Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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Nancy Heins Glaser Special to Village News They say if you do what you love it's never work. That can be said of film/TV teacher George Herring at Fallbrook High who has been working at FUHS for five years. After seeing his "Film Academy Awards" by special invitation and a short phone interview, I knew this was a winning endeavor. Herring comes equipped with the skills of film and TV production. Herring began as a substitute English teacher as that was the subject of his...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Union Elementary School District's Superintendent of Schools, Candace Singh, Ph.D., has been named as a finalist for the American Association of School Administrators' Women in School Leadership Superintendent Award. In the district, there is a foundational value threaded through every school, classroom and learning opportunity: leadership. This principle is not taken lightly in FUESD, and Singh said she believes that leadership must be taught by e...
FALLBROOK – The Boys and Girls Clubs of North County celebrated this Thanksgiving season by serving nearly 1,000 traditional holiday meals to its members and their families. Each of the club's eight sites participated in a Thanksgiving feast that included food catered by Major Market. They served everything from turkey, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, corn, cranberry sauce and of course, pumpkin pies. Club board members, staff, local community organizations and v...
By expressing their love and admiration for the country in which they live, the winners of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Charles E. Swisher Post No. 1924 Voice of Democracy Essay and Patriots Pen Essay Contests were awarded scholarships at an awards dinner Nov. 21. Sean O. Daly, Jr. won the high school contest, the Voice of Democracy Essay Contest, and Margaret M. Nasry won the middle school contest, called the Patriots Pen Essay Contest. Daly took home a $...
SAN MARCOS – As soon as next fall, Marines at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton will be able to articulate their classroom time in U.S. Marine Corps Sergeants School into Palomar College credit, thanks to a $499,643 grant from the California Apprenticeship Initiative. The new program, known as the Military Leadership Apprenticeship will also secure for each Marine who enrolls 2,000 on-the-job training hours for their time in Sergeants School. According to Jack Kahn, Palomar’s assistant superintendent and vice pre...
FALLBROOK – Chiara Curnow, a senior at Fallbrook High School, has been named a semifinalist for the 2020 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation selected 1,928 high school seniors as semifinalists from a pool of 93,075 submitted applications from across the country based on their academic excellence, leadership and service demonstrated in school and community activities. The semifinalists are in the running for 150 college scholarships worth $20,000. Curnow moves to the next round of the s...
WASHINGTON – When FBI investigators find a jumble of code or an unfamiliar gang tattoo, they ask forensic examiners like Deneen Hernandez to make sense of the symbols so they can crack the case. Hernandez is one of two Native American forensic examiners in the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, and she estimates she’s one of only about four in the United States. That’s something she’s working to change. This past summer, Hernandez welcomed a group of Native American high school students participating in a science, technol...
FALLBROOK – With another Nov. 11 passing, Bonsall Middle School teacher Rachel Janikowski said, "It is important to remind and educate our youth to take a moment to say thank you to our veterans." The Sullivan language arts teachers gave their students a lesson on letter writing, with the challenge to write a letter of gratitude to a U.S. veteran. Out of 160 letters, one stood out. Emilie Butterworth, age 11, wrote a letter that expressed her appreciation for the future she w...
Education to Career Network of North San Diego County Special to The Village News If residents took a stroll through the Fallbrook Community Garden on a sunny afternoon earlier this fall, they would have enjoyed a scene of plentiful homegrown fruits and vegetables that provided healthy organic meal options for local residents and their families. From tomatoes to squash and corn to chili peppers, a wide variety of carefully maintained crops were cultivated and recently...
Six students from San Diego County, including a high school graduate from Bonsall, received Folds of Honor KidCents education scholarships totaling $30,000 earlier this month. Associates at a San Diego Rite Aid presented the six with their scholarships during an in-store event Nov. 7. Folds of Honor is a nonprofit that provides educational scholarships to families of military service members who were killed or disabled while on active duty. MiaCai Meluat, who graduated from Bonsall High School earlier this year, received...
Lana Janey Special to Village News A few weeks ago, one of our families came into my office with a request and a sweet brown-eyed girl looked up at me and hopefully said, "Can we have a mud kitchen?" I didn't even hesitate to say "Yes!" Her parents told me they wanted to donate one to our preschool, and I was thrilled. I knew my staff would embrace it, despite the inconvenience, but convincing some of our parents might be a bit trickier. I clearly remember, as a parent of... Full story
FALLBROOK – The San Luis Rey chapter of National Charity League held its annual formal Mother-Daughter Tea and Fashion Show at the Vista Valley Country Club, Oct. 27. This year's theme was "Mad Hatter Tea Time" complete with pink flamingos, teacups and whimsical floral centerpieces. Grace Bender and Christy Best provided the creativity and hard work behind this year's storybook-like tea party which concluded with a fashion show inspired by the Alice in Wonderland theme. NCL me...
