The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees, which oversees College of the Canyons, (COC) swore in recently elected board members, elected its new officers, received recognitions for service, and set its 2023 meeting schedule at the board’s business and organizational meeting last week.  At the beginning of the meeting, COC Chancellor Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook, board members ...

A College of the Canyons paralegal student has won a scholarship award from the American Association for Paralegal Education with an essay submission.  Student Ryan McLaughlin took first place in the annual essay contest, making him the second COC student to win the award in many years.  His essay, “Accessibility and the American Legal System: A Case for Paralegal Licensure,” ...

Eleven College of the Canyons (COC) fire technology students have received $1,000 scholarships from Edison International to cover tuition, books and school-related fees, officials announced Monday. The COC Fire technology students – Diego Aguilar, John Donckels, Michelle Fadley, Sonia Flores, Reyne Manzano, Preston Marrott, Samantha Miranda-Rodriguez, Elias Ponzio, Trevor Rein, James Smith, and Nicholas Wust-Ekberg – had to have a ...

Local high school students from the William S. Hart Union School District has produced award-winning PSA videos on the dangers of fentanyl.  To bring awareness to the dangers of fentanyl, especially as it claims the lives of more and more young adults, students in video production classes at the local high schools created Public Service announcements (PSAs).  “We’ve seen a ...

Beginning in the spring semester, College of the Canyon’s (COC) School of Personal and Professional Learning is set to offer five new certification programs for individuals interested in pursuing careers in yoga teaching, real estate, commercial art, digital publishing, and paralegal fields. More than 250 Personal and Professional Learning (PPL) classes are set to be offered during the spring to ...

Multiple new and re-elected officials for local Santa Clarita school districts have been sworn in in the past few weeks after winning their elections.  In school boards across Santa Clarita, a number of seats were up for election in November, and the winners have been recently sworn in for 2023.  In Districts where there were no new members sworn in, ...

A school threat that was allegedly made during a verbal argument at Bridgeport Elementary School earlier this month was deemed uncredible, and law enforcement investigation disproved rumors that a weapon was involved.  On Friday Dec. 2, 2022, deputies received reports of a possible school threat at Bridgeport Elementary School on the 23600 block of Newhall Ranch Road in Valencia, said ...

College of the Canyons’ Institute of Culinary Education hosted its first fundraiser dinner this week, with funds giving back to culinary programs.   Warm food and Christmas tunes filled the air in the COC Valencia Campus Institute for Culinary Education Building Tuesday, as students served their meals to a crowd before a wine-selling event fundraising for the program.  The event featured ...

The Class of 2023 graduates of College of the Canyons’ (COC) nursing program celebrated their achievement Tuesday with a pinning ceremony. On Tuesday afternoon, COC nursing students and their families gathered in the school’s Performing Arts Center in Santa Clarita to celebrate their statuses as registered nurses with a pinning ceremony. “Nursing is a science – it’s an art and ...

iLEAD California Schools, which includes Santa Clarita Valley International charter school (SCVi), announced Tuesday their new Chief Executive Officer, Amanda Fischer.  Fischer has contributed to the development of iLEAD Schools and partner schools since 2018, when she joined as Executive Director of iLEAD California. A respected educational leader with more than 20 years of experience, Fischer has taught at the ...