It wasn't too long ago that the Manteca Educators Association, as a cost-cutting move for Manteca Unified's budget shortfall for the upcoming year, agreed to a 1.8 percent reduction in salaries coupled with three furlough days.
Credit a love of woodshop with starting Howard Holtsman on a journey that ended up spending the past 18 years helping put together an adult education and vocational training program that has earned numerous recognition for its effectiveness.
The Give Every Child A Chance (GECAC) in partnership with Lindbergh Education Center is offering a Computer Assisted Instructional Tutoring (CAIT) program.
The Manteca Adult School Class of 2009 at Lindbergh Educational Center earned their diplomas that were presented recently.
With the June 30 deadline approaching, the Manteca Unified school board will look to adopt the budget for the 2009-10 school year at Tuesday's meeting.
Manteca Unified's transportation plan for next year has the potential to be fair for some and unfair to others.
Editor's note: The list of East Union High graduates that ran earlier this week was missing a number of names.
LATHROP – Stephanie McDougald enjoys writing. In fact, her love to express herself creatively received notice from a Ripon High teacher, who encouraged the junior to enroll in the Great Valley Writing Project of the California State University, Stanislaus and the San Joaquin Office of Education. In the two weeks in the writing and technology workshop for seventh-through-12th-grade students at Lathrop High, McDougald has become a more polished writer during that span. She credits the ...
Manteca Unified will finally bid adieu to year-round education come next week with the eighth-grade promotion exercises at Great Valley, George Komure and August Knodt schools.
RIPON – Having to wait for buses to unload passengers and navigate railroad tracks might not be much of a worry for Ripon parents when school reconvenes in the fall.
East Union High's Class of 2009 has received their diplomas. The graduates are: Jennifer Lynn Kirby, Brittany Ann Kirkwood, Lemikel Oscar Klein, Nathan Alexander Koblick, Jasmine Rae Clark Krakover, Jeena Elaine Kraus, Jeuné Lee-Ann Kueny, Kayla Ranae Lawhon, Michael Justin Lazares, Mickey Lee, Victor Lemus, Julia Lynn Lennert, Geena Marie Lile, Kylee Lou Little, Albert Robert Liwanag, III, Juan Diego López, Maribel Lopez, Lindsey Beth Loveless, Tharren James Lozano, Anthony Alan Luevano, Brandon Michael Mach, ...
RIPON - Ripon High has conferred diplomas on the Class of 2009. Graduating seniors are: Maria Aguayo, Ryan Corley Alexander, Ariel Marie Anaya, Destinee Marie Andreassen, Nora Irene Arenas, Karia Estefania Arteaga, Pedro Alberto Avalos, Ryan Edward Baker, Kaleigh Alexandria Balan, Jocelyn Barbosa, Brandon James Batten, Desiree Alina Beckstead, Jessica Danielle Bender, Hilary Nicole Bennett, Katelyn Renee Berghorst, Ashley Nicole Bertsch, Katelynn Nicole Bickle, Jessica Lynn Blythe, Amanda Luisa Bowman, Kalli Bree Branco, Sean T. ...
The Stella Brockman School eight-grade graduates are as follows: Kristen Acaya, Kevin Agudo, Zackary Albrecht, Michael Alcantar, Felipe Alfaro, Eric Altstatt, Ryder Arganbright, Natalie Antemate, Isela Arredondo, Diana Avila, Selina Avila, Madeline Banks, Loren Bayardo, Eduardo Carranza, Victor Castillo, Victor Cervantes, Anthony Chavez, Josephina Chavez, Olivia Chhoy, Nidia Contreras, Dale Cooper, Shariah Davidson, Kristi Davis, Alvino Diaz, Samantha DeCarli, Nikolas Dotson, Nicholas Drayer, Matthew Dungan, Rickey Espinoza, Selena Garcia, Cristiana German, Cody Graciano, Sarah Gullett. ...
Jacqui Breitenbucher has a new role in Manteca Unified. The Sequoia School principal is moving to the district office, filling a key administrative post. In closed session last Tuesday, the school board voted unanimously, 7-0, Breitenbucher's selection as senior director of business services. Prior to coming to MUSD in 1993, she spent several years in the corporate and private sectors in business and accounting. Breitenbucher taught at Shasta School and, in 2000, became vice ...
Manteca Unified conferred diplomas to graduating high school seniors and eighth graders. Additional names will appear in the coming days. McParland School Andreas Alexander, D Ari Allen, Rodrigo Alvarez, Joseph Andrade, Breanna Archer, Mattie Baca, David Bacon, Jairo Baires, Ronald Barber, Jose Barraza, Taylor Baum, David Bendick, Deanna Bocanegra, Brianna Booker, William Borst, Flynn Brandhorst, Anthony Brown, Danielle Burrows, Edward Camden, Jacob Carden, Alexis Cardenas, Christopher Cardenas, Iruby Carrillo, Robert Casper, Casey Chastain, ...
St. Anthony of Padua School's graduating class of 2013 will be led by four valedictorians – Jordan Barajas, Zachary Hansen, Joseph Poncini, and Monica Yalung. The eighth graders' class salutatorian is Joelle Hylton.
Collin Scholl, East Union High School's Class of 2013 salutatorian, is headed to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo – also known as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo – this fall.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Former Penn State President Graham Spanier became the highest paid public college president of 2011-12 when he was forced out over his handling of the sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, according to a survey released Sunday.
Eighth grader Aubreyanna White enjoyed last year's Medieval Faire at Nile Garden School so much she came to the annual event on Friday wearing the same costume she wore last year when her class put on the show.
The Manteca Unified Board of Trustees on Tuesday night approved the allocation of $700,000 from Measure M funds to repair severely deteriorating pavements at East Union High School this summer.
The pristine MUVA Culinary Arts Academy opened its doors to curious juniors from area high schools Tuesday morning with student chefs proudly showing them their accomplishments in their stainless steel kitchen, classroom and small café that will soon be open to the public.
What to do with the empty Lindbergh School building, the brick facility that used to house the Manteca Adult School, some of Manteca Unified ROP classes and other programs, is an issue that will be rehashed for the next several months and, perhaps, for the next few years by the district Board of Education.
When William Hollingsworth gets together with his friends, they do the same things normal high school kids do.
Severely deteriorating pavements at two high school and one elementary school campuses in the Manteca Unified School District are presenting health and safety risks.
Alex Orr, Sierra High School's Class of 2013 valedictorian, has his heart set on a career in the music industry. To get there, he plans to pursue a degree in applied computer science at the University of California, San Diego where he will start his college studies in the fall.
Samantha Shepard's ceramic "Autism Awareness" won Best in Category at the 2013 Manteca Unified School District's Best of the Best Art Show and Sale.
MODESTO – Raul Mora lacks any formal training and admits to having two left feet.
The "Every 15 Minutes" scenario depicting the consequences of drinking and driving, as it relates to high school graduations, played out once again as a stark warning in the Manteca High School athletic field before the upper class students of four area schools.