LOCAL TEACHERS UP FOR BRAVO SPECIAL AWARD RECOGNIZES USE OF ARTS TO ENHANCE CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING.Byline: Holly Edwards Staff Writer Nearly 70 of Southern California's most innovative arts educators, including dozens from 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. , have been nominated for this year's Bravo Award, one of the most prestigious arts awards in the country. Created in 1982 by the Music Center of Los Angeles County, the Bravo Awards recognize teachers and schools that have used the arts to enhance cultural understanding, and boost student academic performance and self-esteem, said Bravo Awards spokeswoman Lynda Jenner. ``When students discover they can succeed in the arts, they know they can succeed in other areas,'' said Jenner, noting that the award covers music, dance, drama, visual arts and media studies. The awards will be presented in a gala dinner on Feb. 25 at the Regal Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The winning school will receive $5,000, donated by Robinsons-May. The top teacher who specializes in the performing or visual arts will receive $2,000, courtesy of Club 100, the fund-raising arm of the awards. And the top generalist teacher who uses the arts to teach another subject will also receive $2,000 from Club 100. Schools nominated for the award include: Lindero Canyon Middle School Lindero Canyon Middle School is a public middle school in suburban Agoura Hills, California. It is located west of Morrison Ranch district and north of Lake Lindero. It serves the entire city of Agoura Hills and is one of three middle schools of the Las Virgenes Unified School , Agoura Hills; Fenton Avenue Charter Elementary School, Lake View Terrace; Milliken Middle School, Sherman Oaks; El Dorado Elementary School, Lancaster; and Quail Valley Elementary School, Palmdale. Specialist teachers nominated for the award include: Militza Bergamo of Canterbury Magnet Elementary, Arleta; Monique Brusca of Columbus Middle School, Canoga Park; Mary Vail of North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. ; Jo Schillinger of Pacoima Middle School; Teresa Nield of John H. Frances Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley; Terry Fischer of 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. , Woodland Hills; Jinel Parodi of Parkman Middle School, Woodland Hills; Vincent Houser from The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks. Other teachers nominated include: Judith Bakly of Eleanor J. Toll Middle School, Glendale; Grace Sheldon-Williams, Glendale High School; Jim Siering of Hoover High School, Glendale; Ali Taylor of Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. ; Patti Foy of Park Oaks Elementary, Thousand Oaks; Michael Reisig of 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. ; Kristi Colell of Newbury Park High School; Bruce Colell of Adolfo Camarillo High School Adolfo Camarillo High School is a high school located in Camarillo, California. It was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 1996 and a National Blue Ribbon School in 1998. It is part of the Oxnard Union High School District. in Camarillo; and Nema Pierce of Walnut Canyon Elementary School in Moorpark. Generalist teachers nominated for the award include: Cheri Mahlknecht of Hart Street Elementary, Canoga Park; Cynthia Nenezich of Robert Fulton Middle School, Van Nuys; Barbara McNairy of Joshua Hills Elementary School, Palmdale; Ann Oppenheim from Ladera Elementary School, Thousand Oaks; Jennifer Fry of Meadows Elementary, Thousand Oaks; and Cathi Peterson from Los Nogales Nogales (nōgä`lās), city (1990 pop. 19,489), Santa Cruz co., S Ariz. on the Mexican border with its adjacent city, Nogales (1990 pop. 105,873), Sonora, NW Mexico. There are copper, silver, and lead mines. Elementary School, Camarillo. |
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