Kennedy High hosts 1st Invitational Special Education Track Meet
It may have flown by as quick as 100-meter dash. But it was such a good experience, it's coming back next year.
Last Friday, Kennedy High and El Cerrito High jointly held the 1st Invitational...
LL COOL J visits Making Waves Academy in Richmond
Know who’s cool? LL COOL J. Not just because he’s a famous two-time Grammy Award winning recording artist, prolific actor, author and entrepreneur. But also because he does things like he did on Wednesday:...
LL COOL J visits Making Waves Academy in Richmond
Know who’s cool? LL COOL J. Not just because he’s a famous two-time Grammy Award winning recording artist, prolific actor, author and entrepreneur. But also because he does things like he did on Wednesday:...
WCCUSD unveils graduation schedule
Every year, students and families await the announcement with high anticipation: The schedule for upcoming high school graduations.
The West Contra Costa Unified School District has released that schedule in the form of a nifty...
Over 500 new Richmond Promise scholars celebrated
The cost and academic rigor of college has intimidated Kennedy High senior Sam Bauzon many times before. But she’s made a promise she intends to keep. Her immigrant parents sacrificed to provide her a...
Rotary Club gives Amazon gift cards to Pinole Valley High teachers
For Teacher’s Appreciation Week, Rotary Club of Pinole honored 52 dedicated Pinole Valley High School tachers with individual Amazon Gift Cards.
For 48 years, the Rotary Club of Pinole has been an active supporter of...
Dia de los Niños celebration inspires budding readers
By Kathy Chouteau
There’s nothing better than seeing a gaggle of little children smiling from ear-to-ear and having the time of their lives. About 60 young children and their families attended the wildly successful “¡Dia...
Richmond Promise to honor fourth class of Scholars
Right now across the U.S., over 900 students benefiting from the Richmond Promise program are representing Richmond at 97 colleges and universities.
And more are coming.
This Friday, the four-year-old program providing both college scholarships and...
Free Richmond summer camp helping to close achievement gap
A free summer camp serving Richmond's lowest-income neighborhoods has continued to report positive student gains.
Camp Achieve, offered since 2013 to combat summer learning loss for students between the ages of six and 12, serves...
Meet Contra Costa County’s 2019-2020 Teachers of the Year
Doug Silva of Helms Middle School, Daniel O’Shea of Pinole Valley High School, and Dr. Cheri Etheredge of Contra Costa College have been named among the 2019-2020 Contra Costa County Teachers of the Year for...
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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...
Gyuto Foundation director fundraising to bring vision care to rural India
By Mike Kinney
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