ROP Class Leads to Forestry Career
2010 Golden Valley graduate Amanda DeBortoli has used experience she gained in the Hart District’s Regional Occupational Program Forestry and Trail Construction class to pursue her goal of becoming a forest ranger. The ROP class helped DeBortoli decide what she wanted to do with her love of nature and the outdoors. After graduation, she started training at the South Lake Tahoe Residential Training Center with the California Conservation Corps, a California resource agency dedicated to preserving the state’s natural resources. She is currently pursuing an associates degree in conservation and using the hands-on training with the CCC to give her a competitive edge toward achieving her career goal.
Dance Team Reaches Out to Local Children
The Hart High School dance team is hosting its annual Day of Dance clinic from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18. The clinic is open to anyone from kindergarten through high school interested in spending a fun day of dance. The $30 registration fee includes an event T-shirt, lunch, dance instruction, fun and games. Participants will perform for family and friends at the end of the day and will be invited to join the Hart dance team for a special performance at the team’s Hart of the Holidays show Dec. 4. Registration forms and information are available by contacting jenny@altenau.com
Parents Go Back to School
Thousands of parents across the district are returning to classrooms and student-sized desks for Back to School Night programs at all Hart District schools. The schedule started with Rancho Pico Junior High School on Aug. 19 and will conclude with Hart High School and Sequoia Charter School on Sept. 29. Each school has a unique program, with some schools starting the evening with performances by student groups or orientation meetings for new parents or those with special needs students. All sites include class visits, where parents follow their students’ schedules and have a chance to hear directly from the teachers such topics as homework schedules, curricular expectations and classroom discipline policies.
Photo by Jenny Myer.