Classmate inspires students to stage carnival

Isabella Mays, a first-grade student at Stella Brockman School, has been receiving chemotherapy for the past 16 months to treat a brain tumor.

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'Seussical' the musical underway at Sierra

Teaching 1,700 teens how to use library

On National Librarian Day Thursday, Nina Norton sported a tiara, a t-shirt reading "Librarian Goddess," and even toted a wand throughout the school day.

Manteca Unified extends no-bus zones

Several months ago, the Manteca Unified board of trustees agreed to extend the walking distance to school for all students to an additional half mile as part of the Level II cuts to handle a $23.5 million budget shortfall.

Parents fret about safety of walking to Lathrop High

LATHROP – The no bus zone proposed by Manteca Unified's department of transportation has some problems for those with students attending school west of Interstate 5.

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MUSD open enrollment for elementary

Open Enrollment Request forms are now available at all Manteca Unified elementary schools.

Manteca kindergarten registration starts today

Registration for year-round and traditional schools takes place at the school of attendance starting today from 9 a.m.to 3:30 P.M.

Ripon may lay off 28 classified workers

RIPON – On top of losing five teachers for the next school year due to retirement, Ripon Unified might also end up laying off 28 employees and reducing the hours of 44 others.

Kindergarten registration underway Wednesday at neighborhood schools

Registration for year-round and traditional schools takes place at the school of attendance starting on Wednesday, April 15, from 9 a.m.to 3:30 P.M.

Firefighters come to rescue of dying trees at school

RIPON - Ripon Fire Chief Dennis Bitters saw the parched landscaping at Ripon's newest elementary school and stepped up to the plate to meet the problem head on.

PROM DRESS SALE

Girls who didn't want to spend a small fortune on their prom or graduation dress got a chance to save some money when the Sierra High School Sober Grad Committee conducted its first annual "gently used" prom dress fundraiser Saturday in the school's drama room. The committee offered slightly-used formal and semi-formal dresses at discount prices to raise funds for their safe and sober after graduation celebration. People who donated a dress could get either 40% of whatever their dress sells for or donate the entire sale price to the Sober Grad Committee fundraiser and receive a 100 ...

Sierra’s Lobo Gold Rally celebrates academic excellence

Jennifer Spellman recently learned to dance Bhangra.

Ripon Rotary Club presents third graders in Ripon Unified with their own dictionaries

It's one more year that the Ripon Rotary Club has provided all the third graders in the Ripon Unified School District with fully illustrated McMillan Children's Dictionaries.

Senior project garage sale today helping send needy kids to camp

Boomer Plata has a senior project in the works that's part public relations and philanthropy.

Illness not tied into Woodward Reservoir

OAKDALE – Several people that swam in Woodward Reservoir claim that the water made them sick.

Copper thieves hit Nile Garden 3 times in 2 weeks

Two men woke up by the dawn's early light on Wednesday. Both were driving quads.

Hammarstrom selected as SJ Teacher of Year

He was first in Manteca Unified. Now he is the number one in San Joaquin County.

MUSD recognizes budding author, illustrator

The accolades did not stop on graduation day the last week of May for Lawrence Silveira and Noelle Lanser.

Could water-safety issue close school?

Should Nile Garden Elementary School be closed if the water from campus wells is not safe to drink?

Manteca loses out on $15M career ed grant

Manteca Unified and its partners may have lost the grant war. But they are not giving up the battle.

$152 MILLION BOND

A $152 million bond measure has a good chance of being approved by voters in the November election.

Bush Institute selects Woodward for program

The Manteca Unified School District has announced the selection of Walter Woodward Elementary School to participate in the second year of Middle School Matters (MSM) Institute. This second round of schools expands the program to 16 schools, spanning four states, including California, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas.

Proposed $186.7M budget for MUSD

The Manteca Unified Board of Trustees tonight will discuss and then consider approving the proposed 2014-2015 budget of $186,741,148. The discussion will include anticipated expenditures to the tune of $197,545,438.

Manteca’s Samantha Placeres graduates from Pepperdine Law

Samantha Placeres of Manteca graduated with her Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in a commencement ceremony held on May 16.

Woodward 8th grade grad class features 18 with perfect grades

Last week's eighth-grade promotion exercises were a time to remember for 126 students at Walter Woodward School.

East Union posts highest grad rate in county

East Union High School is living up to its slogan: Lancers lead while others follow.

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.