Kiwanis Club awards scholarship money to six local students
The Mission Viejo Kiwanis Club has awarded $4,500 in college scholarships to six graduating seniors in the Saddleback Valley. Recipients of the Dwight and Carol Williamson Memorial Scholarship Awards worth $750 each include: Wes Hartman, a Mission Viejo High School student who maintained a 4.2 GPA, ranking 91 in his graduating class of 631. He [...]
Learn a new language for free through Mango languages
If you’re interested in learning how to speak Tagalog, one of two official languages of the Philippine region, or other languages such as Italian or Chinese, then take advantage of a free program offered through the Mission Viejo Library. Similar to the Rosetta Stone system, the Mango Languages resource is a self-paced, online interactive language [...]
Free practice SAT Test available at library for college-bound students
High School students can gear up for their college admissions test by taking a free practice SAT test at the Mission Viejo Library on Sunday, August 15. The practice SAT test is sponsored by Kaplan, a test preparation company that has helped students achieve academic excellence for more than 70 years. The practice SAT test [...]
School foundation calls for business support
The Capistrano Valley High School Foundation is calling on local businesses to partner with the foundation in its quest to fund technology purchases to support local students. “The CVHS Foundation is committed to answering the challenge of reduced funding for public high schools,” said Sharon Campbell, foundation president. “The foundation’s focus is on technology purchases [...]
Saddleback College to welcome high school seniors at Annual Senior Day Event
Saddleback College will welcome hundreds of high school seniors to the college’s annual Senior Day from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 25 in the quad outside of the Student Services Center. The festivities will include information on the academic, career and counseling programs offered to students, along with a free In-N-Out Burger [...]
Public can support school in its 'trot' to raise funding for new International Baccalaureate program
Carl Hankey K-8 School will host its first Hawk Trot on Nov. 20 in an effort to raise money to support a new, innovative program at the school. The fundraiser comes as the school and parents are trying to raise funding without the cash-strapped district’s help to become an International Baccalaureate (IB) School. Carl Hankey [...]
