Education
Dine Out for Education: Restaurant Fundraisers on Tuesday nights.
The Foundation for Pleasant Hill Education works in partnership with the local community to enhance the quality of education and provide enrichment opportunities for students in Pleasant Hill publi...
Feb 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Students pictured, from left: Suzannah Thomas, Nate Greensides, Nikki Chand, Natalie Hill
Poetry Out Loud
Students from College Park High School competed in Poetry Out Loud this year for the very first time. Nate Greensides received the title of 2012 CPHS Poetry Out Loud Champion. Natalie Hill was firs...
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Alhambra Sock Dolls
Alhambra Art teacher, Denise Fuller, had her students create sock dolls as part of an art project that were later donated to child patients at UCSF last December. “Every year, my art survey studen...
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Winterfest Wind Ensemble performers are pictured L to R: Trevor Eaton, Kevin Coons, Devon Martin and Jake Mikesell. All sophomores at CP.
College Park's Winterfest
On December 14, the College Park community came together for Winterfest, an annual event that celebrates all of the visual and performing arts at the high school. A concert in Hurtado gym featured...
Jan 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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An Expression of Homecoming
Alhambra High School celebrated their Homecoming on October 28 th . Two students in Marianne Griffin's senior english class expressed their view of Homecoming with the poem below.  Griffin said tha...
Nov 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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College Park's Reader Leader Program
At College Park High School we have a new program called Reader Leader. Our goal as Reader Leaders is to educate and prepare young elementary school students about the importance of education, heat...
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DVC Announces 2012 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
Steve Ward, the Chairman of the Diablo Valley Athletic Hall of Fame committee, has announced the inductees for the class of 2012. Seven honorees will be enshrined at the annual banquet scheduled fo...
Nov 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Children’s Librarian Patrick Remer with a group of 4th grade students at Valhalla Elementary showing their copies of James and the Giant Peach.
October was Peach Month at the PH Library
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the city of Pleasant Hill and of the Library, the Pleasant Hill Reads Program designed a plan to get everyone in town to read a book that was published 50 ...
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Photo LtoR: CPHS Art Department staff Chris Ellenwood, Marianne McCraney, student Katia Novak, and CPHS Vice Principle Peter Aloo.
CPHS Student Wins Grant for School
Sophomore Katia Novak captured a grand prize of $1500 for the CPHS Art Department with her painting submitted in the semi-annual art contest sponsored by Zachary’s Pizza. Katia’s work was first se...
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Summer Sneak Peak at Medicine
This summer I attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in Boston, and it was an awesome experience. I signed up for the summer camp in early January not knowing much about the progr...
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9th Annual Shell/Martinez Education Run for Education
The 9th annual Shell/Martinez Education Foundation Run for Education will be held on October 1st in downtown Martinez. Each year this fun event draws hundreds of people to help raise money for Mar...
Jul 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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FPHE Awards $40,000 to Pleasant Hill Schools
On May 23, the Foundation for Pleasant Hill Education (FPHE) awarded $40,000 to support educational activities in Pleasant Hill public schools. The grants represent a significant contribution of fu...
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2011 FPHE Grant Awards to Pleasant Hill Schools
College Park High School • Graphing calculators • Sets of No Fear Shakespeare • Biomedical DNA Research Tools • Sets of Othello, New York Times Upfront Magazine, and Grammar Books Pleasa...
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College Park
Here Comes the Solar
As the College Park High School community begins to settle into summer, installation of an array of solar panels will take place in the school’s parking lot along Viking Drive. Mt. Diablo Unified ...
Jun 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Martinez Schools Receive Grant Awards
The Board of Directors of the Martinez Education Foundation (MEF) has announced their 2011 Grant Awards. Building on the success of several key fund-raising activities, including the MEF/Shell Run...
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