DOUGHERTY TO GUIDE BUCKLEY.The Buckley School, a private college-preparatory school in Sherman Oaks, has appointed Larry W. Dougherty as its new head of school, effective July 1. Dougherty is now the head of the American Overseas School of Rome The American Overseas School of Rome is a school for English-speaking students in grades kindergarten through 12, although Italian students wanting to attend higher education in their country need to take an additional 13th year, serving the international community in Rome, Italy. . Dougherty will be responsible for the school's overall curriculum and education programs. He will also spearhead the school's expansion efforts. Before going to Rome, Dougherty served as headmaster of Garland County Day School in Denver, and as superintendent of schools in Fairfield, Conn. He holds a doctorate in education from Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. . Access Books, in partnership with the Knowledge is Power Program, is collecting books to donate to schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school uprooted from their New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded homes by Hurricane Katrina. Those who want to donate books can drop them off at 3900 Castlerock Road, Malibu, or 10325 Orton Ave., Los Angeles. For information, call (310) 204-6350 or visit www.accessbooks.net The U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. will release a set of four commemorative stamps in October featuring Caltech professor Kenneth Libbrecht's photos of snowflakes snowflakes small patches of gray or white hair acquired after birth. Skin color is unchanged. See also achromotrichia, vitiligo. . Libbrecht has been studying the basic physics of how snowflake patterns form for several years. More than 300 local youth soccer players with physical and mental disabilities played in the McDonald's/American Youth Soccer Organization's Very Important Player Soccer Tournament last month at the Conejo Creek South Soccer Complex in Thousand Oaks. The sponsors hold these events at local parks three times a year, and each player gets a medal and a pin for participating. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: More than 300 Southland soccer players with physical and mental disabilities played in the McDonald's/American Youth Soccer Organization Very Important Player Soccer Tournament. These players pose with Ronald McDonald. |
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