Brushing up on dental care earns $500

RIPON - A 9-year-old Ripon elementary school fourth grader has won first place in a national toothbrush design contest.

JROTC DRILL & CEREMONY COMPETITION

Manteca High finishes 7th in academic decathlon

STOCKTON – Manteca High competed in the 29th annual San Joaquin Academic Decathlon championship Feb. 6.

Ripon athletic director fears coach stipend cuts will destroy sports program

RIPON - The elimination of coaching stipends in Ripon will bring an end to high school sports according to athletic director Chris Johnson.

Lathrop School students collecting shoes for Haiti

Lathrop School is doing its part to assist the people of Haiti.

Brockman students help needy kids, troops

As part of Manteca Unified's Character Counts program, Stella Brockman School students have steadily worked on activities that go towards good causes.

Special Valentine’s dance for teens

Nearly 100 students from the special needs programs from throughout San Joaquin County were thrilled Wednesday to take part in the annual Happy Valentine's Dance held at Manteca High.

Board alters school start date; MEA not pleased

Manteca Unified students will start the 2010-11 school year a week later than previously expected.

Joshua Cowell School honors student All Stars for January

Joshua Cowell School Principal Harriet Myrick has announced the All Stars for January.

Ripon schools hiring grant writers to secure funds

RIPON - Ripon Unified school trustees are looking to a grant writer to plug some of the holes in their state funding by approving a six-month trial with California Consulting grant writing services.

Sephos named to Dean’s List of Emory College

ATLANTA - Laurin Sephos of Manteca, daughter of Andrew S. Sephos and Marie A. Raymus, was named to the Dean's List of Emory College, the undergraduate, liberal arts college of Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., for the 2009 fall semester.

Ripon Unified may cut funds for elementary school bands

RIPON - Striking out the band is going to hit a sour note with elementary school musicians in the next round of potential cuts for the Ripon Unified School District.

Woodward School principal gets stuck for a buck

Friday members of the Walter Woodward Elementary School leadership class were busy organizing a fund raiser for the Lymphoma Foundation of America by taping up their principal Sherrie Jamero during the noon hour.

SHS Sober Grad poker tourney

Sierra High Sober Grad is having a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament to raise money for grad night on May 27.

DOGGONE FUN

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.