for expansion to other sites. ``It makes good sense to do what we can to offer the classes that people want and need,'' Bozman said. ``The Golden Valley site will allow us to meet those needs until we complete our own facility in the eastern part of our community.'' Classes will be offered Mondays through Thursdays at Golden Valley. English, history, anthropology and dance are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m, while communications, Spanish, math and real estate will meet from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Except for the four-unit math courses, all of the classes are three units. Golden Valley was made available to the college after its course guide was printed and mailed out in June. But the classes are listed in the online schedule at the college's Web site, www.canyons.edu. Students can enroll via the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the or by phone at (661) 259-7800. The classes are considered ``short term'' because they will run from Sept. 20 through Dec. 10. |
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