Manteca High finishes 7th in academic decathlon

STOCKTON – Manteca High competed in the 29th annual San Joaquin Academic Decathlon championship Feb. 6.

Ripon athletic director fears coach stipend cuts will destroy sports program

RIPON - The elimination of coaching stipends in Ripon will bring an end to high school sports according to athletic director Chris Johnson.

Lathrop School students collecting shoes for Haiti

Lathrop School is doing its part to assist the people of Haiti. Through the non-profit organization Soles4souls, students at the Manteca Unified site were able to collect most of the nearly 800 shoes. Last month, Haiti was hit by a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Affected were some three million people. Losses included an estimated 170,000 among the dead and property damages consisting of 20,000 in commercial buildings and over 225,000 homes. Enter Soles4Souls. The Nashville-based ...

Brockman students help needy kids, troops

As part of Manteca Unified's Character Counts program, Stella Brockman School students have steadily worked on activities that go towards good causes.

Special Valentine’s dance for teens

Nearly 100 students from the special needs programs from throughout San Joaquin County were thrilled Wednesday to take part in the annual Happy Valentine's Dance held at Manteca High. For the first time in 12 years, the event was made available to students from the likes of Tracy, Escalon, Sierra, Weston Ranch, and the Manteca Transition Program. "We were able to attend the dance for the first time since (MHS) scheduled it during the day ...

Board alters school start date; MEA not pleased

Manteca Unified students will start the 2010-11 school year a week later than previously expected.

Joshua Cowell School honors student All Stars for January

Joshua Cowell School Principal Harriet Myrick has announced the All Stars for January. Recipients of All Star are recognized based on citizenship and academic effort are: 1st Grade, Kelley/MIss Thiel; Kyle Neuman, Aiden Garibay, Mujed Ammari, Andrew Moore, Adrianna Velez, Brandon Navarrette, Eduardo Pulido, Yocelyn Torres, Caleb Watson, Jesee Batres. Mrs. Florez; Phoenix Anadon, Itzanami Bermudez, Preston Church, Angelina Galletta, Nicholas Costa, Oscar Garcia, Lysha Nuncio, Marcelle Jilian Paneto, Isaac Pedroza, Julian Sanchez, Luiz ...

Ripon schools hiring grant writers to secure funds

RIPON - Ripon Unified school trustees are looking to a grant writer to plug some of the holes in their state funding by approving a six-month trial with California Consulting grant writing services.

Sephos named to Dean’s List of Emory College

ATLANTA - Laurin Sephos of Manteca, daughter of Andrew S. Sephos and Marie A. Raymus, was named to the Dean's List of Emory College, the undergraduate, liberal arts college of Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., for the 2009 fall semester.

Ripon Unified may cut funds for elementary school bands

RIPON - Striking out the band is going to hit a sour note with elementary school musicians in the next round of potential cuts for the Ripon Unified School District.

Woodward School principal gets stuck for a buck

Friday members of the Walter Woodward Elementary School leadership class were busy organizing a fund raiser for the Lymphoma Foundation of America by taping up their principal Sherrie Jamero during the noon hour.

SHS Sober Grad poker tourney

Sierra High Sober Grad is having a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament to raise money for grad night on May 27.

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Hafer earns spot on CSUMB Dean’s List

Nicholas Hafer, a junior majoring in psychology, was named to the Dean's List at California State University, Monterey Bay for the fall semester.

Manteca Unified plans upgrades for 69 portable classrooms3

At last count, the Manteca Unified School District had 69 portables in need of upgrading. Modernization for these structures could be made possible thanks to state funding. Proposition 1D, a $10.4 billion bond measure, was approved by California voters back in 2006, and was designed to provide funding for repairing older schools and portables. On Tuesday, the Manteca Unified school board could give the go-ahead to use available monies – about $6 million – from ...

Manteca, Ripon, Lathrop schools set grad dates

By ROSE ALBANO RISSO