COMMUNITY NEWS ANIMAL GROUPS' PET PROJECTS FUNDED.Two 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. animal-welfare groups will receive grants from the California Community Foundation for their work with cats and dogs Cats and Dogs A slang term referring to speculative stocks that have short or suspicious histories for sales, earnings, dividends, etc. Notes: In a bull market analysts will often mention that everything is going up, even the cats and dogs. . Actors and Others for Animals, based in North Hollywood, will get $153,000; Best Friends Catnippers of Sherman Oaks will receive $28,000. The grants are among $1.5 million awarded by the foundation to 15 nonprofit animal-welfare groups in Los Angeles. ``This is the most significant amount of money the Community Foundation has ever awarded to animal organizations at any one time,'' said Judy Spiegel, a vice president of the foundation. ``These organizations are improving the lives of cats, dogs and vulnerable adults in wonderful ways,'' she said. Burbank honor student Crystal Rachal has been teaching hula dancing to residents of Belmont Village, an assisted-living center for seniors, with even those on walkers and wheelchairs attending for exercise. Rachal, a native of Hawaii who attends Burbank High School, also teaches language, instruments, culture of other Polynesian islands, floral lei-making and different Polynesian dances to the seniors. Seniors put their learning to use at this month's luau at the center. Eleven high school students have been awarded $1,000 scholarships by the Fernando Award Foundation at the Jesse F. McHam Fernando Nomination Luncheon. The students are: Evegail Andal, St. Genevieve High School St. Genevieve High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Panorama City, Los Angeles, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. History School Name The school is named in honor of the patroness of Paris. ; Krystle Lee, Louisville High School; Karen Lopez, Monroe High School; Fariba Mansoory, Sylmar High School; Jessica Leigh Orkin, Calabasas High School; Marco Rufalo-Roger, Crespi High School; Michael Safaee, El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. ; Abagail Jayne Siegel, Viewpoint School; Vanessa Soberanis, Canoga Park High School Canoga Park High School is a public school located in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located right across the street from the Topanga Plaza shopping center. ; Hataitip ``Tippy'' Ussavanarong, Grant High School; and Avi E. Zaraya, El Camino Real High School. Stacy Hartman of Woodland Hills, a recent graduate of El Camino Real High School, has been named to The National Society of High School Seniors, which recognizes outstanding academic achievement among the nation's students. Membership entitles students to scholarships, networking events, publications and other opportunities for academic success. The Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley has recognized outstanding Valley schools, educators and students for national achievements, presenting them with the Steve Allen Excellence in Education Award. Recipients are El Camino Real High School for its U.S. Academic Decathlon performance; Arminta Parent Center for outstanding parental involvement; Fernangeles Elementary School and Sun Valley Middle School Sun Valley Middle School is located in Sun Valley, a section of Los Angeles, California, and is part of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). In April 1948, school officials announced that "the most charming of all the new junior high schools" in the Los Angeles system would for environmental achievement in the Green Flag Program; Calvert Street Elementary School and St. Genevieve High School for character education; Cleveland High School for its Academy of Media Art Technology; Shirley Avenue Elementary School as a NASA Explorer School; Gugu Mthembu, educator at the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (also Sherman Oaks CES or SOCES) is a (magnet) public school in the San Fernando Valley, Southern California, United States. , for excellence in secondary school education; Amy Ennis, a student of Los Angeles Valley College LAVC redirects here. For the software library, see libavcodec. The university is adjacent to Grant High School. Often called "Valley College" or simply "Valley" by those who frequent the campus, it opened its doors to the public on September 12, 1949, at which time the campus was , as a national champion in public speaking; and California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , for its Reading First Teacher Education Network. |
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