COMMUNITY NEWS 250 BACKPACKS OF GIFTS DONATED TO RESERVATION.Members of the Pierce College Pre-Veterinary Club delivered 250 backpacks stuffed with toys, clothes and other gifts recently to children on Indian reservations in North Dakota as part of efforts by the nonprofit Walking Shield American Indian Society. As part of the society's efforts, children who promise to stay in school from September through Christmas earn the gifts, said Leland Shapiro, director of Pierce's Pre-Veterinary Science Program and club adviser. Students in Pierce's Child Development Center, Dance Club, Alpha Gamma Sigma There are at least two organizations known as Alpha Gamma Sigma:
Walking Shield has been helping American Indians on reservations with housing, infrastructure development, health care and humanitarian aid since 1986. Assemblywoman Cindy Montaez and the CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge Center for Community Service-Learning gave 45 CSUN students, faculty members and community partners certificates honoring their participation in Project S.H.I.N.E. (Students Helping in the Naturalization naturalization, official act by which a person is made a national of a country other than his or her native one. In some countries naturalized persons do not necessarily become citizens but may merely acquire a new nationality. of Elders). The nationwide program helps older immigrants and refugees learn English and the U.S. citizenship process, partnering with community colleges, universities and community-based organizations. CSUN students have tutored the elderly across the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. for the past two years. Free citizenship and English as a Second Language classes will be offered by the project at more than 20 locations throughout the San Fernando Valley beginning in the spring. For information, call (818) 677-7395. Twelve eighth-graders from Sierra Canyon Middle School Canyon Middle School is a middle school in Castro Valley, California, USA. It is one of two middle schools in the Castro Valley Unified School District, the other being Creekside Middle School. in Chatsworth won the recent city championship in the Los Angeles County Mock Trial A simulated trial-level proceeding conducted by students to understand trial rules and processes. Usually tried before a mock jury, these proceedings are different from Moot Court proceedings, which simulate appellate arguments. competition. They are: Jordan Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , Samantha D'Ambola, Robert Daniluk, Bridget Golob, Henry Grunzweig, A.J. Howard, Kyle Lam, Paige Negoro, Daphne Pariser, Maxx Rifkin, Warren Sayles and Aeriel Scott. |
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