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Fresno County’s top educators for 2019 are welding teacher Greg Barragan, Sanger administrator Dennis Wiechmann and Parlier administrator Praxades Torres III. They were honored Thursday evening at the Educator of the Year Awards ceremony at the Saroyan Theatre in downtown Fresno.
The winners of School Employee and Teacher categories may apply for the California Department of Education awards in 2020.
A student artist works on his holiday greeting card. (Photo provided by Fresno County Superintendent of Schools)
For those of us who still send out holiday cards (and the dreaded letter) each year, there’s a new choice in town — and proceeds from sales will go to a good cause.
Students from the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Special Education and Visual and Performing Arts departments participated this summer and fall in a first-ever arts enrichment project. They created a set of 15 greeting cards representing the four seasons.
The artists who painted the cards are students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities at Beth Ramacher Educational Complex, Sutherland Center, and Monte Vista.
The card sets, which sell for $15, go on sale Monday, Dec. 2 at Our Kids Café, 2019 Mariposa Mall. Plus, you’ll find the cards for sale at a booth inside the Jewel-FM Art Gallery at ArtHop on Dec. 5.
Proceeds from the card sales will go toward arts enrichment curriculum for special education students.
Golden Valley Unified School District used to have a criminal mastermind on the staff list — but no more.
“Lex Luthor The Boss” was listed just above Superintendent Rodney Wallace on the email contact page for district staffers.
A recent check of the website shows that Luthor has departed from the rearranged page.
No word on whether a guy with a red cape and X-ray vision has been lurking around the Madera County school district.
Joseph Jones
Fresno Pacific University President Joseph Jones walked into the eighth annual Trailblazers for Prosperity awards luncheon thinking he was the main speaker. Turns out, he was one of the award winners.
The awards were presented by the Southeast Fresno Community Economic Development Association, a nonprofit that aims to improve the quality of life in southeast Fresno by expanding educational, recreational, employment, and housing opportunities in the area.
“I always look forward to and enjoy chances to tell the story of Fresno Pacific University and the possibilities it offers people in our community,” Jones said. “This became an extra special day when I was honored to accept this award on behalf of the university.”
Nancy Price is a multimedia journalist for GV Wire. A longtime reporter and editor who has worked for newspapers in California, Florida, Alaska, Illinois and Kansas, Nancy joined GV Wire in July 2019. She previously worked as an assistant metro editor for 13 years at The Fresno Bee. Nancy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Her hobbies include singing with the Fresno Master Chorale and volunteering with Fresno Filmworks. You can reach Nancy at 559-492-4087 or Send an Email
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