Teaching and Learning

Central Union High School educators past and present celebrated the success of the school’s AVID program and this year’s college-bound seniors at its AVID awards night Thursday. For the past 20 years, the Advancement Via Individual...

Nearly 50 culinary arts students from four high schools in the Imperial Valley gathered to design creative cakes and make delicious salads at Southwest High School here Thursday. Organized by the Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program, the...

It’s largely a sales job for those trying to get local students to go to four-year colleges. Not only do those with county’s P-16 Council and others involved in similar ventures have to sell students on the importance of attending a four-year...

CALEXICO — Since its inception in 1999, the Imperial County College Going Initiative has steadily seen the number of high school seniors accepted to four-year universities increase. To celebrate this year’s 467 college-bound high school...

CALEXICO — Calexico Bulldogs can once again be proud to know that three Calexico High School students have received the Gates Millenium Scholarship of only 1,000 chosen nationwide annually. The school had nine finalists total, but in the end,...

For an elite group of local high school seniors, the financial barriers that come with attending college will no longer be an issue. The Gates Millennium Scholars Program selects just 1,000 students from the nation each year to receive a good-through-...

McDonald’s restaurants in the Imperial Valley are inviting second- through eighth-grade students in El Centro, Calexico and Brawley school districts taking Standardized Test and Reporting to a free breakfast May 8. The breakfast offer will run from...

McDonald’s restaurants in the Imperial Valley are inviting second- through eighth-grade students in El Centro, Calexico and Brawley school districts taking Standardized Test and Reporting (STAR) to a free breakfast May 8. The breakfast offer...

With my mother’s blessing, I tell you this story: As a public school teacher, she would go to work around 7 a.m., come home for dinner about 12 hours later and use her free time of the evening to continue her school work checking papers. She would...

The Martin Alberto Garza Coalition was founded with a singular purpose in mind — to bring members of the community together. According to Brawley resident Yulil Alonso-Garza, it’s what her son would have wanted. In all likelihood, her son,...

Members of the Southwest Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts’ music program took what some students described as a life-changing trip to the Big Apple earlier this month. “This trip had a really big impact on me,” said Mari...

Students at Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences had the opportunity to display their artwork and raise funds for their school at the third annual Art Auction and Showcase here Wednesday. More than 250 pieces of artwork were on display for the...