Weston Ranch High bestows diplomas on 289 graduates

WESTON RANCH – By definition, a commencement is a beginning.

352 Lancers earn diplomas

No Plan B or Plan C was necessary.

410 Timberwolves reach their goals

Sierra High School's valedictorian Lauren Morowit walked through the wisdom of the ages to summarize the five most important life lessons she has learned thus far.

Gill, Culpepper top MHS Class of 2010

Bhanupreet Kaur Gill and Rebecca Culpepper have enjoyed their years at Manteca High.

Ripon, Colony Oak schools graduate 8th grade classes

RIPON - Julianna Avalos is an inspiration – Ripon Elementary School's choice for a graduation speaker Thursday night.

COLONY OAK SCHOOL GRADUATION

Scenes from Thursday's Colony Oak School's graduation ceremonies.

Weston, Ripona mark 8th grade graduations

RIPON – Ripona Elementary Class President Chuy Calvo seemed steadfast as he walked up to receive his citizenship award Thursday night during the school's 8th grade graduation, but by the time he actually received the plaque he couldn't help but smile.

Lathrop 8th graders earn promotions

LATHROP – The Lathrop Elementary School class of 2010 can walk into high school knowing that they're already doing things just a little bit differently.

Myrick oversees final graduation as Cowell principal

Harriet Myrick checked briefly for rain clouds on Wednesday.

Morowit, Quaresma lead SHS Class of 2010

They've known of their academic status about a month ago.

Weather cooperates as eighth-grade classes conduct promotion ceremonies

Father Patrick Walker paid tribute to the parents and teachers of St. Anthony School's graduates of 2010 whom he called "the shining lights" of the future as they prepare to move on to the next chapter in their lives.

McParland, Brockman 8th graders graduate

More than 100 eighth grade students from McParland Elementary School are ready to start the next chapter in their lives.

Weston Ranch’s best

WESTON RANCH - High school can be a place of unlimited possibilities.

Shasta, Veritas, Neil Hafley graduate

About 100 students at Shasta School were honored Tuesday at the eighth-grade promotion exercises held at Manteca High's Winter Gymnasium.

SIERRA HIGH BAND AWARDS

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Students at Walter Woodward Elementary gathered on the steps of the school's amphitheater, donning new T-shirts.

Individual, & collective board roles discussed

The role a Board of Trustee member plays, and how to wield that power – as an individual and as part of the whole – were among the topics discussed during a study session Tuesday conducted by two legal counsels for the Manteca Unified School District.

Tablet distribution nears

French Camp Elementary School and Manteca High School will be the first in the district to receive the new Panasonic computers to officially launch Manteca Unified's history-making Going Digital program.

Mousalimas sworn in as county superintendent

James Mousalimas set out to become an architect.

Manteca Adult School accepting registrations through this Friday

These are busy days at the Manteca Adult School located at the Manteca Unified School District compound on West Louise Avenue, corner of Airport Way. The long line of people seen Friday afternoon in front of the district building complex was just one demonstration of that.

GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD

Students at Sierra High School's five feeder schools enjoyed fresh home-grown vegetables for lunch on Thursday.

Weston Ranch cadets impress at Raiders games

The Weston Ranch JROTC is fast-becoming a fixture at Oakland Raiders home games.

10,500 more homes for MUSD?

Manteca Unified School District is leaping into a tableful of potential challenges and history-making changes in 2015.

21st-century tech at their fingertips

Manteca Unified School District made a digital leap in 2014 by launching the $30 million Going Digital program which puts the latest online technology on the fingertips of elementary and high school students. Armed with that technological power, the students will be better equipped to face the challenges of an increasingly challenging digital world in the work force and in their personal lives.

A primer on Going Digital

A multitude of questions have been asked about the district's ambitious and record-setting $30 million Going Digital program. They ranged from inquiries about how the $30M price tag was spent and where all that money went, to the far-reaching impacts of the program on such school curriculum programs as the second graders' cursive writing lessons.