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| Best of high school sports and activities honored at KHSD's PEAAK Awards . |
| The best of the best of the Kern High School District's (KHSD) 2012-13 school year athletics and activities were spotlighted during the District's 2013 Promoting Excellence in Athletics and Activities in Kern (PEAAK) Awards Ceremony held this evening, May 15. [Posted:05.16.2013] |
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| California's Chief Justice to present award to Golden Valley. |
| The Chief Justice of California will be in Bakersfield on Friday May 17 for an awards ceremony to be held at Golden Valley High School starting at 9 a.m. in the school's cafeteria. Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, the 28th Chief Justice of California, will be at Golden Valley High for one hour only during which she will present the school with a Civic Learning Award of Excellence. Only three schools in California received the award co-sponsored by the Chief Justice and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. [Posted:05.15.2013] |
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| Best of high school sports and activities to be honored at KHSD's PEAAK Awards. |
| The best of the best in 27 areas of the KHSD's 2012-13 school year experience will be spotlighted during the District's 2013 Promoting Excellence in Athletics and Activities in Kern (PEAAK) Awards Ceremony to be held on Wednesday, May 15. [Posted:05.08.2013] |
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| Kern High School District Class of 2013 graduations scheduled. |
| The Kern High School District's first graduation ceremony for the Class of 2013 will be held Tuesday, May 28, when the KHSD's Regional Occupational Center honors its graduates at the Kern Agricultural Pavilion, 3300 East Belle Terrace Ave. starting at 6 p.m. Read further for the entire 2013 KHSD graduation schedule. [Posted:05.08.2013] |
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| "Purple Heart" to be reunited with family of fallen WWII veteran. |
| During World War II, Army Private First Class Norval A. Monroe was killed in action on August 27, 1944 in France. Almost 70 years later, Monroe's surviving family will be reunited with his Purple Heart Medal during a ceremony to be held on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Kern Veteran's Memorial Wall of Valor at Truxtun and S Streets. [Posted:05.02.2013] |
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| Kern agricultural community to honor county's top students. |
| More than $80,000 in scholarships will be awarded to Kern County's top agricultural students during the Kern Agricultural Foundation's 2013 Scholarship Awards Banquet to be held on Wednesday evening, May 1 starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Kern Agricultural Pavilion, 3300 East Belle Terrace Ave.. [Posted:04.26.2013] |
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| KHSD Special Education program awarded $2,500 grant by PG&E. |
| Students in SCC's Able to Conserve Energy (ACE) class were awarded a $2,500 PG&E Solar Schools grant. A PG&E official presented the ACE students their $2,500 check today at the school. The grant funds will be used to build solar powered sheds and plant a school garden with vegetables and flowers on the SCC campus located adjacent to the KHSD's Golden Valley High School, said club advisor and SCC teacher Tim Horton. [Posted:04.24.2013] |
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| Centennial High Virtual Enterprise Team FIRST in National Competition |
| Centennial High School's Virtual Enterprise team took first place in the nation in a Virtual Enterprise National Business Plan Competition held in New York City. Centennial represented California in the competition that concluded Thursday April 11. [Posted:04.19.2013] |
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| Kern's best K-12 chess players to compete at Foothill High on Saturday |
| The best young chess players in Kern County will be determined on Saturday, April 20th at Foothill High School during the Kern County Scholastic K-12 Chess Tournament. [Posted:04.16.2013] |
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| East High AVID program to be awarded prestigious designation. |
| The AVID program at East Bakersfield High School (EBHS) will, on Wednesday starting at 3 p.m., be honored as a National AVID Demonstration School. Only about 150 AVID programs have been so honored, said EBHS Principal Lee Vasquez. An AVID program is dedicated to preparing students to succeed in college and a global society. [Posted:04.15.2013] |
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| Liberty High named California Distinguished School. |
| Liberty High School has been named by the California Department of Education as a California Distinguished School for 2013. Liberty High is one of 218 California Middle and High schools to be honored as Distinguished Schools this year, said Tom Torlakson, the State's Superintendent of Public Instruction. "These schools have gone the extra mile to provide high-quality instruction that puts their students on the right path toward career and college," Torlakson said. "Given the enormous challenges schools have faced in recent years, it is inspiring to see this kind of success in so many schools. Our future depends on meeting the needs of every student no matter where they come from or where they live." [Posted:04.12.2013] |
