EDUCATION Corona del Mar students raise...

EDUCATION

Corona del Mar students raise money for Africa trip

Four students at Corona del Mar High School continue to raise

money for their trip to war-torn Angola and South Africa. The

students, who are hoping to reach their $75,000 goal by Feb. 23, will

provide aid to the people in different villages within the country.

Professionals from jobs within the community spent the afternoon

with students at St. Joachim School in Costa Mesa as part of the

school’s annual Career Day. The Costa Mesa Fire Department, Newport

Beach Lifeguards and many others talked to students in hopes of

inspiring and guiding their future career paths.

Linda Mook, president of the Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers,

announced her resignation that will be effective March 1. Mook, who

also resigned from her 27-year teaching job at Corona del Mar High

School, accepted a new position as Educational Issues Coordinator of

the California Federation of Teachers. The Orange Coast College’s

School of Sailing and Seamanship received an 88-foot motor yacht

valued at more than $2 million. The yacht, a donation from Milan

Panic, founder of ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Costa Mesa, will enable

the school to institute a new motor yacht program geared more toward

vocational professions.

* CHRISTINE CARRILLO covers education reach her at (949) 574-4268

or [email protected].