Parenting/Education

There was a time, many years ago, when band was just as much a part of the summer school curriculum as all the other subjects you’d expect to find offered.

By Andrew Reynoso for the Santa Barbara Education Foundation The Santa Barbara Education Foundation is excited to announce that registration is now open for our Summer STEAM Camps! These innovative camps are open to incoming students 6th through 8th grade students, so they have the opportunity to experience a snapshot of what some high school programs have to offer.

TRIAD (Travel, Research, Investigate, Apprentice, Discover), is an in-depth exploration of student/faculty interests designed to promote active engagement with topics that promote curiosity, collaboration, and problem-solving.

Santa Barbara City College is pleased to announce that Dr.

Daniel Bryant Youth and Family Center Announces New Parenting Together Program Bilingual Helpline and Group Classes Provide Support, Advice and Referrals The Daniel Bryant Youth and Family Center, a treatment program of the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA), is pleased to announce new outreach services to help local parents guide their adolescent children through difficult situations.

Source: Marymount of Santa Barbara One year to the day they had to close their doors due to the pandemic, Marymount of Santa Barbara will celebrate the resilience of their community with their annual auction gala.

Source: Santa Barbara City College After closely evaluating 423 Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) programs across the western United States, NursingProcess.

Three highly-trained oncology professionals April Kennedy, MD, Kristin DeHahn, NP-C and Stefanie Rashti, CRNP have joined the multidisciplinary team at Ridley-Tree Cancer Center.

The SBCC Foundation recently welcomed three new members to its board of directors: director-at-large Graciela Montgomery, and ex officio members Joyce Coleman and Robert K.

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Santa Barbara Offers New Tennis and Soccer Sessions Together in One Package All Outdoors Eight months ago a new business called Kāzé Academy (pronounced Kah-Zee) landed in Montecito, CA.

AHA! is thrilled to announce that Roxana Petty is our new Executive Director as of January 1, 2021.

West of Wild, a digital media brand focused on providing wellness insights for millennial women, announced the launch of their podcast-focused newsletter: “What’s on Wellness”.

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Source: Providence School Providence School is pleased to announce it has received a $4,240 STEM grant from the Toshiba America Foundation (TAF).

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Source: Enriched at Home Enriched At Home, a new Santa Barbara-based business offering edutainment content for families with children K-6 grade has launched a subscription program offering monthly enrichment kits with entertaining and educational activities for families to complete together in the areas of character development, nature, and nutrition.

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Source: SBCC Foundation The SBCC Foundation is grateful to all the generous sponsors, donors, and virtual guests who made the second annual Spring Forward! Gala a huge success! The outpouring of support demonstrated once again how vital Santa Barbara City College is to our community.

Source: CADA The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the highest recognition available from two of the largest and most reputable nonprofit information sources in the country.

Source: South Coast Montessori South Coast Montessori (SCM), offering an authentic Montessori education for infants through Elementary-aged children, is pleased to announced they have been selected as the first grant recipient of the Santa Barbara Better Together (SBBT) fund, in partnership with the City of Goleta, and Deckers Brands.

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Source: Santa Barbara City College As Santa Barbara City College prepares for the Fall 2020 semester, two well-respected employees will be assuming new roles as deans.

Source: World Business Academy Last week, the World Business Academy welcomed Lorenzo Kristov, PhD on Solutions News, a radio show hosted by Rinaldo Brutoco that airs live on KZSB 1290am and as a podcast.

Source: Knox School The Knox School of Santa Barbara is excited to announce it will reopen its campus to its K-6th grade students on September 14 after having received an official waiver to reopen for in-person learning from the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department.

Source: YMCA The Channel Islands YMCA Youth and Family Services is launching its 1st Annual Backpack Give Back on Wednesday, August 19th to support community at-risk youth and provide the necessary tools to prepare them for the coming school year.

Source: Goleta Education Foundation The Goleta Education Foundation (GEF) announces that applications are open for local elementary educators to apply for financial support for professional development that enhances their students, colleagues, and community.

This is a story of a pelican who starts out like any pelican learning to fly and dive and catch fish.

Engineer, educator, and parent Vicki Chen Ben-Yaacov has announced she will run for a seat on the Goleta Union School Board of Education on the November ballot.

Rapid response to COVID-19 situation prompts first-ever transition to live synchronous videoconferencing classes for tuition-free programs SBCC School of Extended Learning will move instruction to a live synchronous videoconferencing format using the program Zoom for its tuition-free Spring and Summer classes.