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Holiday tour enhances education
Nov 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
From outside Maria Sine’s Brentwood home, it’s clear that the Christmas season is here – lights are strung on the exterior, a wreath hangs on the front door. But step inside, and spectacular décor ...
Hartman leaves Liberty in good hands
by Samie Hartley
Nov 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Holly Hartman is trying to figure out what to do with her Wednesday nights now that she’s weeks away from retiring from the Liberty Union High School District Board of Trustees. She has attended bo...
Solar panels to save schools money
by Samie Hartley
Nov 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Liberty Union High School District is going green by installing solar panels at three of its high school campuses. During the October break, the district broke ground for panels to be installed...
Teacher award makes perfect horse sense
by Ruth Roberts
Nov 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Upon learning she had received the prestigious Eukel Teacher Trust award for excellence in her field, Discovery Bay resident Kathy Tickner did what any other winner would do – she went out and boug...
SEARCH intern on board
Nov 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Meagan Konrath, an intern under the Project SEARCH program, started work this month with the City of Oakley Parks and Landscape Division. Meagan will be working under the general supervision of Dan...
Heritage will Rock You
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage High School’s Rising Stars theater group is looking to rock the school in spring, but it needs the help of the community. The Brentwood school was chosen to be the first and only high scho...
College, employment workshop at LMC
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Los Medanos College (LMC) is offering a unique, free eight-hour workshop orientation to college and careers for new and returning students interested in job training certificates and degrees that l...
Liberty band crab feed
Nov 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Liberty Lions Band Boosters hosts a crab feed fundraiser Jan. 19, 2013 at the Brentwood Civic Center, 35 Oak St. Entertainment will be provided by the Liberty Jazz Band. Doors open at 5:30 p.m....
Principal placed on administrative leave
by Ruth Roberts
Nov 15, 2012 | 5 5 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
A special-education principal in the Contra Costa County Office of Education’s Turner Elementary School in Antioch has been placed on administrative leave, according to on-site staff. CCCOE Superin...
Bart on art
Nov 15, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
Edna Hill Elementary School youth theater guru Bart Schneider hit the airwaves this week during a segment of KLIV 1590 AM in San Jose. The talk show interview was conducted by the show’s creator an...
Volunteer of the Quarter
Nov 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty Lion Band Boosters President Travis Martin, center, was recently congratulated by Liberty Principal Pat Walsh, right, and Liberty Union High School District Board President Raymond Valverde...
Mayoral minutiae
Nov 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Mayor Kevin Romick was recently invited to lead a trivia session for O’Hara Park students enrolled in the Contra Costa County Office of Education Special Education Program. Mrs. Santos’ class, left...
Heritage band serves Breakfast With Santa
Nov 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The public is invited to come enjoy Breakfast With Santa, an annual holiday event presented by the Heritage High School Band with the help of the Brentwood Rotary and a generous donation from WinCo...
Students shadow building industry pros
Nov 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
On Nov. 8, the Building Industry Association Professional Women In Building’s Educational Outreach Committee (EOC) collaborated with Junior Achievement (JA) and Meritage Homes Northern California t...
Coloring campus for cancer awareness
Nov 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Deanna Rundall, president of Freedom High School’s American Cancer Society student club, helped decorate the Freedom campus last month in recognition of cancer awareness. The organization also prov...
Things peachy at O’Hara
Nov 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The O’Hara Park Middle School garden recently got a boost from Oakley Mayor Kevin Romick and Pompei Nursery. Brian Brady, a teacher with the Contra Costa Office of Education Special Education Progr...
Robots battle at Heritage
Nov 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage High School Robotics Club hosts its third annual Northern California FIRST FTC Robotics Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Heritage campus, 101 American Ave. in Brentwood. The tourna...
Teacher: CCCOE response inadequate
by Ruth Roberts
Nov 08, 2012 | 28 28 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE) Superintendent Joe Ovick said this week that he would “continue looking into” concerns from special-education teachers over what they describe as pun...
Incumbents returning to school district boards
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Oakley Union Elementary School District Incumbents Karen Bergenholtz and Larry Polk will serve another four years on the Oakley Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees. Bergenholtz ama...
Spelling Bee winners
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Congratulations to the winners of the Pioneer Elementary’s Spelling Bee. In the front row, from left, are third-grade winner Amanda Chan, fourth-grade winner Luke Rockenbaugh, and fifth-grade winne...