Monday, May 14, 2012
The theme for the day is books, from the San Juan Capistrano Library to Saddleback College.
Monday, May 14 – Last day to submit nominations to become a member of the board for the San Juan Capistrano Friends of the Library, Inc. The Friends is a nonprofit dedicated to the support of the San Juan Capistrano Library. The nominating committee is currently seeking open nominations for new board members through a call for nominations for members-at-large. Nominations are open to the public; nominees must join The Friends ($10/year, due June 1.). Anyone interested in serving a one-year term on the SJC FOL Board of Directors, please call: Dixie Bullock at (949) 257-8699. Formal nominations will close at noon on May 14. Those interested should send a short bio introducing yourself or your nominee, briefly explaining your background and …
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The pilot program will allow Stallions to take a college course during the regular school day.
Starting next semester, students at San Juan Hills High can take a college class without ever leaving their campus. Saddleback College is coming to them. In the first program of its kind for Capistrano Unified School District, Saddleback will not only offer the class at San Juan Hills, but will do so during the regular school day. Capo's Board of Trustees approved the program Monday. “We’re very excited about this," Saddleback College President Tod A. Burnett said. "This is where education is going in the state and in the nation. All students should be taking this kind of course during their high-school careers.” Capo Unified spokesman Marcus Walton said one purpose of the program is to remove the barrier of transportation for students who…
Friday, October 7, 2011
No explanation is given, but the move follows accusations he plagiarized.
Amid plagiarism allegations and well into the fall semester, San Juan Capistrano City Councilman Derek Reeve is inexplicably no longer teaching at Concordia University. "Derek Reeve is not currently employed by Concordia," a university spokeswoman said Friday, declining to provide an explanation. The move comes two weeks after Patch reported that Reeve lifted numerous passages from copyrighted articles in blog essays he wrote for Patch, as well as in two of his City Council staff reports. The authors whose words he copied labeled Reeve's actions plagiarism. When the story broke, Reeve was employed part-time by Concordia, a private Christian university in Irvine. According to the school's fall schedule, Reeve was teaching two political …
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Derek Reeve defends writings that lifted the words of journalists and columnists. Academic experts question Reeve's fitness and integrity as a college instructor.
Most writers agree that imitation is flattering. But they still want credit—even when the "imitation" appears in a blog. City Councilman Derek Reeve, facing criticism for writing blog posts that heavily copied the words of other authors, offers a different view. Writing in today's Orange County Register, he acknowledged "carelessly" using "previously published material" while blogging for San Juan Capistrano Patch. But he dismissed accusations of plagiarism, saying blogs are informal musings "in which the standards of communication are relaxed." Reeve didn't directly address instances in which he similarly lifted the copyrighted words of journalists and other authors for City Council staff reports and a press release he wrote. Reeve, an …
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
More than 100 students at Kinoshita Elementary in San Juan Capistrano who didn't have book bags on their first day of school now have backpacks and school supplies.
The first day of school Wednesday was brighter for 107 students at Kinoshita Elementary School. Those students who teachers noticed were without book bags and other supplies received colorful, new backpacks collected as part of a growing donation effort by a Ladera Ranch mom. Sara Nieves-Lucas, a counselor at Saddleback College, started the backpack drive three years ago. In its inaugural year, she collected 30 bags. The next year, 107. This year, with the help of students at Saddleback, there were 207 divided equally between Kinoshita and another elementary school in Santa Ana. "Growing up, we didn’t have much," she said of her own childhood. "The best way to start somebody on the right foot is to give them a backpack." This year's effort…
Thursday, January 27, 2011
A planner for your weekend, Jan. 29, 2011.
It’s Thursday, and you’ve got no idea what you’ll do for the weekend. San Juan Capisrano Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Check our picks for the activities to hit: 1. Multicultural Arts Music Concerts at the Library—Adrian Legg Adrian Legg, on tour in the U.S. from Europe and named Guitarist of the Decade by Guitarist magazine, will perform at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday in La Sala Auditorium at the San Juan Capistrano Regional Library. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 12 and younger. Seating is open, so it's recommended that you come early for the best seats. 2. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Gala Night Set at a Catskills Resort in 1960, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do is being …
shelly
2:13 pm on Wednesday, December 14, 2011
I think it is a great idea. I don't think that the freshman always take the College and Career Planning class seriously. Many high school juniors and seniors have schedules without a class or one or two periods. This would be a great idea to start some college work early. more ›