Bermuda Dunes Learning Center students enjoy snow day
Some local youngsters had the opportunity to experience something unthinkable in the Coachella Valley Thursday morning – a snow day! Continuing its…
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Spelling Bee of Champions competition coming to Desert Hot Springs High School
The Palm Springs Unified School District’s top student spellers will compete Friday for a spot in the county spelling bee. Forty-two students in…
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Ecology professor hosting megafauna event in Palm Desert Wednesday night
A professor of ecology and evolutionary biology will be in town Wednesday to discuss large animals and why they matter. James Estes, who teaches at…
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COD President announces plan for automotive training center in Cathedral City
Those who gathered for the annual “state of the college” luncheon Wednesday were the first to learn about plans for a lot just off East Palm Canyon…
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California senate committee votes down sex ed bill aimed at “giving more control to parents”
Demonstrators rallied outside the state capitol in Sacramento Wednesday morning in support of Senate Bill 673, before the state senate’s education…
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3 local elementary schools among statewide ‘2020 Distinguished Schools’ list
Nine elementary schools in Riverside County (three of those schools in the Coachella Valley) are among 323 learning institutions statewide that…
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PSHS student arrested for nonspecific violent threat
Palm Springs Police confirmed Tuesday morning that they were investigating a student who posted a non-specific threat against schools on social media…
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Dangerous apps and phone features parents should know about
There are several smartphone apps authorities say parents should know about. Some, even being used by suspected predators recently arrested. October…
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Rotary Club of Rancho Mirage distributes dictionaries, thesauruses to students
The Rancho Mirage Rotary Club is distributing dictionaries and thesauruses to Rancho Mirage Elementary School students Tuesday as part of a regional…
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Classes moving from Madison Elementary School in Indio to alternate school district facility
Classes are canceled next week at Madison Elementary School in Indio because of structural corrosion in some buildings on the school campus. District…
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Congressman Raul Ruiz pushes for air conditioning for hot valley school buses
With the sun beating down on the valley floor nearly every day of the year, staying cool is always a challenge, especially in school buses, most of…
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Parent in North Palm Springs raises concerns and questions about school bus service
Laymond Gray, whose family lives in the “Desert Highland Gateway Estates” neighborhood of North Palm Springs talked about his children…
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Parent says special education student arriving late to school because of late school bus service
A Salton City mother says the school bus has been late just about every day since the semester began, and says her son is missing critical time…
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Study: 1 in 5 California high school students contemplated suicide
At the Desert Sands Unified School District, 21 percent of the students surveyed over five-year period, from 2013 to 2017, contemplated suicide. In…
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‘Operation School Bell’ to distribute clothing to valley students
Thousands of underprivileged schoolchildren in the Coachella Valley will receive clothing this week, thanks to a donation drive by a Palm…
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