REPORT CARD

COLLEGE BOARD

Susan M. James, Coast Community College District student trustee, has

been elected to the California Community College Trustees Board of

Directors.

She will serve a one-year term.

The trustee board is a statewide association that aims to develop unified

decisions on key educational issues and monitor and influence decisions

that affect California’s community colleges.

TREE PLANTING

The Huntington Beach Tree Society received a $4,160 grant to plant trees

at the new Huntington Seacliff Elementary School.

The entire school will participate in Wednesday’s event.

Eighty-four trees will be planted by students, teachers and parents

starting at 9 a.m.

Money to purchase the trees was received from the California ReLeaf 2000

Tree Planting Grant Program.

Trees to be planted include the aristocrat pear, coral gum tree and

carrot wood.

Seacliff Elementary School is at 6701 Garfield Ave., Huntington Beach.

BLUE RIBBON

Isaac L. Sowers Middle School has been selected as a California nominee

in the national Blue Ribbon school program, state officials announced

Monday.

For nearly two decades, the Blue Ribbon Award has been used to recognize

and designate the nation’s best schools. Selections are based on a

comprehensive self-evaluation that examines everything from curriculum

content and its presentation to community involvement, school safety and

student performance on nationally standardized tests.

Blue Ribbon schools will be recognized by the U.S. secretary of education

May 24, and a national recognition ceremony will take place in the fall

in Washington, D.C.