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	<title>Kern County Superintendent of Schools: Advocates for Children</title>
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		<title>Young students see instruments as people</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever think of a bird as a flute? How do you feel about an oboe as a duck? Well, Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev gave that a lot of musical thought about 76 years ago when he wrote &#8220;Peter and the Wolf.&#8221; It is a musical play in which different instruments are assigned to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oral Language Festival &#8211; Feb. 25</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approximately 300 Kern County students will use their drama and speech skills in competition at the 41st annual Kern County Oral Language Festival, from 8 a.m.-1:15 p.m. on Feb. 25 at Norris Middle School, 6940 Calloway Drive in Bakersfield. Students in grades 4-8, representing approximately 60 public and private schools, will present serious and humorous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CALM&#8217;s &#8216;Spring Fling&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When school’s out for spring break, children and parents can enjoy a Spring Fling with a real financial break by attending the California Living Museum (CALM) from March 31-April 7. CALM’s Spring Fling features free admission for children ages 3-12 with a paid adult admission on any of those days from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
CALM’s animal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Brief Intervention&#8217; training</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[School counselors and others who provide services and education to children are invited to attend the free Brief Intervention for Substance Using Adolescents from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Feb. 24 at the Kern County Mental Health Building West Training Room, 3300 Truxtun Ave., in Bakersfield. Kern County Superintendent of Schools is offering the training through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Whiz Kids&#8217; to compete &#8211; Feb. 23</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small schools in the rural parts of Kern County present an annual academic event called “Whiz Kids,” which this year will be held on Feb. 23 from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Piute Mountain School, 12400 Caliente Creek Road in Caliente. The competition is for seventh and eighth grade students and is modeled after the high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CALM volunteer Wildlife Rehabilitation Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to be involved in the recovery and survival of wildlife? The California Living Museum (CALM) is offering a Wildlife Rehabilitation Course for volunteers from 3-5 p.m. on March 4, 11 and 18. If you are interested in becoming part of CALM’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Team, the class is free but requires registration, which can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KCNC Workshop &#8211; Home Safety &amp; Burn Prevention</title>
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		<title>Brain &#8211; not brawn &#8211; wins this competition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When they opened East Bakersfield High School on Saturday, Feb. 4, it was not for disciplinary reasons or to host an athletic competition. Well, competition? Yes. Athletic? No. This was an event to exercise the brain, known as the Kern County Academic Decathlon. Nineteen high school teams were in competition to show how much they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bakersfield High wins Academic Decathlon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bakersfield High School received the Claude W. Richardson perpetual trophy as the overall team winner of the 32nd annual Kern County Academic Decathlon held Feb. 4 on the East Bakersfield High School campus. Approximately 200 students from 19 high schools participated. The theme for the event nationwide was “The Age of Empire.”
Bakersfield High (BHS) outscored [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brief Intervention for Substance Using Adolescents</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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