Teaching and Learning

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...

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...

A judge ruled Tuesday that there is sufficient probable cause to move forward in the case involving Aurora High School teacher Tommy Obeso who is accused of sex crimes against a student. The 59-year-old teacher was arrested during a March sting operation...

Aesthetics aren’t everything, but they do mean something. A new coat of paint on a wall or a bench. A new potted flower or a sapling planted along a walkway. These are all the types of cosmetic changes that are small in scale, but big in intent....

As a child growing up in El Centro, Humberto Rincon often had to make do with the everyday items for entertainment. Sometimes that meant making his own toys. By the time he was 17 years old, his natural curiosity and love for “tinkering with...

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...

A number of schools in the Imperial County were acknowledged for their efforts to improve student achievement by the California Business for Education Excellence last week. The CBEE identifies and recognizes higher-performing schools in the state,...

>> 50 Years Ago — EL CENTRO — Following an executive session with members of the Central Union High School faculty and administrative staff, the trustees of the Central Union district last night ratified action taken by Central’s varsity...

IMPERIAL – Gliders, bridges and prosthetic arms were in the air and in use at the Southern California Junior Regional MESA Day competition at Imperial Valley College here Saturday. Hundreds of middle-school students from the southern region of the...

For Salvador Villalon, celebrating Earth Day can be seen as an act of community service. The 16-year-old Calexico student said he shows his appreciation through his work with the Calexico High Eco-Garden Club. “I joined the gardening club because...

CALEXICO — Rather than rush home straight after school on a Wednesday, six students made their way to the garden they help grow with Calexico High’s Eco-Garden Club. For the past year and a half, students have been learning how to build...