Marisol Aguilar  |   OW Contributor
Aug 26 2010

Only nine percent of Blacks are college-ready

ACT scores for students were released this past week and out of the 1.5 million students tested nationally, 90,371 were tested in California. According to the results, 31 percent of these students are ready for college-level English, mathematics, reading and science college.

Joseph Wright  |   OW Senior Staff Writer
Aug 26 2010

Used to motivate improvement

Ninth-through 12th-grade students at Mojave Junior Senior High School who score well on their state standardized tests will be allowed to use their cell phones on campus at certain times.
 
This concession is part of an incentive program recently approved by the Mojave Unified School District board. Cell phone use by students on campus is currently forbidden.

The program was approved to be implemented on a trial basis for one semester on a 4-1 vote pending approval of a final version of the policy.

Aug 26 2010

Knowing the words gives power

Motivational speaker and trainer Jim Rohn once asked a schoolteacher, “How many languages can a child learn?” The teacher replied, “As many as you will teach them. A child does not lack intelligence, capacity, and definitely not curiosity ….  All they need is a teacher.”

Aug 26 2010

The festival wraps up on Sunday

Last weekend was the kick off of the Antelope Valley Fair and Alfalfa Festival. A parade got the event going and Weird Al Yankovic (pictured above) performed, stunning the crowd with his eclectic talents. The festival wraps up on Sunday at the Antelope Valley Fair Grounds./Photo courtesy of Antelope Valley Fair.

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