Banning High School Performing Arts Theater and Career Technical Education Construction Academy held its official groundbreaking ceremony at Banning High School.

The Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) Foundation will host its 11th Annual Gala to benefit MSJC students at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula.

BY JULIE FARREN

Hugo Oliva Romero seemed impressed by the dual immersion language community at Central Elementary School, which performed a dance for him, and held an assembly in his honor.

In a multiple guess question off of an Academic Decathlon practice test, students were asked to guess the composer who created a symphony based on the “Babi Yar” poems of Yevgeny Yevtushenko.

BY BARBARA WOLFORD

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond praised the recent adoption of new California Arts standards by the State Board of Education, stating it is a critical step in enhancing creativity in students and preparing students for California’s “creative economy.”

Savannah Sontoski had her work cut out for her last Friday during the 2019 Beaumont Unified School District spelling bee.

For the past 30 years, Aurora Mendoza Perry has called Beaumont Unified School District “home.”

The January rain didn’t stop Mt. San Jacinto College students determined to achieve their goals from attending classes on Monday, January 14, 2019, the first day of the spring semester.

The annual American Association of University Women San Gorgonio Pass Group, Redlands Branch STEM Conference was held at the Mt. San Jacinto College’s San Jacinto Campus

This coming winter quarter, California State University, San Bernardino will launch a partnership with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) to equip faculty with the instructional skills shown to promote student motivation, learning and persistence.

The Mt. San Jacinto College Adult Education program held a GED recognition ceremony recently for students who passed their GED test.

A Student’s Dictionary may not be Alaysia Williamson’s first, but it certainly is the biggest.

For the second year in a row, Beaumont High School has taken top accolades at the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District’s state competition.

California Department of Education (CDE) and the State Board of Education (SBE) today launched the second version of the California School Dashboard, a website that gives parents, students, and educators access to valuable school and district data.

As Banning High School’s Students of the Month for September, October, November, and December, seniors Elyssa Salas, Michelle Candelario, David Mills, and Adriana Contreras are vying to become Student of the Year.

California State University, San Bernardino has received a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $1 million to increase the number of female and underrepresented minority faculty in its science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) departments.

A Journal of History, the California State University, San Bernardino History Department’s award-winning journal that showcases the work of its students, has another honor to add.

California State University, San Bernardino and its College of Social and Behavioral Sciences will host a program examining the #MeToo movement.

Beaumont Schools Superintendent Terrence Davis and the Beaumont Unified School District are preparing their students for success in college and careers.

A year ago, in May 2017, the Beaumont Unified School District broke ground on the property at Cougar Way and Starlight Avenue that amounted to 12 acres of dirt.

Flash forward 15 months. It is Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 21, 2018, and hundreds of parents, students, teachers and administrative staff are sitting or standing inside the multipurpose room at Starlight Elementary School.

Elanda Soriano was horrified when she walked into the multipurpose room at Hoffer Elementary School for what was supposed to be her son Jeremy’s first-ever day of school in his young lifetime.

Jeremy was to start kindergarten on Aug. 8, but his teacher was among those on strike, and the scene at Hoffer seemed a bit overwhelming: more than 100 people of all ages were milling around in chaos as the principal tried to offer assurances through a megaphone, unsure of what to expect next.

With the new school year fast approaching, 600 students in need from across the San Gorgonio Pass received new brand-name athletic shoes and new backpacks stuffed with classroom supplies, thanks to a $50,000 donation from the annual Morongo Charity Golf Tournament.

Students of all grade levels in Banning’s public schools will enjoy their breakfasts, lunches, snacks and supper meals free of charge as they go back to school next week.

With just a few weeks to go before school starts in Banning on Aug. 8, last weekend was a head start for students needing back to school supplies and a heads up as to what faith-based organizations are in the area to provide assistance.

With fierce pride Banning High School’s Class of 2018 sends off the highest percentage of its students in recent memory to four-year colleges and universities.

Thomas Mezzie was a man of few words before his graduation from Beaumont High School Friday evening, May 31.

The 18-year-old soon-to-be graduate was standing near one of the school parking lots with his mother Kristine Mezzie, sister Jessica Mezzie and her boyfriend, Manuel Lopez, as he got ready for the 6:30 p.m. ceremony.

Beaumont evangelist Dave Smith had a few simple pieces of advice for the seven graduates in Calvary Christian School’s Class of 2018.

Karla Foster doesn’t believe in waiting for magic to turn her dreams into reality. She believes in rolling up her sleeves and making it happen. That’s how the single mother of four realized two of her dreams: receiving two associate degrees on Friday, May 25 from Mt. San Jacinto College and …

As of Monday, Lorenzo Contreras has read 5,620,592 words since school began in August.

When Christine Richardson took over the music program, students poked their heads into her classroom and ducked back out, with the sentiment of, “It’s a woman” teacher.

There were not many women band directors three decades ago, she admits.

In between her 37 years of teaching music and running choir and band programs for the Banning school district, at least three times Richardson’s job was cut.

It was indeed an honor and privilege to join exceptional students from Banning High School and their families at the May 3 Banning/Beaumont Students of the Year Dinner at the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon.

Banning High School's new string orchestra joins the school's wind ensemble to provide the community with a free Spring Concert 2018 in the Banning High School's multipurpose room on Tuesday, May 15 beginning at 6:30 p.m., 100 W. Westward Ave.

Banning High School participated in the second Special Olympics hosted by Beaumont High School at the Beaumont High School Sports Complex on April 27.

Children at Springs Charter Schools Cherry Valley Cooperative spent the morning of April 26 expressing kindness to one another and reaching out to the community and globally by joining hands for the charter school’s first “Hands Across Campus’’ event.

Beaumont High School proudly presents a Night of One Act Plays. Come and enjoy an evening of theater close to home on Saturday May 5th in the Beaumont High School Performing Arts Theater.

Recapping a field trip to participate at a CUE conference in Palm Springs last month, a handful of fifth-graders rifle off a litany of experiences and buzz words reflecting their accumulated technological acumen.

The students from Hoffer Elementary School were the first from Banning Unified School District to represent at CUE (which previously was an acronym for Computer-Using Educators).

A student who misses 10 percent of a 180-day school year can be defined as chronically absent.

On Tuesday, April 24, beginning at 6 p.m., the Banning High School Department of Visual and Performing Arts will present their Second Annual Percussion Ensemble Concert.

Central Elementary School fifth-grader Denny Riiff strived to discover what type of folds would propel a paper airplane to fly farther: one with a longer wingspan, or a wider one?

Classmates Julianne Gordillo and Isabella Munoz at the Banning elementary school wanted to know if a dog’s bark was higher depending on the size of its body.

Exercise caution when considering an increase in minimum wage, suggested Beaumont High School junior Samantha O’Harra, who was one of three students from her school and three from Banning High School to compete in the San Gorgonio Pass Round Table’s annual oratorical contest Monday.

Two Beaumont Unified School District principals have taken positions with the Redlands and Fontana Unified school districts.

Keeping the world hydrated and healthy is a missive of the Nestle Waters North America Inc. corporation, messages the company hopes students at Cabazon Elementary School will carry with them through life.

Beaumont Superintendent Terrence Davis stood before the tables of Black male students in the Beaumont High School library and told them that he was lucky to be in the position he is in today in education.