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Kiwanis Awards College Scholarships
LA MESA -- Recognizing academic achievement, leadership skills, community service and financial need, the La Mesa Kiwanis Foundation this month awarded $12.000 in college scholarships to graduating seniors at Grossmont, Helix and Chaparral High…
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Girl Scouts Learn, Honor History
LA MESA - Last year, La Mesa sixth graders Madeline Garrett and Julianna Mullen saw a man lighting candles and praying in front of their school, Magnolia Science Academy in San Carlos. Curious, the next day they looked more closely at where he had been…
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School Board Seeking Baber's Replacement
LA MESA -- Bill Baber's successful run for the La Mesa City Council has created an opening on the La Mesa- Spring Valley School District's Board of Education. On Tuesday, after swearing-in the winners in November's election, the board began the process…
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College Prep Charter Scores Even Higher
LA MESA -- College Preparatory Middle School -- the little school that could -- has kept on chugging along. After posting the highest state test scores of all La Mesa schools last year, the charter middle school broke its own record this year, scoring…
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Arts Academy Displays First Program
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LA MESA -- All week, the participants in the new La Mesa Arts Academy moved from class to class,…
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LMAAC Working Group From Left: Ginger Radenheimer, Beth Thomas, Mark Arapostathis and Jon Hayman.
New Performing Arts Magnet…
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College for Kids, a summer enrichment program a t Cuyamaca College, is now available during spring break, March 25-28, 2013.
Offered through the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District’s Continuing Education program, College for Kids provides the perfect combination of fun and learning, with low-cost classes and activities for youth ages 8-14. The…
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Time To Start Thinking About HIgh School Choices
LA MESA -- It’s at this time of year when families begin thinking about where their 8th grader will attend high school next fall. Did you know that due to legislation, it is no longer required that families send their children to the…
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El Cajon Valley High School Completes Two Modernized Classroom Buildings
EL CAJON -- On Thursday, Oct. 25, El Cajon Valley High School celebrated the completion of its 700 North and 700 South classroom buildings with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and program showcase. The two…
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Helix-Grossmont Rivalry Goes Retro Tonight
LA MESA -- The annual rivalry game between Helix Charter High School and Grossmont High School will take on a retro look tonight.
Jim Newland of the La Mesa Historical Society has led a community-wide effort to raise money to clad the two…
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Monte Vista High Modernizes Four Buildings
SPRING VALLEY -- Monte Vista High School and Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) representatives celebrated the completion of four modernized classroom buildings with a dedication ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The Monte Vista High School campus now has a new library, guidance center, special education suites, and visual arts and cosmetology classrooms.…
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The Little School That Could
LA MESA -- The value of standardized testing in schools is often debated by educators and politicians, but as long as…
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LA MESA -- In many ways, things couldn't be better for the fledgling College Preparatory Middle School on Jackson Drive.
Tests scores are…
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Middle Schoolers Build Robot And Compete
JACKSON DRIVE -- Eight students from College Preparatory Middle School (CPMS) competed in the Greater San Diego Botball Tournament…
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New School Opens In Failed School's Wake
JACKSON DRIVE -- The education industry is in a state of flux with new charter schools opening, private academies trying to innovate and the traditional public schools adjusting to a "new normal" of larger classes and fewer extras.
The latest…
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Juvenile, 14, Arrested For School Threats
LA MESA -- La Mesa Police Thursday night arrested a 14-year-old La Mesa Middle School student who had made specific threats against teachers and other student.
Police said a gun was found in a search of the youth's home, but there was no evidence a gun had been ever taken to the school.…
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Student Wins Geography Bee At La Mesa College Prep
LA MESA --Matthew Ticknor, a 7th grade student at College Preparatory Middle School, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on January 12 and has a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship.…
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Boundary Changes Anger Parents
MT. HELIX -- Changes in the attendance boundaries for high schools in the Grossmont High School District are causing anger and frustration for families who don't support the…
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A Celebration Of Foot And Pedal Power
LA MESA -- Students all over La Mesa rose a bit earlier and met up with friends and teachers to walk or ride bikes to school under threatening skies today.…
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