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Marissa Espino

Parenting class offered

A free, eight-week parenting class called “Parenting Your Teenager: The

High School Challenge” will be offered every Thursday at Marina High

School from 7 to 10 p.m. Sept. 28 through Nov. 16. The series is designed

to help parents to be confident, caring and effective in taking action

and setting and enforcing limits for behavior.

Parents can enroll during the first class or any class following at the

Marina High School library, 15871 Springdale St., Huntington Beach.

OCTA adds new routes

The Orange County Transportation Authority has added several new evening

bus routes that will benefit Golden West College students.

The route additions include four new evening trips to route 25, running

between Fullerton and Huntington Beach and two new evening trips on route

29, which runs between Brea and Huntington Beach.

Education foundation receives grants

The Huntington Beach Educational Foundation awarded more than $25,000 in

grants to Huntington Beach City School District teachers and schools.

Perry Elementary received $1,000; Eader Elementary received $575;

Huntington Seacliff Elementary received $2,595; Moffett Elementary

received $1,354; Dwyer Middle received $2,020; Sowers Middle received

$1,592; Smith Elementary received $1,095; Peterson received $2,240;

Kettler Elementary received $572; Hawes Elementary received $1,038; and

$1,000 was awarded to each of the 10 principals.

The grant money will be used for classroom or school projects that

provide technology in the classrooms, develop students’ critical thinking

skills, or assist with at-risk students.

VP OF INSTRUCTION NAMED

Wes Bryan was selected as Golden West College’s new vice president of

instruction.

Bryan, who most recently served as the college’s Academic Senate

president, has been a speech instructor at the college since 1972.

CHILD CARE CENTER OPENS

Golden West College’s infant and toddler care center has opened and

offers child care to students as young as six months. Parents sending

children to the center pay either $190 per week or $760 per month. The

center is open from 7:45 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and

from 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. For more information, call 895-8127.

HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

The district received $50 from the MacPherson Enterprises Help Our

Schools program with a retail purchase from Damien Zamora.

Eader received $50 from the MacPherson Enterprises Help Our Schools

program with a retail purchase from Donald Scheer and $1,500 from the PTA

to purchase a big screen television.

Hawes received 30 Goosebumps books from John Wellington and a computer

from Gary Bigley and Bunnie Foxcroft.

Moffett received a computer from Debbie Gilster, color printer from

Robert Meigs and computer equipment from Dave McBride.

Peterson received computer equipment from Richard Johnson, a big screen

television with video projector and video screen from Mike Taylor,

computer equipment from Robin Funke and one set of Jacques Cousteau

videos from Ken Youngchild of Graphic Communications.

Peterson also received five computers, four monitors, two printers and

other miscellaneous equipment from Koppes and Partners Advertising, Inc.

Dwyer received $100 from the MacPherson Enterprises Help Our Schools

program with retail purchases from Kay Miller and Richard Plummer and

$100 from Las Damas for submitting the winning entry in the Sunset Beach

Art Poster Contest.

NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Coastline Community College is offering a new Digital Visual

Communication Certificate in the area of graphic design that integrates

technical visual communication.

Approved by the state of California, the certificate classes are

accredited and transferable to four-year colleges. For more information,

call 241-6213.