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Max Weinberg to perform with Palm Springs High School Jazz Band

Max Weinberg is slated to perform with the Palm Springs High School Jazz Band at 7 p.m. Friday at the high school auditorium, 248 E. Ramon Road.

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Second runner-up Matthew Meyer of Desert Hot Springs High School (left), winner Madeline Muth of Xavier College Preparatory High School and first runner-up Key'Toya Burrell of Amistad High School are photographed at the Speech Trek Contest held Saturday afternoon The Classic Club in Palm Desert. Gerry Maceda/Special to The Desert Sun

Speech Trek Contest winners named

PALM DESERT — Madeline Muth took first prize in the American Association of University Women's Speech Trek contest Saturday.

Feb. 12, 2012

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COD's Japanese exchange students team up with St. Theresa middle schoolers

Students from a Japanese university attending College of the Desert will do a community service project with St. Theresa Catholic School middle school students today as part of a two-week stay in the Palm Springs area.

Feb. 10, 2012

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Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Young Courtesy Photo

Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Young stresses college, career

Palm Springs — The focus of education needs to shift from test scores to college and career readiness, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Young said Thursday in his state of education address.

Feb. 9, 2012

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Speech contest at club to address topic of bullying

The American Association of University Women's speech contest will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Classic Club in Palm Desert, 75-200 Classic Club Blvd.

Feb. 10, 2012

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County superintendent: Schools must focus on college and career, not test scores

The focus of education needs to shift from test scores to college and career readiness, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Young said Thursday in his state of education address.

Feb. 9, 2012

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Students, schools can win money for filling out FAFSA

The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership on Wednesday kicked off its second annual “Battle of the High Schools” competition to encourage high school seniors to complete applications for financial aid.

Feb. 8, 2012

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Sorting out changes to financial aid

The mad dash to cobble together college funding will soon be under way.

Feb. 8, 2012

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Cathedral City High School math teacher Carrie Carnes Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun

Success by the numbers

Cathedral City — When Carrie Carnes, 34, was mapping out plans for her future, teaching high school math wasn't at the top of her list.

Feb. 8, 2012

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Rita Harvey (left) has been a science teacher at Cathedral City High School for 13 years. Submitted by Courtney Stump

Teacher Rita Harvey's career all about building up

Rita Harvey has been a science teacher at Cathedral City High School for 13 years, but before she became a teacher, she designed and built research labs, large computer centers, hospital surgical wards and bomb shelters.

Feb. 8, 2012

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Palm Desert students to eye shopping bag ban

Palm Desert — Palm Desert High students will soon be asked to share their views on a proposal to ban or reduce the use of plastic shopping bags in the city.

Feb. 8, 2012

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Coachella Valley Unified School District votes to study proposed bond measure

Coachella Valley Unified School District will study the feasibility of seeking a multimillion-dollar voter-approved bond to upgrade school facilities and programs, the board decided Tuesday.

Feb. 7, 2012

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X-Treme Team robotics squad competing for $250,000

A team of 10- and 11-year-olds from Indio is competing for a $250,000 investment prize.

Feb. 7, 2012

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Cathedral Center offering Internet Computer Classes taught by Robert Back

The Cathedral Center kicks off the first Laugh, Learn and Live Well Educational Series with “You've Got Class” Internet Computer Classes taught by Robert Back.

Feb. 7, 2012

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Coachella Valley Unified may consider seeking bond

Coachella Valley Unified School District’s board of trustees will consider today looking into a voter-approved bond to help upgrade school programs and facilities.

Feb. 7, 2012

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La Quinta High School student Alan Siebuhr, 18, speaks during a debate on income tax Saturday at La Quinta High School. Richard Lui/The Desert Sun

High school debate teams converge on La Quinta

La Quinta High School hosted about 130 students from across Riverside County on Saturday for a Congressional Debate tournament.

Feb. 7, 2012

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Abraham Lincoln, Dolley Madison lecture set for Feb. 15

A free lecture on the lives, letters and legacies of Abraham Lincoln and Dolley Madison will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 15 at University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert.

Feb. 7, 2012

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State funding for school buses intact, but school year may be cut short

Funding for school buses won't be cut from Coachella Valley school districts under a new budget plan the California Legislature passed, but the current school year may need to be shortened.

Feb. 6, 2012

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La Quinta High School to hold International Baccalaureate Diploma Program orientations

La Quinta High School is holding two orientations for eighth-graders who may be interested in the school's International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.