EDUCATION Students get vivid lesson into makings...

EDUCATION

Students get vivid lesson into makings of symphony

Fifth-graders throughout Orange County got their final chance to

experience classical music live at the Orange County Performing Arts

Center Monday, as part of the Philharmonic Society Youth Education

Programs’ 46th annual Concerts for Fifth-Graders. The concert

included performances by the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Throughout the concert, student were educated about the nuances of an

orchestra and its numerous instruments.

More than 1,000 people surrounded Newport Harbor High School’s

flagpole Tuesday to pay tribute to Jose Garibay, a Costa Mesa Marine

who was killed in Iraq last month. Students, faculty, family and

friends gathered to share their thoughts about the alumnus.

Vanguard University has taken the first step to build promising

partnerships with Costa Mesa and Estancia high school by offering two

students from each school $20,000 scholarships. Both Vanguard and the

Newport-Mesa Unified School District and hope to eventually extend

the scholarship to include the district’s other high schools.

* CHRISTINE CARRILLO covers education and may be reached at (949)

574-4268 or by e-mail at [email protected].