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     Photos by IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers PUTTING ON A SHOW- The entire cast of "Born to Entertain," the Simi Elementary School variety show, sings together in the final number on Friday evening.
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Pioneer alum play in charity hoops game
     Photos by IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers GLORY DAYS- Chris Mankey, with the Slammin' Jammin' Pioneers, jumps up to snatch the ball during a game with the Harlem Wizards basketball entertainment team on Friday evening. The Wizards came to Simi Valley High School to play the Pioneers, put on a halftime s...
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Education foundation awards funds to Apollo and Sinaloa
      Board members from the Simi Valley Education Foundation recently presented Matching School Fund Checks for the 2007-2008 school year to Apollo High School and Sinaloa Middle School. Apollo High School received a check for $2,540, the actual match from the foundation.
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MC Forensic Team scores high in National Championship
      The Moorpark College Forensic Team is number two in the United States after a weeklong competition at the National Championships in Chicago. Los Angeles Valley College won first place. The team also earned the Sylvia Mariner Cumulative Sweepstakes Award for the seventh time at Nati...
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Admission update No. 2
      Admit rates at many University of California campuses reached record lows this year, but the numbers at private institutions have also been dramatic. Yale's applications increased 18 percent over last year, and the acceptance rate dipped to a new low of 8.3 percent.
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Berylwood family fun day back by popular demand
May 3 event encourages parent involvement at the school
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com
      When Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks said, "Let's play two," someone in Simi Valley was listening. Berylwood Elementary School decided one Family Fun Day, held in November, was good, but two would be twice as nice.
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B of A sponsors Student Achievement Awards
      Thirty-two area high school seniors competed in Santa Barbara recently for $28,000 in prizes as part of Bank of America's Student Achievement Awards.
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