Manteca teens take part in state health conference

Some 2,000 students from throughout the state took part in Health Occupation Students of America's State Leadership Conference in Sacramento.

Weston Ranch effort to help student hit by stray bullet

WESTON RANCH - A coalition of Weston Ranch High School and community organizations are joining together to sponsor a pancake breakfast fund-raiser on behalf of Steufon Mackey and his family.

Herrin taking over Sequoia principal’s role for Sequoia

Lisa Herrin is taking over as Sequoia School principal for the 2009-10 school year.

Ripon wrestles with impact of schools serving future Manteca city students

RIPON – Ripon Unified could end up servicing at least 1,000 new households even though the properties will be located inside of Manteca's city limits.

Anderson joining MHS as next vice principal

He's currently the vice principal at Weston Ranch High.

Kids walking farther to school will save money

It wasn't too long ago that the Manteca Unified school board approved cuts to offset a $23.5 million shortfall for the upcoming year.

Performing Arts take center stage at Lathrop High

LATHROP – Kenneth DeGuzman didn't have to be at Lathrop High's first ever Performing Arts night Tuesday, but that didn't stop him from coming in to browse the walls covered in the projects that students had created over the course of the last three months.

RECYCLING PROM DRESSES

Girls who don't want to spend a small fortune on their prom or graduation dress could save some money when the Sierra High School Sober Grad Committee conducts its first annual "gently used" prom dress fundraiser.

Manteca Unified news

Central Catholic High expanding sports, class options for next year

The news about education has been pretty gloomy, so I thought you might want to report on this really good news at Central Catholic High School.

Manteca High Class of 1959 reunion set for May 30-31

The Manteca High Class of 1959 is planning a reunion on May 30-31.

Actual layoffs of teachers may be lower if things gel

A hiring freeze and a successful negotiation of employee compensation cuts of 5 percent across the board could allow the Manteca Unified School District to rescind 80 percent of the layoff notices already issued.

Manteca High mural tradition keeps on growing

Principal Steve Winter is thrilled about the newest addition to the Manteca High Mural Museum.

EU senior staging hair event to assist kids

Robyn Raker wants to help children suffering from alopecia areata and tinea capitis.

Trustees must pay their own way plus expenses to school-related conferences

Besides educators, administrators, and support staff, Manteca Unified school board members are also being asked to take cuts.

Manteca Unified 8th grade students earn promotion

The following are eighth grade graduates from Lincoln, Lathrop, McParland and New Haven Schools:

Veritas graduates 66 students

Seventy-six students from Veritas School received their eighth-grade promotion certificates last Wednesday.

10 Shasta grads ace report cards

Eighty-four students at Shasta School received their promotion certificates last Tuesday.

Run-off likely for superintendent

With none of the three candidates for San Joaquin County Office of Education superintendent showing a clear run-away winner as of close to midnight on election day, it appears there will be a run-off election in November between James Mousalimas and Jeff Tilton.

Lincoln students don’t take break from reading

School may be out for the summer, but that won't stop the learning experience for students at Lincoln Elementary School.

MUSD goes on ‘summer shutdown’ to save energy

For the fifth year in a row, Manteca Unified School District will observe a two-week summer shutdown. That means the district office will be closed to the public for the duration from June 30 to July 11.

Weston Ranch graduates 256 seniors

The Weston Ranch High Class of 2014 may have been overshadowed by the previous classes.

Sierra High honors Class of 2014 scholarship & awards recipients

Sierra High School conducted its Class of 2014 Awards Night last month.

Coburn & Ledesma Franco lead 75-member strong Sequoia class

Mikayla Coburn and Andrea Ledesma Franco were recognized as the top academic students at Sequoia School at last week's eighth-grade promotion event.

Nile Garden School graduates 61

Sixty-one students at Nile Garden School will be moving on to high school.

John Alba bids EU adieu

Knowing people by name is not an easy feat. The challenge becomes even much more daunting and difficult when there are 1,700 names on the list.

LANCER GRADUATES

How do you stop a man who won't quit?

BUFFALO GRADUATES

Poonam Dehal knows that growth happens.

Reported gunman triggers campus lockdown

Two academies at the South Stockton campus of the San Joaquin County Office of Education were locked down for about an hour Friday morning when a half dozen witnesses reported seeing three teens - including one with a hand gun - riding bicycles in the area.

PRINCIPAL JOHN ALBA

Numbers are a gauge to measure one's popularity and importance.