Education committee to conduct meetings Two upcoming...

Education committee to conduct meetings

Two upcoming meetings of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District

special education advisory committee have been announced.

The committee is an advisory board with a mission to develop a

home-school partnership with parents, school personnel and community

members.

The first meeting, on Oct. 20, will be on the topic of how to

promote more involvement and awareness of students with special

needs. The second meeting will be on Jan. 19 and will feature a panel

of guest speakers discussing how parents can help preteens and teens

to make responsible choices. The panel will include a special

education teacher and a Newport-Mesa Unified School District

psychologist.

Both meetings will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Newport-Mesa Unified

School District board room at 2985-A Bear St. in Costa Mesa.

For more information, call Sandi Ames at (94) 654-4179.

Museum hires director of development

The Newport Beach-based Orange County Museum of Art has announced

the appointment of Susan Smoluchowski as director of development.

Smoluchowski will lead a four-member development team that raises

$3 million each year.

She brings experience from her tenure as vice president of

development and marketing for Council on Crime and Justice in

Minnesota. She was also development director for the Minnesota Film

Board -- the state’s film commission.

She was educated in London, Florence and Lausanne and speaks

several languages.

Mammogram event includes Costa Mesa

Free mammograms will be offered to low-income women 40 years old

and older from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Harbor Christian

Fellowship, 740 W. Wilson St., Costa Mesa.

The offerings are part “Mammogram-A-Thon” throughout Orange

County, sponsored by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation,

YWCA EncorePlus and the Orange County Breast Cancer Partnership.

The event will continue throughout October.

The appointments include a screening mammogram, clinical breast

exam, information on breast health, and referrals. No prescription or

referral is needed but appointments are required.

To make an appointment for a free screening, call (714) 935-9720

or (714) 806-2037. Also, visit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer

Foundation website at https://www.ockomen.com