WORK, CLASS EVENT SLATED ALLIANCE IS SPONSOR.Byline: Daily News Riding on the success of last year's Beyond Classroom Walls conference, 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. School & Business Alliance is bringing the event back Aug. 8 to the Hyatt Valencia. The conference will focus on issues that strengthen the link between the classroom and the workplace, make sustainable changes to the way we educate our young people, improve the quality of our future work force and examine its effect on businesses and the local economy. The business alliance members hope this year's conference will be another dynamic and engaging community dialogue. J.D. Hoye, the first National School-to-Work director and current president of Keep The Change Inc., will be the keynote speaker. Hoye is an advocate for the School-to-Work movement, and has helped numerous communities build educational systems that connect real education to real work. One of the unique features of the conference is the roundtablediscussion for educators and community leaders to talk about concerns. Beyond Classroom Walls is sponsored by the city of 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, , the Valencia Industrial Association, Ultra Violet violet, common name for some members of the Violaceae, a family of chiefly perennial herbs (and sometimes shrubs, small trees, or climbers) found on all continents. Devices Inc., U.S. Borax borax or sodium tetraborate decahydrate (sō`dēəm tĕ'trəbôr`āt dĕk'əhī`drāt), chemical compound, Na2B4O7·10H2O; sp. gr. 1. , The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. , McDonald's restaurants There are more than 30,000 McDonald's restaurants in 119 countries. Restaurants The first McDonald's was not a restaurant at all, but it was a sit-in stand. The company's early franchises were built to a standard pattern that did not offer seating; this was in part to prevent , DiFatta Graphics and Insync Design and other Santa Clarita businesses. To join the valleywide effort to ensure that local students are prepared for the future, call Tess Simgen, the Alliance's business coordinator, at (661) 259-0033, Ext. 239. The conference is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 8 at the Hyatt Valencia, 24500 Town Center Drive, Valencia. |
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