Final Budget approved for Mark Twain School District: Layoffs Postponed, Deep Cuts Imminent~by Charity Maness
Posted by: thepinetree on 07/01/2010 03:54 PM
Mark Twain Elementary School District is no stranger to last minute budget balancing acts, and by no means insulated from the current financial woes that seem to be affecting every aspect of our states basic services. With a projected “shortfall of $825,000 going into the 2010/2011 school year” some hefty and costly cuts needed to be made by the deadline on June 30, 2010. With state funding obsolete and blatantly lacking equality, union contracts approved in 2006 but not funded since 2008, and a large number of students seeking alternative forms of education (homeschooling, .....
Bret Harte Receives ‘Most Outstanding Ag program’ in the State of California~by Charity Maness
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/28/2010 11:08 AM
On Wednesday evening, June 23, 2010, at the annual California Ag Teacher’s Conference and Award ceremony in San Luis Obispo, Bret Harte High School was presented with the award for ‘Most Outstanding Ag Program with 2 to 3 teachers.’ There are approximately 167* high schools in the state that qualify under the 2-3 ag teacher heading, but Bret Harte High School came away with the highest honor....
Vallecito Union School District Board of Trustees Meeting June 18, 2010
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/14/2010 02:27 PM
Avery, CA...The VUSD Board of Trustees will hold a meeting on Friday, June 18th, 2010. They will start with a Closed Session at 4pm then follow with an Open Session at 5:30pm. Full agenda is enclosed...
Vallecito High School graduates 28~by Local Author Charity Maness
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/07/2010 12:35 PM
On June 2, 2010 Vallecito High School graduated 28 seniors. Stephanie Aguilar, Aldo Alvarez, Jessica Aragon, Christian Benge, Tyler Boyd, Stacey Cole, Jerika Doerksen, Joseph Geto, Donald Goble, Shelby Grant, Dillon Green, Jacob Harsch, Manuel Hernandez, Matthew Johnson, Robert Jones, Jefferey Kemeny, Kaitlyn kenney, Katherine Lee, Parker Mandell, Fernando Medrano, Jessica Nosanow, Crystal Patina, Eric Pilson, Colin Prest, Michael Rogers, Jason Smith, Devon Sutton, Joshua Wikstrom.
Hazel Fischer Knows How to Have a Good Time!~Photos by Trisha Crawford
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/05/2010 11:15 AM
Arnold, CA....It was the last day of school for Hazel Fischer Elementary, and boy do they know how to throw a party! The staff did a funny dance for the kids along with Principal, Brett Loring, having a "Sit on it" balloon contest with the kids. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful school system in Calaveras County.
Click Above on Principal, Brett Loring, For More!
The Bret Harte High School Class of 2010 Graduation
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/05/2010 10:37 PM
Angels Camp, CA...We would like to thank Bret Harte High School for allowing us to live stream the Bret Harte Graduation for the fourth year in a row. It was an honor as this was a great class. The video replay is enclosed and the photo album below contains over 1,000 images. Many of these are bursts of shots with many duplicates. Sometimes these can be useful for events like this as we may have gotten a shot that you might need or want...
A HUGE Thanks to Our Sponsors for Enabling us to Bring This Event to You
The Avery Hawks Took Flight....The Class of 2010 Graduates!~with Video & Photos Enclosed
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/04/2010 07:46 AM
Avery, CA...Last Night was a great night for the graduates, friends & families of the 2010 Graduating Class from Avery. There were great speeches, students honored and even a standing ovation for Mathew McCullough after his touching speech that brought things into perspective for not only his fellow students and also the parents of healthy children....
John Vierra High School Graduation Class of 2010 ~by Local Author Charity Maness
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/04/2010 12:28 PM
Angels Camp, CA...John Vierra Independent Study High School, class of 2010, graduated a whopping 33 students the evening of June 2, 2010. With the traditional pomp and circumstance the graduates entered the Bret Harte theater proudly wearing their royal blue cap and gowns with their bright gold tassels swaying accordingly on the left. After a welcome, introduction of staff and the pledge of allegiance, awards were given. Cinthia Miramontes received an ESSA award and the Rotary Student of the quarter award. Nagawa Hightower .....
Bret Harte to Graduate Class of 2010 This Evening....Congratulations Graduates! Replay up Soon
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/04/2010 02:28 PM
Angels Camp, CA....The Bret Harte Class of 2010 says "Each of us has different talents, different dreams, different destinations. But we all have the power to make a new tomorrow." Join us right here "Live" at 7:30pm to watch the Class of 2010! Congratulations to all of the Graduates from all of us at ThePineTree.net. The feed will go live a few minutes before the program starts. List of Graduates is enclosed...
The George M. Truemper Masonic Scholarship Awards a $10,000 Scholarship to Bret Harte Senior. ~By Bob Harlan
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/04/2010 02:52 PM
Angels Camp, CA...Wesley Hutton Sagewalker received a $10,000 scholarship after completing his senior at Bret Harte high school. He finished number one in his class with a GPA of 4.2653. Through his entire years at Bret Harte he never received less than an A in each of his classes. He has been accepted at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Georgetown and Stanford. He has chosen Harvard as his choice of colleges to attend. While at Bret Harte he was active on the soccer...
Master Dave Fredrick, Dr. Matt Stammerjohan & Wesley Sagewalker
