OAKHURST — Cool tech news and other info coming out of Oak Creek Intermediate (OCI): Principal Nicole White reports that the local middle school is “going Google.” “The OCI Campus is now a Google campus,” says Mrs. White. “We have gone Google. Our students will all be working in Google Drive and using district filtered individual student gmail accounts for ...

Written by Evan Morton, Cadet Corps and Freshman at Yosemite High School. OAKHURST – The Yosemite High School California Cadet Corps program was founded by Brigadier General Edwin Alexander Forbes on April 5, 1911. Now, the Yosemite High School Cadet Corps is part of the United States National Guard.

OAKHURST — For students on independent study, the school day can be isolating and boring. We want to give them the opportunity to get out of the house and out of the classroom to take photos of the beautiful area we live in. So, I submitted a request for funding to a website called donorschoose.org. They help teachers get the ...

NORTH FORK – The North Fork School presents its Fall For The Arts Showcase, spotlighting all our talented kids, this Thursday, Nov. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. The fundraising event will raise money to support music and the arts at the school, which has been designated by the Chawanakee School District to be the School of the Arts in ...

OAKHURST — Yosemite Swim Club (YSC), a fixture in the mountains and at the Yosemite High School (YHS) Baker Swim Complex, hosted a well-attended USA sanctioned swim meet on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13. Meanwhile, YSC confirmed what some have known already – the popular club is disbanding to accommodate a new swim team organized through Yosemite Unified ...

COARSEGOLD – Friday night, Nov. 1 is the date set for an event many are looking forward to – the Coarsegold School Country Fair, from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. on the lower field at the school. Wristbands for kids 4 years and under are just $5, and 5 years and over are $10. There’s also a special family deal for ...

O’NEALS – Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 11 and most schools are closed in honor of the holiday. The next day, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, all veterans are invited to Minarets High School as students host their third annual Veterans Celebration and dinner at 6 p.m. in the gym. Dinner will be preceeded by recorded interviews with veterans throughout the ...

OAKHURST – The Mariposa Martial Arts Academy Black Belt Candidates for the 2014 Black Belt Test will be holding a Bully Proof seminar at the Boys & Girls Club of Oakhurst (BGCO) on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 3:30 p.m. The seminar will be geared toward kindergarten through fifth grade members who will be taught by students striving to earn their ...

MADERA – More than 500 Academic Decathletes from throughout California attended the seventh annual Madera County Office of Education Academic Decathlon Lecture on Oct. 24. Students attended sessions on economics, literature, music, science, social science, and speech to help them prepare for this year’s Academic Decathlon. The 2014 Decathlon topic is World War I. Students from Riverside to Tuolumne Counties ...

NORTH FORK — Everyone is invited to a Mountain Family Dinner and Dance on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the North Fork Town Hall. Two organizations have teamed up to bring you a family-friendly evening that is sure to be an affair to remember, complete with dinner, dancing and raffle prizes, all for a great cause.