Mariah Perez

Last week was Red Ribbon week, we had various dress up days such as shade out drugs, put your thinking caps on wear red and your Halloween costume. Everyone was really involved and participated in all of these dress up days.

Last week’s games: Girls volleyball at Santa Clara on Tuesday, final score 0 - 3 (L). Thursdays game which was also senior night, they hosted Santa Paula, final score 0-3 (L).

Last week our football teams had a bye. This week they take on Oak Park (away). Next week is Santa Paula week. These two rivals have been going head to head for many years. This being our 100th meeting, tickets are completely sold out and there is expected to be a crowd of about 2500 people. We have a whole week of activities planned for the students involving dress up days, rallies, noontime activities and a pep lunch rally on Friday. Cheerleaders are currently selling Fillmore vs. Santa Paula t-shirts. Get your shirts before they are sold out, there’s only about 50 left.

The junior class is selling (preordered) Fillmore vs. Santa Paula commemorative pins which are $4.00. Also seniors are selling Marie Calendar pies for Grand Night Live.

Please help support all of our events, fundraisers and activities.

LET’S GO FLASHES!

Fillmore Unified School District

FILLMORE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010
5:15 P.M. – CLOSED SESSION 6:00 P.M. - REGULAR MEETING 627 SESPE AVENUE, FILLMORE, CALIFORNIA

AGENDA
5:15 p.m.
I. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
II. ROLL CALL
III. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION AND NONAGENDA ITEMS, PETITIONS
This is the time and place to address the Board. State law prohibits the Board from acting on issues not included on the agenda; however, requests may be made for discussion of specific topics at subsequent meetings.

IV. CLOSED SESSION
The Board of Education will meet from 5:15 to 6:00 p.m. to consider matters appropriate for Closed Session in accordance with Government Code Sections 3549.1, 54956.7 through 54957.7 and Education Code Section 35146. If the Board does not complete Closed Session discussions at this time, the Board may adjourn to Closed Session at the end of the regular meeting. DISCLOSURE OF ITEM(S) TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION School District Pupils (Education Code 35146)
o Expulsion Case Number 10-11-01 Conference With Real Property Negotiators (Government Code 54954.8)
707 First Street, Fillmore, CA Labor/Negotiations (Government Code 54957.6)
o Update; Direction to District Negotiators (Jeff Sweeney, Mike Bush, Todd Schieferle, Margaret Chidester) for negotiations with the Fillmore Unified Teachers Association (FUTA), the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Confidential Employees, and District Administration. Personnel Matters (Government Code 54957)
o Hiring, Evaluating, Discipline, Dismissal
o Employment of Director, Human Resources
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Superintendent's Office at (805) 524-6038. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the district to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [In accordance with Government Code 54961 and Board Bylaw 9320(a).]

6:00 p.m.
V. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION Any Action From Closed Session
VI. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
VII. CLARIFICATION OF AGENDA AND TIME ALLOCATIONS FOR DISCUSSION ITEMS CONTINUED »

California State University Channel Islands

Camarillo, CA. - When CSU Channel Islands (CI) was designated an Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) last spring, it became eligible to receive additional federal grants to support its programs. The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded two separate grants to CI, only one of three, four-year colleges in California to receive both a Strengthening Institutions – Hispanic Serving Institutions (SI-HSI) grant ($3,186,035 over five years) and Promoting Post-baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) grant ($2,824,495 over five years).

“We are extremely pleased to receive these significant grant awards – a testament to our commitment to provide meaningful access for all CI students as well as for elementary, middle, high school, and community college students throughout Ventura County,” stated President Richard R. Rush. “Encouraging a college-going culture in the County will provide a strong workforce for our future.”

The Strengthening Institutions – Hispanic Serving Institutions (SI-HSI) Program part of the U.S. Department of Education, is striving to meet President Obama’s educational goal of having the highest college graduation rate in the world by 2020. The SI-HSI Program expands educational opportunities and improves educational attainment for students at HSIs. The PPOHA Program supports institutions that offer a post-baccalaureate certificate or degree to help under-represented and low income students enroll and succeed in graduate study.

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THOUSAND OAKS, CA. – California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks will mark International Education Week with a variety of events highlighting international students and study abroad experiences Nov. 15 through 19.

