DISTRICT ADDS SUMMER SCHOOL CLASSES.Byline: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer Middle school students in the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by are getting their first opportunity to attend summer classes. Bernard Carr, principal at Westlake Elementary School elementary school: see school. and principal of the district's summer school, said the program has been expanded to include grades seven and eight, making summer school available to students in grades five through 12. ``I think there was a feeling out there that there was a need for this,'' he said. ``We've had a really good response from seventh grade.'' About 60 seventh-graders had signed up by late last week and about 20 eighth-graders. Although registration deadlines have passed, school officials said students can be placed on waiting lists and enrolled if space is available. Students can participate either in remedial classes to help them catch up or in accelerated classes, attending school from 7:30 to 11:45 a.m. at Sequoia sequoia (sĭkwoi`ə), name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of the bald cypress family, and for extinct related species. Intermediate School. Summer school will run from June 24 to July 26 for intermediate school classes and from June 19 to July 31 at Thousand Oaks High School Thousand Oaks High School is a high school established in 1962 and located in Thousand Oaks, California. It is a California Distinguished School, and offers curriculum at all levels for Thousand Oaks students. The mascot is the lancer. for the upper grades. Fred Van Leuven, director of secondary education, said the new classes grew out of requests from middle school administrators. ``It's not really at any extra cost. We took a couple of sections from the elementary program and a couple of sections from the high school program,'' he said. Before the expansion, Van Leuven said seventh- and eighth-graders could take high school level classes through the high school program, but there were not any geared specifically toward middle school skills. Summer school programs at the neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Las Virgenes and Oak Park unified school districts Oak Park Unified School District (OPUSD) is a K-12 school district in southeast Ventura County, California, USA. It consists of six public schools in the community of Oak Park. also will start in mid-June. Cliff Moore, who is principal for the Oak Park district's summer school, said classes will begin June 24 after the regular school year ends June 21. The district offers remedial classes to secondary level students and an enrichment enrichment Food industry The addition of vitamins or minerals to a food–eg, wheat, which may have been lost during processing. See White flour; Cf Whole grains. program for the elementary grades. Because of the small size of the district, accelerated classes have been prohibited for fear there would not be sufficient numbers of students enrolled during the regular year to offer some classes. However, Moore said that policy is under review now that the district has grown. In Las Virgenes, summer school will run from June 24 to Aug. 2. WHERE TO CALL Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley Unified School District or CVUSD is a school district in Ventura County. It serves Thousand Oaks, California and its subsections Newbury Park and Westlake Village. - For information on elementary and high school classes, call the district headquarters at (805) 497-9511. For information on intermediate school classes, call (805) 374-2150 before June 21; after that day, call (805) 498-3617. Las Virgenes Unified School District Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) is a K-12 school district in north-west Los Angeles County, USA consisting of 14 public schools in the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Westlake Village, and several small portions of the West Hills section of Los Angeles. - For information on summer school, call the district headquarters at (818) 880-4000. Oak Park Unified School District - For information on summer classes, call (818) 735-3219. CAPTION(S): Box Box: WHERE TO CALL (see text) |
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