District shuffles principals at elementary school level
By Miguel Morales miguel@theacorn.com
      Four Simi Valley elementary schools will begin the 2007-08 school year with new principals, according to a report this week from the school district. Of the four administrators given new assignments, only one- Kathy Roth, currently assistant principal at Simi Valley High- is not alread...
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Pinecrest celebrates the young child
      AMAZING ACT- Olivia Young, 3, looks on with mom Deidre, and sister Eva, 6, during a magic show put on by Wayne the Magician (inset) for Pinecrest Elementary's National Week of the Young Child festivities on Wednesday.
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Apply now for education foundation scholarships
      The Simi Valley Education Foundation annually awards five scholarships to one student from Moorpark College and each of the four local, public high schools. Scholarship applications are available at the counseling/career centers of the local high schools and the Moorpark College counseling cen...
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Big Springs students bring new life to their campus
      DIRTY WORK- Above, Big Springs Elementary School sixth-graders, from left, Keala Freeman, Kendra Dowhan and Elizabeth Becerra, all 11, pack dirt around a newly planted dwarf Southern magnolia last Saturday as part of their Arbor Day project.
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County's exceptional educators to be honored in new Hall of Fame
Nominations for inaugural slate being sought
      Nominations are being sought countywide for the first annual Educators' Hall of Fame dinner and awards ceremony this fall. Nominees can include teachers from preschool through university. While the awards are intended to honor retirees, posthumous nominations will be considered as well.
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