Posts Tagged ‘lovonya dejean middle school’
In first School Board meeting since election, clashes over spending
Parents and students lined up one by one at the podium during West Contra Costa Unified School District’s Board of Education meeting Wednesday night to voice their concerns about the Board’s spending decisions.
Read MoreWest Contra Costa School District students head back to class
Schools across the West Contra Costa district welcomed back students on Tuesday with officials saying that safety of students is a top priority.
Read MoreKennedy High art teacher finalist for The Ed Fund
Dozens of palm-sized faces hang from the ceiling in Steve Mainini’s art classroom at Kennedy High School. The ceramic reflections of former students dangle in wire cages and defy gravity as if trapped in some sort of bad dream. But for the hundreds of students that have enrolled in Mainini’s art classes the past eight…
Read MoreRoundup: WCCUSD hosts 8th annual Parents and Partners Conference
Hundreds of parents filled Lovonya Dejean Middle School for the 8th annual Parents and Partners conference hosted by the West Contra Costa Unified School District on Saturday. Check out the photos to see a sampling of what happened during the day.
Read MoreCafeterias digest lunch regulations
In Richmond, a city in which 51 percent of students in grades 5, 7 and 9 were obese or overweight in 2010 and where two-thirds of students are from families near and below the national poverty line, how to feed the children, what to feed the children — and if the children choose to eat what they’re fed — has created a world of dietary perplexity.
Read MoreA gathering to celebrate women, community
“We are family, I’ve got all my sisters with me,” blasted out the speakers in the multipurpose room of Lovonya DeJean Middle School Saturday. The popular ‘70s song by Sister Sledge got a crowd of more than 200 women up on their feet, a few dancing and others clapping and singing to the popular party…
Read MoreAffordable internet comes to Richmond
State Senator Loni Hancock stood in front of a crowd of more than 100 middle school students in Dejean Middle School Monday.
Read MoreRichmond Explorers set bar high at state competition
Generally, when you sit a 19-year-old at a table with a reporter, it’s a classic recipe for one-word answers and evasive glances at the ground. Yet, Francisco Rodriguez stands to shake my hand. He looks me directly in the eye, and speaks clearly, in full sentences. “That’s everything they teach you in the post,” Rodriguez…
Read MoreRichmond women still fighting for women’s rights
About 200 women gathered at Lovonya DeJean Middle School Saturday to celebrate the city’s rich tradition of women leaders.
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