Tri-County Sentry
Friday
JULY 4, 2014
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News On Education Word-Finds
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Mountain View, CA — Chelsea Clinton, actress Mindy Kaling, Girl Scouts of the USA, SevenTeen Magazine, and several other organizations and foundations have partnered with Google to launch “Made with Code” – a global initiative to inspire girls to become programmers. According to USA Today, the initiative includes a commitment of $50 million to support programs that can help get more females into computer science, like rewarding teachers who support girls who take CS courses on Codecademy or Khan Academy. It also provides great resources such as introductory Blockly-based coding projects, a web-based, graphical programming language, and fun projects such as enabling coders to play with x and y coordinates to accessorize selfies with cartoon berets or
Answers on page 12A
To solve a Sudoku puzzle, place a number into each box so that each row across, each column down, and each small 3 x 3 square with the larger diagram (there are 9 of these) will contain every number from 1 through 9. In other words, no number will appear more than once in any row, column, or smaller 3 x 3 square. Working with the number already given as a guide complete each diagram with the missing numbers that will lead to the correct solution. Answers on page 12A
Sudoku
blouses or build basic animated GIFs. To officially launch the program, Google held a huge event in Manhattan, New York, and the host of the event was none other than actress Mindy Kaling (of The Mindy Project). But Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, was also a featured speaker. Thousands of tech-savvy women and girls attended. Google will also give
(Photo Credit: USA Today) out grants to local Girl Scouts and Boys and Girls Clubs around the country to host girl-coding parties and to fund a range other awareness campaigns. And to top it off, there is a great web site website with how-to videos that educate girls on how to use basic coding technique to make bracelets and other similar items. For more details about the initiative, visit www. madewithcode.com.
Grant Funding Helps More Women in Crisis Stay in School
Crossword Companion
Across 1. Na Na preceder 4. Radio tuner 8. ____ Flynn Boyle of Twin Peaks 12. 2000 pounds 13. Rural sight 14. Battle of the ______ 15. “A Place of One’s _______” 16. Melina Kanakaredes, on New York News: Angela ______ 18. Sound from a nest 20. Gardening by the _____ 21. Blacke’s _______ 24. Bald detective 28. Dawson’s Creek viewer 31. The Hallmark Hall of ______ 32. A Gabor 33. 227 actor Barry 35. ______, Women & Dogs 36. Trigger’s dad 38. J.D. on Scrubs, e.g. 40. _______ of the City 42. Map collection 43. Dick Van Patten’s role on Mama 45. _____ Best Sellers 48. Sheb Wooley, on Rawhide (2 words) 53. Jerry Lewis’s role on Wiseguy 54. “The Defiant _____” 55. Norm Peterson’s wife 56. Govt. agcy. Alexander Mundy worked for 57. Nathan of Davis Rules 58. Looks at 59. _____ Terrific
Google to Help Inspire Girls to Be Computer Programmers
Ventura, Calif. ---The Ventura College Foundation received a $4,500 grant from the Julius Gius Memorial Rotary Foundation for the college’s Women’s Safety Net program. The program, which started in 2012, provides emergency funds of up to $500 to female students who are experiencing crises that threaten to derail their education. The funds can be only used for childcare, textbooks, materials, fees, transportation and other education-related expenses. During the program’s first year, 34 women received assistance and the numbers are expected to be comparable for 2014. “The small amount of
financial support provided by the Women’s Safety Net program not only gives recipients the momentum they need to complete the semester in which the crises occur, but also to enroll again the following semester. We’ve found that 80 percent of Women’s Safety
Net recipients return to school, versus 60 percent for other students,” said Norbert Tan, executive director of the Ventura College Foundation. “The generosity of the Julius Gius Memorial Rotary Foundation enables us to help more of these female students in need so that they don’t have to compromise their educational goals.” The Women’s Safety Net program started with seed funding from the Women’s Legacy Fund in response to calls the college received from students asking for emergency assistance. While the Women’s Legacy Fund grant cycle for 2012 focused on helping female GRANT, See page 12A
The U.S. Department of Education is working with Corinthian Colleges Inc. on a plan to avoid an immediate closure of the career training program chain and prevent suddenly disrupting the education of 72,000 students and the jobs of 12,000 employees. The Department and Corinthian signed a memorandum of understanding that requires the company to develop a plan to sell and teach-out programs across the country over the next six months, including hiring an independent monitor approved by the Department to oversee its finances and the sales process. In exchange, the Department has agreed to immediately release $16 million in federal student aid for students currently enrolled at Corinthian campuses. Corinthian is required to provide enrollment documentation to back up the funding request. “Students and their interests have been at the heart of every decision the Department has made regarding Corinthian,” said U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitch-
ell. “We will continue to closely monitor the teachout or sale of Corinthian’s campuses to ensure that students are able to finish their education without interruption and that employees experience minimal disruption to their lives. The Department is committed to ensuring all students receive a quality education that leads to a well-paying job and a strong future.” Corinthian is the parent company of the Everest Institute, Everest College, WyoTech and Heald brands, which together receive $1.4 billion in federal financial aid money for students annually. Under the agreement, Corinthian is required to put teach-out plans in place for all schools, including those for sale. An independent monitor approved by the Department will review matters related to ongoing operations and will have fulltime access to Corinthian’s financial and operating records. In addition, Corinthian is permitted to continue enrolling new students but must reimburse any students who enroll in
a campus found to be ineligible for federal student aid through the Department’s reviews and investigations. The Department put Corinthian on heightened financial monitoring with a 21-day waiting period for federal funds on June 12 after Corinthian failed to comply with repeated requests to address ongoing concerns over the company’s practices, including falsifying job placement data used in marketing claims to prospective students and allegations of altered grades and attendance. As part of the agreement, heightened financial monitoring remains in effect and Corinthian has agreed to turn over data that the Department has been requesting for the last five months to address inconsistencies in the company’s job placement claims for graduates, as well as grade and attendance records. Inquiries by the Department and other federal agencies into Corinthian’s practices will continue. Students can receive updated info at www.studentaid.gov/Corinthian.
Norbert Tan, executive director, Ventura College Foundation
U.S. Department of Education Signs Plan to Avoiding Immediate Closure of Corinthian Colleges
Down 1. _____, Look and Listen 2. Brian of A Minute with Stan Hooper 3. Kate McShane star (2 words) 4. SeaQuest _____ 5. Clock numeral 6. Agnes Dipesto on Moonlighting (2 words) 7. NYPD Blue actress Glaudini 8. ______ the Giants (2 words) 9. Of former times 10. Andromeda’s _____ Bem 11. Llanview patriarch 17. Biblical craft 19. Skillet 22. Car fuel 23. M*A*S*H cook 25. The Dukes of Hazzard actor (2 words) 26. Prayer’s close
27. McCord of Adam 12 28. John of Entertainment Tonight 29. Out of This World girl 30. Relax 34. One of the Rugrats 37. Borgnine of The Single Guy 39. Rowan of Laugh-In 41. Decimal unit 44. _____ on a Rooftop 46. Advertising industry award 47. Setting for Anna and the King 48. Batman word 49. Actress Hartman 50. Asian holiday 51. Car 54, Where _____ You? 52. Emerald Point ______ Answers on page 12A