CLU has 385 international students from 56 countries. About 150 CLU students study abroad on semester, summer and travel seminar programs each year.

With the theme “World Celebrations,” the week will open with a ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 15. CLU international students will carry their national flags from Samuelson Chapel to All Nations Plaza, where the ceremony will be held.

An International Chapel Service honoring international students and students who have studied abroad will be held at 10:10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, in Samuelson Chapel. The service will feature music and prayers in students’ native languages. Rahuldeep Gill, an assistant professor at CLU who is an expert in global religions, will speak. Afterward, a flag recession will lead to All Nations Plaza, where there will be refreshments.

A World Fair will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Pavilion. The celebration will feature food, displays on cultures represented at CLU, and entertainment including a performance by the Somis School Marimba Ensemble.

CLU’s international students, those returning from study abroad and foreign students in the ELS Language Center program at CLU will give presentations on their cultures from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Lundring Events Center.

A closing ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Nov. 19 in All Nations Plaza.

All of these events are free and open to the public.

All Nations Plaza is located outside the Hansen Administration Building south of Olsen Road near Mountclef Boulevard. Samuelson Chapel is located south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive. The Pavilion is on the north side of Memorial Parkway outside the Student Union Building. Lundring Events Center is located in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, which is on the north side of Olsen near Campus Drive. Visitor parking is available in the lots at the corner of Mountclef and Olsen.

CLU’s Office of Multicultural Programs and International Student Services and the Office of Campus Ministry are sponsoring the events. For more information, call (805) 493-3323 or (805) 493-3228.

Camarillo, CA. – CSU Channel Islands (CI) unveiled on Friday renovated facilities in Napa Hall to help expand the Art program. Through the generosity of Mike Curb – musician, politician, and philanthropist – a new production and post production studio facility was also unveiled. The Mike Curb Studios, which comprises one third of Napa Hall’s space, includes the latest state-of-the-art studio technology and will provide students with hands on experience in film and video production, post-production and visual effects, animation, gaming, and music.

CI has been exploring the idea of expanding existing programs to create hybrid programs involving new technology in the area of multimedia, and the business of entertainment with an emphasis on film, video animation gaming and music. This would be a crossover of the subject areas of art, computer science, and business.

The addition of the Mike Curb Studios allows CI to further advance educational capacity both in art education and in entertainment industry management and production. There are currently courses dealing with entertainment, including a lecture series of professionals from the video, television, film, and music industries. Some of the speakers have included recording artist LeAnn Rimes; Neil Portnow, President and CEO of The Recording Academy; Orly Adelson, President and CEO of Dick Clark Productions; and Budd Carr, film music supervisor to Oliver Stone.

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California State University Channel Islands

Camarillo, CA. – Three CSU Channel Islands (CI) Art students have been announced as finalists in the 2010 CSU Media Arts Festival awards competition. The 2010 CSU Media Arts Festival, which will be held on Nov. 6 at Cal State Fullerton, gives talented students studying film, video, and interactive media within the 23 campus California State University system, an opportunity to present their work for critical review and recognition.

Nominated in the Interactive Media category is Shannon Scobey (http://www.shannonleighdesigns.com), a senior Art major from Ventura, for her interactive website “Satisfactory Sweets” (www.satisfactorysweets.com). Nominated in the Music Video category are Claire Flores (http://kazellmulynncreations.com), a senior Art major from Ventura, for her music video “Pilar” (www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_uFRVmjEKI) and Ryan Hunnewell, a junior Art major from Simi Valley for his music video “Dear Chatsworth” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S20VkqfPL2w).

Distinguished CSU professors and entertainment industry professionals choose the student finalists and winners in the film, video, and interactive media competition, and all finalist works are screened at the Festival. Winning students will receive cash prizes as well as the Rosebud Award for the top entry in each of the categories.

“I'm very excited to have been chosen as a finalist, it makes me feel like the work I do is appreciated,” said finalist Shannon Scobey, “I'm also grateful I can attend a school that has such a great art program.”

