Host: Matt Watson Topic: STEAM and STEM projects at iLEAD and SCVi Schools Guests: Kathleen Fredette and Shawna Melville Eye On The Valley – Homeschooling Opportunities & LA County Supervisor Kathyrn Barger – October 13, 2023 On today’s episode of Eye on the Valley, host Matt Watson begins the show by welcoming Kathleen Fredette and Shawna Melville. Kathleen is the Director ...

Hundreds of STEM students from the College of the Canyons (COC) walked the stage and graduated on Friday morning.  Honouring graduates from the School of Allied Health, School of Business, School of Math, Sciences Engineering, and the School of Public Safety, the morning ceremony started with the processional as faculty, staff and graduating students walked onto the field wearing their ...

Host: Matt Watson  Topic: iLead Schools. Salt Creek Grille Eye On The Valley –Gliding and Grilling– April 21, 2023 Guests:  Ally Benedetti, Solomon, Everett, Lisa Hooper, Greg Amsler Eye On The Valley –Gliding and Grilling– April 21, 2023 On today’s episode of Eye on the Valley, host Matt Watson welcomes Ally Benedetti, 8th grade facilitator for iLead schools, and her ...

The College of the Canyons (COC) Biological and Environmental Sciences Department was awarded the State Chancellor’s Office Innovative Use of Technology Award at the Chief Information Systems Officers Association (CISOA) Technology Summit.  The award recognizes cutting edge advancements in the department’s microbiology laboratories, spearheaded by Dr. Shane Ramey, a microbiology instructor at the college.  The department has created an innovative ...

According to an announcement from College of the Canyons (COC), this fall, COC will be the only community college in the state to offer a Low Observable (stealth) Coatings Application Program. In a recent interview on KHTS’s Morning Show with Tori and Kyle, John Milburn and Justin Wallace from COC came to talk about this new opportunity. This classified program ...

The 2022 Edison Scholars program has opened its application period for their $1.2 million scholarship for high school seniors hoping to pursue studies in STEM.  Edison International, the parent company of SoCal Edison, is set to award $40,000 scholarships to 30 high school students who plan to major in science, technology, engineering or math at a four year U.S. college ...

On Saturday the Boys and Girls Club in Santa Clarita launched an extension of their STEM program called X-Bots Robotics, hosting a demonstration and viewing.  The X-Bots Robotics program encourages students to work together and build robotic specially designed as physical therapy cars for limited-mobility toddlers with cerebral disorders, according to officials.  On Saturday the cars were built and tested ...

Coming to Santa Clarita this Saturday, X-Robotics Inc. is expected to be launching a pilot expansion of their partnered program with the PPG Foundation and the Boys & Girls Club (BGC). The X-Bots Robotics Mobility Program presented by PPG is expanding its reach to Santa Clarita on Sept. 11 in remembrance of the 20th anniversary of the tragic terror attacks ...

On Wednesday, Congressman Mike Garcia, R- Santa Clarita, announced the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) award of $1,493,379.00 to the College of the Canyons (COC). The NSF’s award to COC of about $1.4 million was announced by Congressman Garcia’s office this week. “Ensuring our community has access to quality and affordable education is one of my top priorities,” Garcia said. “I ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, recently signed as an original co-sponsor for the Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act (SALSTA), which would build funds for promoting research in science and technology.  “It is imperative that we invest in American innovation in science and technology if we want to remain a leader on the global stage and maintain our ...