OAKHURST — The Bass Lake Education Foundation (BLEF) is once again giving kids a Lego-Up on the STEM world, by running a robotics summer day camp designed for middle school students. Using the Lego Mindstorm EV-3 16-Student Curriculum Solution, the program offers a complete bundle for teaching computer science and STEM subjects using robotics. Lego Robotics are on the cutting ...

RAYMOND — Riley Hardison will be a sophomore in high school this fall and, thanks to a project began at Raymond-Knowles School, she and her mom have fostered nearly 100 dogs at their home in just about a year-and-a-half. Not all at once, Riley is quick to point out! Riley, 14, is a Yosemite High School student, where her mother, Rebecca, is a teacher. ...

OAKHURST — Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District recently made a report available for community review, celebrating key accomplishments within the district in the 2016-17 school year, and sharing information about the future. The Board of Trustees of the District include President Curt Pollock, Vice President Dalene Stephens, Clerk Stella Pizello, with Board Members Ronda Clarke and Julie Greenwood. ...

OAKHURST — The Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees is delighted to announce that a finalist for the position of District Superintendent has been identified and final negotiations for a contract are in progress. It is anticipated that ratification of the appointment of Randy Seals as the district’s next superintendent will occur on June 21, 2017, ...

  The Forestry Challenge is an academic event developed for high school students in technical forestry and current forestry topics. Participants spend four days in the forest learning about the ecology and management of the forested landscapes that provide communities with water, recreational opportunities, wood products and wildlife habitat. Since its inception in 2003, the program has grown from one event ...

OAKHURST — If you’re in search of a positive affirmation for the future — this is it! 138 soon-to-be-graduates will proudly display their service projects and achievements to the community and a panel of volunteer judges at the Yosemite High School Senior Project Fair on Tuesday, May 23 in the YHS Cafeteria from 6 to 8 p.m. Senior project are not easy: the process starts at the ...

OAKHURST — A successful search effort to identify and hire a new superintendent for the Yosemite Unified School District (YUSD) has concluded with the naming of Dr. C. Lynn Greenberg as the school system’s new leader. YUSD Board of Trustees President Christine Wilder says a broad and impressive list of pertinent qualifications are the hallmark of Dr. Greenberg’s career, including having ...

CLOVIS — The 21st Annual Kiwanis Torch of Excellence Banquet was held Monday, May 1 at the Clovis Veterans Memorial Building. The event recognized scholar athletes from Reedley College, Fresno City College, and Clovis Community College for exceptional academic performance. Jessica Rudd, Yosemite High School graduate and sophomore member of the Reedley College women’s golf team, and Sawyer Pittman, a Sanger High ...

OAKHURST — At a special meeting on Tuesday, May 2, the Yosemite Unified School District (YUSD) Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Interim Superintendent Leonard Kahn effective June 30. The meeting took place at the YUSD offices and was chaired by Board clerk Tammy Loveland, with trustees Monika Moulin and Joe Smith in attendance. The vote to accept Kahn’s ...

By Evan Higgins — OAKHURST — Remember when you were young and everything seemed so obvious? No one should go hungry. We should all be equal to one another. Nature is a miracle and it should be cared for no matter the cost. War, what is that? How can that be? Then you looked out at the world that you ...