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PARENTING CLASSES

The Fountain Valley School District will offer a series of courses on

parenting, starting Wednesday with Christine Honeyman leading a class

titled “Anger Management,” designed to help parents help their children

deal with emotions.

The class will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Talbert Middle School, 9101

Brabham Drive.

From 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 25, Honeyman will offer a Media Literacy course

that will teach parents how to protect their children from the pressures

caused by advertising, TV, radio, and movies.A third class will be

offered from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 14 in Tamura Elementary School’s

multipurpose room, 17340 Santa Suzanne. The class will be an interactive

review session that will include parents and children. Families will have

an opportunity to express any problems.

All classes will offer interpretation in Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and

Korean.Information: (714) 843-3200.

The Business Academy of Ocean View High School will be featured at the

Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce’s January Winners’ Circle Breakfast

at 7:30 a.m. Friday at the SeaCliff Country Club, 6501 Palm Ave.

Academy co-chairman Roger Keating will be the featured speaker at the

event. He is a graduate of USC, where he earned his bachelor’s degree and

a master’s degree in business administration.

The Business Academy is entering its seventh year as one of only 23 such

organizations in the state. There are 95 students in the club.

The three-year program begins during the students’ sophomore year and is

in addition to the standard high school curriculum.

Some of the club’s emphasis is on college, computer classes, career

speakers, mentoring and intern experiences.

Registration for the Business Academy class of 2003 will take place in

March. Students will be given applications in their freshman English

classes.

More information can be sought at the clubs Web site:

www.hbuhsd.k12.ca.us/ovhs/academy/index.htm.

Call 536-8888 to register for the breakfast.

The cost is $15, or $12 for members.