News NewsWelcome to the KCSOS Home PageSuper heroes at day camp- June 16, 2008 What is it that allows super heroes to leap from tall buildings without breaking a nail, stop steaming locomotives with bare hands and hold back avalanches with only their breath Children, attending the Kern County Museums Superhero Science Day Camp from June 9-13, discovered physics, genetics, anatomy and chemistry play roles in the makeup of superhuman crusaders. Given a choice, many of these same children would be environmental superheroes, if they could. Approximately 40 children, ages...http://kcsos.kern.org/news/stories/storyReader$2351 Cal-SOAP awards scholars- June 16, 2008 Forty-one Kern County students were recipients of scholarships ranging in amounts from $1,000 to $4,000 awarded at the Southern San Joaquin Valley Cal-SOAP Scholarship Program banquet on June 11 at Hodels Country Dining in Bakersfield. Approximately $120,000 was made available from the Cal-SOAPKern County Scholarship fund. Scholarship funding was made possible by the College Access Foundation of California. More than 300 students began applying for the scholarships on Feb. 1. Eligible Kern...http://kcsos.kern.org/news/stories/storyReader$2348 'Distinguished Schools' saluted- June 9, 2008 School may be out for summer, but the accolades have not stopped for Columbia Elementary, Downtown Elementary, Stockdale and Thorner schools since being honored by the California Department of Education as Distinguished Schools on May 16. On June 4 the Kern County Curriculum Advisory Committee let the four schools know how much their efforts to provide quality education to students was appreciated locally. Each was recognized with a Certificate of Appreciation from the Kern County...http://kcsos.kern.org/news/stories/storyReader$2339 MOVE-ing donation by car club- June 9, 2008 It is a pretty moving experience when a highly mobile car club can show off both its exquisite talents for restoring cars and its humanity for children who want to be more mobile. During the past six years, the Old Friends of Bakersfield Car Club has donated thousands of dollars to MOVE (Mobility Opportunities Via Education) International, a worldwide program giving hope to children that they might be able to sit, stand, walk and maybe drive a car of their own some day. The latest installment...http://kcsos.kern.org/news/stories/storyReader$2340 Corrosion earns gold for Kern duo- June 2, 2008 A hypothesis about corrosion had a golden outcome for Stockdale High School students Nicholas Okita and Edith Teng who became the schools first-ever Science Fair state champions and the only two from Kern County to earn gold medals at the annual event held at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on May 20. It was quite an achievement for Okita and Teng as 953 of the best science students from 359 schools throughout the State met in competition for awards totaling over $50,000. Okita,...http://kcsos.kern.org/news/stories/storyReader$2334 |