It’s usually not every day that you meet students from around the world. But for Jessica González, grade 12, it was, thanks to an internship with Civics Unplugged. Civics Unplugged is a New York-based...

New history teacher Brian Brickey is an impressive mix of brains and brawn. He was the  salutatorian, or second place valedictorian of his high school class, who also can bench 412 lbs as a competitive...

Laura and Chris Didier never expected to find their son dead from fentanyl. Nor did Laura Collanton. Honored at the school fentanyl awareness assembly were two young boys who died from fentanyl. Zachary...

Women’s fashion is constantly changing, and this year, for the first time in decades, the school’s dress code is also changing to reflect fashion trends and address inequities in how the old code was...

Classes in the A wing have been hearing loud banging and clanging all class period due to renovations. Recently, construction began in the J wing to improve engineering/robotics and medical career classes.  With...

The results are in.  They’re alarming. Last week the state Education Department released the statistics for the 2022 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, more well-known...

Rio Americano students bucked a trend of state and national declines in reading scores by improving slightly during the pandemic, while Rio math scores fell, but not as steeply as for the state overall,...

Students may gain 105 parking spaces and lose an excuse for being late to first period if plans are approved to expand and restripe school parking lots.  The San Juan district has submitted parking...

While it’s probably impossible to visit more than 60 colleges and universities before graduating from high school, the San Juan school district is bringing those institutions to students during the Rio...

As California experiences a record-breaking hot-spell straining the Sacramento electric grid and endangering health, Rio Americano students have felt the effects. With the extreme temperatures there have...

Thanks to a flourish of Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pen, Rio students can now hit the snooze button a few more times in the morning. Senate Bill 328, which Newsom signed into law in late 2019, requires...

While the state on Feb. 15 lifted the requirement for vaccinated individuals to wear masks in indoor public settings, health officials caution that it is still too soon for schools to lift the mandate.  On...