Wildlife rehabilitation discuss
The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is giving a presentation in regards to the Wildlife Care Middle in Saratoga on Nov. 1.
The care middle opened in March. Workers will probably be presenting in regards to the wildlife applications and services they use to deal with sick, injured or orphaned animals earlier than releasing them again into the wild.
The presentation is scheduled from 1-2 p.m. within the Maple Room of Saratoga Library.
Wonderful neighborhood school
West Valley Faculty was named one of many 200 neighborhood schools within the nation eligible to use for the Aspen Prize for Group Faculty Excellence.
The Aspen Institute is a worldwide nonprofit that was based in 1949 to prioritize human enchancment. Its Faculty Excellence Program goals to strengthen increased schooling establishments and its leaders to enhance scholar outcomes. The prize for the award is $1 million, and the nonprofit calls it the “nation’s premier recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges.” That is the primary time that the Aspen Institute is opening purposes to 200 schools; prior to now, they solely allowed 150.
These 200 small and huge schools span rural, city and suburban areas and supply workforce applications, switch, bachelor’s diploma applications or some mixture of the latter two. They had been chosen primarily based on information, together with retention, completion, switch and bachelor’s diploma attainment charges.
“This recognition places West Valley College on the national stage as a model of excellence and innovation. It reflects our collective commitment to advancing student opportunity, equity and achievement,” mentioned Dr. Jennifer Taylor-Mendoza, president of West Valley Faculty.
The eligible schools can submit an utility for evaluate. “Our job over the coming 20 months is to gather a lot more data and work with a deep bench of field experts to assess which of these 200 stand out so we can not only honor them with a monetary award, but drive attention to the most effective field practices that other colleges can replicate,” Wyner mentioned.
