With just a few weeks left in the school year, final exams are looming. This is an opportunity for students to make one last push to end the year with the best possible grades. While test scores and a rigorous curriculum certainly matter, grades are the single most important factor in college admission. If you are a junior, these may […]
2011-05-13
Forum looks at the power of ordinary people
How a few folks became agents for change“Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things,” the story of how 30 individuals succeeded in forming a grassroots movement that got the first bill on global warming passed in the state of Washington, will be the topic of a community forum at 7:30 p.m. Fri., May 13 at the Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3327 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park. The guest […]
Take flight: Teachers go weightless
Northrop Grumman Foundation is accepting applications from public middle school math and science teachers through May 15 for the Weightless Flights of Discovery Teacher Development Program in Los Angeles. Teachers can apply online for the Sept. 26 flight. A maximum of 30 teachers will be chosen to participate. Selected teachers will participate in a full-day workshop several weeks before their […]
Moorpark High principal to lead Santa Su next year
Principal Jason Peplinski of Moorpark High School announced last week that he will leave at the end of the school year to take a principal position with the Simi Valley Unified School District. A Simi Valley resident, Peplinski will be the new head at Santa Susana High School, an arts and technology magnet school, beginning in the fall. “It was […]
Royal bands to perform
Royal High School will present two nights of year-end concerts at the Santa Susana High School performing arts center, 3570 E. Cochran St., Simi Valley. The three school jazz bands will present a night of jazz at 7 p.m. Tues., May 24. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The three school concert bands will perform a night of music from around […]
Former state superintendent to address CLU grads
California Lutheran University will honor 690 students receiving bachelor’s degrees at the undergraduate commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Sat., May 14 in Mount Clef Stadium at the Thousand Oaks campus. The 534 students receiving master’s and doctoral degrees will be honored during the graduate commencement ceremony at 6 p.m. Fri., May 13 in Mount Clef Stadium. Jack O’Connell, California’s former […]
Saved: ‘Superstar’ team turns show around
Blaring trumpets can’t keep this rock opera downAlthough Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, what I saw at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center that evening was a resurrection. A production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” was being staged, and by the end of the first act, it was apparent the show was not going well. A powerful rock-opera rendering […]
The MOVIE Nut
“Thor” Rated: PG-13 I guess a viable premise goes a long way in a superhero flick. As a superhero, “Thor” ranks on my own personal list somewhere around 270, below “Flash” and below “Iron Man” (certainly since Robert Downey Jr.), below “Kick-Ass”—even below Battle Angel and Mighty Mouse. In other words, I have not been waiting for the premiere of […]
New West closes season with ‘Carmina Burana’
The final concert of the New West Symphony’s 2010-11 Masterpiece Series season will feature Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” at 8 p.m. Fri., May 13 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way, and repeated at 8 p.m. Sat., May 14 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. The New West Symphony Chorus in its […]