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San Diego high school seniors create company, internship opportunities
They sat in the corner long enough for an interview, but the second the interview ended, Lorenzo Ametrano and Axel O’Brien went right back to work with their interns. Ametrano and O’Brien are seniors in high school. Their interns are high school juniors. “The work that is being...
Take A Bow GHHS grads: Granite Class of 2024 honored
The senior class of 2024 of Granite Hills High School walked in the processional led by their advisors to the playing of Pomp and Circumstance before they were seated in the middle of Jacob Rankin Stadium on Wednesday. Valedictorian Angel Bizzaro Alcantar announced the Presentation of the Colors, the Pledge...
Five Educators Named 2024 San Diego County Teachers of the Year
Five San Diego educators were surprised at their schools this week with the news that they have been named the latest San Diego County Teachers of the Year. The winners are honored for making lasting differences in students’ lives. “We had such an inspiring group of educators this year,...
Beloved school security guard retiring after more than 20 years on the job
CORONADO, Calif. (KGTV) — Coronado High School held a big celebration for a beloved security guard who's retiring after more than 20 years on the job. "1998-99 is when I started security full time," said Forrest Perkins. Since then Perkins has spent his days on campus, greeting students, keeping...
Poway teen knocked out of National Spelling Bee in semifinals
An eighth-grader from Twin Peaks Middle School in Poway was eliminated in the sixth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday when he misspelled "ravison," a rapeseed of an inferior quality. Benjamin Evans was among 45 spellers from the original field of 245, the largest since 2019, to advance...
A Middle Schooler Fires Up Friends and Families to Vote
Look familiar? This post first appeared in the Politics Report. When Ellen Nash said all that county drama was a distraction, she had a pretty vivid example of the kind of effort it distracted her from Friday. She was at the County Registrar of Voters, Friday, helping Henry Anderson III,...
Hope for the graduating future
My hope for the young men and women transitioning out of high school and college classrooms and into the messy and challenging world outside academia is that they enthusiastically and unapologetically become our new greatest generation. Greater greatests, if you will. In 1998 journalist Tom Brokaw’s book “The Greatest Generation”...
Imperial softball punches ticket to state title game
SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Clarissa Davila hit a three-run RBI triple in extra innings to lead the Imperial Tigers to a 8-4 victory over the Steele Canyon Cougars in the CIF SoCal Division III semifinals. Imperial advances to the championship game for the first time in school history.
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