College night comes to Edison High More...

College night comes to Edison High

More than 50 college representatives will be available to

Huntington Beach Union High School District students at California

College Night at 7 p.m. tonight at Edison High School.

Representatives from the Service Academies and ROTC Scholarship

Program will be in attendance along with community college,

independent college, University of California and California State

University representatives.

College nights provide the basic facts about preferred high school

preparation for admission to college majors.

College representatives and specialists will be in the gym from 7

to 9 p.m., information about admission testing will be provided in

the cafeteria from 7:15 to 7:45 p.m. and information about special

education services will be provided in the faculty cafeteria from 7

to 7:45 p.m.

For more information, visit www.hbuhsd.k12.ca.us/ guidance

Ambassador students sought

High school freshmen, sophomores and juniors living or attending

school in Huntington Beach are invited to apply for 2004 student

ambassador positions through the Sister City Assn.

Two groups of students, one that went to Japan this year and one

to New Zealand, will share their experiences at 7 p.m. on Oct. 21 at

the Huntington Beach Central Library. Both groups of students hosted

their student counterparts in Huntington Beach for two weeks in July.

All students interested in participating in the 2004 program are

encouraged to attend the free presentation.

Applications for student ambassadors are available at the high

schools and online at www.sistercity.org.

Pegasus teacher heads to Japan

Pegasus School’s technology teacher, Lynn Van Gorp, will depart

for Tokyo as a participant in the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher

program on Saturday.

Van Gorp was selected from a pool of more than 2,500 applicants by

a panel of educators to earn the honor.

The program allows distinguished teachers in the United States to

travel to Japan for three weeks in an effort to promote greater

intercultural understanding.