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The Grizzly Challenge Academy, an accredited high school program, is now taking applications from students for next semester. This popular military-style, self esteem boosting program located at California National Guard base in San Luis Obispo admits students who are deficient in credits, have low G.P.A.’s or want to get away from negative influences.

A student can earn between up to 45 credits in 5 ½ months time. The majority of students come back with a 3.5 to 4.0 GPA! This excellent program worth over $17,000 is FREE to males and female students ages 16 through 18½ who turn in a completed student and mentor application.

There are guidance counselors on site, students are taken on field trips, and exposed to a variety competitions, community service-oriented opportunities, including helping senior citizens and beach clean-ups.
Grizzly is on a first-come, first-serve basis and fills up. (Last semester over 500 California students applied) The applications are being accepted now for the Spring semester. Students MUST have completed student and mentor applications, personal interviews and a campus visit to the academy long done before the entry date. Those person’s interested in making a positive change in their lives can call Norma Pérez-Sandford, Fillmore High School Counselor, (805) 524-6107 to get help completing the application. Parents are encouraged to call and get answers to their questions. (Citizens wishing to make a donation towards basic student entry supplies needed can contact Norma as well.)

What are you waiting for? Give yourself a chance and make that call! You’ve got NOTHING to lose and EVERYTHING to gain.

Ron Jessee

THOUSAND OAKS, CA. – California Lutheran University is presenting a symposium on infusing art into education from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 6.

Ron Jessee, an innovative visual and performing arts professional development leader in California, will be the keynote speaker at the “Arts and Learning Symposium: Beyond Advocacy to Action” in Lundring Events Center. Jessee is the coordinator of visual and performing arts for the San Diego County Office of Education.

Jessee and Maureen Lorimer, an assistant professor in CLU’s School of Education, will lead roundtable discussions on identifying existing arts infusion programs in Ventura County, determining additional needs and developing a plan to expand opportunities.

Michael McCambridge, chair of CLU’s Department of Teacher Education, and his students will demonstrate drama techniques that can be used as teaching strategies. With the $1 million Project ACT – Active, Collaborative Teaching grant, they are working with Moorpark Unified School District on an effort to create a model program for incorporating drama in all subject areas.

Art Trek, a Westlake Village-based nonprofit organization that trains parents and volunteer docents to deliver art lessons in schools, will conduct a hands-on art activity. The symposium will also feature music by Mariachi Inlakech, a student group organized by the Inlakech Cultural Arts Center in Oxnard, and artwork by Ventura County students.

A continental breakfast will be served.

CLU’s School of Education and Project ACT are presenting the free symposium for educators, artists and members of arts organizations and nonprofit groups.

Lundring Events Center is located in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, which is north of Olsen Road near Campus Drive in Thousand Oaks.

Registration is required. Contact Maureen Reilly Lorimer at (805) 493-3836 or mlorimer@callutheran.edu or visit http://www.callutheran.edu/artslearning.

Camarillo, CA. – CSU Channel Islands (CI) has received a three year $300,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for the new California Institute for Social Business (CISB). This is the first gift to CISB and will be used to begin laying the foundation for staff building, curriculum development, and defining research.

Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, was the originator of the concept of microcredit and social business as a means to eliminate poverty among the poorest of the poor. He will participate in the strategic direction of the Institute, the first of its kind in the nation.

Steven M. Hilton, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, has a long-standing relationship with Yunus and is very supportive of his groundbreaking work in microcredit and social business. Yunus has served as a juror for the foundation’s annual humanitarian prize, the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. CI awarded the first Yunus Social Innovation Medal to Hilton, presented by Yunus, last March at a ceremony launching CISB.

Social businesses are set up to solve a social problem, such as malnutrition or poverty, and, once the business is running, the investors may stay in the business or request the return of their original investment, but they do not take dividends. All profits are reinvested in the business to sustain its work. Sustainability is the difference between a social business and philanthropy which solves social problems through grants that are not repaid and generally only last for a specified time.

