YOUNG PEOPLE GET TOP BILLING IN PROPOSALS FOR CITY GRANT PROGRAM.Byline: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer High school musicians raising money for an exchange trip to Germany are high on the list of recommended recipients of money from the resurrected Westlake Village Cultural Grant Program. Members of the Cultural/Recreation Committee are proposing that the Agoura High School Agoura High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Agoura Hills, California, United States. It is the largest high school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District, with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. Music Department and six other nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. groups share the $5,000 available this year in city funds. ``We gave everybody a little bit,'' said Councilwoman Kris Carraway, a member of the committee. ``We especially tried to help those who will have an impact on the children of the community.'' City Council members will review the committee's recommendations at the council's 7:30 p.m. meeting Wednesday at City Hall, 4373 Park Terrace Drive. Committee members are recommending that the high school receive $1,800 to assist music students in attending the Pink Pop Jazz and Big Band festival in Ibbenburen, Germany, this year. Last summer, German students visited Agoura High School and participated in a jazz concert. White Oak Elementary School elementary school: see school. would receive the second-highest award of $1,150 for its multicultural mul·ti·cul·tur·al adj. 1. Of, relating to, or including several cultures. 2. Of or relating to a social or educational theory that encourages interest in many cultures within a society rather than in only a mainstream culture. day, a day designated for singing, dancing and flags from different parts of the world. Other proposed recipients are 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 Art Museum, the Conejo Valley Historical Society, the Conejo Valley Symphony symphony [Gr.,=sounding together], a sonata for orchestra. The Italian operatic overture, called sinfonia, was standardized by Alessandro Scarlatti at the end of the 17th cent. Orchestra, the New West Symphony and the Westlake Village Cultural Foundation. Carraway said everyone is getting some money, though groups that specifically serve Westlake Village were given a higher priority. City officials reinstated the grants program this year after a three-year hiatus hiatus /hi·a·tus/ (hi-a´tus) [L.] an opening, gap, or cleft.hia´tal aortic hiatus the opening in the diaphragm through which the aorta and thoracic duct pass. because of lack of funds in the city budget. Leaders of organizations seeking money were asked to submit an application indicating how much money they needed, how it would be used and how it would affect the local community. |
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