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[4] [5] In July 1997, the school separated from Santa Ana College and changed its name to Santiago Canyon College. [6] In January 2000, the college was independently accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. [7] [8] Later that year, The Irvine Company donated an additional 12 acres to the school. The school's ...
The Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD), one of four community college districts located in Orange County, California, offers associate degrees and adult education certificates through its two colleges: Santa Ana College in Santa Ana and Santiago Canyon College in Orange.
For a short time, the college was known as Rancho Santiago College, but the name changed back to Santa Ana College in the late 1990s. In 1985, a satellite campus, what is now called Santiago Canyon College , was established in Orange, California .
South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) is a public community college district in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1967 and has three separate campuses: Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California , Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California and the Advanced Technology & Education Park in Tustin, California .
The college is located on 153.4 acres (62.1 ha) of rolling, tree-dotted hills in the neighborhood of Valencia in the city of Santa Clarita in northern Los Angeles County, California. In 2007, the college opened its Canyon Country campus on a 70-acre (28 ha) site located at 17200 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, CA 91351.
The "Santiago Fire" endangered the Santiago Canyon Estates, as well as Falcon View Estates and nearby Modjeska Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, and other areas. All homeowners in those communities were placed under mandatory evacuation , with the roads Plano Trabuco and Live Oak Canyon being temporarily closed for the use of emergency personnel.
Canyon High School was the name of choice due to its location and the fact that the local students call that area "The Canyon". Ultimately, the name Canyon High School was selected. Boundary changes in the district and an increase in the population of the Anaheim Hills community resulted in changes at the school.
The current location in Rancho Cucamonga opened in the spring of 1960. The college's mascot is the Panther. President Bill Clinton visited Chaffey in 1996, [5] announcing a proposal to finance two years of community college education to expand the basic education of all Americans to 14 years. Chaffey launched its online education program in 1999.