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Accolades: Local competes in Rome
Local man competes in Rome, Chicago with speech team Adam Neylan of Tracy and his teammates on the Las Positas Community College Talk Hawks earned a seventh-place finish at the International Fo...
Apr 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Accolades: Fifth-grader wins patriotic essay contest
An essay written by Andrew Haynes, a fifth-grade student at Freiler School, recently took first place in a Central District contest sponsored by the Elks, winning a prize of $200. Andrew’s essay, ...
Apr 12, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Accolades: Scholarship presenter honored with students
Gretchen Talley received recognition of her own last week as she gave awards to four young musicians.
Apr 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Accolades: Four selected for Boys State; Sisters earn FFA degrees
Four selected for Boys State Four boys were selected by the local American Legion post to represent Tracy during Boys State at California State University, Sacramento, in June. The West High S...
Mar 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Accolades: Kimball principal wins statewide award
Principal Cheryl Domenichelli is named the Secondary Principal of the Year in California.
Mar 22, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Accolades: THS grad earns honors, Press photographer wins award
College freshman joins honor society Morgan Jong, a Tracy High School graduate in her first year at University of California, San Diego, was named to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars...
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Accolades: Harvard fellowship for West grad; Tracy girls are state delegates
by TP staff
Mar 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Recent graduate wins Harvard research fellowship Gabriella Herrera, a member of West High School’s Class of 2011, has been selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow. Herrera, who is...
In Service: West High grad completes Army training
by TP staff
Mar 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Pfc. Thomas J. Marian, a member of West High School’s Class of 2010, recently graduated from advanced individual training as a signal support system specialist for the U.S. Army at Fort Gordon, Ga....
Accolades: Kimball freshman wins speech contest; police captain honored for community work
by TP staff
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Kimball freshman to represent Tracy Rotary Isaiah Gosiengfiao, a freshman at Kimball High School, will represent the Tracy Rotary Club in the District 5220 speech contest. He was chosen as th...
Accolades: Rotarians choose speech winner; Teen earns Marine academy acclaim
by TP staff
Feb 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Rotarians give student speech awards Tracy Sunrise Rotary Club has chosen Steve Perez, a senior at West High School, as the club’s representative in the Rotary District 5220 speech contest. P...
Accolades: Community raises thousands for child with cancer; recent grad attains honor roll
by Denise Ellen Rizzo / Tracy Press
Feb 09, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Organizers of a fundraiser for a 7-year-old girl fighting a rare form of cancer were stunned by the support they received at a Saturday, Feb. 4, yard sale. “I’m blown away,” said Steve Abercrombie...
Kids earn kudos for patriotic essays
by TP staff
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
La-isha Otto, a seventh-grade student at Monte Vista Middle School, and Andrew Haynes, a fifth-grader at Freiler School, know why they pledge allegiance to the American flag each morning at school....
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