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| Youth, Rotarians team up for Business Leadership & Ethics Conference. |
| More than 140 selected area high school students are expected to attend the Business Leadership & Ethics Conference to be held on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at the Doubletree Hotel from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Doubletree Hotel is located at 3100 Camino Del Rio Court in Bakersfield. [Posted:03.07.2013] |
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| KHSD campuses involved in array of holiday charity efforts. |
Kern High School District students are working overtime these days to help the less fortunate with their holiday needs. Some of the efforts on district campuses (and a contact phone number) include:
(Click to see story) [Posted:12.10.2012] |
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| Bakersfield High social studies teacher earns state honor. |
| Bakersfield High social studies teacher Jeremy Adams has been honored by the California Dept. of Education (CDE) as a semi-finalist in the CDE's state "Teacher of the Year" Award program. [Posted:11.28.2012] |
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| Hall of Famer Frank Gifford to Bakersfield for BHS honor. |
| Frank Gifford, a Bakersfield High School (BHS) graduate and a member of the National Football League (NFL) Hall of Fame, will be at the school on Friday, Nov. 9 for a special presentation in his honor. [Posted:11.09.2012] |
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| KHSD conducts Fall Commencement Program for Class of 2012 |
| The Kern High School District (KHSD) Fall Commencement Program will be held on Friday at Bakersfield High starting at 3:30 p.m. [Posted:10.04.2012] |
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| KHSD's Principal Partners' Day offers look at "Pathways to Graduation" |
| The Kern High School District's 2012 Principal Partners' Day (PPD) will be held on Wednesday, October 10. The District's annual "open house" is a half day event that begins at school sites starting at 7:45 a.m. More than 200 local business, government and educational leaders will spend the morning at one of 20 District schools. The event ends with an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at the Doubletree Hotel that concludes at 1 p.m. [Posted:10.04.2012] |
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| Notice of Special Meeting (Board Workshop) |
| On Thursday, September 27, 2012, at 10:00 am, the Board of Trustees will receive training on BoardDocs. BoardDocs is the online program being used to generate the Kern High School Board agendas. No District Business will be discussed at this meeting other than the training issues. [Posted:09.26.2012] |
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| Two South High art teachers accorded state honors |
| South High School art teachers Rita Torres and Hank Washington have been selected by the California Art Education Association (CAEA) to receive the organization's Exemplary Program Award for 2012. [Posted:09.24.2012] |
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| Foothill High stadium to be named for legendary coach. |
| Legendary Foothill High School (FHS) head football coach Ned Permenter became a permanent part of the school's landscape Tuesday evening when the Kern High School District (KHSD) Board of Trustees unanimously approved naming the school's athletic stadium in his honor. [Posted:09.06.2012] |
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| Independence High Special Education teacher again honored |
| Independence High School Special Education teacher Kevin Crosby has again been honored for educational excellence. Crosby's most recent recognition is that of the Kids In Need Foundation's 2012 Teacher of Year. The award is to be presented on Sept. 19 in Minneapolis, MN. [Posted:08.29.2012] |
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| Last of 2012 KHSD diplomas to be awarded at summer school graduation |
| More than 400 students from about 20 Kern High School District (KHSD) campuses will be awarded high school diplomas on Friday, July 13, during the District's Summer School Graduation ceremony to be held at Bakersfield High School (BHS) starting at 10 a.m. [Posted:07.12.2012] |
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| Environmental "boot camp" draws raves from students. |
| A week long "environmental boot camp" held the week of June 11-15 at the Wind Wolves Preserves south of Bakersfield drew rave reviews from Independence High School (IHS) students. [Posted:7.02.2012]
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| KHSD to honor top scholars with Superintendent's "First in Class" Award. |
| Seniors in the Class of 2012 who achieved the highest grade point average (GPA) in their graduating class will be honored during the Kern High School District Superintendent's First In Class Awards Ceremony to be held on Thursday evening, June 28. [Posted:6.26.2012]
