Pierce Farm Center Director Robert McBroom gives a tour of the farm to Councilman Bob Blumenfield July 18, 2014 in Woodland Hills, CA (left). Pierce Farm Center Director Robert McBroom loads a box of tomatoes to be donated to MEND (right). The Pierce Farm Center and MEND have partnered together to provide residents in need with much needed produce and farm grown products through the "Pound for Pound" program. The farm will donate a pound of produce for every pound sold through January 1, 2015. (Photos by Andy Holzman/Los Angeles Daily News)

Keep up your momentum to get through school and reach your goals. Register Now for Fall Semester at Pierce College. Classes are already more than half full (as of early June,) so it’s time to prioritize getting your schedule in order and signing up. Classes start Sept. 2, 2014.

For schedule, click www.piercecollege.edu/schedules.  To Register for classes, log in to the Student Information System https://eweb1.laccd.edu/WebStudent/signon.asp (using your ID88 and 4-digit pin).

Our new LACCD Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez encourages students to consider taking more units to get through school faster and have a better chance for success. “Almost two-thirds of our students are part time. Instead of taking six units, how about nine? Instead of taking nine, how about going full time? Did you know that if you went full time, you would have more opportunities for financial aid, scholarships, work study, EOPS, etc.?

“When a student is nibbling at the edges, taking six units, it’s going to take them ten semesters to get their degree. That’s five years. If they first need to take developmental and basic skills courses, that’s another one or two years. Then, it’s going to take them seven years for a two-year degree. That’s simply too long. The students lose interest and get off the track. They stop or drop out. And the longer you are away from education, the less your opportunity for success.”