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More than 50 Kennedy High School students were honored at their Principal's Top 10 Luncheon on Friday, March 10, for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or above. Kennedy administrators set a goal to honor ten students from each grade level who maintained a 4.0 GPA and above(Seniors), a 3.9 GPA and above(Juniors), and a 3.75 GPA and above(underclassmen). This year, 58 students were recognized. During the luncheon, students and their families had lunch and casual conversations with the principal and guests in an informal setting. Students also received encouraging words from district and community leaders, including Superintendent Chris Hurst, Board Clerk Jamela Smith-Folds, Board Trustee Otheree Christian, Richmond Council Member Gayle McLaughlin, and Pastor Dale Weatherspoon of Easter Hill Methodist Church in Richmond.

58 Kennedy High students honored for maintaining 3.75 GPA or above

Fifty-eight students at Kennedy High were honored at their Principal's Top 10 Luncheon on Friday, March 10, for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or above, according to the West Contra Costa...
Garamendi announces winners of Congressional High School Art Competition

Garamendi announces winners of congressional art competition

Jesse Bethel High student Alizon Minjarez won the grand prize and Pinole Valley High student Emily King earned Runner Up in this year's Congressional High School Art Competition, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) announced at...
Report: Pandemic exacerbated childcare deficits in Contra Costa County

Report: Pandemic exacerbated childcare deficits in Contra Costa County

The number of Contra Costa households using CalFresh food benefits reportedly rose by more than 40 percent during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase of about 13,700 new households. Despite...
Cal Band to hit a high note at Richmond Promise’s Scholars Celebration

Richmond Promise’s Scholars Celebration set for Saturday

UPDATE: The Cal Band canceled its planned performance at Saturday's celebration. The story has been updated to indicate this. By Kathy Chouteau The Richmond Promise Scholar Celebration is set for Sat., June 3 from 11 a.m....
East Brother Beer launches weekly music series

It will be beers and cheers at fundraiser for Richmond Promise

By Kathy Chouteau Later this month, a golden opportunity will be afoot to drink beer in support of a good local cause. The Richmond Promise, which helps Richmond youth earn postsecondary degrees and certificates, will host...
LPS-Richmond students network with adult professionals at inaugural event

LPS-Richmond seniors network with adult professionals at inaugural event

Leadership Public Schools in Richmond (LPS-Richmond) recently took a new step to prepare its students for adult life by holding its inaugural Senior Networking Brunch, during which seniors networked with more than 30 professionals...

Richmond High students create stage play ‘Juliet Takes a Breath’

By Kathy Chouteau  Richmond High School will unveil a stage play adaptation of the novel “Juliet Takes a Breath” this week that’s not only a student-teacher collaboration, but also the first explicitly queer LGBT play...
East Brother releases ‘crisp and clean’ Blonde Ale

East Brother releases ‘crisp and clean’ Blonde Ale

By Kathy Chouteau If you happen to hear about a “blonde” cut loose on Canal Blvd., it’s just East Brother Beer Company’s Blonde Ale being released into the Richmond wilds. East Brother’s first new “core beer”...
CCC professor shines light on pre-colonial African history

CCC professor shines rare light on pre-colonial African history

By Mike Kinney Contra Costa College Professor Manu Ampim has made it his life's work to research pre-colonial African history, a subject he laments doesn't get nearly enough attention on college campuses and in the public...
Richmond Promise celebrates hundreds of new Scholars at Civic Center Plaza

Richmond Promise celebrates hundreds of new Scholars at Civic Center Plaza

By Mike Kinney Richmond Promise cheered its fresh batch of college-bound Scholars at its 8th Annual Scholar Celebration in Civic Center Plaza today. The organization provides scholarships and wraparound services to more than 1,900 students from...

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