Lathrop School students participate in Walk to School Day, cancer effort

LATHROP - Lathrop Elementary participated in the International Walk to School Day last week Friday, Oct. 2.

STAR-becue marks big jump in sores at Cowell

Harriett Myrick called Wednesday's celebration of the recent Standardized Testing and Reporting a "STAR-becue."

Ripon slaps $200 a year charge on bus riders

RIPON – Having their kids ride Ripon Unified school buses is going to cost parents up to $200 a year.

Weston Ranch ready for homecoming

WESTON RANCH – At half-time of Friday's varsity football game, Weston Ranch High will crown at homecoming queen and princess.

Five Buffs ace STAR testing

Manteca High wants to be known not just for athletics.

Singing the praises of Manteca Unified choir students

Dan Rohovit didn't seem the least bit nervous as he stepped up to the microphone for the first ever Manteca Unified Honor Choir performance that included representatives from all five of the district's high schools.

Cougars heading to Vegas Friday

WESTON RANCH - The Cougars are hoping to go on a roll.

Nile Garden breaks 800; ex-principal loses his hair

Debbie Noceti says she's never dyed her hair.

School farm corn maze is now open

The pumpkin patch and corn maze at Manteca Unified's school farm is open every Friday and Saturday for the exception of Halloween during October.

PANTHER PRIDE AWARDS

Manteca High marks 50th anniversary of Schmiedt Field dedication

Guss Schmiedt Field looks just as it did 50 years ago.

Lathrop High stadium completed

Trustees of the Manteca Unified School District accepted the final completion of the Lathrop High stadium.

New Haven is guiding STAR for Manteca Unified

At New Haven School, students start at a rather an early age in embracing the Standardized Testing and Reporting.

Garage sale helps yard supervisor

It's an all-out effort in the support of Victoria Marie Martin, 33, a school district yard duty supervisor at the McParland School Annex.

MUSD earns fitness honor

Superintendent Jason Messer, on short notice, received word that Manteca Unified was one of 11 districts statewide to win a "Champion for Fitness" Spotlight Award.

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.

SIERRA HIGH CLASS OF 2014

Take pride in being a millennial.

LATHROP HIGH CLASS OF 2014

LATHROP – E.T. used a Speak-and-Spell, an umbrella and a coffee can to communicate with another world.

29 of Park View’s 52 8th graders excelled academically all year

Manteca Unified School District's Trustee Awards went to four graduating students for their academic accomplishments Wednesday evening at Park View Elementary School. Trustee Kit Oase presented the honors to Emily Green, Vikash Raja, Thomas Vaughn and Megan Johnson.

Weston alumnus Jami Myers challenges students not to goof off in high school

Ripon High School graduating senior Tami Myers had a serious message to the graduating eighth graders who are going into high school four years after her graduation from Weston Elementary School.

Lincoln Elementary promotes 60 8th graders to high school

Pete Rodriguez squinted as he focused his black state-of-the-art smart phone on his grandson Jordan D'Amico. The eighth grader was one of 60 students who were on the stage inside the Lincoln Elementary School Cafeteria on Wednesday which was crammed with family members and school and district staff attending the Promotion Ceremony for the Class of 2014 who will be attending high school in the fall.

Inspirational messages, music & memories mark Brock Elliott event

Music, song, and messages of hope and celebration marked the Class of 2014 Brock Elliott School Promotion Ceremony on Wednesday.

Weston Ranch top grad heading next to UCLA

It's hard to believe that Kiran Preet was once a shy person.

Neil Hafley shows what classmates are about

What's the point of having friends if they can't be there to support you?

Bestselling author visits Woodward

The author of a bestselling children's mystery book entertained students at Woodward School.

Stella Brockman lists 111 graduates

Eighth-grade students at Stella Brockman School bid adieu Wednesday.

Mossdale has 8 valedictorians

Manteca Unified Board of Trustee Michael Seelye was very impressed.

Commitment drives Sierra’s salutatorian

In less than three hours Sierra High School's seniors will board a bus and drive the six hours down to Valencia to partake in grad night at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

Stella Brockman 6th graders go for gold

Sixth graders at Stella Brockman School took part in their version of the annual Greek Olympic Games on Friday.