Lorna Sheridan: Education Roundup, March 12

Leadership program, homework help, a local CPR class for teens and more in this week’s Education Roundup.|

Registration: Online registration for the Sonoma Valley Unified 2019-2020 school year is currently open and will close on March 15. For assistance, call 935-6081 for Spanish or 935-6082 for English to schedule an appointment.

College tours: Boys and Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley is offering teen members free college tours of UC Berkeley on Tuesday, March 19, and St. Mary's on Thursday, March 21. Register in person at 19239 Sonoma Highway, next to Starbucks.

Leadership: Students who are interested in helping in their community should look into the Tomorrow's Leaders Today program. Applications are due Friday, March 29. For more information, visit tomorrowsleaderstoday.org/application.

Altimira news: The Altimira Middle School community is invited to have coffee with Principal Chrissy Waters on the last Monday of the month, March 25, at 9 a.m. in the main office.

CPR: A new local organization is offering a Star Sitter Babysitting course on May 14 and 15. It's a two-day, six-hour course. It includes infant/child and adult CPR, first-aid skills overview, babysitting skills and safety awareness. Visit cprinsonoma.com for more information.

SRJC mentors: The Santa Rosa Junior College mentoring program connects SRJC students with alumni and community members to answer questions about majors, careers, transferring and more. There are 125 volunteers ready to share their knowledge. Log into collegentral.com/santarosa and select career mentoring network.

Homework help: Don't forget about the free homework help at the Sonoma Valley library every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. for grades K-12. Trained volunteer homework coaches can help with all subjects. Drop-in, no appointments necessary. Interested in volunteering to be a homework helper in Sonoma? Contact Clare O'Brien at 996-5217, ext. 1112.

Ag Days: The Sonoma County Ag Days are March 12 and 13, from 9 a.m. to noon at Sonoma County Fairgrounds. These free field trip experiences provides an interactive agricultural education experience for nearly 5,000 local elementary school children, teachers and parents each year.

Tour: Woodland Star Charter School is offering a school tour and walk through the grades on Wednesday, March 13 from 8:30 to 10 a.m. R.S.V.P. to 996-3849.

Girl Scouts: Parents and girls in grades K-6 from all Sonoma schools are invited to attend an informational meeting to learn more about Girl Scouts in Sonoma Valley. Meet at the Prestwood Elementary School multi-use room from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 14. Contact Dana Walter at dwalter@gsnorcal.org or by phone 544-5472, ext. 3002 with questions.

Congratulations: Emily McClelland was named to the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the fall semester. McClelland is in the medical illustration program. Dorian L. Gold-Diamond was named to the Dean's List at Boston University for the fall semester.

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