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Kristi McCracken
Educationally Speaking: Educational Fieldtrip to South Dakota
You can take the teacher out of the classroom for the summer, but then the world becomes her classroom. My field trip-like vacation provided new educational opportunities including lessons in geology, meteorology, biology and history. My summer vacation... Full story
Timothy Hathaway
Monache grad recognized for volunteer service
Timothy Hathaway, 18, of Porterville was honored early this spring for his exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award. The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of the President’s Council on Service... Full story
Fabulous Studio Band continues Pacific NW trip
Tour: Oregon, Washington residents treated to band sound.
EVERETT, Wash. — Members of the Fabulous Studio Band are on their way home from their three-state, 2,869-mile Pacific Northwest tour. They are scheduled to return Friday evening. The band left Porterville on June 9, and has played in numerous venues... Full story
Sharanya Thiagarajan, 13, right, watches and listens intently as student teacher Christina Hackett teaches Photoshop to her and Shelby Lozano, left, during Grizz-Comm Summer Camp II at Granite Hills High School.
Grizz-Comm camp provides training for digital future
Students: Fun today, careers tomorrow.
A handful of students decided to look to the future by spending part of their summer enrolled in the Grizz-Comm Summer Camp II. And they’re enjoying themselves. Sisters Sharanya and Sharmila Thiagarajan enrolled in the camp, conducted at Granite... Full story
Kristi McCracken: Educationally Speaking
Educationally Speaking: Tech savvy teachers
Not only are chalkboards becoming a thing of the past, but white boards are being replaced by Smartboards. Chalk is no longer issued and white-erase-board markers are being traded in for teacher fingertip manipulation of symbols on a Smartboard. Maybe... Full story
Jim Kusserow joins The Fabulous Studio Band for a performance Monday afternoon at the Seattle Center in Seattle. The band is on a 10-day tour of the Pacific Northwest.
Fabulous Studio Band plays for appreciative Seattle audience
SEATTLE — Porterville’s Fabulous Studio Band continued to entertain young and old alike Monday afternoon when they performed at the Seattle Center in Seattle during the seventh day of their three-state Pacific Northwest tour. The band, under... Full story
Alumni from 40 years gather to celebrate Monache music during an anniversary dinner late last month at the school.
Monache choral program celebrates the Big 4-0
It was 40 years ago that Monache High School took its first steps on its own. In the fall of 1969, a group of students began their quest to achieve their future goals and make the City of Porterville proud. Many of those students joined the Monache Music... Full story
Monache music program celebrates milestone with song
Concert: Alumni, former directors take stage in Porterville.
A celebration of Monache High’s Vocal Department’s past 40 years of life reflected onto the stage during its Spring Concert May 30 in the Porterville Memorial Auditorium. Marauder choir alumni and former directors, from as far back as the... Full story
Monache High School graduate Johnny Trevino, center, and other local students perform in a recital given Thursday by those who took part in the summer day camp for string students at Porterville College.
‘Strings’ program ends with public recital at local college
A low-cost summer camp for student musicians wrapped up Thursday with a recital aimed at showing the community the fruits of the lessons learned. The recital — and the week-long Intensive Strings Workshop leading to the second of two public performances... Full story
Gregory Smith, a student at Indiana University, plays the piano for an  unidentified student to his and a group of six others' Intensive  String Workshop at Porterville College, Sunday.
Young string musicians take part in low-cost workshop
Intense: Session targets region's youth.
Area string musicians, from elementary to the high school level, didn’t have to travel far — or pay much — to gain a quality boost to their mastery this summer. Seven students at Indiana University flew into town and offered sign-ups... Full story
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