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The Antioch Unified School District has made improvements on a number of fronts in recent years: passing a $62 million bond to repair old schools, remaining fiscally sound despite budget cuts, impl...
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Twelve years ago Beth Decker had a revelation. The high school English teacher was going over an assignment with her students, but no one was participating. When she realized no one had done the as...
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Liberty High School Key Club members, front row from left: Michelle Duarte, Kenzie Westfall and Alexandera Young; and back row: Katie Holt, Advisor Kay Wisdom, Kevin Pike and Jerry Hansen, work on ...
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Antioch High School’s Homecoming Princesses, from left, Meghan Simarro, Angela Laird, Cynthia Perry, Jessica Ulloa, Dallas Butterfield and Ciera Culcasi smile for the camera before the big game, he...
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Antioch’s Mission Elementary School recognized the following Students of the Month for October for exemplifying the character trait of Trustworthiness. In the front row, from left, are Jasmine Thur...
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Last November Oakley parent Rachelle Smith, anxious that the heavily traveled stretch of Live Oak Road near Orchard Park Elementary School would eventually result in a serious pedestrian accident, ...
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Applications are now being taken to fill a seat on the Byron Union School District Board of Trustees.
According to the California Education Code, any person, regardless of sex, who is 18 years of a...
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“Who are we going to beat?” asked Heritage High School Principal Andy Parsons, sporting a Homecoming headband and blue and gold face paint.
“Antioch!” the packed crowd of Patriots replied with chee...
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Sierra Nolan, Selena Sisneroz and Brookelyn Santos practice their diabolical laughter in preparation for the Discovery Bay Elementary Halloween Parade.
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Students in grades three and up are invited to observe Veteran’s Day by experiencing a bit of history when Vietnam veteran Phil Ehrhorn shares his war experiences in a free 45-minute program on Tue...
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The Brentwood Union School District (BUSD) Education Foundation and Vic Stewart’s are inviting residents to a Night Out on the Town, an evening of dining, fine wines and friendly supporters of the ...
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Discovery Bay Elementary School was recently presented a check for $1,000 from the Wells Fargo Foundation.
Representing the bank was Wells Fargo Vice-president and Discovery Bay parent Ashoo Vaid ...
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Lisa Hultz, longtime trustee of the Byron Union School District Board, has resigned from her position effective immediately.
Hultz notified County Superintendent Joseph Ovick on Oct. 23, citing per...
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Funeral services for Kayla Shepard have been set for Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 1:30 p.m. at Resurrection Ministries in Brentwood.
Shepard, a 2008 Liberty graduate and Jenny Lind Award-winning vocalist, w...
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Motorists waited patiently at the intersection of Balfour Road and Griffith Lane as a solemn procession of more than 100 mourners filed slowly across the street in front of them Thursday evening, c...
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Vigil set for 6:45 p.m. Thursday at Veterans Park on Balfour Road
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The friends of the Liberty High School choral program are hoping you’ll add a little pink to someone’s landscaping this year.
80VOLTS, the program’s nonprofit FUNdraising arm, has given flight to a...
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Kids love to collect things. Marbles, trading cards, comic books, dolls, rocks, bugs – anything they can get their hands on. But one group of Oakley Elementary students is working to create a colle...
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I went to the play “Alice in Wonderland” – a 1960s-style adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic – put on by the Excelsior Middle School drama program. The performance had wonderful costumes and co...
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Excelsior Middle School’s “Alice in Wonderland,” directed by Kathy Tickner and Dana Lee, stepped back in time to the 1960s The costumes and makeup were very flashy, eye-catching and creatively made...