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CHIME Students to Clown Around at Their Own Circus

(NORTHRIDGE, Calif., April 17, 2008) — The students at CHIME Institute’s Arnold Schwarzenegger Charter Elementary School, which has extensive ties to Cal State Northridge, are running off with the circus, and they are inviting their friends and neighbors to join them.

The school’s annual spring carnival, which this year has a circus theme, will feature midway games, music and performances by The Jumbo Shrimp Circus as well as members of Cirque de Soleil and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The carnival is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, at the school, located at 19722 Collier St. in Woodland Hills.

"This is a wonderful opportunity for children and their parents to have fun and indulge in that old-fashioned fantasy of ‘running away to join the circus,’” said Julie Fabrocini, education director for the CHIME Institute and principal of the Schwarzenegger school.

Admission is $5 at the door. Activity and food tickets will be available for 50 cents each. Proceeds from the carnival will go to support the school’s arts and library programs.

For more information about the carnival, call the school at (818) 346-5100.

The CHIME Institute’s Arnold Schwarzenegger Charter Elementary School and its sister campus, CHIME Charter Middle School, are independent schools that provide free public education through affiliation with the Los Angeles Unified School District. The schools serve as demonstration and teacher-training sites for Cal State Northridge’s nationally acclaimed Michael D. Eisner College of Education. The elementary school was named "Charter School of the Year" by the California Charter Schools Association in 2005.

Both schools are part of the CHIME Institute, located in part at Cal State Northridge, which is a national leader in developing and implementing model educational programs and dynamic research and training environments to disseminate best practices in inclusive education. The institute’s research and training center is housed in the Eisner College of Education. The CHIME Institute also offers an infant/toddler program and a preschool/kindergarten inclusion program which is located at CSUN. The charter schools serve students from kindergarten through eighth grade and are located in Woodland Hills and Chatsworth.

CHIME has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a national model for full inclusion of students with disabilities and for providing a blueprint for local schools across the country.