Local News in Brief : Santa Ana : NEA Honors College for Dropout-Aid Program
A Rancho Santiago College program aimed at helping high school dropouts complete work for a high school diploma has won a National Education Assn. award.
The NEA gave an “A-Plus Award for Excellence in Education” to Rancho Santiago’s High School Subjects Diploma Program. The program provides high school-level classes in various subjects. Classes can be taken any time from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays, affording working people a variety of hours to attend, college officials said.
The NEA praised the Rancho Santiago program for “innovation in design and delivery” and for “high standards for teacher preparation.”
A Rancho Santiago spokesman said that “the district continuing-education faculty, led by instructors Peggy Patterson and Laurine Weneta, prepared the extensive information package and exhibit which placed the program in national competition.”
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