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It's about compassion; Trojan grads make friendship and connection the priority
7+ hour, 50+ min ago (622+ words) Kambria Henry, left, and her classmates get ready to move their tassels during a windy end to commencement. "After all the years we spent wishing time would move faster, many of us would give anything for just a little bit…...
Graduation fireworks set off 5-acre fire
7+ hour, 50+ min ago (314+ words) The hundreds of people gathered for graduation in Trojan Stadium shuffle out as a fire burns north of the field Friday night. YUCCA VALLEY " Flames sparked by fireworks set off for the Yucca Valley High School graduation ceremony burned roughly…...
Changing their stars; Graduates reflect on life-altering effects of CMC
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (504+ words) Graduates listen as CMC President Dr. Daren Otten congratulates them and ends the commencement ceremony Saturday, May 30. JOSHUA TREE " In high school, Sean Carter had a 2. 2 GPA, a stack of suspensions and a future that in his telling, looked more…...
No schools should close, panel says; Decision rests with board of education now
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (658+ words) Dr. Stella Kemp, a consultant from School Leaders, goes over enrollment committee recommendations May 13. JOSHUA TREE " No public schools should close in the Morongo Basin, a committee of parents and school workers determined at its seventh and final meeting May…...
Parents, staff: Don't close our school; Palm Vista supporters urge board of education to keep campus open
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (462+ words) Students and their grown-ups cross the parking lot at Palm Vista Elementary School Aug. 12, the first day of the 2024-25 school year." JOSHUA TREE " Disturbed by a recent presentation by the superintendent that suggested Palm Vista Elementary School may close, students…...
Closing schools: One, some, none? MUSD floats options for shuttering Palm Vista, adjusting boundaries
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (949+ words) Students and their grown-ups cross the parking lot at Palm Vista Elementary School Aug. 12, the first day of the 2024-25 school year." JOSHUA TREE " As Morongo Unified School District considers closing elementary schools, Superintendent Patricio Vargas shared some alternate scenarios with…...
Teenagers get real-world experience at medical clinic
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (489+ words) Medical assisting student Sarah Romero takes blood oxygen and blood pressure levels for Andrew Barber, of Joshua Tree, at the Flying Doctors clinic Saturday, March 7, at Yucca Valley High School. YUCCA VALLEY " Volunteer doctors and Morongo Basin students provided free…...
Citizen panel starts looking at school enrollment
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (663+ words) Mental Health Counselor Lindsay Foreman has a reassuring message for students on the first day of the new school year at Twentynine Palms Junior High School Monday, Aug. 11. JOSHUA TREE " Community members tasked with studying enrollment at Morongo Unified schools…...