Is there a teacher from your high school days that made a big impression on you? Someone who helped you develop important skills that you still use to this day?
For me, that person was my favorite teacher, Ms. Joanne Poloni. She was funny, friendly, engaging and always encouraging to me. She made me feel important, …

Want to become a teacher?  If so, plan now to attend Allan Hancock College’s annual Try Teaching! Symposium being held Wednesday, May 1, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Santa Maria campus Student Center (bldg. G).
Steps to becoming a teacher will be presented, along with CBEST information, local degree options and various financial resources.  …

The Santa Maria-Bonita School District thanks the businesses, local organizations and people throughout the community that support students and schools in many ways during the year.
The schools of the district would like to thank the community members and business people who participated in the Principal for the Day event sponsored by the Santa Maria Valley …

For more than 90 years, the Free and Accepted Masons of California have been sponsoring Public Schools Month in April. This year’s theme is “Together we make a profound difference for public education.”
The purpose is to encourage communities to set aside a special time to discuss public schools. Ever since 1920, the goal of the …

The national GED Testing Service has announced that the current version of the GED® test will expire at the end of 2013, and a new version will take effect Jan. 2, 2014.
Those who need to finish the current test by the end of 2013 should act now so that they won’t have to re-take portions …