Granada Hills Charter High School students are back-to-back National Academic Decathlon champions. Preliminary results show that the Granada Hills Charter team has broken many records at the national competition, including the highest ever point total for a school in the history of the National Academic Decathlon competition. The second consecutive national crown for Granada Hills [...]
Education
At 9:30 am on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, CSUN will have a spirited and eye-opening demonstration of the utility of this ExerCircuit for individuals of all ages and fitness levels. It is an example of how the Parks and Kinesiology can partner to make the right selection of equipment and design a circuit to provide [...]
Many of our neighbors are aware of the incident on campus that occurred on Sept. 27, 2011 that prompted California State University, Northridge to activate its emergency protocols and notifications. The Cal State Northridge community experienced what is becoming an all-too-familiar event on university campuses. A witness alerted university police that a male outside the [...]
CLASSES BEGIN JUNE 27, 2011, FOR SIX CONSECUTIVE MONDAYS FROM 6:30 PM TO 9:30 PM. What is CERT? CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams) is a FEMA-endorsed training program that prepares you to help yourself, your family, your neighbors and your community in the event of a disaster. During an incident, emergency response personnel could become [...]
California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is holding its commencement ceremonies on Wednesday, May 25, from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm. With 39,000 students, CSUN’s commencement ceremonies are a very large event, so expect heavy traffic in and around the campus all day. In addition, a section of Darby Ave., just west of the campus, will [...]
From L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s blog: Blame it on Natalie Portman. If you want to see “Swan Lake” in L.A. before the Oscars, there’s really only one show in town. And good luck getting tickets to the one-night-only, Feb. 8 performance by the Russian National Ballet. That programming coup—coming on the heels of Portman’s [...]
Steven Ramirez was one of 10 high school seniors awarded a college scholarship by the Fernando Award Foundation, Inc. Every year, the Fernando Foundation honors high school seniors who have excelled in community service. Steven was recently elected to the Northridge East Neighborhood Council and prior to that was its appointed student representative. While attending [...]
CSUN Hosting First Student Organized Health and Well Being Fair CSUN students have organized the first Health and Well Being Fair scheduled for May 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on campus with the purpose of educating and raising awareness about various health issues, resources and services. The students hope to promote health to CSUN [...]
Listed below is some information about school related programs being offered throughout the Northride East neighborhood, compiled by NENC’s Education Committee. If you have other educational resources that might benefit our local private or public schools, please share them with us! You can e-mail them to the Education Chair: Nestor Fantini (n.fantini@nenc-la.org) or call committee [...]
A rare occurrence happened on the evening of February 10 at Northridge Academy High School. Parents, teachers, students, school administrators, neighborhood council representatives and city officials gathered in the school’s multipurpose room, all addressing the same question: “What will education in the North Valley Look Like in 2010? This unique event, which had close to [...]