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| South High parents, students headed to UCSB. |
| About 40 South High parents will travel Saturday, May 26, with their students to the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) for a day long look at university life. The trip to Santa Barbara is the final session for South High's 2012 Parent University program in which parents learn how to prepare their students for college entrance, explained South High Assistant Principal Jason George. [Posted:05.25.2012] |
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| East High to honor distinguished math teacher. |
| One of the most influential math teachers in California mathematics history will be honored on Thursday May 24 at East Bakersfield High School with the formal dedication of the "Margaret DeArmond Center for Mathematics" starting at 4:00 p.m. Kern High School District (KHSD) Trustees formally approved at their May 16 meeting the naming of a wing of the school's new math/science building in honor of DeArmond, who retired in 2007 after at 36 year career with the KHSD. [Posted:05.23.2012] |
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| High school students test math skills with Rubik's Cube |
| Solving a Rubik's Cube is challenging even with all the time in the world, but solving it in less than 20 seconds will be the goal of some of those participating in the Kern High School District's annual Rubik's Cube competition to be held on Tuesday, May 15 in the Golden Valley High School gym on starting at 4:30 pm. [Posted:05.14.2012] |
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| Kern High School District Class of 2012 graduations scheduled. |
| The Kern High School District's first graduation ceremony for the Class of 2012 will be held Tuesday, May 29, when the KHSD's Regional Occupational Center honors its graduates at the Kern Agricultural Pavilion, 3300 East Belle Terrace Ave. Starting time is 6 p.m. The entire KHSD Graduation Schedule can be viewed by clicking here. [Posted:04.30.2012] |
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| Best of high school sports and activities to be honored at KHSD's PEAAK Awards. |
| Best athletes? Best artists? Best cheerleaders? Best community servants? Best scholars? The best in every area of the high school experience will be spotlighted during the Kern High School District's 2012 Promoting Excellence in Activities and Athletics in Kern (PEAAK) Awards Ceremony to be held on Wednesday, May 16. [Posted:04.27.2012] |
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| Kern agricultural community to honor county's top students. |
| More than $80,000 in scholarships will be awarded to Kern County's top agricultural students during the Kern Agricultural Foundation's 2012 Scholarship Awards Banquet to be held on Wednesday evening, May 2 starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Kern Agricultural Pavilion, 3300 East Belle Terrace Ave. [Posted:04.26.2012] |
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| Annual Physics Olympics to test student science skills |
| An estimated 1,000 Kern High School District (KHSD) students will test their science skills at the District's 24th annual Physics Olympics to be held at Bakersfield College (BC) on Friday, April 27 starting at 9 a.m. in the school gymnasium. More than 410 student teams from 15 KHSD schools will test their skills in construction, calculation and other areas of physics. A competition-concluding Super Quiz is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the BC gymnasium. [Posted:04.25.2012] |
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| County's best K-12 chess players to compete at Foothill High on May 5th. |
| The best young chess players in Kern County will be determined on Saturday, May 5 at Foothill High School during the Kern County Scholastic K-12 Chess Tournament. About 100 students from 10 public or private schools will compete in the annual event to be held in the Foothill High cafeteria, said event organizer Wade Tavorn. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with competition starting at 10:15 a.m. [Posted:04.25.2012] |
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| Liberty High Health Fair spotlights health careers, healthy lifestyle. |
| The risks of drugs and eating disorders and the rewards of healthy living and a career in a health industry will be spotlighted during the first ever Liberty High Health Fair to be held at the school on Wednesday, April 25. [Posted:04.23.2012] |
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| Project BEST scholars to be honored for hard work, high achievement. |
| Some of the Kern High School District's (KHSD) top scholars will be honored at the Project BEST Senior Scholarship Awards Ceremony to be held at West High School, on Friday, April 19, starting at 6:00 p.m. Honored during the event - to be held in West High's auditorium - will be about 80 seniors from 13 KHSD schools with programs dedicated to Project BEST (Black Excellence in Scholarship and Teaching.)
