Truant kids might spell j-a-i-l for parents
So you signed the kids out for a midweek trip to Disneyland. What’s the big deal if your middle schooler takes a mental health day or skips class for some quality time with grandma? Occasionally t...
Plan for fourth LUHSD high school to be reconsidered The plan to build a 2,200-student high school in a rural area near Knightsen at Sellers Avenue and Delta Road became not quite as certain after the Liberty Union High School District Board postpon...
Ready to Run For Fun’ds Kids don’t normally associate running with fun, but next week students in the Brentwood Union School District will be lacing up their shoes for a good cause. The inaugural Brentwood Run For Fun’ds...
Having a blast with American history
“I’m about to make some noise,” declared historian Roy Wells as students at Edna Hill Middle School let out a collective OMG gasp. It’s not every day a man comes to campus with a gun and isn’t t...
LUHSD gets $237K grant
The Liberty Union High School District has been notified that it will receive $237,138 over three years to provide a Tobacco Use Prevention and Education ( TUPE ) Program that will reach every stu...
Happy headgear Kayla Pakulski, Katelin Mathews and the rest of the third-grade classes at Timber Point Elementary recently doffed their favorite headgear in celebration of Lucky Hat Day. The campus event was in...
Discovery Bay teen headed for Capitol Hill While most high school students in Brentwood have hit a rhythm with their school routines, Hannah Dillman is about to shake things up. Next week Hannah, a junior at Heritage High, leaves for Washi...
League honors youth Jarred Schubert was recognized by Brentwood’s Marine Corps League/Delta Diablo Detachment Post 1155 with several awards on Aug.19. Jarred was presented with the league’s Distinguished Citizen med...
Parents pony up for school library Discovery Bay Elementary Principal Allan Petersdorf knows that a school library is more than a place to check out books and conduct online research – it’s also an important part of a school’s ca...
Honored at Excelsior Discovery Bay student Demi Neal recently received a $500 grant from the Bay Area chapter of the Barnum Awards for her work with the Gay Straight Alliance club at Excelsior Middle School in Byron. ...
