Foothills Sentry - May 2025

Page 7 Foothills Sentry MAY 2025 ATSCC Registration OpensMay2 Apply Online sccollege.edu/apply FALL ENROLLMENT RANKED#1 COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ORANGE COUNTY FREE TUITION ANDBOOKS CLASSES ONLINE AND ONCAMPUS UNITS TRANSFER TOUC/CSU AND PRIVATE COLLEGES Join Us for Summer 2025! New Students: Apply Online sccollege.edu/apply Returning Students: Register Online sccollege.edu/register 7he Eest of Orange 8ni¿ed School 'istrict¶s student Ser formers and artists took center stage on 0arch 2 2 , at the an nual 9$P$ (9isual and Perform ing $rts) Showcase, a celeEration of music, dance and visual arts SSonsored Ey the Orange 8ni ¿ed PuElic Schools )oundation (O8PS)) and hosted at ChaS man 8niversity¶s 0emorial Hall, the showcase brought together students, families and commu nity memEers to celeErate the dis trict¶s thriving arts Srograms 7he event kicked off with Ser formances Ey the district¶s el ementary, middle and high school honor Eands and orchestras on the ¿rst night 7he second evening high lighted the district¶s dance teams, featuring Serformances Ey Yor Ea 0iddle School, Canyon, (l 0odena, Orange and 9illa Park High Schools ,n addition to the stage Ser formances, Eoth nights featured a student art e[hiEition, disSlay ing work from schools across the district ³:e are Sroud of our ama]ing artists, dancers and musicians,´ said )rank 7ucker, O8PS) Presi dent ³7hank you all for two nights of insSiring work ´ Orange 8ni¿ed PuElic Schools )oundation, a nonSro¿t dedicated to suSSorting educational Sro grams in the district, has awarded over 1 0,000 in grants for inno vative initiatives in recent years 7he organi]ation also contriEutes funding for high school sSorts Srograms and works to address the diverse needs of students and teachers Looking ahead, O8PS) invites the community to SarticiSate in uScoming events, including the O8S' OlymSiad *ames on 0ay 2 at )red .elly Stadium Chil dren¶s Street at the Orange ,nter national Street )air on $ug 2 1 and the annual CeleEration of Schools on Oct 1 )or information on O8PS), or to donate, visit ouSsf org Orange Änified showƤases student talent O range Emblem Club # 4 18 has an ongoing relationship with Esplanade Elementary' s after-school library program. Community Service Chair Carole Walters and J an Genelle, both Emblem Club members, met at the school, April 17 , to distribute Easter Baskets to the library program students. The children were surprised and thrilled to be able to pick out a basket from those that had been delivered earlier in the day. The O range Emblem Club held its annual Appreciation Luncheon for non-members who volunteered on behalf of the club last year. Those attending the March 2 2 event included, top row from left, J ohn Raya, Shawn Collins *ar\ 'obereiner -o\ce Claussen 7om %roZn %raeden %aile\ -ason Mc:hirter and MiNe 'uff middle roZ from left 'eann Collins L\nn %utler Laurie and *eorge 3adilla front roZ from left $na 9anessa and J aylene Fragoso, Wanda McWhirter. Donna and gen arasƤh naǼed Distinguished Citiɶens 7he City of 9illa Park recently honored .en and 'onna Barasch as 'istinguished Citi]ens, in cel eEration of their many contriEu tions to the community and Ee yond 'onna taught sSecial educa tion students for over 0 years She shared her love of cooking Ey founding the Orange County Cooking School and teaching cooking to the Elind at the Braille ,nstitute and cooking at numer ous *irl Scout camSs .en owned and oSerated a mar keting ¿rm for over ¿ve decades, authored a Eest selling Eook, and served as a wine, restaurant and travel corresSondent for (lmer 'ills¶ ³*ood Life 5eSort ´ He donated wines for fundraisers for 5otary CluE, Boys *irls CluE, Orange Home *rown and others $ visit to )iMi insSired the cou Sle to found the Savusavu Com munity )oundation, which con triEuted 200 million for medical care, Sharmaceuticals and educa tion in )iMi 7he )oundation has also constructed schools, liErar ies, medical facilities and evacu ation centers there The city council, from left, Mayor Pro Tem J ordan Wu, Councilwoman Crystal Miles and Mayor Nicol J ones, with honorees Donna and Ken Barasch, Councilmen Kelly McBride and Robert Frackelton. Musicians from the O range Honor O rchestra 9illa 3arN High School 'ance team

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