FALLBROOK – Friends of Willow Tree hosted their annual Autumn Soirée Saturday, Nov. 2, at The Vineyard 1924 in Fallbrook. The tables were decorated with sprigs of eucalyptus, acorns and candlelight. The evening began with an appetizer hour of fruit and cheese platters and pumpkin risotto balls catered by Do or Dine and sponsored by Barn and Butter and Boochcraft. As the guests mingled and surveyed the 28 baskets of silent auction items that were donated by the families of the...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Charles E. Swisher Post No. 1924 invites the community to honor the winners of the Voice of Democracy Essay and Patriots Pen Essay scholarships to be awarded, Thursday, Nov. 21, at the post. “We went to Potter Junior High and they submitted 21 essays for the Patriots Pen scholarship,” Chris Ingraham, Commander of VFW Post 1924, said. “The high school, because of the JROTC program and Lt. Col. Bill Wade, we're very involved with them and they're involved with us. He basic...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Charles E. Swisher Post No. 1924 invites the community to honor the winners of the Voice of Democracy Essay and Patriots Pen Essay scholarships to be awarded, Thursday, Nov. 21, at the post. “We went to Potter Junior High and they submitted 21 essays for the Patriots Pen scholarship,” Chris Ingraham, Commander of VFW Post 1924, said. “The high school, because of the JROTC program and Lt. Col. Bill Wade, we're very involved with them and they're involved with us. He basic...
SALT LAKE CITY – The following Fallbrook residents have earned their degree from Western Governors University. The online, nonprofit university held its 71st commencement ceremonies in Cincinnati; its 72nd commencement in Anaheim; its 73rd commencement in Salt Lake City and its 74th commencement in Seattle in spring and summer 2019 to celebrate the recent graduation of more than 10,000 students from across the country. Dawn Aguero earned her master’s degree in nursing leadership and management. Michael Malone earned his Mas...
José A. Álvarez - San Diego County Communications Office San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency, Integrative Services Division announced Thursday, Nov. 14, a $225,000 grant has been awarded by the California Office of Traffic Safety to fund programs that educate parents and guardians on child passenger safety. The grant is ongoing through Sept. 30, 2020. Grant funding will be used for a variety of activities to promote the proper use of child safety seats, i...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook's P.E.O. Chapter PF announced that it successfully sponsored two Fallbrook residents, Jennifer Stika and Cheyenne McCarthy, for P.E.O. loans and grants this past year. Stika received a grant of $3,000 from the P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education to complete her bachelor's degree in human developmental studies at University of California San Diego. The Program for Continuing Education grant provides money on a needs basis to women whose education h...
FALLBROOK – D'Vine Path held a graduation for its first class of eight students Oct. 18. The parents, grandparents, D'Vine Path staff and guests from the state department of apprenticeship standards were present. Each student received a certificate of completion for the class. Individual awards were presented as well. Each award highlighted a special gift each student brought to the program. Two students, Max Bolduc and Kai Kroeger, received a special award of $150, based o...
SAN MARCOS – Hundreds of runners and walkers in costume raced through campus Saturday, Oct. 19, in the Palomar College Foundation's second annual Monster Dash and Bash 5K Run/Walk. The event raised more than $75,000 to support Palomar College students through a variety of initiatives led by the foundation, including scholarships, emergency grants and textbook support. The morning "dash" – a route that took participants through the newly renovated Edwin and Frances Hunter Arb...
Special to Village News "Imagine being in a rowboat. The goal is to get across the river. Sometimes the current is with you and sometimes it's not. You have to use those oars to make it across and it's going to get hard. But you have to do something or else you go backward and get in trouble." That's what cross-country legend Thomas Valles of Disney's "McFarland, USA" told hundreds of star-struck children at Bonsall West Elementary Oct. 28. This was no ordinary motivational...
Special to Village News For most families, the college application process is a major source of anxiety. But it doesn’t have to be extra stressful if a family takes enough time to address the many questions and issues related to college applications. A starting point for most families should be the financial issues. A college education is an expensive investment. Parents and their student need to talk realistically about how that education will be paid for and what schools are affordable. Are scholarships a possibility? H...
FALLBROOK – The library continues its “Kids Afterschool STEAM” program Mondays at 4 p.m. The program is meant to enhance kindergarteners through fifth-graders knowledge of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. Every Monday in November, children will learn and be entertained with a different STEAM activity: Nov. 18 – ‘E’ is for engineering and Nov. 25 – Science at work. Teen Time will host programs Tuesdays at 4 p.m. in November, which are as follows: Nov. 12 – Bullet Journals, Nov. 19 – Green Screen and...
