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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...
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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 |
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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...
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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 |
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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 |
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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...
Nov 27, 2012 | 0 | 12 |
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From outside Maria Sine’s Brentwood home, it’s clear that the Christmas season is here – lights are strung on the exterior, a wreath hangs on the front door. But step inside, and spectacular décor ...
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Holly Hartman is trying to figure out what to do with her Wednesday nights now that she’s weeks away from retiring from the Liberty Union High School District Board of Trustees. She has attended bo...
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The Liberty Union High School District is going green by installing solar panels at three of its high school campuses.
During the October break, the district broke ground for panels to be installed...
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Upon learning she had received the prestigious Eukel Teacher Trust award for excellence in her field, Discovery Bay resident Kathy Tickner did what any other winner would do – she went out and boug...
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Meagan Konrath, an intern under the Project SEARCH program, started work this month with the City of Oakley Parks and Landscape Division. Meagan will be working under the general supervision of Dan...
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Heritage High School’s Rising Stars theater group is looking to rock the school in spring, but it needs the help of the community. The Brentwood school was chosen to be the first and only high scho...
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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Los Medanos College (LMC) is offering a unique, free eight-hour workshop orientation to college and careers for new and returning students interested in job training certificates and degrees that l...
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The Liberty Lions Band Boosters hosts a crab feed fundraiser Jan. 19, 2013 at the Brentwood Civic Center, 35 Oak St. Entertainment will be provided by the Liberty Jazz Band.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m....
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A special-education principal in the Contra Costa County Office of Education’s Turner Elementary School in Antioch has been placed on administrative leave, according to on-site staff.
CCCOE Superin...
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Edna Hill Elementary School youth theater guru Bart Schneider hit the airwaves this week during a segment of KLIV 1590 AM in San Jose. The talk show interview was conducted by the show’s creator an...
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Liberty Lion Band Boosters President Travis Martin, center, was recently congratulated by Liberty Principal Pat Walsh, right, and Liberty Union High School District Board President Raymond Valverde...
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Mayor Kevin Romick was recently invited to lead a trivia session for O’Hara Park students enrolled in the Contra Costa County Office of Education Special Education Program. Mrs. Santos’ class, left...
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The public is invited to come enjoy Breakfast With Santa, an annual holiday event presented by the Heritage High School Band with the help of the Brentwood Rotary and a generous donation from WinCo...
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On Nov. 8, the Building Industry Association Professional Women In Building’s Educational Outreach Committee (EOC) collaborated with Junior Achievement (JA) and Meritage Homes Northern California t...