Orange County CHAMPS Awarded $20K Partnership Grant
27.09.11
ORANGE, Texas, Sep 27, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) --
Please team up with representatives from Orange Savings Bank and the Federal Home Credit Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) on Thursday, September 29, 2011, as they the nonce a $20,000 Partnership Grant Program (PGP) award to Orange County CHAMPS, Inc. (CHAMPS).
CHAMPS will use the PGP cede toward the costs of day-to-day operations, and to assist with the architectural design and engineering costs associated with an alfresco exposition/event center it is building in Orange, Texas.
Partnership grants are offered through FHLB Dallas's fellow institutions, such as Orange Savings Bank, to provide funding for the operational needs of community-based organizations complex in affordable housing and community development. FHLB Dallas matches a associate's cash contributions to a community-based organization of $500 up to $5,000 at a 3:1 proportion. Through its member institutions, FHLB Dallas awarded $225,000 in partnership grants in 2011.
Source: MarketWatch (press release)
South OC, schools to offer first Mandarin immersion program
27.09.11
South Orange County's largest devotees district will begin a Chinese-language immersion program next year, the first open school program of its kind in the county.
Classes are slated to go into next fall, and more than 165 families have expressed interest, said Marcus Walton, spokesman for the Capistrano Unified Private school district. District trustees approved the program Monday.
"A challenging mercantile environment is no excuse for not being able to offer new and innovative instructive programs requested by our community," said go aboard member John M. Alpay in a statement on the district’s website.
He said there is "sincere demand" for the language.
The district already operates a Spanish wording immersion program, but since Mandarin is the most spoken language in the out of sight, "it made sense" to offer the new program, Walton said. More than 1 billion people talk about discuss Mandarin.
Students will begin the program in kindergarten or first class, with 80% of the lessons taught in Mandarin.
Source: Los Angeles Times