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The Burton Valley Elementary School Bobcat mascot is painted outside a classroom. The district governing board voted to continue its AIM program for another year.

Lafayette district supporters rally to save school AIM program

Grace Gallacher, Contra Costa Youth Journalism • May 8, 2024

On the evening of March 8, the Lafayette School District superintendent (LAFSD) sent an email to members of the district announcing he would introduce plans to close a long established specialty learning...

Students mingle on the campus at Cal Berkeley. In a 2023 report by the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), 53% of students applying for financial aid were identified as being housing insecure and 66% were identified as being food insecure.

Ongoing housing, food crises hit California college students

May 4, 2024

Contra Costa Countys General Plan covers land use planning for its unincorporated areas. Photo courtesy Envision.

Environmental justice at center of county’s Envision 2040 plan

April 17, 2024

Some students at Pittsburg High School are not fond of the schools vegan options, including the vegan hamburger. It doesnt have that much flavor in it. And when you take a bite, its like, the inside is green,” said 11th grade student Hassan Hans.

Pittsburg High School faces criticism over vegan options

April 1, 2024

Students object to skirts-only rule for girls on mock trial team. Image by sergeitokmakov

‘The Fight for Khakis in Court’: Mock trial students object to no-pants rule

March 25, 2024

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Dozier-Libbey Medical High School teacher Kim O’Leary, background on left, watches as students practice lifting a student on a spinal board to simulate pre-hospital trauma care during one of the EMS exercises on campus. Photo courtesy Dozier-Libbey Medical High School Yearbook team

Inside the Bay Area’s only medical high school: Dozier-Libbey Medical High

Sophia Goyena, Contra Costa Youth Journalism • March 23, 2024

In the middle of wheat fields and hills lies a small school with less than 800 students. Instead of wearing the latest fashion trends, students dress in scrubs – from top-to-bottom every day –...

Curling team members, from left, Karina Trenyor, Krisha Umashankar and Srihasini Malladi compete in the USA Curling U18 National Championships in February.

Two California High School students bring ‘color’ to curling, national championships

March 14, 2024

Deer Valley High School students get hands-on training by running “The Den” on the Antioch campus, where they are given such roles as cashier or security. The store sells items from phone chargers to school supplies to stuffed animals and bracelets.

Hands-on learning can benefit students’ futures

March 10, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Zombabe is an acrylic painting and 3D collage by College Park student Shealyn Higgins

College Park students ‘showcase’ their work at Pleasant Hill Library

Bailey Winey, Contra Costa Youth Journalism • March 12, 2024

Selected student works from the College Park High School art program are on display at the Pleasant Hill Library this month. This is the second year the school has student art hosted by the library, thanks...

Cast members, from left, Natalie Farrell, Pamela Ignacio, Sarah Hadassah Negrón, Evelyn McCollum, Emma Simpson, and Ash Brown, in a scene from Antigone, presented by the girls of St. Catherines at the Lafayette Town Hall Theatre in May 2022.

Lafayette Town Hall Theatre raises annual funding goal

March 5, 2024