The Tulare County Office of Education’s annual College Night will return to the Visalia Convention Center Tuesday, September 12. Representatives from nearly 70 colleges, universities and technical schools will be in attendance to answer questions about entrance requirements, tuition and housing at their institutions. Tulare County College Night is designed for high school students and […]
College of the Sequoias, English as a Second Language (ESL) program is offering Free Workshops to learn more about available classes. Workshops start next week in Room 156, Visalia campus, Sequoia Building. Seating is limited, so people are encouraged to arrive early. Monday, August 14, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (COS Info, Application, Placement Test) […]
College of the Sequoias (COS) today completed the refinancing of bonds that will save taxpayers in Hanford, Visalia and Tulare more than $12 million. Dale Scott & Company (DS&C) served as the financial advisor to help the district refinance the bonds and take advantage of lower interest rates without lengthening the payback period. COS refinanced […]
Masons of Tulare’s Olive Branch Masonic Lodge, the oldest active fraternal organization in the city of Tulare, held their 14th Annual Public Schools Night Patriotism Essay Contest on April 26. The Lodge sponsors the event each year for the entire fifth-grade classes within the Tulare City School District, supplying all of the prizes for the […]
“Wit,” which opens at the Ice House theatre in Visalia on March 3, is a beautifully written play about the metamorphosis that can occur when one realizes she is not immortal. Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama depicts the journey of a highly educated, academically overachieving woman who has been diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian […]
As an FFA SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience project) Lemoore FFA students receive 8-10 week old Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers or Lab/Golden crosses, raise and socialize them for 14-16 months. The pups are bred and whelped at the Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. campus in San Rafael, California. Pups are brought to the FFA members […]
Over the past couple years at Monache (High School), we are proud of the growth and expansion of our school farm. The farm has come to support a swine breeding enterprise, vegetable plot, and a poultry egg layer enterprise, additions to the swine facility, as well a new sheep building to house market lambs for […]
Porterville College is pleased to announce that the 2016 Porterville Summer Strings (PSS) program for students, 4th through 12th grades will once again be held July 24-29. Now in its eighth year, the Porterville Summer Strings Workshop is a collaborative effort between the local branch of the American Association of University Women, student faculty from […]
Students of Sycamore Valley Academy (SVA), a public charter school in Visalia, celebrated National School Choice Week along with 15,000 other schools throughout the nation, last week. The kids, from kindergarten through eighth-grade wrote letters of appreciation – appreciation for having the right to choose their school. “Parents have the right for an educational option […]
The first results from the newly-adopted state proficiency tests are in, and there’s plenty of room for improvement locally and across the state. Results for the entire area of Tulare County were less than encouraging, with 67% of the 60,596 students tested not meeting the English language arts and literature standard. A whopping 78% tested […]