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ARVIN — After years of working in the fields in Tulare County, Teresa Ortega realized she was away from home far too much. Her eldest son Jaime, 16, began to talk to back to his parents a...

Jaime Quiñónez has worked hard to get where he is.  As the principal of Shafter High School for the last six years, Quiñónez has come a long way since his birth in ...

ARVIN — A group of determined Arvin High School students will soon be in a battle of the minds during the California State Championship for the “We the People: The Citizen and the Consti...

Daniel Mendez is so young that often he has to explain several times to parents what he does for the Bakersfield City School District. “What I have gotten in the past is, ‘You are so yo...

ARVIN — Blanca Cavazos is all about respect. As principal of Arvin High School for the last 10 years, Cavazos wants to make sure her students respect her, but even more importantly, she wants...

Upon hearing of the opportunity of being able to participate in an academy program that would help better the Chicano community in which I live and am so proud of being a part of, my first reaction wa...

Continued population growth throughout Bakersfield has led to the need for two more new high schools. And along with those new campuses, there are now controversial proposals for attendance boundar...

As the only graduate student in the program, Alma Selene Magaña brings a unique perspective to the Chicano Latino Scholastic and Leadership Academy. Preparing future leaders though education...

In a ceremony more like a church revival than formal Pomp and Circumstance, students from the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF) graduated the evening of Nov. 16. Family and friends we...

Preparing future leaders through education, while fostering a sense of commitment to their community is the vision behind the Chicano Latino Scholastic and Leadership Academy. Each year, the acade...