more education
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 
| 6 
| 
| 6 |
On the day the surprise announcement came, Teacher of the Year Kevin Lindell was shepherding his students out to recess.
“The bell that’s used to make special announcements at school is the same as...
Jan 15, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
Transitional and regular kindergarten registration for children in the Brentwood Union School District will be held March 5, 6 and 7.
Children eligible for kindergarten must be 5 before Oct. 1, 20...
Jan 03, 2013 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |
Santa Claus made a special visit to Knightsen School recently to surprise children with tidings of good cheer. The jolly old elf made an appearance in each classroom to chat with students and take ...
Jan 02, 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |
Garin Elementary School students who sold the most goodies during November’s See’s Candy Fundraiser received prizes for their cool candy-selling skills.
Grand prize winner Gabe Costanza, center, w...
Dec 31, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |
Florence Kobold recently treated her Vintage Elementary second-grade class to a tour of Oakley City Hall and the City Council Chambers.
Students completed their community lesson plan and visited C...
Dec 31, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |
Congratulations to the following Adams Middle School students named to the Honor Roll and Honor Society for the school’s first academic quarter:
HONOR ROLL (3.30-3.69 GPA)
Sixth Grade
Selena A...
Dec 23, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |
Students from Vintage Parkway Elementary School in Oakley set sail recently aboard the tall ship Hawaiian Chieftain during its eight-day visit to East County. The crew cast off from Humphrey’s on t...
Dec 23, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |
Lizbeth Gonzalez, a member of the Liberty High School Teaching and Learning Academy, responds to an interview question from academy member Richard Kennealy during Monday’s Mock Interview and Job Fa...
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 |
Marina Ferreira was at school when she first heard the news. The Liberty High School senior was sitting in her econ class when her teacher announced there had been a shooting at a Connecticut eleme...
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |
Congratulations to Liberty High School’s Students of the Month for November: Janaye Belton, Angelica Calderon, Joseph Caraballo, Austin Clark, Jacquelyn Dayton, Paige Dudek, John Flizhugh, Andrew G...
Dec 19, 2012 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 |
After sitting vacant for nearly two years, the Mary Casey Black Elementary School will open in July for the 2013-14 school year.
“We just think it’s time,” said Brentwood Union School District (BUS...
Dec 19, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
Congratulations to the following Heritage High School students named Students of the Quarter for the second academic quarter: Matthew Alinaya – English; Matthew Allred – Physical Education; Christo...
Dec 17, 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |
Liberty Adult Education’s English as Second Language Department promoted the following students in October from the Beginning ESL class to the Intermediate ESL class: from left are Ercides Centeno,...
Dec 15, 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |
Elementary students at Willow Wood School recently dove into a hands-on science project, working in teams to create and build a hot air balloon. When the weather was right, the students hauled thei...
Dec 14, 2012 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 |
For the last six years, the Heritage High School varsity football and cheer teams have spread Christmas spirit by visiting Shepherd’s Gate, a shelter for battered and homeless women and children in...
Dec 07, 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |
County Supervisor Mary Piepho presents retiring Knightsen School District trustee Dorothy Walker with a certificate of appreciation for serving 30 years on the school board. Three generations of Wa...
Dec 06, 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |
Those looking for a new career, technical training, yoga class or even pointers on social etiquette will find help in the Liberty Union High School District’s 2013 Winter/Spring Adult Education gui...
Dec 06, 2012 | 1 | 13 |
| 13 |
Once Freedom High School’s community garden is planted early next year, science teacher John Sierra hopes the garden will yield another type of greens: cash.
Sierra and his students will be documen...
Nov 29, 2012 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 |
A Place of Learning has been helping students succeed for more than five years, but now the local nonprofit is in need of help of its own.
While Place of Learning Coordinator Laura Ceja has applied...
Nov 28, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |
Excelsior Middle School sixth-grader Jonathon Knittel, 12, won first place in the Lions recent International Peace Poster Contest, sponsored by the Byron Delta Lions Club.
As Jonathon put it, “Whe...