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Fillmore Unified School District

FILLMORE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010
5:15 P.M. – CLOSED SESSION
6:00 P.M. - REGULAR MEETING
627 SESPE AVENUE, FILLMORE, CALIFORNIA

AGENDA
The public may review or request a copy of support materials provided to the Board Members where the word materials appears.
5:15 p.m.
I. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
II. ROLL CALL
III. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION AND NONAGENDA ITEMS, PETITIONS
This is the time and place to address the Board. State law prohibits the Board from acting on issues not included on the agenda; however, requests may be made for discussion of specific topics at subsequent meetings.
IV. CLOSED SESSION
The Board of Education will meet from 5:15 to 6:00 p.m. to consider matters appropriate for Closed Session in accordance with Government Code Sections 3549.1, 54956.7 through 54957.7 and Education Code Section 35146. If the Board does not complete Closed Session discussions at this time, the Board may adjourn to Closed Session at the end of the regular meeting. DISCLOSURE OF ITEM(S) TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION Labor/Negotiations (Government Code 54957.6)
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THOUSAND OAKS, CA. – California Lutheran University will host a FIRST LEGO League Robotics Tournament for fourth- through eighth-graders from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring young people’s interest and participation in science and technology. Its LEGO League program challenges 9- to 14-year-old students to build LEGO-based robots to complete a specific task.

Sixteen teams from local schools will bring the robots they designed to compete for the first time in the 2010-2011 school year. This is the first robotics competition that CLU has hosted. The university is working to become a resource for robotics teams throughout the county and hopes to host additional tournaments.

The event will be held in Gilbert Arena in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, which is on the north side of Olsen Road near Campus Drive in Thousand Oaks.

The public is invited to watch the competition. In addition, volunteers are needed to assist with registration, set-up, coordination, judging and refereeing. Volunteers can also serve as mentors to the teams.

For more information on the tournament, contact Bob Rumer at rrumer@callutheran.edu or (805) 377-8369. For more information on FIRST, visit http://www.usfirst.org/.

THOUSAND OAKS, CA. A record number of California Lutheran University students will present their research to the public at the 7th Annual Student Research Symposium from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23.

The interactive event showcases the work of some of CLU’s top undergraduate students, many of whom spent their summer working full-time side-by-side with a faculty mentor on their projects.

Twenty-six students from the departments of art, biochemistry, bioengineering and applied physics, biology, business, chemistry, communication, computer science, environmental science, exercise science, geology, mathematics, psychology and religion will share the results of their research projects.

From 9:45 to 11:15 a.m., visitors can talk one-on-one with 17 student researchers as they present their results in demonstration and poster format. Grace Teague of Camarillo will exhibit how her manually operated robot can now complete tasks automatically without human intervention because of the addition of sensors. Lindsay Brittain of Fallbrook will display the watercolors she painted with color schemes designed to elicit specific emotional responses in people.

Nine CLU students will give 15-minute oral presentations from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. and from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. These will range from Nathaniel Fernandez of Valencia discussing the program he created to help high school students in the Math/Science Upward Bound program cope with stress, to David Brethawer of Palmdale sharing his work sequencing the DNA genome of a virus strain believed to cause elevated levels of iron.

Other participating CLU students are Samantha Aguinaldo of Saugus, Megan Ameche of Thousand Oaks, Alicia Costin of Santa Clarita, Erin Cyffka of Moorpark, Travis Hayden of Mission Hills, Evelyn Ibarra of Simi Valley, Matthew Jackson of Martinez, Jasmine Johnson of Livermore, Kristen Keough of Camarillo, Ryan McCarty of Simi Valley, Marcus McKinnon of South Lake Tahoe, Kao Tang Ying Moua of Anaheim, John Mussatto of Osage City, Kan., Ray Ostrander of Hayward, Wis., Tessa Page of Malibu, Jakie Rodriguez of Palmdale, Michael Rodriguez of San Fernando, Bobby Sanders of Houston, Texas, Ryan Sasada of Moorpark, Maura Schmitz of Pasadena, Travis Severt of Moorpark, Kimberly Southerland of Granada Hills, Hay Mun Win of Temple City and Keenan Woods of Poway.

Many of the students are also presenting their results at professional conferences throughout the region and country.

The free event will be held in the Ahmanson Science Center, which is south of Memorial Parkway between Regent and Pioneer avenues in Thousand Oaks.

For more information, go to http://www.callutheran.edu/our or contact CLU’s Office for Undergraduate Research at (805) 493-3795 or our@callutheran.edu.