Principal Harriet Myrick has named the Joshua Cowell School All Stars for June. Selected based on citizenship and academic effort were: 1st Grade, Alsabagh: Michelle Ayala, Julia Bledsoe, Jason Chea, Adriana Duran, Genevieve Florez, Cymone Gause, Jonathan Gutierrez, Jayda Jackson, Rogelio Ornelas, Janae Murillo, Mikayla Sarmento, Cheyenne Stith, Travis Tran, Thomas Watson, Luis Saldivar, Braden Starkey. Ms. Anthony: Tera Boyd, Jonnie Perry, Lily Carter, Ivy Heenan, Heather Pang, Monica Pedroza, Jonathan Rivas-Contreras, Sarveet Sandhu, Jasyn ...
It became apparent Tuesday that Manteca Unified will have to do more with less money come next school year.
Some 70 Ripon Christian High School students stepped up to their graduation ceremonies Friday night in the high school gym with nearly all of them going on to college.
Trustees of the Manteca Unified School District could fill several key positions at Tuesday's meeting.
Manteca Unified is in the middle of a budget crisis of what could be described as biblical proportions yet the folks at 2271 West Louise Avenue are crafting plans to spend money to put in a baseball field.
The Manteca High Class of 2009 conducted its Sober Grad Party Thursday night and Friday morning at Manteca Bowl.
The Ripon Christian High Class of 2009 posed for a photo before Friday's commencement exercises.
There was a time closing Lathrop High and shuttering New Haven and Nile Garden schools could have saved Manteca Unified over $2 million.
Sierra High School's 13th and largest graduating class of 438 was fortunate to avoid the rain Friday.
Lauren Mitchell admitted her fears at East Union High's commencement exercises. As co-valedictorian – she shared the top academic honor with Robyn Raker – Mitchell said Friday that some of it had to do with speaking in front of 5,000 friends, family members, and guests packing Dino Cunial Field. But most of her fears had to do with the uncertainty of the future. "The biggest question is: What are you going to do with your ...
It was a great year for Dolphin Joe's at Stella Brockman School. The student-operated coffee shop tended to at least one distinguished guest in State Sen. Lois Wolk, numerous administrators, and catered the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Manteca Unified district office. Dolphin Joe's is the creation of teacher Christine Simoncic, who handles students with special needs. "When I worked in the Bay Area, we had a workability program for students," she said Friday. "But ...
An elaborate Ripon Christian Junior High School graduation saw 58 students cross the stage Thursday night to receive their diplomas from members of the school board.
Graduates from various Manteca Unified School District schools are listed below. Additional names will be published in the coming days. Calla High Allan Abaunza, Enrique Aguilar, Timothy King Alvarado, Reba Alvarada, Josefina Alvarez, Kevin Ancheta, James Anderson, Nicholas Armstrong, Isaac Arvie, Maritza Moreno Avila, Jeffrey Barbieri, Corey Bishop, Trevor Boehmer, Kenneth Bragg, Brittany Cardoza, Castello Sergio, Jessica Ceja, Maria Cervantes, Abraham Cortez, Lindsey Covey, Tyler Davidson, Robert Davis, Viridiana De La Cruz, Charles ...
Next year's senior class will have a different academic experience when they return to classes in August than those from Sierra and East Union high schools who are receiving their diplomas tonight.
Add one more to the list of Manteca High graduates. At Thursday's commencement exercises, retiring Principal Steve Winter received an honorary diploma. "But this one is a little different," said Michael Seelye, president of the Manteca Unified school board. Winter was part of the school's "Tradition of Excellence." He first attended MHS in 1961, with his diploma dating back 48 years to the present. "It makes this guy older than dirt," Seelye kidded. Some 355 ...
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.
When it comes to art, Madeleine Romero is as sharp as a tack.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites the community to attend the Crystal Apple Awards on Friday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at the Northland Chapel, 6060 Northland Ave., in Manteca. The event will recognize and honor the outstanding educators in the various high schools in Ripon, Tracy and Manteca.