Education

Golden Oak’s beautiful campus is a wonderful place to attend school.  We have a caring staff dedicated to educating students in a safe, welcoming learning environment.  At Golden Oak we offer a rigorous academic curriculum to meet the needs of all levels of students to enhance their...

As kids, we’re constantly amazed by the simplest things; a book, insect or toy can bring hours of happiness and exploration.  Yet, as we grow into adulthood, we tend to lose that sense of childlike wonder – and discover it once again when we bring our own children into the world, returning to...

  [bsa_pro_ad_space id=3] ABOUT THE MAGAZINE The Magazine of Santa Clarita has set a high standard for excellence in advertising for over 25 years. A family owned and operated business, The Magazine of Santa Clarita has grown with the Santa Clarita Valley since 1989 and become the...

  [bsa_pro_ad_space id=3] ABOUT THE MAGAZINE The Magazine of Santa Clarita has set a high standard for excellence in advertising for over 25 years. A family owned and operated business, The Magazine of Santa Clarita has grown with the Santa Clarita Valley since 1989 and become the...

 Summer is a very social season and lots of fun, and at Creative Year we make sure your child’s camp experience is too! The school you choose should have exciting activities that takes advantage of the warm weather and creates lasting memories. Creative Years has a weekly themed camp for nine...

 The University of La Verne (ULV) has partnered with College of the Canyons to begin offering a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting program at the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center. The ULV Bachelor of Arts in Accounting program will be offered in an accelerated format as a cohort with...

  More than 20 years ago, founder and owner Peggy Cannistraci sat at her kitchen table, trying to help her children become successful in mathematics – a familiar experience for most parents.  After dealing with the complexities of the parent and child relationship, and the difficulties most...

 A statewide education board recognized College of the Canyons for its Accelerate Your Dreams to Reality program, which helps improve math course completion rates and enhances student success.  To date, students have saved more than 48,000 weeks of remedial instruction and more than $500,000 in...

 The College of the Canyons Fast Track Institute has been recognized by the South Bay Workforce Investment Board for achieving a 100 percent job placement rate for graduates of its Entry Level Computer Numerical Control Operator and QuickBooks Hands on Computer Training programs. Both programs...

For parents of children with ADHD, dyslexia or other processing disorders, homework time is often a struggle. Research shows that using music for better study habits is often highly effective. When an auditory sound is introduced — a dog barking, the phone ringing — it often distracts from the...

 Kindergarten Roundup starts this month in SCV.  Do you know what is expected when your child starts Kindergarten?  At this time of the year many parents wonder, “Is my child ready to enter the world of Elementary School?”  If your child has been given the opportunity to attend a preschool with...

 On November 20, 2015, the Saugus Union School District received a $3,000 grant from the Los Angeles County Office of Education to use toward homeless support services for the 2015-2016 school year.  The grant gives the district the ability to level the playing field for low-income students,...

 With midyear report cards in hand, now is the time to identify your child’s skill gaps before they turn into end of year regrets.  As the school year progresses, so does the complexity of the classroom curriculum.   It becomes more difficult for students with academic deficiencies to adjust to...

 A child is eligible for transitional kindergarten if a child will have his or her fifth birthday between: September 2 and December 2 • Transitional Kindergarten is the first of a two-year Kindergarten experience. • All of the laws that apply to Kindergarten apply to Transitional Kindergarten....

 SCCS’s Kindergarten teachers, Jan Dennis and Kelly Steinbock, work hard to give their students the basics in reading and math, teach them the importance of God’s Word, and briefly introduce them to Social Studies, Science and Art/Music. “Kindergarten is the foundation for all future...

 Schools are social institutions in which students learn about the world and their roles they are in.  Christian schools are uniquely positioned to join with Christian parents in preparing and challenging young people to be Christ’s ambassadors within a culture fixated on self-centered...