Tragedy Brings Our Community Together By Lea-Marie C. Paar
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/30/2013 11:27 PM
Valley Springs, Ca... Tragedy struck our small community on Saturday, April 27th, 2013, when Leila Fowler, a beautiful 8-year-old little girl, was killed in her Valley Springs home. As news of this tragedy spread throughout Valley Springs and beyond, friends and family rallied to help her family get through this horrible time. Hardly even three days after this tragedy struck, a vigil was held at Leila's elementary school...
Avery Middle School has been Selected as a California Distinguished School
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 04/25/2013 02:31 PM
Avery, CA...Calaveras County Office of Education is pleased to announce that Avery Middle School in Vallecito Union School District has been selected as a California Department of Education Distinguished School. Avery Middle School has an Academic Performance Index (API) of 861, and has also been named Apple Distinguished School for the past three years...
Avery, CA...On April 17th, a group of Avery Middle School 7th graders gave the VUSD board members and guests a viewing of their social studies project. It was about the famine in Sudan. The students, Avery Schultz, Ben Quist, Connor Landis, Samantha Emerson, Riane Clemens & Sierra Stephens worked very hard on this and the results are amazing.
Bret Harte Is Fleet in the Pool This Year ~Photos By Jeff Rasmussen
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/24/2013 11:24 AM
Angels Camp, CA...The Bret Harte Swim Team is having a great year and looking forward to the MLL League Championships this Friday. We would like to thank Jeff Rasmussen for sending us some shots form a couple of their meets. It has taken us a bit longer to get them posted because we wanted to post them in the higher resolution format that they were sent in. We did so and now we will upload the shots we shoot at events in larger sizes as well. When you are in a photo album you will see a little icon above the photo if it is available in higher resolution suitable for a screen saver or printing. Enclosed are the meet updates from the last two meets from Coach Lauren Gerber as well....
Brianna Gilbert from Mark Twain and Maxwell Stickels from Toyon Heading to State Spelling Bee
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/24/2013 09:56 AM
San Andreas, CA...Enclosed is a list of the winners for the countywide 2013 Spelling Bee Championship held on April 18th in San Andreas. Brianna Gilbert, 8th Grade, from Mark Twain Elementary, and Maxwell Stickels, 7th Grade, from Toyon Middle School are the top two students going to the State competition in San Rafael, CA....
American Cancer Society Volunteers Paint Our Towns Purple Relay Ahead of April 27th Celebration
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/24/2013 10:33 AM
Angels Camp, CA...Towns are becoming awash in purple, thanks to efforts by volunteers from the American Cancer Society’s annual “Relay For Life,” a community campout against cancer. Throughout Calaveras County, towns, schools, and businesses are “painting our towns purple” to celebrate cancer survivorship and bring attention to the yearly event, which will be held on April 27th at Bret Harte High School....
Ramona Green and Gerry Sachs & Patty Turcotte, in Arnold working the Purple Ribbons in a past year
Lori Norton Selected to Become Next CAO of Calaveras County
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 04/23/2013 01:48 PM
San Andreas, CA...Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Darren Spellman announced today that Lori Norton has been selected by the Board of Supervisors to become Calaveras County’s next County Administrative Officer. “Lori is a well-experienced individual who the Board feels is a great fit for Calaveras County to lead us into the future” said Spellman...
Bear Valley, CA... Summer is just around the corner... plan your next visit today! Let our village be home base for your entire family: drop the kids off at one of our many summer camps and spend your days hiking, biking, swimming and whatever else strikes your fancy...
