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A dream becomes reality for Monterey High School graduates
Seniors, parents and staff at Monterey High School celebrated 51 high school graduates Friday evening. For many of the graduates, earning a high school diploma had been an out of reach dream because of adversity endured by many of them during their high...
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John Burroughs High graduates take the field for final hurdle
More than a thousand spectators filled the stands of Memorial Field Thursday night to cheer not for a game, but for John Burroughs High School students clearing the final hurdle. As the 602 red-gowned members of the class of 2013 talked excitedly...
Tags: High Schools, Google+, Music, Theater, Schools
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Graduation arrives for Burbank High School students
Thousands of camera-clutching family members and friends flocked to the Starlight Bowl Friday evening to watch the roughly 700 Burbank High School graduates rearrange the tassels on their mortarboards. It was a bittersweet evening for many graduates,...
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Love blooms for 50 years
Burroughs graduate Carole Robinson and her husband, Richard, celebrated their 50-year marriage in April at a party hosted by their three daughters and their families in Quartz Hill. When Carole and Richard were students at San Jose State University,...
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Bell-Jeff graduation at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles: "It's such a proud moment."
High hopes for bright futures and fond recollections of days now suddenly past were on the minds of outgoing Bellarmine-Jefferson High School seniors during a graduation mass and commencement ceremony on Saturday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the...
Tags: High Schools, Schools
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Burbank Unified sees improvements in student drop-out rates
Burbank high schools are outperforming many of their counterparts up and down the state in retaining and graduating students, according to data released this week. Of the 1,329 Burbank students who started high school in 2007, 91.4% made it through to...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning
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Adults of all ages, backgrounds secure their high school diplomas
Burbank resident David Standel was scheduled to graduate from high school in 1961 before a series of complicated family issues forced him to drop out. He worked a variety of jobs, including at his father’s restaurant and later as a computer systems...
Tags: High Schools, Students, Colleges and Universities, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Burbank High seniors bid farewell
The Starlight Bowl was awash with Burbank High School blue Friday as the Class of 2012 took to the stage of the hillside amphitheater to accept their diplomas. For many graduates and their families, the event was laced with emotion. “It is...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, CBS Corp.
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Monterey High grads overcome their own set of obstacles
School was never Erik Guzman’s forte, and there were plenty of people around him who assumed he wouldn’t make it through. He struggled to balance work at his family’s restaurant in East Los Angeles with his academic pursuits at...
Tags: Family, High Schools, Students, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Providence High graduation: 'It's hard work paid off'
With about 30 minutes to go before the official program began, young men and women in green gowns were walking briskly into the auditorium lobby. Others chatted excitedly, or perhaps nervously, with other classmates. The 2012 Providence High School...
Tags: California State University, Fullerton, Human Interest, Education
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Burroughs High grads return to Memorial Field: 'It feels awesome'
It was impossible to tell which was shining more brightly at the Burroughs High School commencement ceremony on Thursday — the faces of the graduates or the newly renovated Memorial Field. “It feels awesome,” said Michael Lima as he...
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Burroughs seniors get graduation wish
Burroughs High School seniors will graduate from Memorial Field in May after pushing for a return to the traditional site, officials confirmed this week.
“’Relieved’ is a good word,” said senior Austin Ross. “Everyone I...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Human Interest
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