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SIERRA HIGH HOMECOMING

Sierra High celebrated its homecoming Friday night.

November 01, 2009 | | Education

NEIL HAFLEY COSTUMES

Neil Hafley School students and teachers dressed up in costume for a Halloween celebration on Friday.

October 31, 2009 | Hime Romero | Education

LATHROP COSTUME PARADE

Lathrop School students and teachers dressed up for a costume parade Friday.

October 31, 2009 | Hime Romero | Education

It’s not your father’s cafeteria

Kathy Reasor has seen a fair share of things change in the last decade when it comes to serving lunch to the students that attend Sierra High.

October 30, 2009 | Jason Campbell | Education

McParland shoots for STARS and more

Students at McParland School were rewarded Wednesday for a job well done. In the Standardized Testing and Reporting exam taken last spring, their efforts helped lift the school past the state target score of 800 in the Academic Performance Index with some to spare. "We were excited to not just get (800) but blow past it," Principal Dale Borgeson said. McParland made a 28-point gain from that of the previous year, going from 795 to ...

October 29, 2009 | Vince Rembulat | Education

Ag Venture takes place at school farm on Wednesday

Next week, an estimated 4,000 area students will visit the Manteca Unified school farm for Ag Venture.

October 29, 2009 | Vince Rembulat | Education

French Camp School staging harvest festival this Friday

FRENCH CAMP – What's the secret of a putting together a good haunted house? "It has to be scary for the older kids yet fun for the younger ones," said Christian Talavera. He and Rebekah Lupercio are college students assisting Lisa Christensen, who works at the French Camp Pioneer preschool. On Tuesday, they continued efforts on turning the old preschool room into a haunted house for the upcoming Harvest Festival. According to Annie Cunial, French ...

October 28, 2009 | Staff reporter of the Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin | Education

LATHROP SCHOOL TRIMESTER AWARDS

The following students were recognized for Lathrop Elementary School's Trimester I Award for Attendance, Character, and Student of the Trimester.

October 28, 2009 | | Education

MHS HOMECOMING

Manteca High School celebrated its homecoming Friday against Ceres High. The Buffaloes cruised past the Bulldogs 41-0.

October 25, 2009 | | Education

NEIL HAFLEY JOG-A-THON

Neil Hafley School third through fifth graders ran its Thursday's annual jog-a-thon fundraiser at East Union High.

October 23, 2009 | Hime Romero | Education

Manteca High part of ‘Day of Writing’

Nancy Martinez received what turned out to be a welcome surprise on Tuesday. Each of her class sessions at Manteca High consisted of a 10-minute writing activity. And that was regardless of whether it was P.E., geometry, biology or even an elective course. "They had to tailor their writing to each class," Principal Doug McCreath said. It was all part of the National Writing Project's "Day of the Writer" as declared by the Senate earlier ...

October 23, 2009 | Vince Rembulat | Education

Cowell honors its All- Stars

Joshua Cowell School honored All-Stars for October based on citizenship and academic effort. The All-Stars are: 1st Grade, Kelly; Meana Abedi, Majed Ammari, Aiden Garibay, Chris Martinez, Andrew Moore, Kyle Newman, Robert Overy, Caleb Watson. Susan Florez; Phoenix Anadon, Amanda Arellano, Itzanami Bermudez, Ahliyah Cota, Daniel Cavarrubias, Levi DeGroot, Alissa Dias, Angelina Galleta, Oscar Garcia, Faith Johnson, Lysha Madrigal Nuncio, Marcelle Jilian Paneto, Isaac Pedroza, Ryan Prasad, Sobba Aandhu. Ms. Banda; Briggs Alavezos, Honee Brown, ...

October 23, 2009 | | Education

Woodward families gather for writing night

At home, Louie Castro occasionally enjoys doing some leisurely writing. He had a chance to exercise his creativity outlet Tuesday during Family Writing Night at Woodward School. "This time, I get to write with my family," said Castro, who was joined by daughters, Fatima and Stephanie, respectively, third- and first- grade students at the school. The Castros were one of 20 families invited to the inaugural event celebrating the National Day of Writing. Thirteen actually ...

October 21, 2009 | Vince Rembulat | Education

Brock Elliott student STARS shine bright

In recent years, Brock Elliott School has been near or in excess of 800. That's the magic number of the state Department of Education's Academic Performance Index, with the scores ranging from 200 to 1,000. Since exceeding 800, the Manteca Unified elementary school site has continued to improve on that mark, tallying 825 in the API results released last month. To recognize students for their effort in the Standardized Testing and Reporting, the school held ...

October 18, 2009 | Vince Rembulat | Education

LANCER HOMECOMING

East Union High School celebrated its homecoming Friday night at Dino Cunial field. The Lancers loss to two-time defending Valley Oak League champion Oakdale High, 55-14.

October 18, 2009 | By IKE DODSON Staff reporter | Education