MAYOR DROPS IN SMYTH VISITS AT NORTHPARK.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - Mayor Cameron Smyth Cameron Smyth is a Republican who has represented Califoria's 38th Assembly district since December of 2006. He succeeded Keith Richman who was term limited. Prior to being elected to the state legislature, Assemblyman Smyth served on the Santa Clarita City Council, where he recently visited one of the newest additions to Santa Clarita's education facilities, touring the campus and stopping by classrooms at NorthPark Christian Academy in Newhall. Founded by former Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, public-school teachers Liz Caddow and Steve Wright
Stephen Richard (Steve) Wright (born August 26 1954 in Greenwich, London) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. , NorthPark Christian Academy opened in 2001. The school offers a classical, Christian, college-preparatory education with emphasis on academics as well as the arts and athletics. NorthPark now has kindergarten through third grade, and the plan is to add a grade level each year until it becomes a full-service, K-12 school. The mayor began his visit in Caddow's class, where third-graders were learning the basics of Latin, the foundation of much of the English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. . NorthPark is the only school in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. that offers Latin as part of a classical education. ``Mayor Smyth has a keen understanding of the necessity for language studies, having received his degree in rhetoric and communication from UC Davis,'' Caddow said. After visiting kindergarten and the first- and second-grade classrooms, Smyth was open to questions from pupils. Among other things he told them, the mayor spoke of his service to the community, about being a leader and the importance of standing up for what you believe. He had grown up in a family where education was held in high regard, Smyth said. His father, Clyde, was superintendent of the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union School District for more than 15 years and his mother, Sue, spent nearly two decades as a teacher in the Newhall School District The Newhall School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Valencia and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California, as well as the Stevenson Ranch community in unincorporated Los Angeles County. . ``It's exciting to see new education opportunities for families in Santa Clarita,'' Smyth said. He went on to say a favorite part of his job as mayor is to visit schools and meet the children. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Mayor Cameron Smyth observes students working in a kindergarten class at NorthPark Christian Academy in Newhall. |
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