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| Foothill High's Astronomy Day offers stargazing, glimpse of the invisible. |
| Some of the greatest stars in the universe will be appearing at the fifth annual Kern County Astronomy Day to be held at Foothill High School on April 14th. Foothill High is located at 501 Park Dr. in northeast Bakersfield. Astronomy Day activities such as making your own planet globe, observing the sun safely and "A Walk Through the Solar System" begin at 2 p.m. in the Foothill High gymnasium. After a dinner break, a "door prize" drawing will begin at 7:15 pm. Prizes will include books, toys, globes, binoculars, and four telescopes. Stargazing with high powered telescopes begins at 8 p.m. and continues until the event concludes at 10 p.m. [Posted: 04.02.2012] |
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| Skills Olympics to test job skills of more than 400 high schoolers |
| More than 400 high school students will test their occupational skills during the 15th annual Kern High School District (KHSD) Skills Olympics to be held on Friday, March 23 at the KHSD's Regional Occupational Center (ROC), 501 S. Mt. Vernon Ave. starting at 8 am. [Posted: 03.14.2012] |
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| Student videographers to test film making skills over 18 hours |
| The second annual Kern High School District "18 Hour Film Project" (18HFP) begins on Friday at East Bakersfield High School starting at 5 p.m. in the school's auditorium. Videographer teams from Arvin, West, Frontier, Ridgeview, Centennial, Highland and East Bakersfield high schools will have exactly 18 hours to write, shoot and edit a 3 to 5 minute film, said Al Gaines, an event organizer. More teams may enter the competition before the Wednesday noon deadline. [Posted: 02.07.2012] |
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| KHSD charter school to honor graduates on Thursday. |
| Workforce 2000, a charter school associated with the Kern High School District, will hold its winter graduation ceremony on Thursday, December 22nd in the East Bakersfield High auditorium starting at 5:30 p.m. [Posted: 12.19.2011] |
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| Thousands headed to Bakersfield for State Virtual Business competition. |
| About 2,000 high school students from throughout California and New York are expected to attend the 13th annual California State Virtual Enterprise Trade Show and Business Plan Competition to be held in Bakersfield on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 30 - Dec. 1. The competitions will be held at the Rabobank Convention Center and Marriott Hotel from 8 am to 6 pm on Wednesday and 8 am to 1 pm on Thursday. The public is invited. Admission is free. [Posted: 11.28.2011] |
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| KHSD Special Ed Students & Staff to Celebrate Halloween with a Blast. |
| More than 1,000 local Special Education students, staff, and volunteers are expected to participate in the Kern High School District's (KHSD) annual Special Education Halloween Blast to be held on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the East Bakersfield High School's New Gym. [Posted: 10.25.2011] |
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| Frontier High students collecting shoes for charity. |
| The collection of new and gently worn shoes began Oct. 14 and will conclude Oct. 29. Shoes collected will be forwarded to Soles4Souls, a charity which has distributed more than 15 million pairs of shoes to people in need all over the world. [Posted:10.19.2011] |
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| KHSD's "Principal Partners" Day offers look at 21st Century High School |
| The District's annual "open house" is a half day event that begins with visits that start at 7:45 a.m. at any one of 20 various District school sites. The District tries to honor participant requests to visit a particular school but such requests cannot always be honored. The event ends with an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at the Doubletree Hotel that concludes at 1 p.m. [Posted: 10.5.2011] |
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