EDUCATION DIGEST

-- Compiled by Danette Goulet

More than $20,000 in toys collected

Students at Orange Coast College have collected more than 3,000 gifts for

needy and abused children this holiday season.

Gifts were donated to the Associated Student College Life Office’s 15th

annual Angel Tree Project. In just three weeks, more than $20,000 worth

of presents ranging in price from $1 to $200 were collected.

The toys will be distributed to several Orange County human service

agencies this season.

Lincoln Elementary trying literacy library

Lincoln Elementary School is trying out a new approach to promoting

literacy. They have installed a “literacy library” that stocks series of

books and labels them according to reading level. Each level is then

divided into smaller groups so that readers may gradually increase the

difficulty of the material they read. The library is stocked with four to

six copies of more than 800 titles.

OCC speech team wins fall championships

Orange Coast College’s speech and debate team won the Fall

Championship tournament at Cal State Long Beach. A total of 37 colleges

and universities competed, including last year’s tournament winners --

the South Orange County Community College District. The victory was the

halfway point in their season, which resumes in February.

Schools donate toys and gifts to FISH

Students, parents and faculty members at Lincoln Elementary School are

overflowing with holiday spirit this year.

They are reaching out to families in need by donating toys and other

gifts to the Friends in Service to Humanity organization. The Harbor

chapter of the organization serves underprivileged families in Costa

Mesa, Newport Beach and Irvine. Although students give to the

organization all year long they have planned something special for the

holiday season. They doubled the amount of gifts they normally collect by

installing a giving tree in their library. This year they will provide

presents for more than 140 children.

Fashion students make clothes for abused children

Fashion students at Orange Coast College put their expertise to good

use this holiday to help abused children.

Students made nightgowns, blankets, pillows and pillow cases for the

children living at Orangewood Children’s home in Orange. All of he fabric

was donated by OCC students.